September 9

Events

• 9 AD - Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
• 337 - Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
• 533 - A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada and marches to Carthage.
• 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
• 1087 - William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II,.
• 1141 - Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
• 1320 - In the Battle of Saint George, the Byzantines under Andronikos Asen ambush and defeat the forces of the Principality of Achaea, securing possession of Arcadia.
• 1488 - Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
• 1493 - Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1513 - James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
• 1543 - Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
• 1561 - The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
• 1739 - Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1776 - The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
• 1791 - Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
• 1801 - Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
• 1839 - John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
• 1845 - Possible start of the Great Potato Famine.
• 1850 - California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
• 1850 - The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
• 1855 - Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
• 1863 - American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• 1892 - Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
• 1914 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
• 1922 - The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• 1923 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
• 1924 - Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
• 1936 - The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
• 1939 - World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• 1939 - Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
• 1940 - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• 1940 - Treznea Massacre in Transylvania.
• 1942 - World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• 1943 - World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
• 1944 - World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
• 1945 - Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
• 1947 - First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• 1948 - Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• 1954 - The 6.7 Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI. At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• 1956 - Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
• 1965 - The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• 1965 - Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
• 1966 - The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• 1969 - In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.
• 1970 - A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
• 1971 - The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• 1972 - In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
• 1990 - Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
• 1991 - Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1993 - Israeli–Palestinian peace process: The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
• 2001 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
• 2002 - The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 2009 - The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• 2012 - The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PSLV launches.
• 2012 - A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• 2015 - Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• 2016 - The government of North Korea conducts its fifth and reportedly biggest nuclear test. World leaders condemn the act, with South Korea calling it "maniacal recklessness".

  Births

• 214 - Aurelian, Roman emperor
• 384 - Honorius, Roman emperor
• 1349 - Albert III, Duke of Austria
• 1427 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician
• 1466 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun
• 1558 - Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur
• 1585 - Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician
• 1629 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch general
• 1700 - Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
• 1711 - Thomas Hutchinson, English historian and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
• 1721 - Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder
• 1731 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar
• 1737 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist
• 1754 - William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales
• 1755 - Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician
• 1777 - James Carr, American soldier and politician
• 1778 - Clemens Brentano, German poet and author
• 1789 - Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Polish rabbi
• 1807 - Richard Chenevix Trench, Irish-English archbishop and philologist
• 1823 - Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and academic
• 1828 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright
• 1834 - Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author
• 1853 - Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and merchant
• 1855 - Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author
• 1863 - Herbert Henry Ball, English-Canadian journalist and politician
• 1868 - Mary Hunter Austin, American author, poet, and critic
• 1873 - Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American theater and film director
• 1876 - Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager
• 1877 - James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic
• 1878 - Adelaide Crapsey, American poet and critic
• 1878 - Arthur Fox, English-American fencer
• 1878 - Sergio Osmeña, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th President of the Philippines
• 1885 - Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator
• 1887 - Alf Landon, American lieutenant, banker, and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas
• 1882 - Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster
• 1890 - Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC
• 1894 - Arthur Freed, American composer and producer
• 1894 - Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of Labour
• 1894 - Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer and soldier
• 1898 - Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager
• 1899 - Neil Hamilton, American stage, film and television actor
• 1899 - Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1899 - Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League
• 1900 - James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter
• 1903 - Lev Shankovsky, Ukrainian military historian
• 1903 - Edward Upward, English author
• 1903 - Phyllis A. Whitney, American author
• 1904 - Feroze Khan, Indian-Pakistani field hockey player and coach
• 1904 - Arthur Laing, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Veterans Affairs
• 1905 - Joseph E. Levine, American film producer, founded Embassy Pictures
• 1905 - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet
• 1906 - Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor and educator
• 1907 - Leon Edel, American author and critic
• 1908 - Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author
• 1908 - Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral
• 1911 - Paul Goodman, American author, poet, and playwright
• 1911 - John Gorton, Australian lieutenant and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia
• 1914 - John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic
• 1918 - Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy
• 1919 - Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee
• 1919 - Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster
• 1920 - Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1920 - Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and physicist
• 1920 - Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1922 - Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author, and academic
• 1922 - Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer
• 1922 - Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1922 - Manolis Glezos, Greek journalist and politician
• 1922 - Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist, entomologist, and engineer
• 1923 - Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 - Cliff Robertson, American actor
• 1924 - Jane Greer, American actress
• 1924 - Russell M. Nelson, American captain, surgeon, and religious leader
• 1924 - Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist
• 1926 - Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo writer, poet, and educator
• 1926 - Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian and author
• 1927 - Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader
• 1927 - Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist
• 1928 - Moses Anderson, American Roman Catholic bishop
• 1928 - Sol LeWitt, American painter and sculptor
• 1929 - Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter
• 1930 - Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop
• 1931 - Robin Hyman, English author and publisher
• 1931 - Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor and author
• 1931 - Ida Mae Martinez, American wrestler
• 1931 - Shirley Summerskill, English physician and politician
• 1931 - Margaret Tyzack, English actress
• 1932 - Carm Lino Spiteri, Maltese architect and politician
• 1934 - Nicholas Liverpool, Dominican lawyer and politician, 6th President of Dominica
• 1934 - Sonia Sanchez, American poet, playwright, and activist
• 1935 - Gopal Baratham, Singaporean neurosurgeon and author
• 1935 - Nadim Sawalha, Jordanian-born English actor
• 1935 - Chaim Topol, Israeli actor, singer, and producer
• 1936 - William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, English academic and politician
• 1938 - John Davis, English anthropologist and academic
• 1938 - Jay Ward, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1939 - Ron McDole, American football player
• 1940 - Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 1940 - Joe Negroni, American doo-wop singer
• 1941 - Syed Abid Ali, Indian cricketer
• 1941 - Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1941 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language
• 1942 - Inez Foxx, American singer
• 1942 - Danny Kalb, American singer and guitarist
• 1943 - Frank Clark, English footballer, manager and chairman
• 1945 - Ton van Heugten, Dutch motocross racer
• 1945 - Dee Dee Sharp, American singer
• 1945 - Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1946 - Jim Keays, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1946 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian folk-rock bass player
• 1947 - David Rosenboom, American composer and educator
• 1947 - Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 - T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator
• 1949 - John Curry, English figure skater
• 1949 - Daniel Pipes, American historian and author
• 1949 - Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
• 1949 - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
• 1950 - Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player and coach
• 1950 - John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1951 - Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia
• 1951 - Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
• 1952 - Angela Cartwright, English-born American actress, author, and singer
• 1952 - Per Jørgensen, Norwegian singer and trumpet player
• 1952 - David A. Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 - Janet Fielding, Australian actress
• 1955 - John Kricfalusi, Canadian voice actor, animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1957 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist and educator
• 1959 - Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
• 1959 - Éric Serra, French composer and producer
• 1960 - Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
• 1960 - Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1960 - Bob Stoops, American football player and coach
• 1960 - Kimberly Willis Holt, American author
• 1963 - Chris Coons, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 - Roberto Donadoni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1963 - Neil Fairbrother, English cricketer
• 1964 - Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic
• 1964 - Skip Kendall, American golfer
• 1965 - Dan Majerle, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 - Marcel Peeper, Dutch footballer
• 1966 - Georg Hackl, German luger and coach
• 1966 - Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
• 1966 - Adam Sandler, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 - Brian Smith, Australian-Irish rugby player and coach
• 1967 - B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1967 - Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 - Mark Shrader, American wrestler
• 1967 - Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
• 1968 - Jon Drummond, American sprinter and coach
• 1968 - Clive Mendonca, English footballer
• 1968 - Julia Sawalha, English actress
• 1969 - Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
• 1969 - Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
• 1970 - Natalia Streignard, Spanish-Venezuelan actress
• 1971 - Eric Stonestreet, American actor
• 1971 - Henry Thomas, American actor and guitarist
• 1972 - Mike Hampton, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 - Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
• 1972 - Jakko Jan Leeuwangh, Dutch speed skater
• 1972 - Miriam Oremans, Dutch tennis player
• 1972 - Xavi Pascual, Spanish professional basketball coach
• 1972 - Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 - Goran Višnjić, Croatian-American actor
• 1973 - Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
• 1974 - Vikram Batra, Indian captain
• 1974 - Shane Crawford, Australian footballer and television host
• 1974 - Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1974 - Jun Kasai, Japanese wrestler
• 1974 - Gok Wan, English fashion stylist, author, and television host
• 1975 - Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 - Anton Oliver, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 - Emma de Caunes, French actress
• 1976 - El Intocable, Mexican wrestler
• 1976 - Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
• 1976 - Joey Newman, American composer and conductor
• 1976 - Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer and coach
• 1976 - Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 - Kyle Snyder, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 - Fatih Tekke, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1978 - Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Marucci Sports
• 1978 - Shane Battier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1979 - Wayne Carlisle, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1979 - Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer
• 1980 - Todd Coffey, American baseball player
• 1980 - Václav Drobný, Czech footballer
• 1980 - David Fa'alogo, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1980 - Michelle Williams, American actress
• 1981 - Julie Gonzalo, Argentine-American actress
• 1982 - John Kuhn, American football player
• 1982 - Graham Onions, English cricketer
• 1982 - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1982 - Eugênio Rômulo Togni, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 - Vitolo, Spanish footballer
• 1983 - Kyle Davies, American baseball player
• 1983 - Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
• 1983 - Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
• 1984 - Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer
• 1984 - Brad Guzan, American soccer player
• 1984 - James Hildreth, English cricketer
• 1984 - Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
• 1985 - Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1985 - Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
• 1985 - J. R. Smith, American basketball player
• 1986 - Michael Bowden, American baseball player
• 1986 - Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1986 - Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
• 1986 - Keith Yandle, American hockey player
• 1987 - Markus Jürgenson, Estonian footballer
• 1987 - Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
• 1987 - Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
• 1988 - Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer
• 1988 - Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
• 1989 - Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
• 1989 - Casey Hayward, American football player
• 1990 - Shaun Johnson, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1990 - Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 - Andrew Smith, American basketball player
• 1990 - Jordan Tabor, English footballer
• 1991 - Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 - Oscar, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 - Danilo Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
• 1992 - Shannon Boyd, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 - Damian McGinty, Northern Irish actor and singer
• 1992 - Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1993 - Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 - Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler
• 1993 - Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 - Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer
• 1994 - Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
• 1997 - Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player

  Deaths

• 906 - Adalbert von Babenberg, Frankish nobleman
• 1000 - Olaf I, king of Norway
• 1031 - Gang Gam-chan, Korean general
• 1087 - William the Conqueror, English king
• 1191 - Conrad II, duke of Bohemia
• 1271 - Yaroslav of Tver, Russian Grand Prince
• 1282 - Ingrid of Skänninge, Swedish abbes and saint
• 1285 - Kunigunda of Halych, queen regent of Bohemia
• 1398 - James I, king of Cyprus
• 1435 - Robert Harling, English knight
• 1438 - Edward, king of Portugal
• 1487 - Chenghua, emperor of China
• 1488 - Francis II, duke of Brittany
• 1513 - James IV, king of Scotland
• 1513 - George Douglas, Scottish nobleman
• 1513 - William Douglas of Glenbervie, Scottish nobleman
• 1513 - William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose, Scottish politician
• 1513 - George Hepburn, Scottish bishop
• 1513 - Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell, Scottish politician, Lord High Admiral of Scotland
• 1513 - Adam Hepburn of Craggis, Scottish nobleman
• 1513 - David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis, Scottish soldier
• 1513 - Alexander Lauder of Blyth, Scottish politician
• 1513 - Alexander Stewart, Scottish archbishop
• 1513 - Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox, Scottish politician
• 1569 - Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch painter
• 1583 - Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer and politician
• 1596 - Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen
• 1603 - George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
• 1611 - Eleanor de' Medici, Italian nobleman
• 1612 - Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese daimyō
• 1676 - Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French soldier, founded Montreal
• 1680 - Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician
• 1755 - Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author
• 1806 - William Paterson, Irish-American judge and politician, 2nd Governor of New Jersey
• 1815 - John Singleton Copley, American-English colonial and painter
• 1834 - James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor and navigator
• 1841 - Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic
• 1891 - Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic
• 1893 - Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist
• 1898 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet and critic
• 1901 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter and illustrator
• 1907 - Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop
• 1909 - E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1910 - Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General
• 1915 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded Spalding
• 1934 - Roger Fry, English painter and critic
• 1941 - Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 - Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral
• 1943 - Charles McLean Andrews, American historian, author, and academic
• 1945 - Max Ehrmann, American poet and lawyer
• 1950 - Victor Hémery, French racing driver
• 1955 - Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator
• 1958 - Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier
• 1959 - Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer
• 1960 - Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor
• 1969 - Willy Mairesse, Belgian racing driver
• 1975 - Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer
• 1975 - John McGiver, American actor
• 1976 - Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Communist Party of China
• 1978 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish linguist, poet, and author
• 1978 - Jack L. Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros.
• 1979 - Norrie Paramor, English composer, conductor, and producer
• 1980 - John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author
• 1981 - Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales
• 1981 - Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist
• 1985 - Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist
• 1985 - Paul Flory, American chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1985 - Antonino Votto, Italian conductor
• 1986 - Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator
• 1990 - Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher and academic
• 1990 - Samuel Doe, Liberian field marshal and politician, 21st President of Liberia
• 1990 - Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar
• 1993 - Larry Noble, English comedian and actor
• 1993 - Helen O'Connell, American singer
• 1994 - Patrick O'Neal, American actor
• 1996 - Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter
• 1997 - Richie Ashburn, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1997 - John Hackett, Australian-English general and author
• 1997 - Burgess Meredith, American actor, director, and producer
• 1998 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1998 - Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer
• 1999 - Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1999 - Catfish Hunter, American baseball player
• 1999 - Ruth Roman, American actress
• 2000 - Julian Critchley, English lawyer and politician
• 2001 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense
• 2003 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic
• 2003 - Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs
• 2004 - Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman
• 2004 - Caitlin Clarke, American actress
• 2006 - Gérard Brach, French director and screenwriter
• 2006 - Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer
• 2006 - Matt Gadsby, English footballer
• 2006 - William Bernard Ziff Jr., American businessman, founded Ziff Davis
• 2012 - Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul
• 2012 - John McCarthy, Australian footballer
• 2012 - Mike Scarry, American football player and coach
• 2012 - Ron Tindall, English footballer and manager
• 2013 - Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist
• 2013 - Alberto Bevilacqua, Italian director and screenwriter
• 2013 - Saul Landau, American journalist, director, and author
• 2014 - Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator
• 2014 - Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer
• 2015 - Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter
• 2015 - Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
• 2015 - K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic

  Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
• *Charles Lowder
• *Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
• *Constance, Nun, and her Companions
• *Our Lady of Arantzazu
• *Peter Claver
• *Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna, an Afterfeast.
• *September 9
• Armored Forces Day
• California Admission Day
• Children's Day
• Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku
• Day of the Victims of Holocaust and of Racial Violence
• Emergency Services Day
• Independence Day or Republic Day, celebrates the proclamation of Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Tajikistan from USSR in 1991.
• Martyrs' Day
• Remembrance for Herman the Cheruscan