September 23

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Events

Pre-1600

38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.<ref name="Castex">Template:Cite book</ref>
1409 – The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1459 – The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.<ref>Edward Hall. The Union of The Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke (1548; reprinted as Hall's Chronicle 1809; quoted in English Heritage Battlefield Report: Blore Heath 1459)</ref>
1561 – King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

1642 – First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1779 – American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the Template:USS, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.<ref name=Naravane>Template:Cite book</ref>
1821 – Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
1868 – The Grito de Lares occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1879 – The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1884 – On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship Arctique runs aground near Cape Virgenes leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the Tierra del Fuego gold rush.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1899 – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.

1901–present

1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1913 – The United Mine Workers of America launch a strike which eventually escalated into the Colorado Coalfield War.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1918 – World War I: The Battle of Haifa takes place in present-day Israel, part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.<ref name=India>Template:Cite web</ref>
1920 – The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas<ref name=Metadata>Template:Cite web</ref> after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and causing $1.45 million in damages.<ref name=Metadata />
1932 – Saudi National Day: Crown Prince (later king) Faisal of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Ibn Saud, proclaims the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the current iteration of the Third Saudi State.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1942 – World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1947 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes South Khorasan in Iran, killing over 500 people.<ref name="ngdc">Template:Cite web</ref>
1950 – Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
1951 – George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
1952 – After being accused of financial improprieties, Senator Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers speech" nationwide on television and radio, defending his actions and successfully salvaging his nomination as the Republican candidate for Vice President.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – An all-white jury in Mississippi finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy Emmett Till.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1956 – A tropical storm originating in the eastern Pacific Ocean passes into the Gulf of Mexico and is upgraded and named Hurricane Flossy just hours before striking the Gulf Coast and causing 15 deaths and an estimated USD$24.8 million in damages.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, and federalizes the Arkansas National Guard, ordering both to support the integration of Little Rock Central High School.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1961 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy nominates African American civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> although pro-segregation Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 923, a Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation registered as N6923C, ditched into the Atlantic Ocean killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Typhoon Wilda, one of the strongest typhoons to ever strike Japan, makes landfall,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> causing at least 30 fatalities<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and sinking at least 64 ships.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1967 – Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hit Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
1973 – Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board.
1999 – Qantas Flight 1 overrun a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2004 – Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
2008 – Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2010 – Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Twenty-five people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019 – Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite web</ref>
2022 – Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.<ref>Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news; Template:Cite news</ref>
2024 – Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

63 BC – Augustus, Roman emperor (d. 14 AD)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1215 – Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1294)
1495 – Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (d. 1565)
1597 – Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1679)
1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>

1601–1900

1642 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678)
1647 – Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1720)
1650 – Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
1713 – Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1740 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1756 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (d. 1836)<ref name="Douglas1962">Template:Cite book</ref>
1771 – Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1778 – Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1811)
1781 – Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865)
1791 – Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (d. 1813)
1800 – William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (d. 1873)
1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (d. 1896)
1823 – John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (d. 1902)
1838 – Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (d. 1927)
1851 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930)
1852 – James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (d. 1917)
1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922)
1853 – Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1923)
1861 – Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (d. 1942)
1863 – Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (d. 1954)
1865 – Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (d. 1933)
1865 – Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (d. 1947)
1865 – Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (d. 1938)
1867 – John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (d. 1948)
1869 – Mary Mallon, American cook and typhoid carrier (d. 1938)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1876 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968)
1880 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
1889 – Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (d. 1974)
1890 – Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1895 – Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)
1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (d. 1994)
1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1898 – Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
1899 – Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
1899 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1900 – Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009)

1901–present

1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1903 – Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)
1904 – Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966)
1906 – Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1907 – Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1907 – Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (d. 1998)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (d. 1976)
1908 – Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
1909 – Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
1910 – Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009)
1911 – Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
1912 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005)
1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980)
1913 – Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
1915 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (d. 2003)
1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
1917 – El Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984)
1917 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)
1920 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1923 – Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (d. 2016)
1923 – Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014)
1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
1925 – Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (d. 2006)
1926 – André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013)
1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1928 – Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)
1928 – Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (d. 1995)
1930 – Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996)
1930 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (d. 1987)
1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1931 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007)
1931 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
1931 – Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)
1932 – Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
1933 – Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (d. 2011)
1934 – Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2020)
1935 – Prem Chopra, Indian actor
1935 – Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist (d. 2023)
1935 – Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012)
1936 – George Eastham, English footballer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (d. 2006)
1936 – Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
1936 – Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (d. 2014)
1937 – Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
1938 – Arie L. Kopelman, American businessman (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1938 – Romy Schneider, German-French actress (d. 1982)
1939 – Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
1939 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
1939 – Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician
1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman
1940 – Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
1940 – Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
1941 – George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (d. 1971)
1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
1942 – Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1942 – Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
1942 – David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach (d. 2021)
1944 – Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945 – Alan Old, English rugby player
1945 – Paul Petersen, American actor, singer, author, and activist<ref name="AP"></ref>
1946 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1946 – Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (d. 2015)
1946 – Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
1946 – Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1946 – Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1947 – Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
1948 – Dan Toler, American guitarist (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1949 – Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
1949 – Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
1950 – George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
1951 – Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2012)
1952 – Mark Bego, American author
1952 – Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
1952 – Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
1952 – Kim Duk-soo, Korean musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1952 – Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
1953 – Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
1954 – Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1954 – Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
1956 – Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
1956 – Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
1956 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (d. 2020)
1957 – Rosalind Chao, American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1958 – Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
1958 – Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach
1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer
1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist<ref name="AP"></ref>
1959 – Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
1959 – Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
1959 – Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
1959 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1959 – Karen Pierce, English diplomat
1960 – Kurt Beyer, American wrestler
1960 – Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
1961 – Chi McBride, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1961 – William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1962 – Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
1963 – Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager
1964 – Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter
1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach
1964 – Katie Mitchell, English director and producer
1964 – Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic
1964 – Bill Phillips, American businessman and author
1965 – Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach
1967 – LisaRaye McCoy, American actress, model, fashion designer, and First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
1967 – Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager
1968 – Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer
1968 – Adam Price, Welsh politician
1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter
1969 – Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager
1970 – Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player
1970 – Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1970 – Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
1970 – Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer
1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster (d. 2023)
1971 – Sean Spicer, American political aide, 30th White House Press Secretary
1972 – Sam Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"></ref>
1972 – Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1972 – Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer
1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
1973 – Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach
1974 – Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player
1974 – Matt Hardy, American wrestler
1974 – Layzie Bone, American rapper
1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
1975 – Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer
1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
1975 – Vitali Yeremeyev, Kazakhstani ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1976 – Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Robert James-Collier, English actor<ref>My life in Downton Abbey by former Huddersfield student Rob James-Collier, YorkshireLive, 30 OCT 2012.</ref>
1976 – Kip Pardue, American actor and model
1976 – Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1976 – Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer
1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1978 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (d. 2013)
1978 – Anthony Mackie, American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1979 – Bryant McKinnie, American football player
1979 – Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch racing driver
1981 – Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
1982 – Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
1983 – Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
1983 – Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player
1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player
1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Chris Johnson, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1985 – Cush Jumbo, British actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
1985 – Hasan Minhaj, American comedian, actor, and television host<ref name="UPI"></ref>
1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer
1986 – Chris Volstad, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Skylar Astin, American actor and singer<ref name="AP"></ref>
1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Kairi Sane, Japanese wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
1989 – Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
1991 – Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Key, South Korean singer and entertainer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Angel Garza, Mexican wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1993 – Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Bai Lu, Chinese Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Napheesa Collier, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1997 – John Collins, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1999 – Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film director<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

788 – Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria
965 – Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
1193 – Robert de Sablé, French knight
1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1253 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
1267 – Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)
1386 – Dan I of Wallachia
1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1448 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)
1461 – Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)
1508 – Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)
1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)
1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)

1601–1900

1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)
1675 – Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
1764 – Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
1773 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
1789 – John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1851 – Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
1889 – Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
1896 – Emmanuel Benner, French artist (b. 1836)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

1901–present

1913 – Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
1917 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
1939 – Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1940 – Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
1943 – Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1951 – Siegfried Bettmann, German engineer (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1958 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
1967 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
1968 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
1971 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1974 – Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
1974 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)
1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)
1979 – Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)
1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1987 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)
1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)
1992 – Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)
1992 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)
1992 – James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)
1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
1994 – Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
1997 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
2000 – Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)
2001 – Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2005 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
2006 – Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
2006 – Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
2008 – Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
2008 – Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
2009 – Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)
2010 – Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
2012 – Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)
2012 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)
2012 – Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)
2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)
2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)
2013 – Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)
2013 – Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
2013 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)
2014 – A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
2014 – Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)
2014 – Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)
2014 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)
2015 – Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
2018 – Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018 – Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – John Elliott, Australian businessman (b. 1941)<ref name="death">Template:Cite news</ref>
2021 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Adomnán<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
- Blessed Francisco de Paula Victor<ref>Beato Francisco de Paula Victor, Santi e Beati, accessed February 24, 2025.</ref>
- Padre Pio
- Pope Linus
- Sossius
- Thecla (Roman Catholic Church)
- Xanthippe and Polyxena
- September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)
Haifa Day (Israel)<ref name=India>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)
Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)
National Day (Saudi Arabia)
Teachers' Day (Brunei)
Celebrate Bisexuality Day (bisexual community)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
International Day of Sign Languages<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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External links

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