NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Squeaky Fromme (pictured), a devotee of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California.
The Palestinian militant group Black September took hostage eleven Israeli athletes and coaches at the Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany; all of the hostages were killed less than 24 hours later.
During the practice session of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Circuit, Jochen Rindt was killed and subsequently became motor racing's only posthumous world champion.
Hurricane Cleo dissipated after causing 156 deaths, mainly in Haiti, and causing roughly US$187 million in damages across the Caribbean and southeastern United States.
World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.
The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
The Casablanca Fair (poster pictured) opened in the French protectorate in Morocco.
Under the mediation of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, the Russo-Japanese War officially ended with the signing of a treaty at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine.
A fire that killed 186 people broke out at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, England.
A group of London schoolboys led by Bobby Buckle founded Hotspur Football Club to continue to play sports during the winter months.
Sam Houston (pictured) became the first popularly elected president of the Republic of Texas.
Facing rising discontent in France, Louis XVIII was forced to dissolve the Chambre introuvable, the legislature dominated by Ultra-royalists.
American Revolutionary War: French naval forces handed Britain a major strategic defeat at the Battle of the Chesapeake (depicted).
In response to the British Parliament's enactment of the so-called Intolerable Acts, representatives from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies convened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia.
Swa Saw Ke was crowned the ruler of the Kingdom of Ava in Upper Myanmar.
Liu Yan declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Southern Han at his capital of Panyu (present-day Guangzhou) in southern China.
Liz Truss is declared the winner of the UK Conservative Party leadership election, beating Rishi Sunak
At least 93 people die and 25 are missing after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sichuan, China.
The President of Guinea, Alpha Condé is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four others.
Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 storm with 115 mph sustained winds. Fran caused over $3 billion in damage and killed 27 people.
The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers slaughter 158 civilians.
Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment.
The first women arrive at what becomes Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in the UK.
The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32 km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two die in the attack and nine are murdered the following day.
Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province.
Mỹ Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28.
In France, Robert Schuman becomes President of the Council while being Foreign minister; as such, he is the negotiator of the major treaties of the end of World War II.
Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport, near Lae in the Salamaua–Lae campaign.
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter kills 186, making it the UK's deadliest ever building fire.
The first United States Labor Day parade is held in New York City.
American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford in the Maryland Campaign.
The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China.
Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
Louis XVIII has to dissolve the Chambre introuvable ("Unobtainable Chamber").
War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from the fort's outhouses.
Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.
French Revolution: The French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
Olympe de Gouges writes the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen.
Battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War: The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy, contributing to the British surrender at Yorktown.
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
Wedding of Louis XV and Maria Leszczyńska.
In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
War of the Grand Alliance : A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, but only six people are known to have died.
Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV's Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king's musketeers.
A hurricane overruns a Spanish fleet bound from Havana to Cadiz and sinks the galleon Atocha. Only five men are rescued, but 260 passengers and 200 million pesos are buried with the Atocha under 50 feet of water.
Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris.
Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
Bukayo Saka, English footballer
Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player
Caroline Dolehide, American tennis player
Mac Jones, American football player
Davion Mitchell, American basketball player
Steven Kwan, American baseball player
Kyōko Saitō, Japanese idol
Jarren Duran, American baseball player
Sigrid, Norwegian singer
Richairo Zivkovic, Dutch footballer
Szabina Szlavikovics, Hungarian tennis player
Lucas Wallmark, Swedish ice hockey player
Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italian swimmer
Pablo Reyes, Dominican baseball player
T. J. Warren, American basketball player
Skandar Keynes, English actor and political adviser
Zeki Yavru, Turkish footballer
Antonio Esposito, Italian footballer
Francesca Segarelli, Dominican tennis player
Lance Stephenson, American basketball player
Yuna Kim, South Korean figure skater
Franco Zuculini, Argentine footballer
Elena Delle Donne, American basketball player
Kat Graham, American actress and singer
Craig Smith, American ice hockey player
José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer
Ben Youngs, English rugby player
Denni Avdić, Swedish footballer
Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer
Colt McCoy, American football player
Pragyan Ojha, Indian cricketer
Justin Dentmon, American basketball player
Ryan Guy, American soccer player
Alison Bell, Scottish field hockey player
Chris Anker Sørensen, Danish cyclist (died 2021)
Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
Pablo Granoche, Uruguayan footballer
Lincoln Riley, American football coach
Antony Sweeney, English footballer
Chris Young, American baseball player
Alexandre Geijo, Spanish-Swiss footballer
Daniel Moreno, Spanish cyclist
Kai Rüütel, Estonian opera singer
Filippo Volandri, Italian tennis player
Franco Costanzo, Argentine footballer
Kevin Simm, British singer
John Carew, Norwegian footballer
Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
Julien Lizeroux, French skier
Salvatore Mastronunzio, Italian footballer
George O'Callaghan, Irish footballer
Laura Bertram, Canadian actress
Chris Hipkins, New Zealand politician, 41st Prime Minister of New Zealand
Chris Jack, New Zealand rugby player
Sylvester Joseph, Antiguan cricketer
Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player
Rosevelt Colvin, American football player and sportscaster
Joseba Etxeberria, Spanish footballer
Minoru Fujita, Japanese wrestler
Nazr Mohammed, American basketball player
Tatiana Gutsu, Ukrainian gymnast
Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer
Rod Barajas, American baseball player and manager
George Boateng, Dutch footballer and manager
Randy Choate, American baseball player
Matt Geyer, Australian rugby league player and coach
Lauren Jeska, British fell runner convicted of the attempted murder of Ralph Knibbs
Rawl Lewis, Grenadian cricketer
Ken-Marti Vaher, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
Paddy Considine, English actor, director, and screenwriter
Rose McGowan, American actress
Shane Sewell, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
Guy Whittall, Zimbabwean cricketer
Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist
Liam Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, puppeteer, and director
Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
Gilbert Remulla, Filipino journalist and politician
Johnny Vegas, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Leonardo Araújo, Brazilian footballer and manager
Mariko Kouda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio host
Mark Ramprakash, English cricketer and coach
Dweezil Zappa, American actor and musician
Serhiy Kovalets, Ukrainian footballer and manager
Dennis Scott, American basketball player and sportscaster
Robin van der Laan, Dutch footballer and coach
Brad Wilk, American singer-songwriter and drummer
Matthias Sammer, German footballer and manager
Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
Achero Mañas, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter
Milinko Pantić, Serbian footballer and manager
David Brabham, Australian race car driver
Hoshitango Imachi, Japanese wrestler
Nick Talbot, English geneticist and academic
Frank Farina, Australian footballer and manager
Sergei Loznitsa, Belarusian-Ukrainian director and screenwriter
Ken Norman, American basketball player
Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor (died 2016)
Juan Alderete, American bass player and songwriter
Kristian Alfonso, American actress and model
Jeff Brantley, American baseball player and sportscaster
Terry Ellis, American R&B singer–songwriter and actress
Taki Inoue, Japanese race car driver and manager
Tracy Edwards, English sailor and coach
John McGrath, Welsh businessman
Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
Willie Gault, American football player, athlete, and actor
Don Kulick, Swedish anthropologist and academic
Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist and publisher (died 2014)
Lars Danielsson, Swedish bassist, composer, and producer
Rudi Gores, German footballer and manager
Peter Winnen, Dutch cyclist
Low Thia Khiang, Singaporean businessman and politician
Roine Stolt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Debbie Turner, American actress
Richard Austin, Jamaican footballer and cricketer (died 2015)
Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author
Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
Murray Mexted, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
Eiki Nestor, Estonian engineer and politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
Paul Breitner, German footballer
Michael Keaton, American actor and producer
Jamie Oldaker, American drummer and percussionist (died 2020)
Rosie Cooper, English businesswoman and politician
Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created Cathy
Clem Clempson, English guitarist and songwriter
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Austrian lawyer, politician, and diplomat, Foreign Minister of Austria
Mel Collins, Manx saxophonist and flute player
Chip Davis, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
Buddy Miles, American singer-songwriter and drummer (died 2008)
Bruce Yardley, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (died 2019)
Kyongae Chang, South Korean astrophysicist and academic
Dennis Dugan, American actor and director
Dean Ford, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2018)
Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter (died 1991)
Loudon Wainwright III, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Eva Bergman, Swedish director and screenwriter
Al Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)
Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Dulce Saguisag, Filipino social worker and politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (died 2007)
Werner Herzog, German actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (died 1995)
Dave Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)
Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician
Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (died 2023)
Claudette Colvin, American nurse and activist
William Devane, American actor, director, and screenwriter
George Lazenby, Australian actor
John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
George Tremlett, English journalist, author, and politician (died 2021)
John Ferguson, Sr., Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2007)
Doreen Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen, English politician (died 2024)
Antonio Valentín Angelillo, Argentine footballer and manager (died 2018)
Dick Clement, English director, producer, and screenwriter
Robert Burns, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)
John Danforth, American politician and diplomat, 24th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Jonathan Kozol, American sociologist, author, and educator
Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach
Knuts Skujenieks, Latvian poet, journalist, and translator (died 2022)
Werner Erhard, American author and philanthropist, founded Werner Erhard and Associates and The Hunger Project
Helen Gifford, Australian composer and educator
Lucille Soong, Chinese-American actress
Paul Josef Cordes, German cardinal (died 2024)
Dennis Letts, American actor and educator (died 2008)
Kevin McNamara, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2017)
Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilean cardinal
Carol Lawrence, American actress and singer
Robert H. Dennard, American electrical engineer and inventor (died 2024)
Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor (died 2024)
Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2004)
Joyce Hatto, English pianist and educator (died 2006)
Albert Mangelsdorff, German trombonist and educator (died 2005)
Paul Volcker, American economist and academic (died 2019)
Justin Kaplan, American author (died 2014)
Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (died 2013)
Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (died 2016)
David Hamer, Australian captain and politician (died 2002)
Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer (died 2004)
Denys Wilkinson, English physicist and academic (died 2016)
Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2013)
Jack Valenti, American businessman, created the MPAA film rating system (died 2007)
Peter Racine Fricker, English-American composer and educator (died 1990)
Fons Rademakers, Dutch-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2007)
Elisabeth Volkenrath, German SS officer (died 1945)
Luis Alcoriza, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1992)
Bob Katter, Sr., Australian captain and politician (died 1990)
Fred McCarthy, American cartoonist and monk (died 2009)
Pedro E. Guerrero, American photographer (died 2012)
Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racer and trainer (died 2008)
Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian, actor, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Frank Yerby, American novelist (died 1991)
Stuart Freeborn, English make up artist (died 2013)
Gail Kubik, American violinist, composer, and educator (died 1984)
Nicanor Parra, Chilean physicist, mathematician, and poet (died 2018)
John Cage, American composer and theorist (died 1992)
Kristina Söderbaum, Swedish-German actress and photographer (died 2001)
Frank Thomas, American voice actor, animator, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Leila Mackinlay, English author (died 1996)
Phiroze Palia, Indian cricketer (died 1981)
Hans Carste, German pianist and conductor (died 1971)
Bernard Delfont, Russian-English talent manager (died 1994)
Archie Jackson, Scottish-Australian cricketer (died 1933)
Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)
Joaquín Nin-Culmell, German-American pianist and composer (died 2004)
Cecilia Seghizzi, Italian composer and painter (died 2019)
Renzo Rivolta, Italian engineer (died 1966)
Ralston Crawford, American painter, lithographer, and photographer (died 1978)
Sunnyland Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1995)
Maurice Challe, French general (died 1979)
Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-English journalist and author (died 1983)
Justiniano Montano, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2005)
Vera Bradford, Australian pianist and educator (died 2004)
Jean Dalrymple, American playwright, producer, manager, and publicist (died 1998)
Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1979)
Florence Eldridge, American actress (died 1988)
Mario Scelba, Italian politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Italy (died 1991)
Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (died 1944)
Helen Creighton, Canadian author and educator (died 1989)
Morris Carnovsky, American actor (died 1992)
Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (died 1980)
Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist and educator (died 1973)
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (died 1975)
Otto Erich Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and scholar (died 1967)
Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Foreign Minister of Austria (died 1938)
Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (died 1964)
José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (died 1936)
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (died 1956)
Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (died 1959)
Cornelius Vanderbilt III, American general and engineer (died 1942)
V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (died 1936)
Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (died 1950)
Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)
Amy Beach, American pianist and composer (died 1944)
Thomas E. Watson, American lawyer, publisher, and politician (died 1922)
Eugen Goldstein, German physicist (died 1930)
Jesse James, American outlaw (died 1882)
Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (died 1921)
George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (died 1917)
Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (died 1908)
Lester Allan Pelton, American inventor (died 1908)
Goffredo Mameli, Italian poet and songwriter (died 1849)
John Wisden, English cricketer and businessman (died 1884)
Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer and surveyor (died 1848)
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian poet, author, and playwright (died 1875)
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general and politician, French Minister of War (died 1865)
Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy, French geologist and mineralogist (died 1857)
Giacomo Meyerbeer, German pianist and composer (died 1864)
François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1850)
Anton Diabelli, Austrian composer and publisher (died 1858)
Juan Martín Díez, Spanish general (died 1825)
Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and etcher (died 1840)
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Iranian king (died 1834)
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (died 1847)
John Shortland, English commander (died 1810)
Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (died 1774)
Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)
Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and theorist (died 1799)
Frederick Christian, Prince-Elector of Saxony (died 1763)
Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (died 1770)
František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (died 1744)
Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1733)
Gottfried Arnold, German historian and theologian (died 1714)
William Dampier, English explorer (died 1715)
Maria of Orange-Nassau, Dutch princess (died 1688)
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English diplomat (died 1702)
Louis XIV, king of France (died 1715)
Tommaso Campanella, Italian poet, philosopher, and theologian (died 1639)
Date Masamune, Japanese daimyō (died 1636)
Magnus of Holstein, prince of Denmark (died 1583)
Jacopo Zabarella, Italian philosopher and logician (died 1589)
Maria of Jever, ruler of the Lordship of Jever (died 1575)
Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)
Peter IV, king of Aragon (died 1387)
Alix of Thouars, duchess of Brittany (died 1221)
Louis VIII, king of France (died 1226)
Fan Zhongyan, Chinese chancellor (died 1052)
Rebecca Cheptegei, Ugandan athlete (born 1991)
Herbie Flowers, English musician (born 1938)
Radha Charan Gupta, Indian historian of mathematics (born 1935)
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer (born 1941)
Rich Homie Quan, American rapper (born 1990)
Laurent Tirard, French film director and screenwriter (born 1967)
Sarah Harding, English singer, member of Girls Aloud (born 1981)
Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)
Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)
Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)
Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)
Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922)
Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (born 1975)
Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (born 1986)
Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926)
Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)
John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (born 1929)
Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)
Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)
Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)
Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (born 1941)
Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976)
D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (born 1930)
Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939)
Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (born 1917)
Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)
Justin Wilson, American chef and author (born 1914)
Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (born 1912)
Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)
Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)
Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)
Ferdinand Biondi, Canadian radio host (born 1909)
Willem Drees, Jr., Dutch economist and politician, Dutch Minister of Transport (born 1922)
Verner Panton, Danish interior designer (born 1926)
Leo Penn, American actor and director (born 1921)
Leon Edel, American author and critic (born 1907)
Eddie Little Sky, American actor (born 1926)
Georg Solti, Hungarian conductor and director (born 1912)
Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (born 1926)
Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian comedian, actor, and singer (born 1939)
Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, who mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam film and other films. (born 1922)
Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (born 1921)
John Newman, Australian politician (born 1946)
Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (born 1914)
Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (born 1910)
Sharad Joshi, Indian author and poet (born 1931)
Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, English academic and diplomat (born 1907)
Jerry Iger, American cartoonist and publisher, co-founded Eisner & Iger (born 1903)
Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian politician (born 1896)
Philip Baxter, Welsh-Australian chemical engineer (born 1905)
Gert Fröbe, German actor and singer (born 1913)
Neerja Bhanot, Indian model and youngest recipient of country's highest peacetime military award Ashok Chakra (born 1963)
Johannes Hint, Estonian engineer (born 1914)
Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (born 1917)
Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (born 1929)
Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (born 1910)
Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (born 1923)
Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (born 1884)
Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)
Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (born 1881)
Jack Fournier, American baseball player and coach (born 1889)
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)
Jochen Rindt, German-Austrian race car driver (born 1942)
Dezső Lauber, Hungarian golfer, tennis player, and architect (born 1879)
Thomas Johnston, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (born 1882)
Lewis Akeley, American academic (born 1861)
Haydn Bunton, Sr., Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)
Eugen Schiffer, German lawyer and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (born 1860)
Richard Walther Darré, Argentine-German agronomist and politician (born 1895)
Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist (born 1881)
Clem Hill, Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1877)
François de Labouchère, French soldier and pilot (born 1917)
Kathleen O'Melia, Canadian religious sister (born 1869)
Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (born 1859)
Sidney Myer, Russian-Australian businessman, founded Myer Stores (born 1878)
Francisco Acebal, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1866)
Paul Bern, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1889)
John Thomson, Scottish footballer (born 1909)
Robert Means Thompson, American soldier, businessman, and philanthropist (born 1849)
Karl Harrer, German journalist and politician (born 1890)
Georgette Agutte, French painter (born 1867)
Robert Harron, American actor (born 1893)
Marian Smoluchowski, Austrian-Polish physicist and mountaineer (born 1872)
Arthur MacArthur, Jr., American LTG (Army), Medal of Honor recipient (born 1845)
Louis Bouveault, French chemist (born 1864)
Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1844)
Rudolf Virchow, German anthropologist, pathologist, and biologist (born 1821)
Ignacij Klemenčič, Slovenian physicist and academic (born 1853)
Sarah Emma Edmonds, Canadian-American nurse, soldier, and spy (born 1841)
George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer (born 1822)
Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (born 1849)
Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean admiral and politician, 1st President of Chile (born 1790)
Auguste Comte, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1798)
Charles Percier, French architect and interior decorator (born 1764)
Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (born 1790)
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author (born 1741)
François Devienne, French flute player and composer (born 1759)
Jonas Hanway, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1712)
Nicolas Bernier, French composer (born 1664)
Domenico Allegri, Italian singer-songwriter (born 1585)
Pomponne de Bellièvre, French politician, Chancellor of France (born 1529)
Edmund Bonner, Bishop of London (born c. 1500)
Katharina Zell, German Protestant reformer (born 1497)
Catherine Parr, Sixth and last Queen of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1512)
Alonso de Salazar, Spanish explorer
Charles d'Évreux, count of Étampes (born 1305)
Amadeus Aba, Hungarian oligarch
Henry I, duke of Brabant (born 1165)
Nijō, emperor of Japan (born 1143)
Shang, emperor of the Tang Dynasty
Authari, Lombard king (born 540)
Christian feast day: Bertin
Christian feast day: Charbel (martyr)
Christian feast day: Genebald
Christian feast day: Gregorio Aglipay (Episcopal Church)
Christian feast day: Mother Teresa
Christian feast day: Ursicinus of Ravenna
Christian feast day: Zechariah and Elisabeth (Anglican and Eastern Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: September 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest date on which Jeûne genevois can fall, while September 11 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday after the first Sunday of September. (Canton of Geneva)
International Day of Charity
Teacher's Day (India)
The flag-flying day for Denmark's deployed personnel (Denmark)
First day of school in Vietnam