'''September_23''' is the 266th day of the year (267th in Leap_years). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating autumn.
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==Events==
*1122 - Concordat_of_Worms
*1459 - Battle_of_Blore_Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars_of_the_Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
*1529 - The Siege_of_Vienna begins as Suleiman_II begins his attack on the city.
*1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard_College.
*1779 - American_Revolution; ''USS Bonhomme Richard'', commanded by John_Paul_Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war ''Serapis'' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of England.
*1780 - American_Revolution; British Major John_Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict_Arnold's treason.
*1803 - Battle_of_Assaye
*1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific_Northwest of the United_States.
*1845 - The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first Baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New_York.
*1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John_Couch_Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann_Gottfried_Galle
*1868 - Grito_de_Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto_Rico against Spanish rule.
*1875 - William_Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.
*1884 - Herman_Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
*1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", officially ending the Union between the two countries peacfully.
*1912 - First Mack_Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.
*1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.
*1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi_Arabia
*1941 - The first gas experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
*1952 - Richard_Nixon makes his "Checkers_speech".
*1962 - The ''Jetsons ''aired for the first time.
*1962 - Lincoln_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts in New_York_City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery_Fisher_Hall home of the New_York_Philharmonic.
*1969 - The Chicago_8 trial opens in Chicago,_Illinois
*1973 - Juan_Perón returns to power in Argentina.
*1980 - Bob_Marley's last concert
*1981 - Jack_Henry_Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder.
*1983 - Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis joins the United_Nations.
*1983 - Gerrie_Coetzee of South_Africa becomes the first African Boxing world heavyweight champion.
*1993 - Sonic_the_Hedgehog_CD is released for the Sega_Mega-CD in Japan.
*1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars_Climate_Orbiter.
*2002 - Mozilla_Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1.
*2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by Floods due to Hurricane_Jeanne.
*2005 - FBI killing of Filiberto_Ojeda on Plan_Bonito Hormigueros,_Puerto_Rico.
==Births==
*480_BC - Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406_BC)
*63_BC - Augustus_Caesar, Roman_Emperor (d. AD 14)
*AD 1158 - Geoffrey_II,_Duke_of_Brittany (d. 1186)
*1161 - Emperor_Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
*1215 - Kublai_Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
*1598 - Eleonore_Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (d. 1655)
*1647 - Joseph_Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
*1650 - Jeremy_Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
*1713 - King Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain (d. 1759)
*1740 - Empress_Go-Sakuramachi_of_Japan (d. 1813)
*1771 - Emperor_Kokaku_of_Japan (d. 1840)
*1819 - Hippolyte_Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
*1838 - Victoria_Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
*1852 - William_Stewart_Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
*1863 - Mary_Eliza_Church_Terrell, American writer and social reformer (d. 1954)
*1865 - Emmuska_Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
*1880 - John_Boyd_Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (d. 1971)
*1889 - Walter_Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
*1890 - Friedrich_Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
*1895 - Johnny_Mokan, baseball player (d. 1985)
*1897 - Walter_Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
*1899 - Louise_Nevelson, Ukrainian-born artist (d. 1988)
*1901 - Jaroslav_Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
*1911 - Frank_Moss, U.S. Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
*1915 - Clifford_Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
*1916 - Aldo_Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
*1920 - Mickey_Rooney, American actor
*1924 - Pedro_Chamorro, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978)
*1926 - John_Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
*1930 - Ray_Charles, American musician and singer (d. 2004)
*1931 - Gerald_Stairs_Merrithew, Canadian educator and statesman (d. 2004)
*1936 - Valentín_Paniagua, Peruvian politician, interim president in 2000–01
*1938 - Tom_Lester, American actor
*1938 - Romy_Schneider, Austrian actress (d. 1982)
*1939 - Roy_Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
*1939 - Janusz_Gajos, Polish actor
*1942 - Sila_María_Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico
*1943 - Julio_Iglesias, Spanish singer
*1943 - Marty_Schottenheimer, American football coach
*1945 - Paul_Petersen, American actor
*1946 - Franz_Fischler, Austrian politician
*1947 - Mary_Kay_Place, American actress
*1949 - Bruce_Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
*1954 - Charlie_Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
*1958 - Marvin_Lewis, American football coach
*1959 - Jason_Alexander, American actor
*1959 - Elizabeth Peña, American actress
*1961 - Willie_McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
*1964 - Koshi_Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
*1969 - Michelle_Thomas, American actress (d. 1998)
*1970 - Ani_DiFranco, American musician
*1974 - Matt_Hardy, American professional wrestler
*1974 - Harumi_Inoue, Japanese actress and model
*1975 - Jaime_Bergman, American model and actress
*1975 - Chris_Hawkins, British radio personality and disk jockey
*1984 - Anneliese_van_der_Pol, Dutch actress
*1994 - Burhan_Jawed, Son of Jawed Abdeli in the cricket hall of fame
==Deaths==
*79 - Pope_Linus
*1241 - Snorri_Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
*1390 - John_I,_Duke_of_Lorraine (b. 1346)
*1535 - Catherine_of_Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav_I_of_Sweden (b. 1513)
*1571 - John_Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
*1573 - Azai_Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
*1605 - Pontus_de_Tyard, French poet
*1675 - Valentin_Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
*1728 - Christian_Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
*1738 - Herman_Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
*1764 - Robert_Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
*1773 - Johann_Ernst_Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
*1789 - John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
*1835 - Vincenzo_Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
*1850 - José_Gervasio_Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764)
*1870 - Prosper_Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
*1873 - Jean_Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
*1889 - Wilkie_Collins, British author (b. 1824)
*1900 - William_Marsh_Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
*1917 - Werner_Voss German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
*1929 - Richard_Adolf_Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
*1939 - Sigmund_Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
*1943 - Elinor_Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
*1950 - Sam_Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
*1968 - Padre_Pio, saint (b. 1887)
*1971 - Billy_Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
*1973 - Pablo_Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
*1974 - Cliff_Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905)
*1978 - Lyman_Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
*1981 - Chief_Dan_George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
*1987 - Bob_Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927)
*1988 - Tibor_Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912)
*1992 - James_Van_Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892)
*1994 - Robert_Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
*1998 - Mary_Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
*2000 - Aurelio_Rodríguez, Mexican Major_League_Baseball player (b. 1947)
*2000 - Carl_Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
*2002 - Vernon_Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
*2004 - André_Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
*2004 - Robert_Goldman, WWII Veteran, Golfer, and Zayda (b. 1944)
*2005 - Filiberto_Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933)
==Holidays and observances==
*Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra
*In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
*RC Saints - Feast_day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Constantius, Saint Thecla.
Also see September_23_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
* Traditional New_Year's_Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox churches — because of the birthday of August, not because of the equinox.
*Japanese Autumnal_equinox Day (秋分の日/Shūbun no hi)
*Saudi_Arabia - National_Day (unification 1932)
== External links ==
* BBC: On This Day
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