September 10th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Belize) * (see below)
National Day (Gibraltar)
September 10th (USA ) * (see below)
Teacher's Day (People's Republic of China and Hong Kong)
World Suicide Prevention Day (International)
Swap Ideas Day
Sewing Machine Day
Christian Feast Day of Aubert
Christian Feast Day of Nicholas of Tolentino
* Ibiza Closing Parties Ibiza, Spain Last 3 weeks of Sept (2-21)
* Bestival Isle of Wight, England, UK September 9 - 12 (2of4) (2010)
* Musicfest NW Portland, Oregon, USA September 9 - 12 (2of4) (2010)
* End of the Road Festival Dorset, England, UK September 10 - 12 (1of3) (2010)
* Independence Day (Belize) Celebrated on 10 September & 21 September, celebrating Independence from the United Kingdom in 1981.
* September 10th (USA) Remembering "Days of innocence" before the country changed on 9/11
Fête de la Écrevisse Translation: Crayfish Day (French Republican) The 25th day of the Month of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"To the holidays...all 365 of them."
- Anonymous
Drink of The Day
Staten Island Ferry
1 Part Malibu Rum
1 Part Pineapple Juice
Stir together and serve over ice.
Wine of The Day
Dunham (2007) "Trutina"
Columbia Valley
$30
Beer of The Day
3 Dog Night
Brewer - Chama River Brewing Co. Albuquerque, NM
Style - Baltic-Style Porter
- In honor of Daniel Anthony Hutton (September 10th, 1942), an Irish-American singer for Three Dog Night.
Joke of The Day
The local priest came across Paddy who had stumbled out of the town tavern.
"Paddy," he said, " I'm afraid I'll not be seeing you in Heaven one day."
"Really, Father?" slurred Paddy. "What have you done?"
Quote of The Day
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone."
- Neale Donald Walsch (September 10th, 1943), an American author
Whisky Of The Day
Price: $70
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
Healthcare Environmental Services Week, Second Week of SeptemberInternational Housekeepers Week, Second Week of September
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week, Second Week of September
National Assisted Living Week, Second Week of September
Suicide Prevention Week, Second Week of September
Line Dance Week, Second Monday to Saturday in September
Historical Events on September 10th
422 St Celestine I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
506 The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
918 Arnulf I the Old becomes landsheer of Flanders
1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death
1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1509 An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.
1510 Bishop Frederik of Bathe recaptures Oldenzaal
1547 The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, Midlothian, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. English demand Edward VI, 10, wed Mary Queen of Scots
1608 John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown colony, Virginia.
1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers during the American Revolutionary War.
1785 Prussia signs trade agreement with US
1798 At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
1813 The United States under Commander Oliver H Perry defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1823 Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
1838 Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris
1845 King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange
1846 Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1846 Japan invents the rickshaw
1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1849 1st performance by US actor Edwin Booth (Richard III)
1858 George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
1858 John Holden hits 1st recorded HR (Bkln vs NY)
1861 Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia
1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities
1863 George Bizets opera "Les Pêcheurs de Perles," premieres in Paris
1869 Baptist minister invents rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan
1870 Dutch Jurist Cooperation forms
1872 Karl Marx speaks in Amsterdam
1880 Pierre de Brazza signs treaty with King Makoko of Congo
1882 1st international conference to promote anti-semitism meets Dresden Germany (Congress for Safeguarding of Non-Jewish Interests)
1884 Congressman John R Lynch presides over Republican National Convention
1894 London taxi driver George Smith is first fined for drunk driving
1897 Lattimer Massacre a sheriff's posse kills twenty unarmed striking mine workers in Pennsylvania, United States.
1898 Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
1898 Lord Kitchener's ships sails from Kartoum to Fashoda
1899 2nd quake in 7 days (8.6) hits Yakutat Bay Alaska
1900 20.3 cm rainfall at Elk Point, South Dakota (state record)
1902 Utrecht soccer team UVV forms
1905 Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes
1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber
1913 Cleveland Call & Post forms
1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1918 Players on both sides threaten to strike the World Series unless they are guaranteed $2,500 to the winners & $1,000 each for the losers
1919 Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. Austria ends incorporation with Germany.
1919 Indian's Ray Caldwell no-hits Yankees 3-0
1919 NYC welcomes home General John J Pershing & 25,000 WW I soldiers
1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs
1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1924 Giants rip Braves 22-1, Frisch goes 6-for-6 before grounding out
1924 Leopold & Loeb found guilty of murder
1926 Allies-German treaty of Koblenz drawn
1926 Germany joins League of Nations
1927 22nd Davis Cup, France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2)
1927 France wins its first Davis Cup since first competing in the event in 1905.
1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia
1931 Lord Cecil of British government says War was never so improbable
1932 52nd US Mens Tennis, Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64)
1932 Dodgers Johnny Frederick hits record 6th pinch-hit HR of the season
1932 The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad (IND) is opened.
1933 1st Negro League All-Star Game, West beats East 11-7 (Comiskey Park)
1933 53rd US Mens Tennis, Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61)
1937 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0)
1937 Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
1939 Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia in World War II.
1939 The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss in World War II.
1940 Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
1942 British troops lands on Madagascar
1942 RAF drops 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf in World War II.
1942 The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign in World War II.
1943 British 8th army occupies Tarente in World War II.
1943 German troops begin their occupation of Rome & take over the protection of Vatican City in World War II.
1943 Italian fleet anchors at Malta
1943 Lt-Gen Bradley arrives in Prestwick/London
1944 Lt-gen Frederick Browning against Montgomery "But, sir, I think we might be going a bridge too far"
1945 KLS-AM in Oakland Ca changes call letters to KWBR (now KDIA)
1945 Mike the Headless Chicken is decapitated, he survives for another 18 months before choking to death.
1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis
1948 Bijz Criminal division sentences war criminal Jacob Folks to life in prison.
1948 Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs
1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
1951 The United Kingdom begins an economic boycott of Iran.
1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Thomasville Golf Open
1953 Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner"
1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
1954 Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls
1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
1956 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Maralinga Australia
1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrates
1956 WSYE (now WETM) TV chan 18 in Elmira-Corning, NY (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 "Mask & Gown" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 39 performances
1958 WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
1960 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
1961 75th US Womens Tennis, Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64)
1961 81st US Mens Tennis, Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62)
1961 Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
1961 Mickey Mantle becomes 7th to hit HR # 400
1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 82nd US Mens Tennis, Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64)
1962 KLRN TV channel 9 in San Antonio, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 WDCN TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
1963 Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0
1963 Stan Musial hits a HR in his 1st at bat as a grandfather
1964 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
1965 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
1965 WUND TV channel 2 in Columbia, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Beatles' "Revolver," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 Muhammad Ali TKOs Karl Mildenberger in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1966 Neal Diamond's 1st chart song (Cherry Cherry)
1967 81st US Womens Tennis, Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64)
1967 87th US Mens Tennis, John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86)
1967 Chic White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Det Tigers, 6-0
1967 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Pacific Golf Classic
1967 Joel Horlen revives Chicago's pennant hopes with a 5-0 no-hit win
1967 KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 The people of Gibraltar vote 12,138 to 44 to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
1969 NY Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in 1st place for 1st time
1969 US performs nuclear test at Grand Valley Colorado
1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
1972 92nd US Mens Tennis, Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63)
1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship
1972 Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8)
1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
1972 The United States suffers its first loss of an international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
1972 US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
1972 WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1973 NY Jets trade pro footballs leading receiver Don Maynard to St Louis
1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1974 Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
1974 NY Dolls disband
1974 Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau
1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs
1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard
1976 5 Croatian terrorists capture TWA-plane at La Guardia Airport, NY
1976 A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
1977 91st US Womens Tennis, Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62)
1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5)
1977 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1977 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by Guillotine in France.
1977 Susan Perkins (Ohio), crowned 50th Miss America 1978
1978 "Timbuktu!" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 243 perfs
1978 4th game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks out hit 'em 67-21; score 42-9
1978 98th US Mens Tennis, Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 62 62)
1978 Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yds & 30")
1978 Jimmy Connors is 1st player to win US Open on 3 different surfaces
1978 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1979 3 Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill Truman are freed
1980 Expos Bill Gullickson, sets rookie record of striking out 18
1980 Peter Comita replaces Tom Peterson of Cheap Trick
1981 "Guernica" of Pablo Picasso returns to Spain
1982 Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album
1983 97th US Womens Tennis, M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills (61 63)
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1984 Discovery returns to Kennedy Space Center via Altus AFB, Okla
1984 Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days)
1984 geneticist Alec Jeffreys realises the potential of DNA profiling in his laboratory.
1986 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel
1988 Hurricane Gilbert, kills 300 in Jamaica, Texas & Yucatan
1988 102nd US Womens Tennis, Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini (63 36 61)
1988 Gretchen Elizabeth Carlson (Minn), 22, crowned 62nd Miss America 1989
1989 5 days after hitting a HR for Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Mariners
1989 109th US Mens Tennis, Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76)
1989 Browns allow Pittsburgh only 53 net yards, a team defensive record
1989 Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown
1989 East Germans begin their flight to west (via Hungary & Czech)
1989 Muffin Spencer-Devlin wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
1990 1st time in NY Yankee history they are completely swept season series, Oakland A's beat them 12 games to 0
1990 19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win US Open, 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
1990 Ellis Island reopens as a museum
1990 George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki
1990 Hard Rock Cafe opens in Las Vegas Nevada
1990 Iran agrees to resume diplomatic ties with Iraq
1990 Mariner Matt Young becomes 21st AL'er to strike out 4 in 1 inning
1990 The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination
1991 Yolanda Gail Devers runs US female record 100m hurdles (12.48 secs)
1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
1992 Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents
1993 1,000 Boeing 747 jumbo plane produced
1993 Actress Loretta Young, 80, weds costume designer Jean Louis, 85
1993 Israel & PLO sign joint recognition statements
1994 108th US Womens Tennis, Aranxta S Vicario beats Steffi Graf (16 76 64)
1994 Chong Hey swims female record 400m medley (4:01.67)/100m backstroke
1995 35th Walker Cup, Britain-Ireland beats US, 14-10
1995 47th Emmy Awards, NYPD Blue, ER, Fraiser & Candice Bergen wins
1995 115th US Mens Tennis, Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75)
1995 Alison Nicholas wins PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
1995 Browns & Indians, play simultaneous regular season games in Cleve for only time, Browns 22-6 over Tampa, Indians 5-3 over Orioles
1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million
1997 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 HRs in 2 consec yrs
2000 The musical Cats closes on Broadway.
2001 Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
2002 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
2003 Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2008 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
2012 10,000 miners demonstrate at Lonmin mines in Marikana, South Africa
2012 16 people are killed by a suicide bombing n Kunduz, Afghanistan
2012 29 people are killed by floods and heavy rain in Vietnam
2012 A left over bazooka grenade in Cambodia explodes and kills three children
2012 Teachers in Chicago strike effecting 350,000 students
2012 132nd Men's U.S. Open: Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic (7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2)
2012 132nd Women's U.S. Open: Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka (6-2, 2-6, 7-5)
2013 3 people are killed after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashes in the Artic Ocean
2013 16 people are killed after a series of bomb attacks across Iraq
2015 Floods and landslides in North East Japan, centered on Joso force 90,000 to evacuate their homes
2015 New human-like species - Homo Naledi announced by Scientists and a team of female archaeologists, found deep in caves in South Africa
2015 Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson resigns in wake of IRA supposed killing of Kevin McGuigan
Born on September 10th
1169 Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)
1385 Le Loi, national hero of Viet Nam, founder of the Later Lê Dynasty (d. 1433)
1487 Julius III, Italian Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation Pope (1550-55) (d. 1555)
1550 Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
1561 Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
1585 Ercole Porta, composer
1588 Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
1624 Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
1638 Maria Theresa of Spain, Queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
1645 Romeyn de Hooghe, Haarlem Neth, painter, goldsmith
1659 Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
1714 Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
1736 Carter Braxton, US farmer/signer (Declaration of Independence)
1751 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist/composer/conductor
1752 John Soane, English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum)
1758 Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
1779 Louis Alexandre Piccinni, composer
1786 Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
1786 William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
1787 John Jordan Crittenden, MC (Union) (d. 1863)
1788 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
1801 Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
1810 Albert Gallatin Blanchard, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1815 Eleazer Arthur Paine, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1823 Adolf von Doss, composer
1832 Randall Lee Gibson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1836 Joseph Wheeler, American Major general (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee) (d. 1906)
1836 Karl Merz, composer
1839 Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
1839 Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (Funk & Wagnalls) (d. 1912)
1844 Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
1848 William M Harnett, US painter (Old Violin)
1852 Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
1852 Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (d. 1937)
1854 Anton CR Dreesmann, German/Neth manufacturer (Vroom & Dreesman)
1855 Albert F. Mummery, British mountaineer (d. 1895)
1857 James E Keeler, US, astronomer (rings of Saturn)
1861 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
1866 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
1866 Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer
1869 Caro Roma, composer
1871 Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
1872 Josephina "Frieda" Herberich, actress (Verdoold Sheep)
1872 Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician
1875 Paul Scheinpflug, composer
1877 Georgia B D Camp Johnson, US, poet/playwright (Autumn Love Cycle)
1882 Paul Harvey, American actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree)
1883 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist
1885 Berthold Altaner, German church historian (Patrologie)
1885 Carl Clinton Van Doren, American biographer and critic (9th Wave) (d. 1950)
1885 Johannes de Jong, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht (Handbook)
1886 Hilda Doolittle, American poet (imagistenand novelist (d. 1961)
1887 Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
1887 Kenneth Mason, British geographer (d. 1976)
1889 Vilem Petrzelka, composer
1890 Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
1890 Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (40 Days of Musa Dagh) (d. 1945)
1892 Arthur H Compton, American physicist (X-rays) (Nobel Prize laureate) (d. 1962)
1893 Al "Fuzzy" St John, Santa Ana California, actor (Lash of the West)
1893 Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian and former oldest living person (d. 2009)
1895 Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976)
1896 Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
1896 Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer
1896 Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
1896 Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
1897 Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
1897 Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
1897 Nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector
1898 Adele Marie Astaire, Omaha NE, sister of Fred Astaire, entertainer
1898 Bessie Love, American actress (Broadway Melody, Children of Damned) (d. 1986)
1898 Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
1902 Toivo R Pekkanen, Finnish writer (Wegwerkers)
1904 Max Shachtman, American politician (d. 1972)
1906 Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
1906 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Hooglied)
1907 Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
1908 Raymond Harry Warnow Scott, American composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer (Your Hit Parade) (d. 1994)
1908 Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996)
1912 Brother William Oliver Antoninus Everson, poet
1912 Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)
1913 Lincoln Gordon, American diplomat
1913 Zeph(ania L) Mothopeng, President South Africa Pan-African Congress (1986)
1914 Robert Wise, American film director (Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story) (d. 2005)
1915 Edmond O'Brien, American actor (Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight) (d. 1985)
1916 Niall MacDermott, lawyer/politician
1917 Franfo Fortini, poet
1917 Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat (d. 2009)
1918 Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
1919 John Noorda, resistance fighter
1919 Lex van Delden, Dutch composer/writer
1920 Egbert van Paridon, Dutch actor/director (Assault)
1920 Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
1921 Cornelis A H Wagtho, student/resistance fighter
1922 Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
1924 Boyd K. Packer, LDS apostle
1924 Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1925 Roy James Brown, American boxer and soul/blues singer (Good Rockin' Tonight) (d. 1981)
1926 Beryl Cook, British painter
1927 Gwen Watford, British actress (Body in the Library, Ghoul)
1928 Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
1928 Leo P(atrick) Kelley, US, sci-fi author (Dead Moon, Vacation in Space)
1928 Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
1929 Akio Yashiro, composer
1929 Arnold (Daniel) Palmer, American golfer, PGA tour (1964 Masters)
1929 Pentti Siimes, [Pentti Kalevi Siimes], Helsinki Finland
1930 Kenneth Kweku Sinaman Dadzie, diplomat
1931 Joan Carroll Cruz, American author
1931 Philip Baker Hall, American actor
1932 Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
1933 David Rowland, English real estate developer/broker/multi-millionaire
1933 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
1933 Yevgeny Vassilyevich Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5) (d. 2000)
1934 Charles Kuralt, American journalist, newscaster (On the Road) (d. 1997)
1934 James L Oberstar, American politician, representative from Minnesota (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1975)
1934 Larry Sitsky, composer
1934 Roger Maris, American baseball player, HR champ (NY Yankees) (61 in 1961, AL MVP 1960, 1961) (d. 1985)
1934 Vasil Kazandzhiev, composer
1935 John Palmer, Kingsport Tenn, news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
1935 Mary Oliver, American poet
1935 Paul van Vliet, Dutch cabaret performer
1937 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International
1937 Jared Diamond, American biologist and author
1937 Paul Martin Palombo, composer
1939 Artie Tripp, Musician (Mothers Of Invention)
1939 Greg Mullavey, American actor (Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals)
1939 Topham Brinton, English carpet magnate/multi-millionaire
1940 Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
1940 Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut
1941 Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
1941 Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
1941 Pyotr I Klimuk, Poland, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18B, 30)
1941 Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
1942 Danny Hutton, Irish singer (Three Dog Night)
1943 Daniel Truhitte, American actor
1943 Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler
1943 Garrett List, composer
1943 Neale Donald Walsch, American author
1944 Thomas Allen, British opera singer, baritone
1945 Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Light my Fire)
1945 Rein van den Broek, Dutch trumpeteer (Ekseption)
1945 Richard M Mullane, Tx, USAF/astro (STS 41-D, STS-27, STS-36)
1945 Tom Ligon, New Orleans, actor (Joyride)
1946 Don Powell, English drummer
1946 James R Hines, Dumas Ark, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 Jim Hines, American athlete
1946 Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
1947 Larry Gene Nelson, Ft Payne AL, PGA golfer (1980 Atlanta Classic)
1948 Bob Lanier, American basketball player
1948 Bob Lanier, NBA center (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks)
1948 Charlie Waters, American football player
1948 Judy Geeson, English actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk)
1948 Margaret Trudeau, Canadian 1st lady, Wife of Pierre Trudeau
1948 Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
1948 Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer
1949 Barriemore Barlow, rocker (Jethro Tull)
1949 Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator (FOX News - O'Reilly Factor)
1949 Don Muraco, professional wrestler
1950 Don Powell, England, rock drummer (Slade)
1950 Joe Perry, American musician, guitarist (Aerosmith)
1951 Albert R Wynn, (Rep-D-Maryland)
1951 Alder Taylor, rocker
1951 Peter Tolson, rocker
1952 Gerry Conway, Marvel comics writer (Punisher)
1952 Medea Benjamin, American activist
1952 Vic Toews, Canadian politician
1953 Amy Irving, Palo Alto, Cal, actress (Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy)
1953 Yannis Bezos, Greek actor
1954 Martha Nause, Sheboygan WI, LPGA golfer (1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
1955 Charlotte Lewis, Chic Ill, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1976)
1955 Giannina Facio Franco, San Jose Costa Rica, Mrs Phillipe Junot
1955 Pat Mastelotto, rock drummer (Mr Mister, King Crimson)
1956 Amy Irving, American actress
1956 Johnny Fingers, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats)
1956 Johnny Hickman, American musician
1957 Brian Fitzpatrick, American actor (Rick Alden-Loving)
1957 Carol Decker, UK singer (T'Pau-Heart & Soul)
1957 Kate Burton, Swiss actress (Ice Storm, August)
1957 Siobhan Fahey, Dublin, rocker (Bananarama-Venus, Shakespear's Sister)
1958 Chris Columbus, American film director (Mrs Doubtfire, Nine Months)
1958 Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
1959 Peter Nelson, American actor
1960 Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist
1960 Colin Firth, English actor (Femme Fatale, Hostages)
1960 David Lowery, American musician
1960 Miranda Wilson, Nebraska, actress (Sandra-Santa Barbara)
1962 Esteban Toledo, Mexicali Mexico, Nike golfer (1991 Ben Hogan Reno-2nd)
1963 Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
1963 David Titlow, rocker (Blue Mercedes-Rich & Famous)
1963 Randy Johnson, American baseball player
1963 Susan Gautier-Smith, TV producer
1964 John E. Sununu, American politician
1964 Karl Wilson, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1964 Peter Vogler, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics-1996)
1964 Tim Harris, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
1965 Allison Daughtry, actress (Guilding Light)
1965 Brian Washington, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
1965 Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer
1966 Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL forward (Dallas Stars, Team Canada 1998)
1966 Kimble Anders, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
1966 Ted Popson, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
1968 Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer
1968 Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
1968 Guy Ritchie, British film director
1968 Yvo Joordens, soccer player (MVV)
1969 Ai Jing, Chinese singer
1969 Bob Spitulski, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
1969 Jonathon Schaech, American actor
1969 Matt Geiger, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets)
1970 Julie Halard, Versailles France, tennis star (1995 Prague)
1970 Ménélik, Cameroonian/French rapper
1970 Paula Kelley, American musician
1970 Robert Green, NFL running back (Chic Bears)
1971 Brandon Harrison, NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers)
1971 Brian Earley, Fresno California, diver (Olympics-96)
1971 Chris Oeding, Santa Ana California, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
1972 Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier
1972 Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
1972 James Duval, American actor
1972 Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer
1973 Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
1973 Ghada Shouaa, Syria, heptatlete (Olympics-gold-96)
1974 Ben Wallace, American basketball player, NBA forward (Wash Wizards)
1974 Jill Chartier, Miss Oregon USA (1996)
1974 Mirko Filipovic, Croatian martial artist
1974 Ryan Phillippe, American actor
1974 Sandra Cacic, Joliet Ill, tennis star
1975 Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor
1975 Melanie Pullen, American photograper
1975 Temple Taggart, Miss USA-Utah (1997, top 6)
1976 Gregory Robert Henderson, Dunedin NZ, 4k pursuit cyclist (Olympics-96)
1976 Matt Morgan, American professional wrestler
1976 Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
1979 Andreas Aniko, Estonian footballer
1979 Jacob Young, American actor and singer
1980 Timothy Goebel, Evanston Ill, figure skater (1996 National Jr champ)
1981 Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
1985 Aya Kamiki, a Japanese rock singer
1985 Matsuda Shota, a Japanese actor
1986 Hiroki Uchi, Japanese singer and actor
1987 Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer
1988 Coco Rocha, Canadian fashion model
1988 Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
Died on September 10th
(210 BC) Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China.
918 Baldwin II, Count of Flanders (b. 865)
954 Louis IV, of overseas, King of France (b. 920)
1167 Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
1197 Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
1217 William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon
1279 Robert Kilwardby-Anglicus, English philosopher, Cardinal
1305 Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint
1308 Emperor Go-Nijo of Japan (b. 1285)
1382 Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem, Sicily, and Poland (b. 1326)
1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France (b. 1371)
1482 Federico da Montefeltro, Italian Renaissance condottiero and arts patron (b. 1422)
1519 John Colet, English churchman and educator (b. 1467)
1547 Pierlugi Faraese, Italian son of Pope Paul III, murdered
1559 Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
1591 Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542)
1600 John Bruhesius, [Bruhesen], bishop of Groningen
1604 William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
1607 Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545)
1623 John I Van de Velde, calligrapher (Mirror of Write-Konste)
1669 Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
1676 Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
1680 Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610)
1680 Marco Uccellini, composer
1748 Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, foundress of the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
1749 Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
1759 Ferdinand Konšcak, Croatian explorer (b. 1703)
1765 Jacob Gilles, pension advisor
1797 Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)
1801 Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b. 1780)
1806 Johann C Adelung, German translator/librarian
1828 Count d'Andreossi, French general/parliament leader
1831 George Guest, composer
1839 Pieter Fontijn, Dutch painter
1842 Letitia Tyler, Pres Tyler's (1841-45) wife
1845 Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer
1851 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b. 1787)
1858 Henry Wellington Greatorex, composer
1862 Carlos A Lopez, president of Paraguay (1844-62)
1867 Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788)
1868 Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, composer
1895 Harrison Millard, composer
1898 Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, wife of Franz Joseph I (assassinated) (b. 1837)
1905 Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
1915 Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
1916 Friedrich Gernsheim, composer
1922 Arpad Szendy, composer
1924 Walter Lees, cricketer (26 wkts on 5 Tests Eng v SA 1905-06)
1930 G A Faulkner, cricketer (S Afr googly all-rounder), commits suicide
1931 Alfonso Randano, composer
1931 Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
1932 Percy Fletcher, composer
1934 George Henschel, composer
1935 Huey Long, American politician (b. 1893)
1937 Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1892)
1942 Nachman N "Neddy" Bamberg, actor, dies in Auschwitz
1944 Jaap P Musch, Dutch resistance fighter, murdered by Nazis
1945 Vaino Raitio, composer
1948 King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
1951 Giuseppe Mule, composer
1952 Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
1954 Peter Anders, German opera singer
1955 Robert Blackburn, British aviation pioneer
1960 Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga matushka-reka)
1961 Leo Carrillo, American actor (Pancho-Cisco Kid) (b. 1880)
1961 Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928)
1965 Bobby Jordan, actor (Dead End Kids)
1965 Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
1966 Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
1966 James Langridge, cricketer (242 runs & 19 wkts for England)
1971 Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide
1971 Pier Angeli, Italian actress (Octaman), dies of barbiturate overdose (b. 1932)
1972 Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI)
1975 George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1976 Dalton Trumbo, American writer and director (Johnny Got His Gun) (b. 1905)
1976 Dorothy Devore, actress (Newscast, Senor Daredevil)
1976 George Baxter, actor (Flying Saucer, Lili, Caged)
1976 Mordecai Johnson, 1st black president of Howard U
1977 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted murderer last to, die by guillotine
1978 Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
1979 Agostinho Neto, First Angolan President (b. 1922)
1979 Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer
1982 Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England
1983 Balthasar J "John" Vorster, South African premier (1966-78)
1983 Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1983 John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1915)
1985 Alexa Kenin, actress (Mousie-Coed Fever)
1985 Jock Stein, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1922)
1989 Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered
1990 Samuel Kanyon Doe, president of Liberia (1980-90), assassinated
1991 Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
1991 Sarah Sally Lawrence, entertainer
1991 Yves Montand, actor (Lets Make Love, Z)
1993 Janice Carroll, actress (End, April Fools)
1993 Rita Karin, Polish-Latvia/US actress (Sophie's Choice)
1994 Amy Clampitt, British poet (Silence Opens)
1995 Charles Denner, French actor (Mado, Stella, Z, Landru) (b. 1926)
1995 Derek Meddings, special Effects technician, dies at 64
1995 Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer
1995 Yasutomo Nagai, motorbike driver (b.1965)
1996 Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
1996 Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
1996 Ray Coleman, journalist
1997 Burgess Meredith, actor (Penguin-Batman, Rocky)
1997 Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
1998 Carl Forgione, British actor (b. 1944)
1999 Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
2000 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
2001 DJ Uncle Al (b. 1969)
2004 Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
2005 Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American musician (b. 1924)
2006 Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith (b. 1986)
2006 King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (b. 1918)
2006 Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
2007 Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b. 1942)
2007 Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
2007 Ted Stepien, former basketball team owner (b. 1925)
2008 Domagoj Kapec, Croatian hockey player (b. 1989)
2011 Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
2012 Lance LeGault, American actor, dies at 75
2012 Steven Springer, American guitarist
2013 E Clay Shaw Jr, American politician
2014 Richard Kiel, American actor
2015 Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni)