September 9

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September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 113 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 9 AD – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
• 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
• 533 – A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.
• 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
• 1087 – William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).
• 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
• 1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
• 1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
• 1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
• 1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
• 1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
• 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• 1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
• 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
• 1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
• 1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
• 1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 1886 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
• 1892 – Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
• 1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
• 1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• 1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• 1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 1926 – In the United States the National Broadcasting Company is formed.
• 1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• 1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• 1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• 1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
• 1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
• 1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• 1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• 1954 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• 1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• 1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
• 1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana.
• 1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
• 1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
• 1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• 1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
• 1986 – India national cricket team plays their last ODI Cricket match in Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium during Australia tour..
• 1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
• 1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
• 1999 – Sega releases the first 128-bit video game console, the Dreamcast.
• 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
• 2002 – The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• 2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.
• 2012 – A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• 2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• 2016 – Fifth nuclear weapon testing by North Korea is completed.

Births

• 214 – Aurelian, Roman emperor (d. 275)
• 384 – Honorius, Roman emperor (d. 423)
• 1349 – Albert III, Duke of Austria (d. 1395)
• 1427 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (d. 1464)
• 1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
• 1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur (d. 1602)
• 1585 – Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician (d. 1642)
• 1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general (d. 1691)
• 1700 – Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
• 1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, English historian and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1780)
• 1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (d. 1808)
• 1731 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (d. 1787)
• 1737 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
• 1754 – William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (d. 1817)
• 1755 – Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (d. 1808)
• 1777 – James Carr, American soldier and politician (d. 1818)
• 1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet and author (d. 1842)
• 1789 – Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Polish rabbi (d. 1866)
• 1807 – Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish-English archbishop and philologist (d. 1886)
• 1823 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and academic (d. 1891)
• 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (d. 1910)
• 1834 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (d. 1903)
• 1853 – Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant (d. 1926)
• 1855 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (d. 1927)
• 1863 – Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1943)
• 1868 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (d. 1943)
• 1877 – James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1947)
• 1877 – Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 1924)
• 1878 – Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic (d. 1914)
• 1878 – Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (d. 1958)
• 1878 – Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
• 1885 – Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (d. 1969)
• 1887 – Alf Landon, American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (d. 1987)
• 1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (d. 1980)
• 1894 – Arthur Freed, American composer and producer (d. 1973)
• 1894 – Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1950)
• 1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1984)
• 1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
• 1900 – James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1903 – Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Edward Upward, English author (d. 2009)
• 1903 – Phyllis A. Whitney, American author (d. 2008)
• 1904 – Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1904 – Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Leon Edel, American author and critic (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1908 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945)
• 1911 – Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
• 1911 – John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002)
• 1914 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (d. 1998)
• 1919 – Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1920 – Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1922 – Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author, and academic
• 1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek journalist and politician
• 1922 – Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer
• 1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1924 – Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader
• 1926 – Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo (Native American) writer, poet, and educator (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author
• 1927 – Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Moses Anderson, American Roman Catholic bishop (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop
• 1931 – Robin Hyman, English author and publisher
• 1931 – Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor and author (d. 1976)
• 1931 – Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician
• 1931 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean neurosurgeon and author (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-born English actor
• 1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, and producer
• 1936 – William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
• 1938 – John Davis, English anthropologist and academic
• 1938 – Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
• 1940 – Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 1941 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
• 1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Inez Foxx, American singer
• 1942 – Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist (Blues Project)
• 1943 – Frank Clark, English footballer, manager and chairman
• 1945 – Ton van Heugten, Dutch motocross racer (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1946 – Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer and educator
• 1947 – Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1949 – John Curry, English figure skater (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Daniel Pipes, American historian and author
• 1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
• 1950 – Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player and coach
• 1950 – John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
• 1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
• 1952 – Angela Cartwright, English-American actress
• 1952 – Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
• 1952 – David A. Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Eurythmics)
• 1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist and educator
• 1959 – Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 – Éric Serra, French composer and producer
• 1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
• 1960 – Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 – Bob Stoops, American football player and coach
• 1960 – Kimberly Willis Holt, American author
• 1963 – Chris Coons, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Neil Fairbrother, English test cricketer
• 1964 – Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic
• 1964 – Skip Kendall, American golfer
• 1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer
• 1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
• 1966 – Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
• 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
• 1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach
• 1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
• 1968 – Lisa Lougheed, Canadian singer, dancer, and voice actor
• 1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
• 1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
• 1969 – Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
• 1970 – Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress
• 1971 – Eric Stonestreet, American actor
• 1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist
• 1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
• 1972 – Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater
• 1972 – Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
• 1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian captain (d. 1999)
• 1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian footballer and television host
• 1974 – Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 – Gok Wan, English fashion stylist, author, and television host
• 1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 – Anton Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
• 1976 – Joey Newman, American composer and conductor
• 1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Fatih Tekke, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports
• 1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American singer
• 1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
• 1980 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (d. 2012)
• 1980 – David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress
• 1982 – John Kuhn, American football player
• 1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1982 – Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Vitolo, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
• 1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
• 1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player
• 1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
• 1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
• 1985 – Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
• 1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
• 1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1986 – Keith Yandle, American hockey player
• 1987 – Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer
• 1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
• 1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
• 1988 – Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
• 1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
• 1990 – Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 – Andrew Smith, American basketball player (d. 2016)
• 1990 – Jordan Tabor, English footballer (d. 2014)
• 1991 – Oscar, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 – Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
• 1991 – Yevgeni Ponyatovskiy, Russian footballer
• 1992 – Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer
• 1992 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1993 – Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 – Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
• 1994 – Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 – Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player

Deaths

• 1087 – William the Conqueror, English king (b. 1028)
• 1398 – James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
• 1438 – Edward, King of Portugal (b. 1391)
• 1487 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
• 1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
• 1513 – victims of the Battle of Flodden
  • – James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
  • – George Douglas, Master of Angus (b. 1469)
  • – William Douglas of Glenbervie (b. 1473)
  • – William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose, Scottish politician (b. 1464)
  • – George Hepburn, Scottish bishop
  • – Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish politician, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
  • – Adam Hepburn of Craggis
  • – David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, Scottish soldier (b. 1478)
  • – Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Scottish politician
  • – Alexander Stewart, Scottish archbishop (b. 1493)
  • – Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Scottish politician (b. 1488)
• 1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1525)
• 1583 – Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer and politician (b. 1539)
• 1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (b. 1523)
• 1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1547)
• 1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyo (b. 1570)
• 1676 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal (b. 1612)
• 1680 – Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
• 1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author (b. 1694)
• 1806 – William Paterson, Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (b. 1745)
• 1815 – John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter (b. 1738)
• 1834 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator (b. 1787)
• 1841 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (b. 1778)
• 1891 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
• 1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic (b. 1842)
• 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1907 – Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• 1909 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1848)
• 1910 – Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General (b. 1859)
• 1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)
• 1934 – Roger Fry, English painter and critic (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1943 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
• 1943 – Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1863)
• 1945 – Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer (b. 1872)
• 1950 – Victor Hémery, French racing driver (b. 1876)
• 1955 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (b. 1872)
• 1958 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (b. 1886)
• 1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
• 1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1975 – Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1975 – John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China (b. 1893)
• 1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author (b. 1892)
• 1978 – Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1892)
• 1979 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1980 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 1981 – Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
• 1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
• 1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1985 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
• 1986 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (b. 1893)
• 1990 – Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
• 1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (b. 1930)
• 1993 – Larry Noble, English comedian and actor (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Helen O'Connell, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 1997 – John Hackett, Australian-English general and author (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
• 1999 – Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (b. 1953)
• 2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Caitlin Clarke, American actress (b. 1952)
• 2006 – Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (b. 1955)
• 2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
• 2006 – William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (b. 1921)
• 2012 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 – K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Charles Lowder (Church of England)
  • Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
  • Constance, Nun, and her Companions (Episcopal Church)
  • Our Lady of Arantzazu (Oñati)
  • Peter Claver
  • Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna, an Afterfeast. (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)
• California Admission Day (California, United States)
• Children's Day (Costa Rica)
• Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku (Japan)
• Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence (Slovakia)
• Independence Day or Republic Day, celebrates the proclamation of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1948.
• Independence Day (Tajikistan), celebrates the independence of Tajikistan from USSR in 1991.
• Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 8, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)
• National Steak Au Poivre Day (United States)
• Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan (The Troth)
• Wienerschnitzel Day (United States)
• Wonderful Weirdos Day (Chase's Calendar of Events)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada