September 22

Events

Pre-1600

• 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1359 – An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1499 – The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1586 – Eighty Years' War: A Spanish force led by the Marquis del Vasto successfully fights its way past a joint English/Dutch ambush in the Battle of Zutphen.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1692 – Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell are hanged, the last of those to be executed in the Salem witch trials.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1711 – The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1761 – George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
• 1789 – Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• 1792 – Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
• 1823 – Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
• 1857 – The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
• 1862 – A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1866 – The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War.
• 1885 – Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
• 1891 – The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1892 – A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive.
• 1896 – Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015).<ref name="renamed_from_2015_on_20240922191642">Template:Citation</ref>

1901–present

• 1910 – The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors.
• 1919 – The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• 1934 – The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
• 1939 – World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• 1941 – The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
• 1948 – Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1953 – The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
• 1960 – The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
• 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire.
• 1966 – Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
• 1976 – Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1979 – A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
• 1980 – Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War.
• 1981 – During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1991 – The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time.
• 1993 – A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
• 1993 – A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• 1995 – An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
• 1995 – The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1013 – Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary (d. 1075)
• 1211 – Ibn Khallikan, Iraqi scholar and judge (d. 1282)
• 1373 – Thomas le Despenser, 1st Earl of Gloucester (d. 1400)
• 1480 – Tenali Rama, poet in the court of Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Empire (d. 1528)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1515 – Anne of Cleves, Queen consort of England (d. 1557)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1547 – Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet (d. 1590)
• 1593 – Matthäus Merian, Swiss-German engraver and cartographer (d. 1650)

1601–1900

• 1601 – Anne of Austria, Queen and regent of France (d. 1666)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1606 – Li Zicheng, Chinese emperor (d. 1645)
• 1680 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
• 1694 – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1773)
• 1715 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (d. 1811)
• 1743 – Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author (d. 1819)
• 1762 – Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author (d. 1850)
• 1765 – Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1822)
• 1788 – Theodore Hook, English composer and educator (d. 1841)
• 1791 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (d. 1867)
• 1806 – Bernardino António Gomes, Portuguese physician and naturalist (d. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1819 – Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic (d. 1897)
• 1829 – Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
• 1833 – Stephen D. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1908)
• 1835 – Alexander Potebnja, Ukrainian linguist and philosopher (d. 1891)
• 1841 – Andrejs Pumpurs, Latvian soldier and poet (d. 1902)
• 1862 – Anastasios Charalambis, Greek lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1949)
• 1868 – Louise McKinney, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (d. 1966)
• 1870 – Arthur Pryor, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)
• 1876 – André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 67th Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
• 1878 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 51st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1880 – Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (d. 1958)
• 1882 – Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
• 1883 – Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (d. 1932)
• 1883 – Frank George Woollard, English engineer (d. 1957)
• 1885 – Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, designed the Stockholm Public Library (d. 1940)
• 1885 – Ben Chifley, Australian engineer and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Bhaurao Patil, Indian educator and activist (d. 1959)
• 1889 – Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)
• 1891 – Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Billy West, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Elisabeth Rethberg, German soprano (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (d. 1967)
• 1896 – Uri Zvi Greenberg, Ukrainian-Israeli poet and journalist (d. 1981)
• 1896 – Henry Segrave, American-English race car driver (d. 1930)
• 1897 – Frank O'Connor, American actor, rancher, and painter (d. 1979)<ref name=":2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1899 – Elsie Allen, Native American Pomo basket weaver (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and engineer (d. 1985)
• 1900 – William Spratling, American-Mexican silversmith and educator (d. 1967)

1901–present

• 1901 – Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin (d. 1932)
• 1901 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1902 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor and producer (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Haakon Lie, Norwegian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1905 – Eugen Sänger, Czech-Austrian engineer (d. 1964)
• 1906 – Ilse Koch, German war criminal (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1907 – Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author (d. 2003)
• 1907 – Philip Fotheringham-Parker, English race car driver (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Hermann Schlichting, German engineer and academic (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 1909 – John Engstead, American photographer and journalist (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Allan Lane, American actor (d. 1973)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – György Faludy, Hungarian poet and author (d. 2006)
• 1912 – Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1913 – Lillian Chestney, American painter and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Hans Scholl, German activist (d. 1943)
• 1918 – Henryk Szeryng, Mexican violinist and educator (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Eric Baker, English activist, co-founded Amnesty International (d. 1976)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1920 – Anders Lassen, Danish-English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1945)
• 1920 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1920 – William H. Riker, American political scientist and academic (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Will Elder, American illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1922 – David Sive, American environmentalist and lawyer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Bernard Gauthier, French cyclist (d. 2018)
• 1924 – Charles Keeping, English author and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1924 – Rosamunde Pilcher, English author (d. 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Charles Waterhouse, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2013)
• 1924 – J. William Middendorf, American soldier and politician, 14th United States Secretary of the Navy
• 1924 – Ray Wetzel, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1951)
• 1925 – Virginia Capers, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Leila Hadley, American author (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Gordon Astall, English footballer and coach (d. 2020)
• 1927 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Eric Broadley, English engineer and businessman, founded Lola Cars (d. 2017)
• 1928 – James Lawson, American activist, author, and academic (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Eugene Roche, American actor (d. 2004)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Vallance">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1929 – Serge Garant, Canadian composer and conductor (d. 1986)
• 1929 – Carlo Ubbiali, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2020)
• 1930 – Joni James, American singer (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1930 – T. S. Sinnathuray, Judge of the High Court of Singapore (d. 2016)
• 1931 – Fay Weldon, English author and playwright (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Defence (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Algirdas Brazauskas, Lithuanian politician, 2nd President of Lithuania (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (d. 2009)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1933 – Leonardo Balada, Spanish-American composer and educator
• 1933 – T. Cullen Davis, American businessman
• 1933 – Carmelo Simeone, Italian-Argentinian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (d. 2012)
• 1934 – Jack McGregor, American captain, lawyer, and politician
• 1934 – Lute Olson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1934 – T. Somasekaram, Sri Lankan geographer and politician, 37th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Robin Gammell, Canadian actor<ref>"Transplanted to Hollywood". The Globe and Mail, January 24, 1981.</ref>
• 1937 – Don Rutherford, English rugby player (d. 2016)
• 1938 – Gene Mingo, American football player
• 1939 – Bogdan Baltazar, Romanian economist and engineer (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Deborah Lavin, South African-English historian and academic
• 1939 – Gilbert E. Patterson, American bishop (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Marlena Shaw, American jazz singer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
• 1941 – Jeremiah Wright, American pastor and theologian
• 1942 – Ole Anderson, American wrestler (d. 2024)
• 1942 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Rubén Salazar Gómez, Colombian cardinal
• 1942 – David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1943 – Toni Basil, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1943 – Barry Cable, Australian footballer and coach
• 1943 – Paul Hoffert, American keyboard player, composer, and academic
• 1944 – Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1945 – Paul Le Mat, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1946 – King Sunny Adé, Nigerian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Jo Beverley, English-Canadian author (d. 2016)
• 1947 – David Drewry, English glaciologist and geophysicist
• 1947 – Norma McCorvey, American activist (d. 2017)
• 1947 – Robert Morace, American author and academic
• 1948 – Denis Burke, Australian soldier and politician, 6th Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
• 1948 – Mark Phillips, English equestrian, trainer, and journalist
• 1949 – Harold Carmichael, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – James Cartwright, American general
• 1949 – Jim McGinty, Australian lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Western Australia
• 1951 – David Coverdale, English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Mike Graham, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2012)
• 1951 – Doug Somers, American wrestler (d. 2017)
• 1952 – Bob Goodlatte, American lawyer and politician
• 1952 – Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai political scientist and politician, 15th Governor of Bangkok
• 1952 – Américo Rocca, Mexican wrestler
• 1953 – Richard Fairbrass, English singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• 1953 – Ségolène Royal, French politician
• 1955 – Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Debby Boone, American singer, actress, and author<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1956 – Doug Wimbish, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 – Ibrahim Shema, Nigerian lawyer, politician
• 1957 – Steve Carney, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter, author, and actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1957 – Mark Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1957 – Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
• 1957 – Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager
• 1958 – Andrea Bocelli, Italian singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1958 – Beth Catlin, American autistic savant<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1958 – Neil Cavuto, American journalist and author<ref name="UPI" />
• 1958 – Joan Jett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1959 – Tai Babilonia, American figure skater and talk show host
• 1959 – Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1960 – Scott Baio, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1961 – Vince Coleman, American baseball player
• 1961 – Liam Fox, Scottish physician and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1961 – Bonnie Hunt, American actress, producer, and talk show host<ref name="AP" />
• 1961 – Diane Lemieux, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Catherine Oxenberg, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1961 – Michael Torke, American composer
• 1962 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2016)
• 1964 – Juha Turunen, Finnish lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Ken Vandermark, American saxophonist and composer
• 1965 – Dan Bucatinsky, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1965 – Andrii Deshchytsia, Ukrainian politician and diplomat, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1965 – Mark Guthrie, American baseball player
• 1965 – Robert Satcher, American physician, engineer, and astronaut
• 1966 – Ruth Jones, Welsh actress, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
• 1966 – Michael Shank, American racing team owner<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Matt Besser, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Super Delfin, Japanese wrestler
• 1967 – Brian Keene, American novelist
• 1967 – Ian Mortimer, English historian and novelist
• 1967 – Rickard Rydell, Swedish race car driver
• 1967 – Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
• 1969 – Nicole Bradtke, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Tuomas Kantelinen, Finnish composer and conductor
• 1969 – Sue Perkins, English comedian, actress, and radio host
• 1969 – Matt Sharp, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1970 – Gladys Berejiklian, Australian politician, 45th Premier of New South Wales
• 1970 – Mike Matheny, American baseball player and manager
• 1970 – Mystikal, American rapper and actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1970 – Hitro Okesene, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1970 – Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
• 1970 – Emmanuel Petit, French footballer<ref>Template:Hugman</ref>
• 1971 – Elizabeth Bear, American author and poet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Toomas Krõm, Estonian footballer
• 1971 – Luther Reigns, American actor and wrestler
• 1973 – Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2014)
• 1973 – Stéfan Louw, South African tenor and producer
• 1973 – Bob Sapp, American wrestler, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Jenn Colella, American actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Kostas Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer and manager
• 1975 – Mireille Enos, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1975 – Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1976 – David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Mo Collins, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1977 – Antti-Jussi Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Daniella Alonso, American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
• 1978 – Harry Kewell, Australian footballer and coach
• 1979 – Emilie Autumn, American singer-songwriter, violinist, and poet<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Swin Cash, American basketball player and executive<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Michael Graziadei, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1979 – Phil Waugh, Australian rugby player
• 1980 – Svenja Weidemann, German tennis player
• 1981 – Ashley Eckstein, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1981 – Janne Niskala, Finnish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player
• 1981 – Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Ingrid Vetlesen, Norwegian soprano
• 1982 – Domenic Cassisi, Australian footballer
• 1982 – Katie Lowes, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1982 – Billie Piper, English actress and singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1982 – Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Kyla, British singer
• 1983 – Glenn Loovens, Dutch professional footballer
• 1983 – Petr Tatíček, Czech professional ice hockey
• 1983 – Tommy Thelin, Swedish footballer
• 1984 – Ross Jarman, English drummer and songwriter
• 1984 – Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer
• 1985 – Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist
• 1987 – Tom Felton, English actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1987 – Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer
• 1987 – Teyonah Parris, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1988 – Nikita Andreyev, Russian footballer
• 1988 – Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Jon Bass, American actor
• 1989 – Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1989 – Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
• 1990 – Denard Robinson, American football player
• 1991 – Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 – Philip Hindes, English track cyclist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Haason Reddick, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Nayeon, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Dylan Windler, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Kim Yoo-jung, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – Seungmin, South Korean singer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2009 – Coco Yoshizawa, Japanese skateboarder<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 189 – He Jin, Chinese general and regent (b. 135)
• 530 – Pope Felix IV
• 904 – Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 867)
• 967 – Wichmann II, Frankish nobleman
• 1072 – Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian, poet, and politician (b. 1007)
• 1158 – Otto of Freising, German bishop and chronicler (b. c. 1114)
• 1174 – Uchtred, Lord of Galloway (b. c. 1120)
• 1253 – Dōgen, Japanese monk and philosopher (b. 1200)
• 1345 – Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1281)
• 1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of The United Kingdom (b. 1366)
• 1408 – John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1370)
• 1457 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
• 1482 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1465)
• 1520 – Selim I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1465)
• 1531 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (b. 1476)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1539 – Guru Nanak, Sikh religious leader, founded Sikhism (b. 1469)
• 1554 – Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer (b. 1510)
• 1566 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and academic (b. 1494)
• 1576 – Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex (b. 1541)
• 1598 – Gabriel Spenser, English actor (b. c. 1578)<ref>Helen Ostovich, Holger Schott Syme, Andrew Griffin, Locating the Queen's Men, 1583–1603: Material Practices and Conditions of Playing, Ashgate Publishing, 2009, p. 91.</ref>

1601–1900

• 1607 – Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1535)
• 1662 – John Biddle, English minister and theologian (b. 1615)
• 1692 – Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
• 1711 – William Bartram, English-born politician and settler (b. 1674)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1756 – Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
• 1774 – Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1776 – Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)<ref name=":0" />
• 1777 – John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
• 1828 – Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
• 1852 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed Hammersmith Bridge (b. 1783)
• 1862 – Frederick Townsend Ward, American sailor and mercenary (b. 1831)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1872 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and linguist (b. 1801)
• 1873 – Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1801)
• 1881 – Solomon L. Spink, American lawyer and politician (b. 1831)

1901–present

• 1914 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier and author (b. 1886)
• 1917 – John Henry Knight, English engineer (b. 1847)<ref name="LocHis">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1919 – Alajos Gáspár, Hungarian-Slovene author and poet (b. 1848)
• 1933 – Sime Silverman, American journalist and newspaper publisher (b. 1873)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1934 – Cecil Chubb, English barrister and one time owner of Stonehenge (b. 1876)
• 1935 – Elliott Lewis, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1858)
• 1952 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (b. 1865)
• 1956 – Frederick Soddy, English chemist and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1961 – Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (b. 1897)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, Mexican politician, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Abul A'la Maududi, Pakistani theologian, Islamic scholar and jurist (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (b. 1893)
• 1987 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908)
• 1987 – Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, scholar, and poet (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Ambrose Folorunsho Alli, Nigerian academic and politician (b. 1929)
• 1989 – Irving Berlin, Russian-born American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
• 1992 – Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 1993 – Maurice Abravanel, Greek-American pianist and conductor (b. 1903)
• 1994 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1924)
• 1996 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (b. 1914)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1999 – George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Isaac Stern, Polish-Ukrainian violinist and conductor (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Hugo Young, English journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2004 – Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (b. 1963)
• 2006 – Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2006 – Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950)
• 2007 – ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1911)
• 2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (b. 1963)
• 2008 – Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (b. 1967)
• 2009 – Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Jackie Burroughs, British-born Canadian actress (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (b. 1971)
• 2011 – Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Jane Connell, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
• 2013 – David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2018 – Edna Molewa, South African politician (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2018 – Mike Labinjo, Canadian football player (b. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Neil Brannon, American politician (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – Hilary Mantel, British author (b. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2022 – Pal Singh Purewal, Punjabi engineer, author, scholar, and teacher (b. 1931/1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2023 – Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (b. 1958)<ref>https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo/bike-path-killer-altemio-sanchez-dies-at-the-age-of-65</ref>
• 2024 – Roy Clay, American computer scientist (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• American Business Women's Day (United States)
• Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia)
• Christian feast days:
  • Candidus
  • Digna and Emerita
  • Emmeram of Regensburg
  • Felix and Constantia
  • Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti)
  • Laud of Coutances
  • Maurice (Western Christianity)
  • Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs)
  • Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope)
  • Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
  • Sadalberga
  • Saintin (Sanctinus) de Meaux
  • Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623)
  • Theban Legion
  • Thomas of Villanova
  • Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)
  • September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere:
  • Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
  • Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
  • The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
• Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)

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