Explore fascinating moments from history that shaped our world
Chinese authorities cancelled a run of performances of The Mongol Khan, the first Mongolian play to be performed internationally, forty minutes before its planned premiere in Hohhot.
Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.
Industrial Society and Its Future, the manifesto of American domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski, was published in The Washington Post almost three months after it was submitted.
Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps.
An earthquake registering Mw 8.0 struck Mexico City, killing at least 9,000 people and leaving up to 100,000 homeless.

Greek student Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the military junta of Georgios Papadopoulos.
The first Glastonbury Festival was held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, England.
Korean War: A North Korean attack was repelled by Allied forces at the Battle of Nam River.
World War II: Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.
World War II: Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki allowed himself to be captured by German forces and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence.
New Zealand became the first country to introduce universal suffrage following the women's suffrage movement led by Kate Sheppard.
American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga began in northwestern Georgia and would end in the most significant Union defeat in the Western Theater.
Near La Salette-Fallavaux in southeastern France, shepherd children Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud reported a Marian apparition, now known as Our Lady of La Salette (statue pictured).
American Revolutionary War: British troops engaged American forces at the first Battle of Saratoga in New York.
Salem witch trials: Giles Corey was crushed to death for refusing to enter a plea to charges of witchcraft, reportedly asking the sheriff for "more weight" during his execution.
Hundred Years' War: English forces led by Edward the Black Prince decisively won the Battle of Poitiers and captured John II of France.
Azerbaijan launches a military offensive against the Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region; this leads to the flight of the Armenian population.
The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.
A strong earthquake kills 2 and injures over 30 in Mexico's state of Michoacán.
The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.
A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.
The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602.
The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive.
The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object.
Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.

Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers.
Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.
The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.
In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.

La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.
Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.
Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint Polish—Lithuanian forces.
Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.
Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.

Ghina Raihanah, Indonesian advocate, model, and influencer
Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player
Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player
Trae Young, American basketball player
Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player
Pia Mia, American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
Dejounte Murray, American basketball player
Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player
Brent Faiyaz, American singer
Rachel Sennott, American actress
Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper
Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler
Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
CJ McCollum, American basketball player
Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer

Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
Stephon Gilmore, American football player
Kieran Trippier, English footballer
George Springer, American baseball player
Katrina Bowden, American actress
Nicolas Pallois, French footballer
Danielle Panabaker, American actress
Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
Leon Best, English footballer
Sally Pearson, Australian athlete
Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
Nathanael Liminski, German politician
Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality
Eva Marie, American wrestler

Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
Eamon, American singer and songwriter
Katharina Kucharowits, Austrian politician
Carl Landry, American basketball player
Joni Pitkänen, Finnish ice hockey player
Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player
James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
Mikael Tellqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
Nick Johnson, American baseball player
Brett Keisel, American football player
Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
Ryan Dusick, American musician and record producer
Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
Mike Smith, American baseball player
Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
Raja Bell, American basketball player
Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee
Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive
Jacinta Allan, Australian politician, 49th Premier of Victoria
Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver
Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
Sanaa Lathan, American actress
Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
Victor Williams, American actor
Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Symon, American chef and author
Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter
Jim Abbott, American baseball player
Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician
Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach
Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
David Seaman, English footballer
Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer

Randy Myers, American baseball player
Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
Artur Ekert, Polish-British physicist and academic
Mario Batali, American chef and author
Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
Yolanda Saldívar, American convicted murderer
Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
Dan Hampton, American football player
Chris Roupas, American basketball player

Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (died 2006)
Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer
Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
George Warrington, American businessman (died 2007)
Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler
Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
Sidney Wicks, American basketball player
Jim Ard, American basketball player
Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2024)
Jeremy Irons, English actor
Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (died 2013)
Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
Tanith Lee, English author (died 2015)
Kate Adie, English journalist and author
David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
Randolph Mantooth, American actor
Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2019)
Joe Morgan, American baseball player (died 2020)
Freda Payne, American singer and actress

Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
Cass Elliot, American singer (died 1974)
Jim Fox, English pentathlete (died 2023)
Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (died 2013)
Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

Abner Haynes, American football player (died 2024)
Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (died 2012)
Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
Al Oerter, American discus thrower (died 2007)
Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (died 2003)
Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (died 1967)
Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (died 2021)
Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author
David McCallum, Scottish actor (died 2023)

Mike Royko, American journalist and author (died 1997)
Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (died 2014)
Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (died 1988)
Derek Gardner, English engineer (died 2011)
Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2017)

Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (died 2012)
Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (died 2014)
Adam West, American actor and businessman (died 2017)

Helen Carter, American singer (died 1998)
Rosemary Harris, English actress

William Hickey, American actor (died 1997)
Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (died 2000)
Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (died 2020)
Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2020)
Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2011)
W. Reece Smith Jr., American lawyer and academic (died 2013)
Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (died 2015)

Damon Knight, American author and critic (died 2002)
Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (died 2006)

Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (died 2000)
Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (died 1997)
Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2002)
Roger Angell, American journalist, author, and editor (died 2022)
Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (died 2000)
Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (died 2006)
Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (died 1973)
Frances Farmer, American actress (died 1970)
Helen Ward, American singer (died 1998)
Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (died 1989)
Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (died 2011)
William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)
Margaret Lindsay, American actress (died 1981)
Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (died 2004)
Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (died 1998)
Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (died 2001)
Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (died 2004)
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (died 1975)
Lewis F. Powell Jr., American lawyer and jurist (died 1998)
Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (died 1944)
Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (died 1982)
Ricardo Cortez, American actor (died 1977)
Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (died 1988)
Rachel Field, American author and poet (died 1942)

Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (died 1999)
James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (died 1971)
Porter Hall, American actor (died 1953)

Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1972)
Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (died 1943)
Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (died 1975)
Christopher Stone, English radio host (died 1965)

Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (died 1938)
Ben Turpin, American comedian and actor (died 1940)
Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (died 1939)
Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (died 1936)
Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (died 1916)

Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1880)
William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (died 1905)

Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (died 1881)
Maria Anna of Savoy (died 1884)
Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (died 1894)
Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (died 1849)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1868)
William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (died 1850)
John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (died 1821)
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1822)
William Robertson, Scottish historian (died 1793)
Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (died 1743)
Isaac Milles, English minister (died 1720)
Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (died 1679)
Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (died 1592)
Henry III of France (died 1589)
Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (died 1540)
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Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (died 1487)[citation needed]
Albert IV, Duke of Austria (died 1404)[citation needed]
Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (died 969)
Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (died 912)
Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (died 161)
John Challis, English actor (born 1942)
Jimmy Greaves, English footballer (born 1940)
Dinky Soliman, Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953)
John Turner, Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
Leonid Kharitonov, Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)
Jackie Collins, English novelist (born 1937)
Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)
Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921)
Audrey Long, American actress (born 1922)
Robert Barnard, English author and critic (born 1936)

John Reger, American football player (born 1931)
William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (born 1913)

John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922)

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (born 1927)
Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (born 1926)
Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946)
Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (born 1949)
Dolores Hope, American singer (born 1909)
George Cadle Price, 1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919)
Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (born 1915)

Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (born 1929)
Earl Palmer, American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924)
Elizabeth Allen, American actress (born 1929)
Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929)
Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (born 1923)
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (born 1950)
Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (born 1933)
Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (born 1931)

Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1928)
Ellis Marsalis Sr., American businessman and activist (born 1908)

Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1927)
Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941)
Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (born 1941)
Ann Doran, American actress (born 1911)

Patricia Hayes, English actress (born 1909)
Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (born 1907)
Jacques Pic, French chef (born 1932)

Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (born 1910)
Willie Steele, American long jumper (born 1923)
Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (born 1897)
Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (born 1923)
Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (born 1884)
Pamela Brown, English actress (born 1917)
Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (born 1899)
Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (born 1906)

Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1910)
Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (born 1884)
Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (born 1921)
John D. Dingell Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1894)
George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (born 1886)
Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (born 1901)
Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)

Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873)

Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (born 1860)
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (born 1857)
Michael Ancher, Danish painter (born 1849)
Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1854)

Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (born 1816)

Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (born 1845)
Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867)

Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1817)
James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831)
Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811)
William Sprague, American minister and politician (born 1809)

Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (born 1829)
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792)

Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (born 1744)
Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (born 1644)
Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (born c. 1612)
William Waller, English general and politician (born 1597)
Edward Lewknor, English politician (born 1542)
Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (born 1532)
Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519)
Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1311)
Walter VI, Count of Brienne (born 1304)
Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (born 1288)
Igor II of Kiev
Emperor Taizu of Jin (born 1068)
Gotofredo I, archbishop of Milan

Helena Lekapene, Byzantine empress
Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (born 602)
Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint
Christian feast day: Alonso de Orozco Mena

Christian feast day: Emilie de Rodat
Christian feast day: Goeric of Metz
Christian feast day: Januarius (Western Christianity) Feast of San Gennaro
Christian feast day: Our Lady of La Salette
Christian feast day: Theodore of Tarsus (Anglican Communion, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon
Christian feast day: September 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Armed Forces Day (Chile)
Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council
Second day of Fiestas Patrias (Chile)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Kitts and Nevis from the United Kingdom in 1983.

International Talk Like a Pirate Day