The American consulate and CIA annex in Libya were attacked by a heavily armed group, resulting in the deaths of U.S. ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three others.
al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners to carry out a series of terrorist attacks (one pictured) against targets in New York City and the area of Washington, D.C., killing 2,977 people.
Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful hurricane on record to strike the Hawaiian Islands, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing six people and causing around US$1.8 billion dollars in damage.
Iranian politician Ayatollah Madani and three others were assassinated by an agent of the MEK who detonated a grenade during Friday prayers in Tabriz.
British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved.
The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh delivered an antisemitic speech (reporting pictured) accusing Jews of controlling the media and manipulating the United States into joining World War II.
First World War: The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force invaded German New Guinea, winning the Battle of Bita Paka.
Gaki Sherocho was captured by the forces of Ethiopian emperor Menelik II, bringing an end to the Kingdom of Kaffa.
Swami Vivekananda (pictured) gave a speech introducing Hinduism on the opening day of the first Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago.
A legion of Mormon militiamen completed a massacre of at least 120 California-bound Arkansas pioneers at Mountain Meadow, Utah.
In a fight near Christiana, Pennsylvania, a group of escaped slaves and free Blacks led by William Parker fought off a federal posse seeking to arrest and return the escapees to slavery.
Alexander Hamilton (pictured), co-writer of The Federalist Papers, became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
American Revolutionary War: Approximately ten American soldiers were killed by Loyalists and their Native American allies in the Sugarloaf massacre in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
British and American leaders held a peace conference on Staten Island, New York, in the hopes of bringing an end to the nascent American Revolutionary War.
American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition departed from Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the invasion of Quebec.
Seven Years' War: France repelled an invasion attempt by the British in the Battle of Saint Cast.
Great Turkish War: Forces led by Prince Eugene of Savoy decisively defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Zenta in present-day Serbia, ending the Turkish threat to Europe.
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland: Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army ended the Siege of Drogheda, took over the town and massacred its garrison.
First War of Scottish Independence: Scottish forces under Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated English troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth.
Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing over 11,300 people.
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.
After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.
Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.
Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.
A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.
JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.
World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
Construction begins on the Pentagon.
Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.
The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.
United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.
The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.
In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.
The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.
Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.
Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.
An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.
Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that led to his mysterious disappearance.
War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.
The Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.
France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.
Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.
Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.
Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.
Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.
Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.
Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
Lithuanian Civil War (1389–92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.
Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
Mackenzie Aladjem, American actress
Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter
Harrison Graham, Australian rugby league player
Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player
Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player
Zay Flowers, American football player
Harmony Tan, French tennis player
Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player
Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player
Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer
Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
Ahmed El Sheikh, Egyptian footballer
Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
Kygo, Norwegian DJ
Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician
Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress
Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
LaToya Sanders, American basketball player
Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player
Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner
Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player
Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner
Yelena Parkhomenko, Azerbaijani volleyball player
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician
Charles Kelley, American singer and musician
Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)
Michael Sukkar, Australian politician
Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
Greet Daems, Belgian politician
Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver
Eric Abidal, French footballer
Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player
David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
Ariana Richards, American actress and artist
Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist
Ludacris, American rapper and producer
Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
Tobias Zellner, German footballer
Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer
Pierre Issa, South African footballer
DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach
Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician
Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler
Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director
Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter
Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality
Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host
Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)
Charles Walker, English politician
Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ
Ellis Burks, American baseball player
Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
Kristy McNichol, American actress
Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer
Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
Virginia Madsen, American actress
Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)
Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Anne Ramsay, American actress
David Frost, South African golfer
John Hawkes, American actor
Roxann Dawson, American actress and director
Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player
Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic
Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)
Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor
Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)
Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Catherine Bott, English soprano
Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic
Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)
Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player
Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
Amy Madigan, American actress
Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)
Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach
Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)
John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)
John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)
Dennis Tufano, American rock singer
Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)
Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)
Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)
Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)
André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman
Mickey Hart, American musician
Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor
Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer
Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member
Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024)
Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)
Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic
Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Queen Paola of Belgium
Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)
Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)
Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)
William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)
Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)
Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)
Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)
Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)
Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)
Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)
Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)
Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024)
Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)
G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)
Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)
Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)
Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)
Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)
Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)
Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)
Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)
Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982)
Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)
Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)
Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)
Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)
Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)
Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)
Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)
Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)
Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983)
Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)
Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)
Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)
Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)
Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)
Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)
Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)
D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)
Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)
Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)
Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)
Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)
Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)
Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)
William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)
D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)
Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)
Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)
Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)
Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)
James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)
Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)
Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)
Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)
O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)
Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)
Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)
Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921)
John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)
Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)
Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)
Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)
Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)
Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)
Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)
William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)
James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)
Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)
Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)
Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)
John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)
Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585)
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)
Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)
Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)
Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)
Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler
Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931)
Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, 54th President of Peru (born 1938)
Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960)
Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932)
Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951)
John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927)
Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)
Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934)
Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942)
B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)
Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)
Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)
Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)
Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)
Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)
Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)
Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)
Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)
Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)
J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)
Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)
Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)
Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (born 1975)
Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)
Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)
Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)
Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)
Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)
Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)
Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)
Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946)
Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (born 1927)
Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (born 1925)
Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (born 1932)
William Auld, Scottish poet and author (born 1924)
Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (born 1926)
Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)
David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)
Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)
John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)
Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)
Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)
David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)
Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (born 1938)
Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks
Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)
Dane Clark, American actor (born 1912)
Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)
Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)
Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (born 1910)
Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (born 1909)
Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (born 1912)
Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (born 1945)
Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)
Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (born 1949)
Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)
Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (born 1907)
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1902)
Noel Streatfeild, English author (born 1895)
William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (born 1905)
Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (born 1905)
Eleanor Dark, Australian author (born 1901)
Jerry Voorhis, American politician (born 1901)
Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)
Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)
Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (born 1895)
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
Janet Parker, English photographer (born 1938)
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)
Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (born 1893)
Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)
Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)
René Cogny, French general (born 1904)
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (born 1904)
Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (born 1889)
Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)
Paul Douglas, American actor (born 1907)
Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)
Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)
Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)
Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (born 1894)
Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)
Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (born 1876)
Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (born 1873)
Aleksandra Izmailovich, Belarusian revolutionary (born 1878)
Maria Spiridonova, Russian revolutionary (born 1884)
Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)
Charles Norris, American coroner (born 1867)
Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (born 1901)
Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (born 1895)
Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (born 1875)
Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (born 1882)
Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (born 1852)
Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (born 1894)
William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1830)
Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (born 1847)
Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (born 1841)
Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (born 1825)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)
Sylvester Graham, American minister and dietary reformer, namesake of the graham cracker (born 1794)
José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer. He was the leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic against Spain in 1821 (born 1772)
Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)
David Ricardo, English economist and politician (born 1772)
Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (born 1704)
François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)
James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)
Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born 1577)
Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (born 1530)
Bonne of Luxembourg, queen of John II of France (born 1315)
Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (born 1269)
Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer
Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (born 1215)
Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (born 1130)
Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1105)
Béla I of Hungary (born 1016)
Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general
Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)
Christian feast days: Blessed Francesco Bonifacio
Christian feast days: Deiniol
Christian feast days: Felix, Regula, and Exuperantius
Christian feast days: Harry Burleigh (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast days: John Gabriel Perboyre (one of Martyr Saints of China)
Christian feast days: Leudinus (Bobo)
Christian feast days: Our Lady of Coromoto
Christian feast days: Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)
Christian feast days: Patiens of Lyon
Christian feast days: Protus and Hyacinth
Christian feast days: Sperandia
Christian feast days: Theodora of Alexandria
Christian feast days: September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan)
Emergency Number Day (United States)
Enkutatash falls on this day if it is not a leap year. Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari)
National Day (Catalonia)
Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church), September 12 on leap years.
September 11 attacks-related observances (United States): National Day of Service and Remembrance
September 11 attacks-related observances (United States): Patriot Day
Teachers' Day (Argentina)