September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 99 days remaining until the end of the year.
It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
Events
1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy .
1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle using artillery, as the English ship Christofer had three cannon and one hand gun.
1409 – Battle of Kherlen , the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
1459 – Battle of Blore Heath , the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses , is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire .
1568 – Spanish naval forces rout an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins , at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz .
1641 – The Merchant Royal , carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land's End .
1642 – First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College .
1779 – American Revolution : John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head .
1780 – American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold 's change of sides.
1803 – Second Anglo-Maratha War : Battle of Assaye between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.
1806 – Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1821 – Tripolitsa , Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence .
1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club , the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
1846 – Astronomers Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier , John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune .
1868 – Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
1889 – Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda .
1899 – American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo .
1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1908 – University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
1909 – The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux , is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois .
1911 – Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
1913 – Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael France to Bizerte , Tunisia).
1932 – The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .
1936 – First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
1938 – Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis .
1942 – World War II : The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
1943 – World War II: The Nazi puppet state the Italian Social Republic is founded.
1950 – Korean War : The Battle of Hill 282 : The first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II occurs.
1952 – Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech ".
1959 – Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev .
1959 – The MS Princess of Tasmania , Australia's first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait .
1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
1969 – The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
1973 – Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina .
1980 – Bob Marley plays what would be his last concert in Pittsburgh.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations .
1983 – Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
1986 – Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers .
1988 – José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40–40 club .
1992 – A large Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb destroys forensic laboratories in Belfast .
1999 – Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first observed in the United States.
1999 – NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter .
2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
2004 – Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
2008 – Kauhajoki school shooting : Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
2010 – Convict Teresa Lewis became the first female inmate to die by lethal injection in the state of Virginia .
2015 – On Washington, D.C. , Pope Francis canonized Father Junipero Serra as a saint.
Births
63 BC – Augustus , Roman emperor (d. 14)
1158 – Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1215 – Kublai Khan , Mongolian emperor (d. 1294)
1434 – Yolande of Valois (d. 1478)
1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga , Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
1642 – Giovanni Maria Bononcini , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678)
1647 – Joseph Dudley , American 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)
1759 – Marie Clotilde of France (d. 1802)
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)
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)
1869 – Typhoid Mary , Irish-American carrier of Typhoid fever (d. 1938)
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)
1893 – Cläre Lotto , German actress (d. 1952)
1895 – Miron Merzhanov , Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)
1895 – Johnny Mokan , American baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 – Walter Pidgeon , Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1898 – Les Haylen , Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
1898 – Jadwiga Smosarska , Polish actress (d. 1971)
1899 – Tom C. Clark , American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
1899 – Louise Nevelson , Ukrainian-American sculptor (d. 1988)
1900 – Bill Stone , English soldier (d. 2009)
1901 – Jaroslav Seifert , Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1902 – Su Buqing , Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
1905 – Tiny Bradshaw , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
1906 – Bardu Ali , American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)
1906 – Charles Ritchie , Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
1907 – Albert Ammons , American pianist (d. 1949)
1907 – Anne Desclos , French journalist and author (d. 1998)
1907 – Herbert Kappler , German SS officer (d. 1978)
1907 – Nicola Moscona , Greek-American actor and singer (d. 1975)
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)
1914 – Omar Ali Saifuddien III , Bruneian sultan (d. 1986)
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)
1920 – Mickey Rooney , American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1922 – Louise Latham , American actress
1923 – Vello Helk , Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014)
1923 – Margaret Pellegrini , American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
1924 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal , Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
1925 – Eleonora Rossi Drago , Italian actress (d. 2007)
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 (Miles Davis Quintet ) (d. 1967)
1926 – Jimmy Woode , American bassist (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band ) (d. 2005)
1927 – Mighty Joe Young , American singer and guitarist (d. 1999)
1928 – Frank Foster , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)
1928 – Roger Grimsby , American journalist and actor (d. 1995)
1929 – Wally Whyton , English singer-songwriter (The Vipers Skiffle Group ) (d. 1997)
1930 – Sehba Akhtar , Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996)
1930 – Colin Blakely , Irish-English actor (d. 1987)
1930 – Ray Charles , American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)
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
1934 – Ahmad Shah Khan, Crown Prince of Afghanistan
1935 – Prem Chopra , Pakistani-Indian actor
1935 – Les McCann , American singer and pianist
1935 – Ron Tindall , English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012)
1935 – Arland D. Williams, Jr. , American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 (d. 1982)
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 – Tom Lester , American actor and producer
1938 – Romy Schneider , Austrian-French actress and singer (d. 1982)
1939 – Henry Blofeld , English cricketer and journalist
1939 – Roy Buchanan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Snakestretchers ) (d. 1988)
1939 – Janusz Gajos , Polish actor
1939 – Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham , English politician
1939 – Sonny Vaccaro , American businessman
1940 – Tim Rose , American singer-songwriter and banjo player (The Big 3 ) (d. 2002)
1940 – Mohammad-Reza Shajarian , Iranian singer-songwriter
1940 – Michel Temer , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
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 businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
1942 – Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston , Scottish scholar and politician
1943 – Tanuja , Indian actress
1943 – Julio Iglesias , Spanish singer-songwriter
1943 – Marty Schottenheimer , American football player and coach
1944 – Eric Bogle , Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Richard Lambert , English journalist and academic
1945 – Ron Bushy , American drummer (Iron Butterfly )
1945 – Igor Ivanov , Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1945 – Paul Petersen , American actor and singer
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 (Indexi )
1946 – Anne Wheeler , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
1947 – Christian Bordeleau , Canadian ice hockey player
1947 – Mary Kay Place , American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1947 – Neal Smith , American drummer and songwriter (Plasmatics )
1948 – Don Grolnick , American pianist and composer (Ten Wheel Drive ) (d. 1996)
1948 – Dan Toler , American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Gregg Allman Band ) (d. 2013)
1949 – Floella Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin , Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
1949 – Jerry B. Jenkins , American author
1949 – Bruce Springsteen , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band and Steel Mill )
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 – 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, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1956 – Peter David , American author, actor, and screenwriter
1956 – Tom Hogan , Australian cricketer
1956 – Paolo Rossi , Italian footballer
1957 – Rosalind Chao , American actress
1957 – Tony Fossas , Cuban-American baseball player and coach
1957 – Kumar Sanu , Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1958 – Danielle Dax , English singer-songwriter and producer (Lemon Kittens )
1958 – Khaled El Sheikh , Bahraini singer-songwriter
1958 – Marvin Lewis , American football player and coach
1958 – Larry Mize , American golfer
1959 – Jason Alexander , American actor, singer, director, and producer
1959 – Frank Cottrell Boyce , English author and screenwriter
1959 – Hans Nijman , Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
1959 – Martin Page , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Q-Feel )
1959 – Elizabeth Peña , American actress and director (d. 2014)
1959 – Karen Pierce , English diplomat
1960 – Luis Moya , Spanish race car driver
1961 – Lesley Fitz-Simons , Scottish actress (d. 2013)
1961 – Chi McBride , American actor and singer
1961 – William C. McCool , American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
1962 – Deborah Orr , Scottish journalist
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 – Koshi Inaba , Japanese singer-songwriter (B'z )
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
1966 – LisaRaye McCoy-Misick , American actress and fashion designer
1967 – Hilary Andersson , American-English journalist
1967 – Chris Wilder , English footballer and manager
1968 – Yvette Fielding , English actress and producer
1968 – Adam Price , Welsh politician
1968 – Sydnee Steele , American porn actress
1969 – Donald Audette , Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Patrick Fiori , French singer-songwriter
1969 – Tapio Laukkanen , Finnish race car driver
1969 – Rod Pampling , Australian golfer
1969 – Jan Suchopárek , Czech footballer and manager
1970 – Adrian Brunker , Australian rugby player
1970 – Lucia Cifarelli , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (KMFDM , MDFMK , KGC , Schwein , and Drill )
1970 – Ani DiFranco , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1970 – Giorgos Koltsidas , Greek footballer
1971 – Moin Khan , Pakistani cricketer and coach
1971 – Ingebrigt Håker Flaten , Norwegian bassist and composer (Atomic and The Thing )
1971 – Kenji Matsuda , Japanese actor
1971 – Lee Mi-yeon , South Korean actress
1971 – Eric Montross , American basketball player and sportscaster
1972 – Sarah Bettens , Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist (K's Choice )
1972 – Alistair Campbell , Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 – Ana Marie Cox , American author and blogger
1972 – Jermaine Dupri , American rapper and producer
1972 – Shim Eun-ha , South Korean actress
1972 – Karl Pilkington , English actor and producer
1973 – Ingrid Fliter , Argentinian pianist
1973 – Vangelis Krios , Greek footballer and coach
1973 – Artim Šakiri , Macedonian footballer and manager
1974 – Matt Hardy , American wrestler and actor
1974 – Harumi Inoue , Japanese swimmer and actress
1975 – Jaime Bergman , American model and actress
1975 – Layzie Bone , American rapper and actor (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony , Bone Brothers , and Mo Thugs )
1975 – Kim Dong-moon , South Korean badminton player
1975 – Chris Hawkins , English journalist and producer
1975 – Eric Miller , Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
1976 – Sarah Blasko , Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Homaro Cantu , American chef (d. 2015)
1976 – Katarina Čas , Slovenian actress
1976 – Faune A. Chambers , American actress and dancer
1976 – Rob James-Collier , English model and actor
1976 – Kip Pardue , American actor
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 – Brett Prebble , Australian jockey
1977 – Suzanne Tamim , Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008)
1977 – Rachael Yamagata , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1978 – Benjamin Curtis , American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (Secret Machines , School of Seven Bells , Tripping Daisy , and UFOFU ) (d. 2013)
1978 – Anthony Mackie , American actor
1978 – Worm Miller , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1978 – Keri Lynn Pratt , American actress
1979 – Ricky Davis , American basketball player
1979 – Bryant McKinnie , American football player
1979 – Fábio Simplício , Brazilian footballer
1979 – Lote Tuqiri , Fijian-Australian rugby player
1980 – Hooligan , Maltese rapper
1980 – Syu , Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Galneryus and Animetal )
1980 – Cameron Litvack , American screenwriter and producer
1980 – Matt White , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Robert Doornbos , Dutch race car driver
1981 – Natalie Horler , German singer (Cascada and Siria )
1981 – Helen Richardson-Walsh , English field hockey player
1981 – Misti Traya , American actress
1982 – Mait Künnap , Estonian tennis player
1982 – Alyssa Sutherland , Australian-American actress and model
1983 – Shane del Rosario , American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
1983 – Märt Israel , Estonian discus thrower
1983 – Joffrey Lupul , Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Regan Smith , American race car driver
1984 – Patrick Ehelechner , German ice hockey player
1984 – Kate French , American actress
1984 – Matt Kemp , American baseball player
1984 – Anneliese van der Pol , Dutch-American actress and singer
1985 – Brian Brohm , American football player
1985 – Joba Chamberlain , American baseball player
1985 – Maki Goto , Japanese singer-songwriter and actress (Morning Musume , Nochiura Natsumi , Petitmoni , Gomattō , and Def.Diva )
1985 – Chris Johnson , American football player
1985 – Hossein Kaebi , Iranian footballer
1985 – Lukáš Kašpar , Czech ice hockey player
1986 – Martin Cranie , English footballer
1987 – Skylar Astin , American actor and singer
1987 – Trinidad James , Trinidadian-American rapper
1988 – Ryo Kimura , Japanese actor
1988 – Juan Martín del Potro , Argentinian tennis player
1988 – Shanaze Reade , English BMX rider
1988 – Anthony Straker , English footballer
1988 – Yannick Weber , Swiss ice hockey player
1989 – Kitkat , Filipino actress and singer
1989 – Brandon Jennings , American basketball player
1989 – Mara Scherzinger , German actress
1990 – Agustín Sierra , Argentinian actor and singer
1990 – Çağatay Ulusoy , Turkish model and actor
1991 – Key , South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (Shinee and Toheart )
1991 – Melanie Oudin , American tennis player
1991 – Zia Quizon , Filipino singer-songwriter
1993 – Duke Johnson , American football player
1996 – Lee Hi , South Korean singer
2000 – Kalani Hilliker , American model and dancer
Deaths
1193 – Robert de Sablé , French knight
1241 – Snorri Sturluson , Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)
1571 – John Jewel , English bishop (b. 1522)
1573 – Azai Hisamasa , Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
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)
1830 – Elizabeth Monroe , American wife of James Monroe , 5th First Lady of the United States (b. 1768)
1835 – Vincenzo Bellini , Italian composer (b. 1801)
1851 – Émilie Gamelin , Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
1846 – John Ainsworth Horrocks , English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
1850 – José Gervasio Artigas , Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
1867 – Michael O'Laughlen , American conspirator (b. 1840)
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 author and playwright (b. 1824)
1900 – William Marsh Rice , American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
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)
1940 – Hale Holden , American businessman (b. 1869)
1943 – Salvo D'Acquisto , Italian soldier (b. 1920)
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 – Yörük Ali Efe , Turkish warlord (b. 1895)
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)
1970 – Bourvil , French actor and singer (b. 1917)
1971 – James Waddell Alexander II , American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
1971 – Billy Gilbert , American actor and singer (b. 1894)
1973 – Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1974 – Cliff Arquette , American actor and singer (b. 1905)
1974 – Robbie McIntosh , Scottish drummer (Average White Band and The Senate ) (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)
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)
1993 – William Cort , American actor (b. 1936)
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)
2001 – Ron Hewitt , Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
2002 – Vernon Corea , Sri Lankan-English radio host (b. 1927)
2003 – Zubayr Al-Rimi , Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1974)
2003 – Yuri Senkevich , Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
2004 – André Hazes , Dutch singer (b. 1951)
2004 – Billy Reay , Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
2005 – Roger Brierley , English actor (b. 1935)
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)
2009 – Ertuğrul Osman , Ottoman prince (b. 1912)
2010 – Malcolm Douglas , Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
2010 – Teresa Lewis , American murderer (b. 1969)
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 – Anthony Hawkins , English-Australian actor (b. 1932)
2013 – Paul Kuhn , German singer, pianist, and bandleader (b. 1928)
2013 – Gia Maione , American singer (b. 1941)
2013 – Vlatko Marković , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
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)
2014 – John Toner , American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2015 – Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa , Spanish actor and director (b. 1940)
2015 – Dragan Holcer , German-Croatian footballer (b. 1945)
2015 – Dayananda Saraswati , Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
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