Events That Happened on September 10

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.

Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.

Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.

During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.

Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.

At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome.

World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.

World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.

World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent.

Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium

The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened.

The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.

Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.

Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.

Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.

George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.

Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.

The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.

American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.

Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.

Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary mesures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.

Fifty-five Christians are executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom

John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.

Edward Maria Wingfield is ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.

German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg.

Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.

Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.

The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.

Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal.

An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.

The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church.

The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.

Gabriel Bateman, American actor

Armando Broja, Albanian-born English footballer

Nick Cross, American football player

Laura Taylor, Australian swimmer

Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player

Sheck Wes, American rapper

Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer

Troy Terry, American ice hockey player

Jack Grealish, English footballer

Matt Rife, American comedian and actor

Mohamed Sylla, French rapper

Sam Kerr, Australian footballer

Ricky Ledo, American basketball player

Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer

Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer

Sam Morsy, Egyptian footballer

Corban Knight, Canadian ice hockey player

Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer

Matt Ritchie, English footballer

Lee Sawyer, English footballer

Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler

Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player

Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer

Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player

Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress

Alex Saxon, American actor

Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player

Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter

Eoin Morgan, Irish- English cricketer

Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer

James Graham, English rugby league player

Neil Walker, American baseball player

Sander Post, Estonian footballer

Harry Treadaway, English actor

Luke Treadaway, English actor

Drake Younger, American wrestler

Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer

Shawn James, Guyanese-American basketball player

Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer

Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player

Misty Copeland, American ballerina and author

Javi Varas, Spanish footballer

Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player

Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer

Bonnie Maxon, American wrestler

Roger Mason Jr., American basketball player

Trevor Murdoch, American wrestler

Mikey Way, American bass player and songwriter

Tetsuya Yamagami, Japanese assassin of Shinzo Abe

Jacob Young, American actor

Julia Goldsworthy, English politician

Alex Horne, British comedian

Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player

Mike DiBiase, American wrestler

Caleb Ralph, New Zealand rugby player

Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player

Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player

Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer

Matt Morgan, American wrestler

Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player

Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster

Melanie Pullen, American photographer

Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer and coach

Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician

Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer

Ben Wallace, American basketball player

Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer

Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist

Tim Stimpson, English rugby player

James Duval, American actor and producer

Bente Skari, Norwegian skier

Joe Bravo, American jockey

Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper

Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager

Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter

Neera Tanden, American lawyer and policy analyst

Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player

Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager

Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor

Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter

Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress

Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

Jack Ma, Chinese businessman, co-founder of Alibaba Group

John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician

Randy Johnson, American baseball player

Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer

Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator

Margaret Ferrier, Scottish politician

Colin Firth, English actor and producer

Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (died 2015)

Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer

Kate Burton, British-American actress

Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter

Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter

Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer

Jackie Ashley, English journalist

Lorely Burt, English politician

Clark Johnson, American-Canadian actor

Don Wilson, American kickboxer and actor

Pat Cadigan, American science fiction author

Amy Irving, American actress

John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician

Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink

Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice

Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic

Steve Keirn, American wrestler

Bill Rogers, American golfer

Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist

Tom Lund, Norwegian football player

Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter

Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (died 2017)

Don Muraco, American wrestler

Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author

Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author

Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician

Judy Geeson, English actress

Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)

Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada

Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host

Larry Nelson, American golfer

David Pountney, English director and manager

Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player (died 2023)

Don Powell, English rock drummer

Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter

José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author

Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut

Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic

Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer

Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002)

Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (died 2014)

Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (died 1997)

Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (died 2025)

Buck Buchanan, American football player (died 1992)

Bob Chance, American baseball player (died 2013)

David Hamilton, English radio and television host

Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author

Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015)

Peter Lovesey, British writer (died 2025)

Mary Oliver, American poet (died 2019)

Charles Kuralt, American journalist (died 1997)

Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (died 1985)

Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (died 2014)

Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator

Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler (died 2020)

Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and cosmonaut (died 2000)

Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)

Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2023)

Isabel Colegate, English author and agent (died 2023)

Philip Baker Hall, American actor (died 2022)

Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (died 2006)

Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (died 1997)

John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator (died 2012)

Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (died 2016)

Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician

Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (died 1989)

Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche (died 2019)

Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (died 2015)

Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (died 2008)

Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (died 1981)

Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric

Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (died 1996)

Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (died 1988)

Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 2015)

Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (died 2013)

Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2000)

John W. Morris, American general (died 2013)

Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (died 2001)

Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988)

Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (died 2009)

Edmond O'Brien, American actor (died 1985)

Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1990)

Robert Wise, American director and producer (died 2005)

Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (died 2009)

Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002)

Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (died 2004)

Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994)

Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (died 1996)

Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989)

Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997)

Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (died 1937)

Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (died 2003)

Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (died 1972)

Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (died 1974)

Bessie Love, American actress (died 1986)

Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (died 1999)

Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1962)

Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (died 1976)

Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (died 1981)

Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1970)

Ye Ting, Chinese general (died 1946)

Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976)

Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (died 1956)

Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)

Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978)

Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1973)

Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945)

Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976)

Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (died 1929)

Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (died 1976)

Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (died 1978)

Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (died 1976)

Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1961)

H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died 1961)

Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (died 1955)

Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (died 1950)

Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (died 1964)

Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (died 1966)

Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (died 1947)

Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (died 1942)

George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (died 1957)

Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954)

Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (died 1933)

Charles Collett, English engineer (died 1952)

Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (died 1930)

Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (died 1933)

Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (died 1938)

Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (died 1937)

Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (died 1935)

Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (died 1918)

Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (died 1912)

Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (died 1914)

Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (died 1906)

William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (died 1897)

Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (died 1881)

Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (died 1834)

Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and author (died 1868)

John J. Crittenden, American statesman and politician (died 1863)

Justina Jeffreys, Jamaican-born British gentlewoman (died 1869)

Nicolás Bravo, Mexican soldier and politician, 11th President of Mexico (died 1854)

William Mason, American surgeon and politician (died 1860)

Hannah Webster Foster, American author (died 1840)

John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (died 1837)

Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (died 1774)

Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (died 1695)

Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Danish anatomist (died 1738)

Maria Theresa of Spain (died 1683)

Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (died 1689)

Nicholas Lanier, English singer-songwriter and lute player (died 1666)

Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Paraguayan-Argentinian soldier and politician (died 1634)

Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish general (died 1615)

George I, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1596)

Wolfgang Musculus, German theologian (died 1563)

Pope Julius III (died 1555)

Eleanor, Princess of Asturias (died 1425)

Guo Wei, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou

Eutychius, patriarch of Alexandria (died 940)

Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (born 1946)

Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (born 1936)

Ian Wilmut, British embryologist (born 1944)

Diana Rigg, British actress (born 1938)

Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (born 1918)

Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (born 1928)

Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (born 1927)

Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934)

Richard Kiel, American actor (born 1939)

Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (born 1932)

George Spencer, American baseball player (born 1926)

Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (born 1944)

John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (born 1940)

Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1925)

Josef Němec, Czech boxer (born 1933)

Clay Shaw, American accountant and politician (born 1939)

Jack Vance, Canadian general (born 1933)

Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (born 1934)

Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1938)

Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (born 1935)

Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1933)

John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (born 1922)

Cliff Robertson, American actor (born 1923)

Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1929)

Vernon Handley, English conductor (born 1930)

Anita Roddick, English businesswoman, founded The Body Shop (born 1942)

Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (born 1930)

Ted Stepien, American businessman (born 1925)

Jane Wyman, American actress (born 1917)

Patty Berg, American golfer (born 1918)

Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (born 1918)

Hermann Bondi, Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (born 1919)

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)

Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927)

Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (born 1921)

Joanne Dru, American actress (born 1922)

Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (born 1896)

Charles Drake, American actor (born 1917)

Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (born 1908)

Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (born 1916)

Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (born 1937)

Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1893)

Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1922)

Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)

Norah Lofts, English author (born 1904)

Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (born 1941)

B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (born 1915)

Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (born 1922)

Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905)

Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (born 1899)

George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892)

Cornelia Meigs, American author and playwright (born 1884)

Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932)

Erna Mohr, German zoologist (born 1894)

Emil Julius Gumbel, German mathematician and statistician (born 1891)

Father Divine, American spiritual leader (born 1880)

Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (born 1880)

Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (born 1928)

Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (born 1908)

Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (born 1866)

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (born 1861)

Issy Smith, British-Australian soldier and Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1890)

Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (born 1888)

Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (born 1852)

Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (born 1892)

Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (born 1893)

George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1850)

Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (born 1892)

Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (born 1898)

Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (born 1899)

Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1869)

Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (born 1886)

Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (born 1887)

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (born 1840)

J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (born 1856)

Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (born 1822)

Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (born 1879 )

Pete Browning, American baseball player (born 1861)

Empress Elisabeth of Austria (born 1837)

David Humphreys Storer, American physician and naturalist (born 1804)

Charles III, Prince of Monaco (born 1818)

Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1788)

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (born 1787)

William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (born 1792)

Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (born 1790)

Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (born 1759)

Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (born 1703)

Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (born 1706)

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (born 1663)

Gerrard Winstanley, English activist (born 1609)

Henrietta Maria of France, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1609)

Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian organist and composer (born 1545)

William Morgan, Welsh bishop and translator (born 1545)

Richard Grenville, English admiral and politician (born 1542)

Anthony Denny, English politician (born 1501)

John Colet, English theologian and scholar (born 1467)

Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (born 1480)

Federico da Montefeltro, Italian warlord (born 1422)

Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian cardinal and humanist (born 1422)

John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (born 1371)

Joanna of Dreux, Countess of Penthievre and Duchess of Brittany (born 1319)

Louis I of Hungary (born 1326)

Robert of Taranto, King of Albania

Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (born 1285)

Nicholas of Tolentino, Italian mystic and saint (born 1245)

John II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal (born 1237)

William de Redvers, 5th Earl of Devon, English politician

Henry II, Count of Champagne (born 1166)

Matilda of England, Holy Roman Empress (born 1102)

Louis IV, king of West Francia (born 920)

Gao Xingzhou, Chinese general (born 885)

Baldwin II, Frankish margrave (born c. 865)

Li Chongfu, imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty (born c. 680)

Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty

Dugu Qieluo, empress of the Chinese Sui dynasty (born 544)

Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (born 260 BC)

Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana)

Children's Day (Honduras)

Christian feast day: Alexander Crummell (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Aubert

Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas Tsugi, Charles Spinola, and Great Martyrs of Nagasaki

Christian feast day: Edmund James Peck (Anglican Church of Canada)

Christian feast day: Nicholas of Tolentino

Christian feast day: Theodard of Maastricht

Christian feast day: September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Gibraltar National Day

Saint George's Caye Day (Belize)

Teachers' Day (China)

World Suicide Prevention Day