A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.
Seventeen Iraqi civilians were shot and killed by Academi guards in Baghdad.
The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday, and suffered a major devaluation.
Construction of the Northern Xinjiang railway (terminus pictured) was completed between Ürümqi South and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and Kazakhstan and adding a sizeable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
During a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views regarding the Soviet Union's economic system.
A Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila, killing at least 460 civilians.
Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
The prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 (example pictured), one of the fastest combat jets in the world, made its maiden flight.
Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony of North Borneo, and the Crown Colony of Sarawak.
Typhoon Nancy, which possibly had the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, made landfall in Muroto, Japan.
The U.S. National Hurricane Research Project sought to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to the establishment of Project Stormfury.
Second World War: Italian forces captured the town of Sidi Barrani, but their invasion of Egypt progressed no further.
A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon exploded in front of 23 Wall Street in New York City, killing 38 people and injuring several hundred others.
Felix Mendelssohn completed the score of his Violin Concerto, his final concerto.
French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reported a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as we now call it) is stress-induced birefringence.
American Revolutionary War: American colonists defeated British troops at the Battle of Harlem Heights (depicted) on the island of Manhattan.
At the Third Council of Constantinople, Pope Honorius I was posthumously excommunicated, with his support for monothelitism deemed to be heretical.
During the Let Yet Kone massacre, the Burmese military kills 13 villagers, including eight children, after attacking a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar.
The death of Mahsa Amini occurred, which sparked worldwide protests.
A 6.0 Mw earthquake strikes Lu County, Sichuan, China, killing three and injuring more than 88.
Five months before the COVID-19 stock market crash, an overnight spike in lending rates in the United States prompts the Federal Reserve to conduct operations in the repo market.
A 8.3 Mw earthquake strikes the Chilean city of Illapel, killing 15 people, injuring at least 34, leaving at least six missing, and causing extensive damage. One person also dies in Argentina.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.
A gunman kills twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269 carrying 130 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand, killing 90 people.
Security guards working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad.
The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-79 to dock to the Russian space station Mir.
The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.
The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
Black Wednesday: The British pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people are killed.
Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore is soon expelled from this new country.
The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
A Soviet Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people.
World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
The General Motors Corporation is founded.
Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York.
Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a "note" read to the Academy of Sciences, reports a direct refraction experiment verifying David Brewster's hypothesis that photoelasticity (as it is now known) is stress-induced birefringence.
With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two-thirds of its inhabitants.
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
Pilgrims set sail for Virginia from Plymouth, England in the Mayflower.
Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
Ryan Couchman, Australian rugby league player
Toby Couchman, Australian rugby league player
Avishag Semberg, Israeli Olympic taekwondo bronze medalist
Sam Howell, American football player
Oliver Skipp, English footballer
Brady Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
Jackie Young, American basketball player
Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
Anthony Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player
Aleksandar Mitrović, Serbian footballer
Mitchell Moses, Australian rugby league player
Metro Boomin, American record producer and songwriter
Sam Byram, English footballer
Bryson DeChambeau, American golfer
Joji, Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter
Vytenis Čižauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jake Roche, English singer-songwriter and actor
Chase Stokes, American actor
Diāna Bukājeva, Latvian tennis player
Alexandra Paul, Canadian figure skater (died 2023)
Kyle Smith, English motorcycle racer
Bailey De Young, American actress
Robbie Grossman, American baseball player
Braden Holtby, Canadian ice hockey player
Salomón Rondón, Venezuelan footballer
Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey player
Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Merve Boluğur, Turkish actress
Kyle Lafferty, Irish footballer
Louis Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian footballer
Anthony Padilla, American internet personality and filmmaker
Burry Stander, South African cyclist (died 2013)
Travis Wall, American dancer and choreographer
Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
Ian Harding, American actor
Kyla Pratt, American actress and singer
Matt Harrison, American baseball player
Max Minghella, English actor
Madeline Zima, American actress
Sabrina Bryan, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Serginho Catarinense, Brazilian footballer
Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
John Afoa, New Zealand rugby player
Katerine Avgoustakis, Belgian singer and pianist
Jennifer Blake, Canadian wrestler
Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean swimmer
Brandon Moss, American baseball player
Legedu Naanee, American football player
Leon Knight, English footballer
Michele Rizzo, Italian rugby player
Fiete Sykora, German footballer
Ryan Thomson, Scottish footballer
Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress, singer, and producer
Alexis Bledel, American actress
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette, Virgin Islander sprinter
Patrik Štefan, Czech ice hockey player
Kenny van Weeghel, Dutch wheelchair racer
Fanny, French singer
Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
Flo Rida, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
Dan Dickau, American basketball player and coach
Claudia Marx, German runner
Sensei, Mexican wrestler
Brian Sims, American lawyer, politician, and LGBT activist
Gregory Ball, American captain and politician
Musiq Soulchild, American singer-songwriter
Elīna Garanča, Latvian soprano
Tina Barrett, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Greg Buckner, American basketball player and coach
Jason Leffler, American race car driver (died 2013)
Shannon Noll, Australian singer-songwriter
Toks Olagundoye, Nigerian actress
Loona, Dutch singer-songwriter and dancer
Monique Brumby, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Joaquin Castro, American lawyer and politician
Julian Castro, American lawyer and politician, 16th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
George Corrie, English footballer
Camiel Eurlings, Dutch businessman and member of the International Olympic Committee
Justin Haythe, American author and screenwriter
Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist and manager
Mark Bruener, American football player
Mike Doyle, American actor and producer
Alessandro Nunziati, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
Joel Heyman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Charlie Jacobs, American businessman
Amy Poehler, American actress, comedian, and producer
Richard Slinger, American wrestler
Shawntel Smith, American beauty pageant contestant
Mark Schultz, American singer-songwriter
Justine Frischmann, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Janno Gibbs, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
Marc Anthony, American singer-songwriter, actor, and producer
Walt Becker, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Tommy Keane, Irish footballer (died 2012)
Hiroya Oku, Japanese author and illustrator
Damon Thayer, Kentucky State Senate Majority Leader
John Bel Edwards, American attorney and politician
Wil McCarthy, American author and playwright
Kevin Young, American hurdler
Katy Kurtzman, American actress and producer
Karl-Heinz Riedle, German footballer and manager
Stephen Shareaux, American singer-songwriter
Mary Coustas, Australian actress and screenwriter
Rossy de Palma, Spanish-French model and actress
Dave Sabo, American guitarist and songwriter
Molly Shannon, American actress, comedian and producer
Richard Marx, American singer-songwriter and producer
Seth, Canadian author and illustrator
Bilinda Butcher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Philip Lafon, Canadian wrestler
Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist, economist, and politician (died 2013)
Jayne Brook, American actress
Graham Haynes, American trumpet player and composer
Mike Mignola, American author and illustrator
Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter
Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
Orel Hershiser, American baseball player and coach
Neville Southall, Welsh footballer and manager
Jennifer Tilly, American actress and poker player
D. C. Drake, American wrestler
Clara Furse, English businesswoman
Norman Lamb, English lawyer and politician
David McCreery, Northern Irish footballer and manager
Anca Parghel, Romanian singer and pianist (died 2008)
Maggie Atkinson, English educator and civil servant
David Copperfield, American magician and actor
Ross Greenberg, American journalist and antivirus pioneer (died 2017)
Dave Schulthise, American bass player (died 2004)
Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler (died 1987)
Ron Brewer, American basketball player
Robin Yount, American baseball player and coach
Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
William McKeen, American author and academic
Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (died 2014)
Roger Woolley, Australian cricketer
Kurt Fuller, American character actor
Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (died 1995)
Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author and translator
Earl Klugh, American musician
Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean footballer and manager
Christopher Rich, American actor
Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian
Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013)
Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor
Vince Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Andy Irvine, Scottish rugby player and coach
Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (died 2021)
David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Henry Louis Gates Jr., American historian, scholar, and journalist
Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmental activist
Ron Blair, American bass player
Rosemary Casals, American tennis player and sportscaster
Julia Donaldson, English author and playwright
Kenney Jones, English drummer
Susan Ruttan, American actress
Dusty Hughes, English director and playwright
Sonny LeMaire, American country music singer-songwriter and bass player
Mike Reynolds, Australian lawyer and politician
Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter and producer (died 2019)
Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (died 2012)
James Alan McPherson, American short story writer and essayist (died 2016)
Bernie Calvert, English bass player and keyboard player
Susan L. Graham, American computer scientist and academic
Joe Butler, American singer, autoharp player, and drummer
Richard Perle, American political scientist and politician
Hamiet Bluiett, American jazz saxophonist and composer (died 2018)
Butch Buchholz, American tennis player
Paul White, Baron Hanningfield, British life peer (died 2024)
Breyten Breytenbach, South African-French poet and painter (died 2024)
Bill McGill, American basketball player (died 2014)
Aleksandr Medved, Russian wrestler (died 2024)
Vince Naimoli, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2019)
Carl Andre, American sculptor (died 2024)
Billy Boy Arnold, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, and author (died 2022)
Lilia Cuntapay, Filipino actress (died 2016)
Bob Kiley, American-English businessman (died 2016)
Esther Vilar, Argentinian-German author and playwright
Helen Williams, American fashion model (died 2023)
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
Steve Shirley, German-English businesswoman and philanthropist, founded Xansa
George Chakiris, American actor
Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach
K. D. Arulpragasam, Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (died 2003)
Little Willie Littlefield, American-Dutch singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2013)
Anne Francis, American actress (died 2011)
Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar, last sultan of Zanzibar
Stan Stephens, Canadian-American politician, 20th Governor of Montana (died 2021)
Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (died 2013)
Lady Gwen Thompson, English author and educator (died 1986)
Patricia Wald, American judge (died 2019)
Peter Falk, American actor (died 2011)
Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (died 1992)
Sadako Ogata, Japanese academic and diplomat, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (died 2019)
Eric Gross, Austrian-Australian pianist and composer (died 2011)
John Knowles, American novelist (died 2001)
Roger McKee, American baseball player (died 2014)
Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (died 2015)
Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)
Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)
B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)
Lauren Bacall, American actress (died 2014)
Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer and director (died 2016)
Lee Kuan Yew, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (died 2015)
Guy Hamilton, French-English director and screenwriter (died 2016)
Janis Paige, American actress and singer (died 2024)
Ursula Franklin, German-Canadian metallurgist (died 2016)
Jon Hendricks, American singer-songwriter (died 2017)
Korla Pandit, American pianist and composer (died 1998)
Staryl C. Austin, American air force general (died 2015)
Sheila Quinn, English nurse and educator (died 2016)
Art Sansom, American cartoonist (died 1991)
Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)
Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)
Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (died 1968)
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis (died 1978)
Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (died 1985)
M. S. Subbulakshmi, Indian Carnatic vocalist (died 2004)
Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician (died 1999)
Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer (died 1973)
Raosaheb Gogte, Indian industrialist (died 2000)
Cy Walter, American pianist (died 1968)
Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (died 1983)
Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)
Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur (died 1975)
Karl Kling, German race car driver and manager (died 2003)
Jack Churchill, Sri Lankan-British colonel (died 1996)
Vladimír Holan, Czech poet and author (died 1980)
Josef Schächter, Austrian rabbi and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (died 1994)
Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (died 1975)
H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created Curious George (died 1977)
Milt Franklyn, American composer (died 1962)
Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Malaysian author and scholar (died 1973)
Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1956)
Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)
Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (died 1980)
Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (died 1972)
Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author (died 1970)
W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited (died 1971)
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1964)
Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator (died 1979)
Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (died 1966)
T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic (died 1917)
Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (died 1964)
Clara Ayres, American nurse (died 1917)
Alfred Noyes, English author, poet, and playwright (died 1958)
Karl Albiker, German sculptor, lithographer, and educator (died 1961)
Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick Razors (died 1937)
Marvin Hart, American boxer (died 1931)
James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (died 1971)
John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (died 1958)
Georg Voigt, German lawyer and politician, Mayor of Marburg (died 1927)
Miriam Benjamin, African-American educator and inventor (died 1947)
Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, President of the Republic of China (died 1916)
Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (died 1927)
Bonar Law, Canadian-Scottish banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1923)
Albrecht Kossel, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1927)
Anna Kingsford, English author, poet, and activist (died 1888)
Paul Taffanel, French flute player and conductor (died 1908)
James J. Hill, Canadian-American railroad executive (died 1916)
Pedro V of Portugal (died 1861)
Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (died 1911)
Per Pålsson, Swedish murderer (died 1914)
Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and paleontologist (died 1908)
Francis Parkman, American historian and author (died 1893)
Ludwik Teichmann, Polish anatomist (died 1895)
Charles Crocker, American businessman (died 1888)
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (died 1886)
Daoguang Emperor of China (died 1850)
Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (died 1836)
Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813)
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist, zoologist, and author (died 1815)
Gabriel Christie, Scottish-Canadian general (died 1799)
Angelo Maria Amorevoli, Italian tenor and actor (died 1798)
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English philosopher and politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (died 1751)
Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (died 1716)
Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and botanist (died 1716)
Gregorio Barbarigo, Roman Catholic saint (died 1697)
Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (died 1692)
Jacques Mauduit, French composer (died 1627)
Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex, English nobleman (died 1576)
Jiajing Emperor of China (died 1567)
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (died 1525)
Henry V of England (died 1422)
Elizabeth de Clare, English noblewoman (died 1360)
Yuan Di, emperor of the Liang dynasty (died 555)
Julia Drusilla, Roman daughter of Germanicus (died 38)
Song Binbin, Chinese revolutionary (born 1947)
Jane Powell, American actress (born 1929)
Clive Sinclair, English entrepreneur and inventor (born 1940)
Maxim Martsinkevich, Russian social activist and media personality (born 1984)
H. S. Dillon, Indonesian politician and human rights defender (born 1945)
James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist (born 1951)
Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (born 1919)
Edward Albee, American director and playwright (born 1928)
Gabriele Amorth, Italian priest and exorcist (born 1925)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy and 49th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1920)
W. P. Kinsella, American novelist (born 1935)
António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cabo Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde (born 1944)
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, French-born American businessman (born 1932)
Tarık Akan, Turkish actor, director and activist (born1949)
Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (born 1930)
Julio Brady, Virgin Islander lawyer, judge, and politician, 5th Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (born 1942)
Kurt Oppelt, Austrian figure skater and coach (born 1932)
Allan Wright, English captain and pilot (born 1920)
Scott Adams, American football player (born 1966)
Ratiba El-Hefny, Egyptian soprano and director (born 1931)
Patsy Swayze, American dancer and choreographer (born 1927)
Roman Kroitor, Canadian director and producer, co-founded IMAX (born 1926)
Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (born 1923)
Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (born 1925)
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and drummer (born 1936)
Enamul Haque Chowdhury, Bangladeshi politician (born 1948)
George N. Parks, American educator and bandleader (born 1953)
Jim Towers, English footballer (born 1933)
Myles Brand, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)
Ernst Märzendorfer, Austrian conductor (born 1921)
Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (born 1936)
Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer (born 1940)
Robert Jordan, American engineer and author (born 1948)
Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)
Harry Freedman, Canadian horn player, composer, and educator (born 1922)
Gordon Gould, American physicist and academic, invented the laser (born 1920)
Michael Donaghy, American-English poet and author (born 1954)
Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)
James Gregory, American actor (born 1911)
Samuel Z. Arkoff, American producer (born 1918)
McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)
Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)
František Jílek, Czech conductor (born 1913)
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (born 1920)
Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (born 1910)
Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (born 1895)
Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (born 1920)
Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)
Richard Brautigan, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (born 1935)
Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (born 1896)
Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)
Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)
Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (born 1906)
Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (born 1886)
Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (born 1915)
Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1910)
Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (born 1881)
James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1877)
John McCormack, Irish tenor and actor (born 1884)
Gustav Bauer, German journalist and politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (born 1870)
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (born 1860)
Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867)
George Gore, American baseball player and manager (born 1857)
Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (born 1908)
Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857)
Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (born 1862)
Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (born 1873)
Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (born 1888)
Maria Nikiforova, Ukrainian anarchist partisan leader (born 1885)
C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (born 1843)
Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (born 1840)
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (born 1827)
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (born 1836)
Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (born 1814)
Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)
Christian de Meza, Danish general (born 1792)
Thomas Davis, Irish poet and publisher (born 1814)
Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1770)
Louis XVIII of France (born 1755)
John Jeffries, American physician and surgeon (born 1744)
Nicolas Baudin, French explorer, hydrographer, and cartographer (born 1754)
Nguyễn Huệ, Vietnamese emperor (born 1753)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)
James II of England (born 1633)
Anne Bradstreet, English poet (born 1612)
Mary Stuart, English-Scottish princess (born 1605)
Michael Baius, Belgian theologian and academic (born 1513)
Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (born 1526)
Peter Niers, notorious German bandit (date of birth unknown)
Tomás de Torquemada, Spanish friar (born 1420)
Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (born 1336)
Antipope Clement VII (born 1342)
Charles V of France (born 1338)
William de Bohun, 1st Earl of Northampton (born 1319)
John IV, Duke of Brittany (born 1295)
Philip III of Navarre (born 1306)
Pandulf Verraccio, Roman ecclesiastical politician
Vitalis of Savigny, Catholic French saint and itinerant preacher (born 1060)
Bernold of Constance, German priest and historian (born 1054)
Pope Victor III (born 1026)
Pope Martin I
Flavius Valerius Severus, Roman emperor
Christian feast day: Andrew Kim Taegon (one of The Korean Martyrs)
Christian feast day: Curcodomus
Christian feast day: Cyprian (Catholic Church)
Christian feast day: Edith of Wilton
Christian feast day: Euphemia
Christian feast day: Ludmila
Christian feast day: Ninian
Christian feast day: Pope Cornelius
Christian feast day: Vitalis of Savigny
Christian feast day: September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Cry of Dolores, celebrates the declaration of independence of Mexico from Spain in 1810. See Fiestas Patrias
Independence Day (Papua New Guinea), celebrates the independence of Papua New Guinea from Australia in 1975.
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Malaysian Armed Forces Day (Malaysia)
Malaysia Day (Malaysia)
Martyrs' Day (Libya)
National Heroes Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)