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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[994]] &ndash; Major [[Fatimid]] victory over the [[Byzantine Empire]] at the [[Battle of the Orontes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Louis Brehier|title=The Life and Death of Byzantium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8mAbAAAAYAAJ|year=1977|publisher=North-Holland Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-7204-9008-4|page=156}}</ref>
*[[1440]] &ndash; [[Gilles de Rais]], one of the earliest known [[serial killer]]s, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by  [[Jean de Malestroit]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Nantes|Bishop of Nantes]].
*[[1530]] &ndash; Appearance of the miraculous portrait of ''[[Saint Dominic in Soriano]]'' in [[Soriano Calabro]], [[Calabria]], Italy; commemorated as a feast day by the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] 1644–1912.
*[[1556]] &ndash; Departing from [[Vlissingen]], ex-[[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] returns to [[Spain]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1762]] &ndash; [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Signal Hill]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Canadian Parks Service|title=State of the Parks, 1990 Profiles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94GSTFxKkagC|year=1991|publisher=Environment Canada, Parks Service|isbn=978-0-662-18357-0|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces land at [[Landing at Kip's Bay|Kip's Bay]] during the [[New York Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book  | last = McCullough  | first = David  | author-link = David McCullough  | title = [[1776 (book)|1776]]  | publisher = Simon & Schuster  | year = 2005  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/1776mccu00mccu/page/188 188–216]  | isbn = 0-7432-2671-2  }}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] and given a variety of domestic duties.
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the [[Battle of Boxtel]] during the [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders Campaign]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The United Service Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HdgRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA350|year=1869|publisher=H. Colburn|pages=350}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; Britain [[Invasion of the Cape Colony (1795)|seizes]] the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] in [[southern Africa]] to prevent its use by the [[Batavian Republic]].
*[[1812]] &ndash; The [[Grande Armée]] under [[Napoleon]] reaches the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]] in [[Moscow]] during the failed [[French invasion of Russia]].
*  1812   &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: A second [[Train (military)|supply train]] sent to relieve [[Siege of Fort Harrison|Fort Harrison]] is ambushed in the [[Siege of Fort Harrison#Attacks at the Narrows|Attack at the Narrows]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; Followers of the [[Baguadao|Eight Trigram Sect]] loyal to [[:zh:林清|Lin Qing]] attack the [[Forbidden City]] in a [[Eight Trigrams uprising of 1813|failed attempt]] to oust the [[Jiaqing Emperor]] of the [[Qing dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Li |first1=Xiaobing |title=China at War: An Encyclopedia |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1598844153 |page=111}}</ref>
*[[1816]] &ndash; {{HMS|Whiting|1812|6}} runs aground on the [[Doom Bar]].
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[History of Portugal#Crises of the nineteenth century|Constitutionalist revolution]] in [[Lisbon]], Portugal.
*[[1821]] &ndash; The [[Captaincy General of Guatemala]] [[Act of Independence of Central America|declares independence]] from [[Spanish Empire|Spain]].
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway|Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens]]; [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|British MP]] [[William Huskisson]] becomes the first widely reported railway passenger fatality when he is struck and killed by the locomotive ''[[Stephenson's Rocket|Rocket]]''.
*[[1835]] &ndash; {{HMS|Beagle}}, with [[Charles Darwin]] aboard, reaches the [[Galápagos Islands]]. The ship lands at Chatham or [[San Cristóbal Island|San Cristobal]], the easternmost of the archipelago.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces [[Battle of Harpers Ferry|capture]] [[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia|Harpers Ferry, Virginia]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The last [[German Army (German Empire)|Imperial German Army]] troops leave [[France]] upon completion of payment of [[indemnity]].
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[First Sino-Japanese War]]: [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] defeats the [[Qing dynasty]] in the [[Battle of Pyongyang (1894)|Battle of Pyongyang]], causing the Qing army to withdraw to the Chinese border with Korea.<ref>{{cite book|last=Elleman|first=Bruce A.|title=Modern Chinese Warfare, 1795–1989|year=2001|publisher=Routledge|isbn = 978-0-415-21474-2 |page=101 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last = Paine |first = S.C.M |title = The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy |publisher = Cambridge University Press |year = 2003 |isbn = 978-0-521-81714-1 |pages=167–174 }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[New Culture Movement]]: [[Chen Duxiu]] establishes the ''[[New Youth]]'' magazine in [[Shanghai]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ash|first=Alec|date=6 September 2009|title=China's New New Youth|url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chinabeatarchive/626/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612103436/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/chinabeatarchive/626/|archive-date=12 June 2020|access-date=17 July 2020|journal=The China Beat Blog Archive 2008-2012}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Tanks in World War I|Tanks]] are used for the first time in battle, at the [[Battle of the Somme]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: Allied troops [[Battle of Dobro Pole|break through]] the [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] defenses on the [[Macedonian front]].
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Nazi Germany]] adopts a new [[Flag of Nazi Germany|national flag]] bearing the [[swastika]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Britain Day|climax of the Battle of Britain]], when the ''Luftwaffe'' launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}} is sunk by [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] torpedoes at [[Guadalcanal]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] meet in [[Quebec]] as part of the [[Second Quebec Conference|Octagon Conference]] to discuss strategy.
*  1944   &ndash; The [[Battle of Peleliu]] begins as the [[United States Marine Corps]]' [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] and the [[United States Army]]'s [[81st Infantry Division (United States)|81st Infantry Division]] hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
*[[1945]] &ndash; A [[1945 Homestead hurricane|hurricane]] strikes southern [[Florida]] and [[the Bahamas]], destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at [[Naval Air Station Richmond]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Typhoon Kathleen]] hits the [[Kantō region]], in Japan killing around 1,000-2,000 people.<ref>{{cite book|author=David Longshore|title=Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones, New Edition|publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated|year=2010|isbn=9781438118796|page=281}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Indian Army]] captures the towns of [[Jalna, Maharashtra|Jalna]], [[Latur]], [[Mominabad]], [[Suryapet|Surriapet]] and [[Narketpally|Narkatpalli]] as part of [[Operation Polo]].
*  1948   &ndash; The [[F-86 Sabre]] sets the [[Flight airspeed record|world aircraft speed record]] at {{convert|671|mph|km/h}}.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: The [[X Corps (United States)|U.S. X Corps]] [[Battle of Inchon|lands at Inchon]].
*[[1952]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] cedes [[Eritrea]] to [[Ethiopia]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[White dress of Marilyn Monroe|iconic skirt scene]] is shot during filming for ''[[The Seven Year Itch]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stevens|first=Melissa|title=Behind-the-Scenes of Marilyn Monroe's Iconic Flying Skirt (PHOTOS)|url=https://www.biography.com/news/marilyn-monroe-seven-year-itch-dress-photos|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Biography|date=10 September 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; A [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]] [[Commuter rail|commuter train]] [[Newark Bay rail accident|runs through an open drawbridge]] at the [[Newark Bay]], killing 48.
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes the first [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] leader to visit the United States.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ship ''Poltava'' heads toward [[Cuba]], one of the events that sets into motion the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[16th Street Baptist Church bombing|Baptist Church bombing]]: Four children are killed in the bombing of an [[African-American church]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], United States.
*[[1966]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], responding to a [[University of Texas tower shooting|sniper attack]] at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], writes a letter to [[United States Congress|Congress]] urging the enactment of [[gun control]] legislation.
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] ''[[Zond 5]]'' spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the [[Moon]] and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming [[Cannikin]] nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
*[[1972]] &ndash; A [[Scandinavian Airlines System]] [[domestic flight]] from [[Gothenburg]] to [[Stockholm]] is [[Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130|hijacked]] and flown to [[Malmö Bulltofta Airport]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Air Vietnam Flight 706 hijacking|Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked]], then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
*[[1975]] &ndash; The French [[Departments of France|department]] of "[[Corsica|Corse]]" (the entire island of [[Corsica]]) is divided into two: [[Haute-Corse]] (Upper Corsica) and [[Corse-du-Sud]] (Southern Corsica).
*[[1978]] &ndash; At the [[Caesars Superdome|Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]], [[Muhammad Ali]] outpoints [[Leon Spinks]] in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world [[heavyweight]] title three times.
*[[1981]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] unanimously approves [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] to become the first female justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]].
*  1981   &ndash; The [[John Bull (locomotive)|John Bull]] becomes the oldest operable [[steam locomotive]] in the world when the [[Smithsonian Institution]] operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Israel]]i [[premier]] [[Menachem Begin]] resigns.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133]] crashes at [[Tawau Airport]] in [[Malaysia]], killing 34.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 9M-MGH Tawau Airport (TWU)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950915-0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508193059/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19950915-0|archive-date=8 May 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; During a [[Championship Auto Racing Teams|CART]] race at the [[EuroSpeedway Lausitz|Lausitzring]] in Germany, former [[Formula One]] driver [[Alex Zanardi]] suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-09-16|title=Zanardi Loses His Legs in Crash|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-16-sp-46362-story.html|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[National Hockey League]] commissioner [[Gary Bettman]] announces [[2004–05 NHL lockout|lockout]] of the [[National Hockey League Players' Association|players' union]] and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Lehman Brothers]] files for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11]] bankruptcy, [[Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers|the largest bankruptcy filing]] in U.S. history.
*[[2011]] &ndash; Four miners are killed in the [[Gleision Colliery mining accident]] in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-15|title=Gleision: Family call for inquest into mining disaster ten years on|url=https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2021-09-15/gleision-ten-years-since-the-mining-disaster-that-left-four-men-dead|access-date=2021-09-16|website=ITV News|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[Parsons Green bombing]] takes place in [[London]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; Signing of the [[Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement]] occurs in [[Washington, D.C.]], normalizing relations between [[Israel]] and two Arab nations, the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Bahrain]].<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54168120 |title=Trump hails 'dawn of new Middle East' with UAE-Bahrain-Israel deals |website=BBC |date=September 15, 2020 }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 767|767]] &ndash; [[Saichō]], Japanese monk (d. 822)<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Ohsuka |first=Shigeru |date=1989 |title=Saichō (767-822) as Educator |publisher=[[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]]|chapter=Introduction|page=11}}</ref>
*[[1254]] &ndash; [[Marco Polo]], Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324)<ref>{{cite book|last = Bergreen |first = Laurence|date = 2007|title = Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu|publisher = Quercus Publishing|location = England|isbn= 978-0-307-26769-6| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=x-PZdFbG6dEC}}</ref>
*[[1461]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Salviati]], Italian politician (d. 1533)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/jacopo-salviati_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=Salviati, Jacopo|website=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |author=Marcello Simonetta|access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1505]] &ndash; [[Mary of Hungary (governor of the Netherlands)|Mary of Hungary]], Dutch ruler (d. 1558)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jane de Iongh|title=Mary of Hungary: Second Regent of the Netherlands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaxnAAAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Faber & Faber|page=16}}</ref>
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland]] (d. 1572)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Duczmal |first1=Małgorzata |title=Jogailaičiai: biografijų žinynas |date=2012 |location=Lithuania |pages=310–311 |url=https://www.melc.lt/lt/istorija/241-jogailaiciai-biografiju-zinynas-9785420017036 |language= Lithuanian|access-date=12 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[1580]] &ndash; [[Charles Annibal Fabrot]], French lawyer and author (d. 1659)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Rinuccini]], archbishop of Fermo (d. 1653)<ref>{{cite book|author=Giovanni Battista RINUCCINI|title=The Embassy in Ireland of ... G. B. Rinuccini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4fy1yiJC7JIC&pg=PR5|year=1873|pages=5}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[François de La Rochefoucauld (writer)|François de La Rochefoucauld]], French soldier and author (d. 1680)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Titus Oates]], English minister, fabricated the [[Popish Plot]] (d. 1705)<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The encyclopedia Americana|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaame317grol|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0133-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaame317grol/page/583 583]}}</ref>
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Sophia Dorothea of Celle]] (d. 1726)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Sophia Dorothea |volume= 25 | page = 418: see line three |quote=.....was born on the 15th of September 1666}}</ref>
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Ignazio Prota]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]], French general and engineer (d. 1789)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[Jean Sylvain Bailly]], French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st [[List of mayors of Paris|Mayor of Paris]] (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Monthly Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O99KAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA482|year=1798|publisher=R. Griffiths.|pages=482}}</ref>
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[Cornelio Saavedra]], Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien]], Prussian general (d. 1824)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage]], Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[James Fenimore Cooper]], American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2z2O39bZT1sC&pg=PA401|year=1991|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|pages=401|isbn = 9780160020551}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[James Gates Percival]], American poet, surgeon and geologist (d. 1856)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Pearson |first1=William H. |title=James Gates Percival |magazine=The Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=1924 |volume=8 |issue=2 |page=131 |jstor=4630539 |issn=0043-6534}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Halfdan Kjerulf]], Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA629|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=629}}</ref>
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Cyprien Tanguay]], Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite book|title=French Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c3FhAAAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Centre canadien des recherches généalogiques|page=201}}</ref>
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Alexander Butlerov]], Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Porfirio Díaz]], Mexican general and politician, 29th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 1915)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[George Franklin Grant]], African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Edward Bouchet]], American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Jan Ernst Matzeliger]], Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[William Howard Taft]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1930)
*  1857   &ndash; [[Anna Winlock]], American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Creese |first1=Mary R. S. |last2=Creese |first2=Thomas M. |title=Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900 |place=New York |publisher=Scarecrow |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-8108-3287-9 |page=231}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Charles de Foucauld]], French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
*  1858   &ndash; [[Jenő Hubay]], Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[M. Visvesvaraya]], Indian engineer, scholar, and [[Bharat Ratna]] Laureate, [[List of Diwans of Mysore|Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom]] (d. 1962)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Horatio Parker]], American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864–1866)|Prince Sigismund of Prussia]] (d. 1866)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Vladimir May-Mayevsky]], Russian general (d. 1920)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Bruno Walter]], German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]], Bengali novelist (d. 1938) 
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Jakob Ehrlich]], Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
*  1877   &ndash; [[Yente Serdatzky]], Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Joseph Lyons]], Australian educator and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1939)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian-French businessman, founded [[Bugatti]] (d. 1947)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Paul Lévy (mathematician)|Paul Lévy]], French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Carlos Dávila]], Chilean journalist and politician, [[President of Chile]] (d. 1955)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Antonio Ascari]], Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Robert Benchley]], American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor  (d. 1945)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Claude McKay]], Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Ernest Bullock]], English organist and composer (d. 1979)
*  1890   &ndash; [[Sonja Branting-Westerståhl]], Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite book |last=Harnesk |first=Paul |title=Vem är Vem? |place=Stockholm |publisher=Vem är Vem Bokförlag |year=1945 |url=https://runeberg.org/vemarvem/sthlm45/0131.html |access-date=6 September 2019}}</ref>
*  1890   &ndash; [[Agatha Christie]], English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite web |title=Agatha Christie {{!}} Biography, Novels, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Agatha-Christie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1890   &ndash; [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]], Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Silpa Bhirasri]], Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Chic Harley]], American football player (d. 1974)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Oskar Klein]], Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
*  1894   &ndash; [[Jean Renoir]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Magda Lupescu]], mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Merle Curti]], American historian and author (d. 1997)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[J. Slauerhoff]], Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Donald Bailey (civil engineer)|Donald Bailey]], English engineer, designed [[Bailey bridge]] (d. 1985)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Roy Acuff]], American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Umberto II of Italy]] (d. 1983)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Sheilah Graham Westbrook]], English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Jacques Becker]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Walter E. Rollins]], American songwriter (d. 1973)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Ekelöf]], Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Fay Wray]], Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Kid Sheik]], American trumpet player (d. 1996)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Penny Singleton]], American actress and singer (d. 2003)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[C. N. Annadurai]], Indian educator and politician, 7th [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] (d. 1969)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Phil Arnold]], American actor (d. 1968)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Betty Neels]], English nurse and author (d. 2001)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Karsten Solheim]], Norwegian-American businessman, founded [[Ping (golf)|PING]] (d. 2000)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Luther Terry]], American physician and academic, 9th [[Surgeon General of the United States]] (d. 1985)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Henry Brant]], Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Bruno Hoffmann]], German [[glass harp]] player (d. 1991)
*  1913   &ndash; [[John N. Mitchell]], American lawyer, and politician, 67th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1988)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Johannes Steinhoff]], German general and pilot (d. 1994)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Creighton Abrams]], American general (d. 1974)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Adolfo Bioy Casares]], Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Orhan Kemal]], Turkish author (d. 1970)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Robert McCloskey]], American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Fawn M. Brodie]], American historian and author (d. 1981)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Al Casey (jazz guitarist)|Al Casey]], American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Albert Whitlock]], English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Margaret Lockwood]], Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Frederick C. Weyand]], American general (d. 2010)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Hilde Gueden]], Austrian soprano (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite book |last=Rosenthal |first=Harold D. |title=Great Singers of Today |place=London |publisher=Caldor and Boyer |year=1966 |page=79}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; [[Buddy Jeannette]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web|title=Buddy Jeannette|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/buddy-jeannette|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=19 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Alfred D. Chandler Jr.]], American historian and academic (d. 2007)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Phil Lamason]], New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Margot Loyola]], Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Nipsey Russell]], American comedian and actor (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 15: Spain's Queen Letizia, Oliver Stone |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/15/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-15-Spains-Queen-Letizia-Oliver-Stone/4941663111808/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=13 September 2023 |date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Fausto Coppi]], Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Nelson Gidding]], American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Heda Margolius Kovály]], Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Kym Bonython]], Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]], English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Gene Roland]], American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Bob Anderson (fencer)|Bob Anderson]], English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Jackie Cooper]], American actor (d. 2011)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Gaetano Cozzi]], Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Mary Soames]], English author (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Anton Heiller]], Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Lucebert]], Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
*  1924   &ndash; [[György Lázár]], Hungarian politician, 50th [[List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister of Hungary]] (d. 2014)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Bobby Short]], American singer and pianist (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Mordechai Tzipori]], Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Stanley Chapman]], English architect and author (d. 2009)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Erika Köth]], German soprano (d. 1981)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Carlo Rambaldi]], Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Helle Virkner]], Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Shohei Imamura]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Serre]], French mathematician and academic 
*  1926   &ndash; [[Henry Silva]], American actor (d. 2022)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/henry-silva-dead-manchurian-candidate-actor-1235222539/|title=Henry Silva, Bad Guy in 'The Manchurian Candidate' and Many Other Movies, Dies at 95|work=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Barnes|first=Mike|date=September 16, 2022|access-date=September 17, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Anderson]], pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Norm Crosby]], American comedian and actor (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1927   &ndash; [[David Stove]], Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Cannonball Adderley]], American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Eva Burrows]], Australian 13th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 2015)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Murray Gell-Mann]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2019)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Stan Kelly-Bootle]], English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Dick Latessa]], American actor (d. 2016)
*  1929   &ndash; [[John Julius Norwich]], English historian and author (d. 2018)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Wilbur Snyder]], American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Mümtaz Soysal]], Turkish academic and politician, 30th [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (d. 2019)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Endel Lippmaa]], Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015) 
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Brian Henderson (television presenter)|Brian Henderson]], New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Neil Bartlett (chemist)|Neil Bartlett]], English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos]], Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Jim Rodger]], Scottish footballer (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=St Mirren pay condolences following sad passing of Jim Rodger |url=https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/5401-st-mirren-pay-condolences-following-sad-passing-of-jim-rodger |access-date=5 May 2024 |publisher=St. Mirren F.C. |date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Tomie dePaola]], American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Fred Nile]], Australian soldier, minister, and politician
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Dinkha IV]], Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Ashley Cooper (tennis)|Ashley Cooper]], Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Sara Henderson]], Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Joey Carew]], Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Fernando de la Rúa]], Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st [[President of Argentina]] (d. 2019)
*  1937   &ndash; [[King Curtis Iaukea]], American wrestler (d. 2010)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Robert Lucas Jr.]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2023)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Pino Puglisi]], Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Gaylord Perry]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Subramanian Swamy]], Indian economist, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Law and Justice (India)|Indian Minister of Law and Justice]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[George Walden]], English journalist and politician
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Merlin Olsen]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Flórián Albert]], Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Signe Toly Anderson]], American rock singer (d. 2016)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Mirosław Hermaszewski]], Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=36}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Yuriy Norshteyn]], Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
*  1941   &ndash; [[Viktor Zubkov]], Russian businessman and politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Russia]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Lee Dorman]], American bass player (d. 2012)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Somaiya |first1=Ravi |title=Lee Dorman, Bass Guitarist, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/arts/music/lee-dorman-bass-guitarist-for-iron-butterfly-dies-at-70.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=15 September 2020 |date=22 December 2012}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham]], English businessman and politician
*  1942   &ndash; [[Ksenia Milicevic]], French painter and architect
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Mauro Piacenza]], Italian cardinal
*  1944   &ndash; [[Graham Taylor]], English footballer and manager (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Richard |title=Graham Taylor obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jan/12/graham-taylor-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=24 November 2023 |date=12 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Carmen Maura]], Spanish actress
*  1945   &ndash; [[Jessye Norman]], American soprano (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Hans-Gert Pöttering]], German lawyer and politician, 23rd [[President of the European Parliament]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[Ron Shelton]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Tommy Lee Jones]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 15, 2022 includes celebrities Tom Hardy, Prince Harry |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-15-2022-includes-celebrities-tom-hardy-prince-harry.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=13 September 2023 |date=15 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Mike Procter]], South African cricketer, coach, and referee (d. 2024)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Oliver Stone]], American director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Howard Waldrop]], American author and critic (d. 2024)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Russel L. Honoré]], American general<ref>{{cite news |last1=MARTIN |first1=MICHEL |title=Wisdom Watch: Lt. Gen. Russel Honore |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14018130 |access-date=18 February 2021 |agency=[[NPR]] |date=29 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Honoré |first1=Russel |title=Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can Save You and Your Family from Disasters |date=May 5, 2009 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9781439101810 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SpGctZkTGsC&dq=Russel+Honor%C3%A9+1947+born&pg=PT35 |access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Viggo Jensen (footballer, born 1947)|Viggo Jensen]], Danish footballer and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Diane Levin|Diane E. Levin]], American educator and author
*  1947   &ndash; [[Theodore Long]], American wrestling referee and manager
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Joe Barton]], American lawyer and politician
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Rajiv Malhotra]], Indian author
*  1950   &ndash; [[Mirza Masroor Ahmad]], Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Pete Carroll]], American football player and coach
*  1951   &ndash; [[Johan Neeskens]], Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Netherlands legend Johan Neeskens dies at 73 |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/41662053/netherlands-legend-johan-neeskens-dies-aged-73 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Fred Seibert]], American television producer, co-founder of [[MTV]]
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Richard Brodeur]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1952   &ndash; [[Paula Duncan]], Australian actress
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ratnajeevan Hoole]], Sri Lankan engineer and academic
*  1952   &ndash; [[Kelly Keagy]], American singer and drummer<ref name="AP"></ref> 
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Margie Moran]], Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen, [[Miss Universe 1973]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/126889/for-margie-moran-floirendo-60-is-really-the-new-40/|title=For Margie Moran Floirendo, 60 is really the new 40|date=September 22, 2013|publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Keiko Takeshita]], Japanese actress
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Adrian Adonis]], American wrestler (d. 1988)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Hrant Dink]], Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Barry Shabaka Henley]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Željka Antunović]], Croatian politician, 9th [[Ministry of Defence (Croatia)|Croatian Minister of Defence]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]], Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Bruce Reitherman]], American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Renzo Rosso]], Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded [[Diesel (brand)|Diesel Clothing]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Ross J. Anderson]], British academic and educator (d. 2024)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Maggie Reilly]], Scottish singer-songwriter 
*  1956   &ndash; [[Ned Rothenberg]], American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Joel Quenneville]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1958   &ndash; [[Wendie Jo Sperber]], American actress (d. 2005)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Mark Kirk]], American commander, lawyer, and politician
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Ed Solomon]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1960   &ndash; [[Lisa Vanderpump]], British restaurateur, television personality, and author<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lisa Vanderpump Restaurateur, Reality star, Author {{!}} TVGuide.com|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lisa-vanderpump/307380/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401143558/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lisa-vanderpump/307380/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-04-01|date=2016-04-01|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Terry Lamb]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Helen Margetts]], British political scientist
*  1961   &ndash; [[Dan Marino]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Patrick Patterson (cricketer)|Patrick Patterson]], Jamaican cricketer
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Amanda Wakeley]], English fashion designer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Pete Myers]], American basketball player and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Stephen C. Spiteri]], Maltese military historian
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Robert Fico]], Slovak academic and politician, 14th [[Prime Minister of Slovakia]]
*  1964   &ndash; [[Steve Watkin]], Welsh cricketer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Wenn V. Deramas]], Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016) 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Sherman Douglas]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sherman Douglas Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/bio/_/id/210/sherman-douglas |website=ESPN |access-date=27 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Paul Abbott (baseball)|Paul Abbott]], American baseball player and coach
*  1967   &ndash; [[Rodney Eyles]], Australian squash player
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Danny Nucci]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Revaz Arveladze]], Georgian footballer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Corby Davidson]], American radio personality
*  1969   &ndash; [[Géraldine Carré]], French journalist and television presenter (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news |last=Rivet|first=Solenne|date=3 May 2024|title=Mort de Géraldine Carré : la journaliste avait 54 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/mort-de-geraldine-carre-la-journaliste-avait-54-ans_542858|language=French|work=[[Gala (magazine)|Gala]]|location= |access-date=3 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Allen Shellenberger]], American drummer (d. 2009)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Nathan Astle]], New Zealand cricketer and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[Josh Charles]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Wayne Ferreira]], South African tennis player
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Carr]], English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Kit Chan]], Singaporean singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Kit Chan |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=a5f1dbdb-612a-42f3-9026-52d3707871d0 |website=www.nlb.gov.sg |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Queen Letizia of Spain]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland]], Swedish prince
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Arata Iura]], Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Tom Dolan]], American swimmer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Martina Krupičková]], Czech painter
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Brett Kimmorley]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]], Nigerian author<ref>{{cite web |title=Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Angela Aki]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*  1977   &ndash; [[Sophie Dahl]], English model and author
*  1977   &ndash; [[Tom Hardy]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Marisa Ramirez]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jason Terry]], American basketball player
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Zach Filkins]], American guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Eiður Guðjohnsen]], Icelandic footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Dave Annable]],  American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Amy Davidson]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Patrick Marleau]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1979   &ndash; [[Carlos Ruiz (Guatemalan footballer)|Carlos Ruiz]], Guatemalan footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Reece Young]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[David Diehl]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1980   &ndash; [[Mike Dunleavy Jr.]], American basketball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Ben Schwartz]], American actor, comedian and writer<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Yuka Hirata]], Japanese actress and model
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex]]<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1984   &ndash; [[Marshal Yanda]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Marshal Yanda |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/10530/marshal-yanda |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[François-Olivier Roberge]], Canadian speed skater
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jenna Marbles]], American YouTuber and comedian
*  1986   &ndash; [[Heidi Montag]], American reality television personality and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Vaila Barsley]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Vaila Barsley - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/vaila-barsley_prs386129/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chelsea Kane]], American actress and singer<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tim Moltzen]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web |title=September 15: Reynolds boots Bunnies home; Sea Eagles win bloodbath |url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/09/15/september-15-reynolds-boots-bunnies-home-sea-eagles-win-bloodbath/ |website=National Rugby League |access-date=14 September 2020 |language=en |date=14 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Oliver Gill]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Oliver Gill - Player Profile - Fotball |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/oliver-gill_prs225851/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Aaron Mooy]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Mooy Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/138425/aaron-mooy |website=ESPN |access-date=14 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Matt Shively]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Megan Stalter]], American actress and comedian<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agency |first=Magi Helena {{!}} Tribune Content |date=2024-09-15 |title=Megan Stalter’s birthday astrology and your horoscope for Sept. 15, 2024 |url=https://www.nj.com/advice/2024/09/megan-stalters-birthday-astrology-and-your-horoscope-for-sept-15-2024.html |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=nj |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Lee Jung-shin]], South Korean musician and actor<ref name="Russell2014">{{cite book |author=Russell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=2014-04-29 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=56}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Phil Ofosu-Ayeh]], German-Ghanaian footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Josh Richardson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Richardson |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1626196/josh-richardson |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Dennis Schröder]], German basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dennis Schroder |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203471/dennis-schroder |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[JP Tokoto]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2982331/jp-tokoto|title=J.P. Tokoto Stats, News, Bio|website=ESPN}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Terry McLaurin]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Terry McLaurin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3121422/terry-mclaurin |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Joe Ofahengaue]], New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
*  1995  &ndash; [[David Raya]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=David Raya|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/7975/David-Raya/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Quin Houff]], American racing driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Quin_Houff|title=Quin Houff|access-date=21 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jaren Jackson Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaren Jackson Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628991/jaren-jackson-jr |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Felix (rapper) | Felix]], Australian singer based in South Korea, member of [[Stray Kids]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-09-20/entertainment/kpop/Stray-Kids-Felix-donates-more-than-100-million-won-to-children-in-need-for-his-birthday/2137946 |title=Stray Kids' Felix donates 100 million won to children in need for his birthday |date=20 September 2024 |work=Korea JoongAng Daily |access-date=24 September 2024 |archive-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920222310/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-09-20/entertainment/kpop/Stray-Kids-Felix-donates-more-than-100-million-won-to-children-in-need-for-his-birthday/2137946 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[921]] &ndash; [[Ludmila of Bohemia]], Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
*[[1140]] &ndash; [[Adelaide of Hungary (d. 1140)|Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia]]
*[[1146]] &ndash; [[Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond]], English soldier (b. 1100)
*[[1231]] &ndash; [[Louis I, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1173)
*[[1326]] &ndash; [[Dmitry of Tver]] (b. 1299)
*[[1352]] &ndash; [[Ewostatewos]], Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
*[[1397]] &ndash; [[Adam Easton]], English cardinal
*[[1408]] &ndash; [[Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent]], English politician (b. 1384)
*[[1496]] &ndash; [[Hugh Clopton]], Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[John Morton (cardinal)|John Morton]], English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Bavaria (1478–1504)|Elisabeth of Bavaria]], Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
*[[1510]] &ndash; Saint [[Catherine of Genoa]] (b. 1447)
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Isabella Jagiellon]], Queen of Hungary (b. 1519)
*[[1595]] &ndash; [[John MacMorran]], Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.<ref>John Graham Dalyell, ''Fragments of Scottish History'' (Edinburgh, 1798), pp. 34-35.</ref>
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Leonhard Rauwolf]], German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Thomas Overbury]], English poet and author (b. 1581)
*[[1643]] &ndash; [[Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork]], English-Irish politician, [[Lord High Treasurer of Ireland]] (b. 1566)
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[John Floyd (Jesuit)|John Floyd]], English priest and educator (b. 1572)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[André Le Nôtre]], French gardener (b. 1613)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Edmé Boursault]], French author and playwright (b. 1638)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[George Stepney]], English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin]], English politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (b. 1645)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Charles Theodore Pachelbel]], German organist and composer (b. 1690)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Abraham Clark]], American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Gian Francesco Albani]], Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Antoine Étienne de Tousard]], French general and engineer (b. 1752)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[François Baillairgé]], Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
*  1830   &ndash; [[William Huskisson]], English financier and politician, [[Secretary of State for War and the Colonies]] (b. 1770)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Rolla]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Pierre Baillot]], French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
*  1842   &ndash; [[Francisco Morazán]], Guatemalan general, lawyer,  and politician, [[List of heads of state of Federal Republic of Central America|President of Central American Federation]] (b. 1792)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern]], German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], English architect and engineer, designed the [[Great Western Railway]] (b. 1806)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[John Hanning Speke]], English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Charles-Amédée Kohler]], Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=[[Historical Dictionary of Switzerland]]|accessdate=10 April 2021|title=Kohler, Charles-Amédée|author=Polla, Louis|url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/030581/2006-06-09/|language=fr}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Joseph Plateau]], Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hawksley]], English engineer (b. 1807)
===1901–present===
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[William Wales (optician)|William Wales]], English-American inventor (b. {{circa}} 1838)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Wales a Suicide |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-new-york-times-916/62377239/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 16, 1907 |location=Englewood |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ernest Gagnon]], Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Roman von Ungern-Sternberg]], Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Christoph Eucken]], German philosopher and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1846)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Milton Sills]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Thomas Wolfe]], American novelist (b. 1900)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[William B. Bankhead]], American lawyer and politician, 47th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] (b. 1874)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[André Tardieu]], French journalist and politician, 97th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1876)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Anton Webern]], Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Linnie Marsh Wolfe]], American librarian and author (b. 1881)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Hugo Raudsepp]], Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Steve Brown (bass player)|Steve Brown]], American bassist (b. 1890)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Ulvi Cemal Erkin]], Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Baki Süha Ediboğlu]], Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Fisher]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden]] (b. 1882)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Franco Bordoni]], Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Robert Cliche]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Edmund Crispin]], English writer and composer (b. 1921)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Willy Messerschmitt]], German engineer and academic, designed the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] (b. 1898)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Bill Evans]], American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Rafael Méndez]], Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Prince Far I]], Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Cootie Williams]], American trumpet player (b. 1910)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jan DeGaetani]], American soprano (b. 1933)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Olga Erteszek]], Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Robert Penn Warren]], American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[John Hoyt]], American actor (b. 1904)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Warner Troyer]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Pino Puglisi]], Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Harry Calder]], South African cricketer (b. 1901)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Gunnar Nordahl]], Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bulldog Brower]], American wrestler (b. 1933)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Louis Rasminsky]], Canadian economist, 3rd [[Governor of the Bank of Canada]] (b. 1908)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[June Salter]], Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Garner Ted Armstrong]], American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Johnny Ramone]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Walter Stewart (journalist)|Walter Stewart]], Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Guy Green (filmmaker)|Guy Green]], English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Sidney Luft]], American manager and producer (b. 1915)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Raymond Baxter]], English television host and author (b. 1922)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Oriana Fallaci]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Pablo Santos (actor)|Pablo Santos]], Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Colin McRae]], Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news|title=Rally ace Colin McRae dies in helicopter crash|work=[[The Scotsman]]|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/latestnews/Rally-ace-Colin-McRae-dies.3327560.jp|access-date=16 September 2007}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Jeremy Moore]], English general (b. 1928)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Aldemaro Romero]], Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Brett Somers]], Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Troy Kennedy Martin]], Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Arrow (musician)|Arrow]], Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Frances Bay]], Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Tibor Antalpéter]], Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of Hungary to the United Kingdom| Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom]] (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Nevin Spence]], Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Habib Munzir Al-Musawa]], Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jerry G. Bishop]], American radio and television host (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Gerard Cafesjian]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jackie Lomax]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[John Anderson Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 36th [[Governor of Kansas]] (b. 1917)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Eugene I. Gordon]], American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia]] (b. 1922)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jürg Schubiger]], Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Wayne Tefs]], Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Harry J. Lipkin]], Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Meir Pa'il]], Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Bernard Van de Kerckhove]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Harry Dean Stanton]], American actor (b. 1926) 
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Helen Clare]], British singer (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2018-09-25 |title=Helen Clare, singer – obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/09/25/helen-clare-singer-obituary/ |access-date=2023-09-08 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> 
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Ric Ocasek]], American musician (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=2019-09-16|title=Ric Ocasek, Cars Singer Who Fused Pop and New Wave, Dead at 75|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ric-ocasek-cars-dead-obituary-884792/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918035846/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ric-ocasek-cars-dead-obituary-884792/|archive-date=2020-09-18|access-date=2021-09-23|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Lou Angotti]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reiner|first=Olivia|date=2021-09-16|title=Lou Angotti, Flyers' first-ever captain, dies at 83|url=https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-lou-angotti-original-captain-20210916.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006012210/https://www.inquirer.com/flyers/flyers-lou-angotti-original-captain-20210916.html|archive-date=6 October 2021|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-23|website=Philadelphia Inquirer|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Fernando Botero]], Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amaya |first=Sol |date=2023-09-15 |title=Muere Fernando Botero, pintor y escultor colombiano, a los 91 años |url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/09/15/murio-fernando-botero-pintor-y-escultor-colombiano-a-los-91-anos-orix/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=CNN |language=es}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Tito Jackson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)<ref>[https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/tito-jackson-dead-jackson-5-founding-member-1236145546/ Tito Jackson, Founding Member of the Jackson 5, Dies at 70]</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Elias Khoury]], Lebanese intellectual, playwright and novelist (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mroue |first=Bassem |date=September 15, 2024 |title=Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76 |url=https://apnews.com/article/elias-khoury-lebanon-novelist-palestinian-cause-israel-1b6e79f6a17f5d9f5dbdaf809b728653 |access-date=September 18, 2024 |website=[[Associated Press]] |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Battle of Britain Day]] (United Kingdom)
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Joseph Abibos]]
**[[Alpinus of Lyon|Alpinus (Albinus) of Lyon]]
**[[Aprus of Toul|Aprus (Èvre) of Toul]]
**[[Catherine of Genoa]]
**[[James Chisholm (priest)|James Chisholm]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)#September|Episcopal Church]])
**''[[Saint Dominic in Soriano]]'' (formerly)
**[[Mamilian of Palermo]]
**[[Saint Mirin|Mirin]]
**[[Nicetas the Goth]]
**[[Saint Nicomedes|Nicomedes]]
**[[Our Lady of Sorrows]]
**[[September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* ''[[Cry of Dolores]]'', celebrated on the eve of [[Independence Day (Mexico)]].
* [[International Day of Democracy]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
* The beginning of [[German American Heritage Month]], celebrated until October 15<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umuc.edu/diversity/german.cfm|title=Diversity - UMUC|website=www.umuc.edu}}</ref>
* The beginning of [[National Hispanic Heritage Month]], celebrated until October 15 (United States)
* [[World Lymphoma Awareness Day]] ([[International observance|International]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=15}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/15 |title=Historical Events on September 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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