September 15th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Guatemala)
Independence Day (El Salvador)
Independence Day (Honduras)
Independence Day (Nicaragua)
Independence Day (Costa Rica)
Engineer's Day (India) * (see below)
International Day of Democracy
The Battle of Britain (United Kingdom) * (see below)
Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand)
Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia)
Second Day of the Eleusinian Mysteries - In ancient Greece, when the priests of Demeter declared the public start of the rites.
Beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month, Natl (Sept 15-Oct 15)
Make a Hat Day
Felt Hat Day - On this day, men traditionally put away their felt hats.
Respect for the Aged Day (Japan before 2003) beginning in 2003, Respect for the Aged Day is held on the third Monday of September.
Feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows (Roman Catholic),
Feast day of Catherine of Genoa (Roman Catholic)
Feast day of Joseph Abibos (Roman Catholic)
Feast day of Saint Nicomedes (Roman Catholic)
Feast day of Roland de Medici (Roman Catholic)
* Ibiza Closing Parties Ibiza, Spain - Last 3 weeks of Sept (7-21)
* Engineer's Day (India) celebrated on birthday of Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya.
* The Battle of Britain (The United Kingdom) – the British commemorate the Battle of Britain on the day of the last massive Luftwaffe attack in 1940.
Fête de la Marron Translation: Chestnut Day (French Republican) The 29th day of the Month of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"Here’s to hard work and fun filled vacations.
Great workmates and high expectations.
Here’s to all your success and all the raised glasses.
So, this toast is for you, cuz you all are bad asses!"
- Anonymous
Drink of The Day
Harrogate Nights
1 Part Vodka
1/2 Part Peach Schnapps
1/2 Part Malibu
1 Part Fresh Orange Juice
1 Part Fresh Pineapple Juice
Dash of Fresh Cranberry Juice
Fill a Highball Glass With ice then add a dash of Cranberry Juice. Add the rest of the ingredients to the Boston Glass, Shake and Strain into the Highball Glass. Garnish and serve.
Wine of The Day
Cidrerie St. Nicolas (2009) Pom'Or Tradition Sparkling Cider
Style - Sparkling Cider
$12
Beer of The Day
Harvest Moon Rye
Brewer - Rock Bottom Brewery – Arlington, VA
Style - Rye Beer
- Harvest moon is a moon closest to the autumnal equinox OR any full moon that occurs in September
Joke of The Day
At 3am a desk clerk at a hotel gets a call from a drunk guy asking what time the bar opens. "It opens at noon," answers the clerk.
About an hour, later he gets a call from the same guy, sounding even drunker. "What time does the bar open?" he asks.
"Same time as before - noon," replies the clerk.
Another hour passes and he calls again, plastered. "Whatjoo shay the bar opins at?"
The clerk then answers, "It opens at noon, but if you can't wait, I can have room service send something up to you."
"No! I don't wanna git in, ah wanna git OUT!"
Quote of The Day
"No boy is as good as her father in his daughter's eyes. No father is as good as her boy in his mother's eyes."
- Unknown
Whisky Of The Day
Forty Creek John K. Hall Double Barrel Reserve Whisky
Price: $70
- Released for sale on Monday, September 15, 2008
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
International Housekeepers Week, Second Full Week of SeptemberSubstitute Teacher Appreciation Week, Second Full Week of September
Surgical Technologists Week, Third Week of September
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Adult Day Services Week, Third Week of September
National Farm Safety and Health Week, Third Week of September
National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Balance Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Tolkien Week, Third Week in September (Hobbit Day falls on 9/22)
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week, Third Week of September
National Singles Week, Third Week of September
National Emergency Preparedness Week, September 11th to September 17th
National Love Your Files Week, Third Monday through Friday
Historical Events on September 15th
608 St Boniface IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
668 Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
921 Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin.
994 Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
1514 Thomas Wolsey appointed archbishop of York
1556 Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
1584 San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
1590 Giambattista Catagna elected as Pope Urban VII
1600 Battle of Sekigahara.
1616 The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
1619 Prince Bethlen Gabors troops occupy Pozsony (Pressburg) Hungary
1620 Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims
1621 Swedish troops occupy Riga
1644 Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X
1656 England & France sign peace treaty
1683 Germantown Pa founded by 13 immigrant families
1707 Rákóczi II & Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement
1733 King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons
1762 Battle of Signal Hill of the Seven Years War.
1774 Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured
1776 British forces capture Kip's Bay Manhattan during the New York Campaign of the American Revolutionary War.
1787 Utrecht patriots flee to Amsterdam
1789 The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs").
1795 Cape Colony surrenders to England
1812 The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
1812 A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows in the War of 1812.
1820 Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
1821 Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
1830 First National Negro Convention begins in Phila
1830 First to be run-over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)
1830 Duke of Wellington opens Liverpool & Manchester Railway
1830 The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
1831 The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
1835 HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands.
1846 Jung Bahadur Rana grabs power in Nepal
1851 Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1853 First US woman ordained a minister, Antoinette Blackwell
1857 Timothy Alder patents typesetting machine
1862 Confederates conquer Union-weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry West Virginia in the American Civil War.
1870 Dutch 1st Chamber abolishes Capital punishment (20-18)
1873 The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity in the Franco-Prussian War.
1879 Pim Mulier forms "Haarlem Football Club"
1882 British general Wolseley occupies Cairo
1883 The Bombay Natural History Society is founded in Bombay (Mumbai), India.
1887 Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution
1894 Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang of the First Sino-Japanese War.
1898 National Afro-American Council forms in Rochester NY
1899 5th US Golf Open: Willie Smith shoots a 315 at Baltimore CC MD
1903 Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers "criminals"
1904 Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight
1910 Boers & Afrikaners win 1st general elections in Union of South-Africa
1912 Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood ties then record of 16 straight wins
1912 War between Turkey & Montenegro breaks out in Albania
1913 1st US milch goat show held, Rochester, NY
1914 Battle of Aisne begins between Germans & French during WW I
1914 US Marines march out of Vera Cruz, Mexico
1916 Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme in World War I.
1916 Brittian use their first of tanks used in war, "Little Willies" at Battle of Flors, France
1917 Russia proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky
1918 CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state
1921 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical Alcohol Paraclitus
1921 WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
1922 Catcher Butch Henline is 1st NLer to hit 3 HRs in a game since 1897
1923 43rd US Mens Tennis, William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64)
1923 Bill Tilden wins US Lawn Tennis Open
1923 Governor Walton of Oklahoma declares state of siege because of KKK terror
1926 Failed attempt on Benito Mussolini
1928 400 kg Fournier-albums (forged postage stamps) burn in Geneva
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1928 Cardinals set NL record of 18 men left on base beating Phillies 8-6
1928 Stothard, Kalmar & Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in NYC
1928 Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.
1930 First intl bridge match is held in London. US team defeats England
1931 In Scotland, the two-day Invergordon Mutiny against Royal Navy pay cuts begins.
1931 Philadelphia A's clinch pennant, beating Cleveland
1935 Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika.
1935 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany
1937 WPA extends L-Taraval streetcar to SF Zoo (at Sloat Blvd)
1938 British PM Chamberlain visits Hitler at Berchtesgarden
1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1938 Only time brothers hit back-to-back HRs (Lloyd & Paul Waner, Pitts)
1940 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
1940 Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)
1940 Luftwaffe bombs Bristol Aeroplane Company
1940 PM Winston Churchill visits #11 Fighter Group
1940 The climax of the Battle of Britain of World War II, Tide turns when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
1941 Nazis kill 800 Jewish women at Shkudvil Lithuania
1942 U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal, World War II.
1943 Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy
1943 Concentration Camp Kauwen in Lithuania opens
1943 Concentration Camp Vaivara in Estonia opens
1944 British bombers hit Tirpitz with Tallboy bombs
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944 US 1st Infantry division pushes through to Westwall
1944 US 28th Infantry division occupies Hill 555 at Roscheid
1944 US troops lands on Palau & Morotai
1945 A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
1946 Dodgers beat Cubs 2-0 in 5 inns, games called because of gnats
1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
1947 RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit Tone River, Saitama and Tokyo area, killing at least 1,930 and injuring 1,750..
1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
1948 "Small Wonder" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 134 performances
1948 The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
1948 WHN-AM in NY City changes call letters to WMGM
1949 "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV
1949 WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, PA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1949 WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in South Korea
1950 East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification
1950 For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
1950 United States forces land at Incheon in the Korean War.
1950 Longest game in Philadelphia's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
1950 UN lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south
1950 US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul
1951 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Ziegfeld NYC after 740 perfs
1951 Emile Zatopek runs world record 20k (1:01:15.8)
1951 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ingruentium Malorum
1952 Braves last game in Boston's Braves Field before move to Milwaukee
1952 European Parliament forms in Strasbourg
1952 United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
1953 KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, FL (CBS) begins
1957 "Bachelor Father" with John Forsythe premieres
1957 Adenauers CDU wins parliamentary election in West Germany
1957 SF Seals (Pacific Coast League) play their last game
1958 A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
1959 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States, begins a 13-day visit.
1960 France spends 9 billion guilders on atomic experiments
1961 61st US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jack Nicklaus
1961 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
1962 "Bravo, Giovanni" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 76 perfs
1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
1962 KC A's Bill Fischer sets record of 69 1/3 innings without a walk
1962 The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 WOKR TV channel 13 in Rochester, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1963 4 children killed in bombing of a black Baptist church in Birmingham
1963 Alou brothers-Felipe, Matty, & Jesus-appear in SF outfield for 1 inn
1963 Ben Bella elected 1st president of Algeria
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Eugene Ladies' Golf Open
1963 The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
1963 WNTV TV channel 29 in Greenville, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland
1964 Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald"
1965 "Lost in Space" premieres
1966 First British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched
1966 Dutch political party (D'66) forms
1966 Gemini XI (Conrad/Gordon) returns to Earth
1966 U.S. President Lyndon B Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
1967 KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 "Barbra Streisand, A Happening in Central Park" Show on CBS TV
1968 Carol Mann wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
1968 Launch of Zond 5, 1st lunar fly-around with Earth reentry
1968 NY Zendo (Shoboji) was opened by S Nakagawa & D S Harada
1968 Probable Test flight for a manned fly-around (scooped by Apollo 8)
1968 The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
1968 WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 WXON TV channel 20 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
1969 Cards Steve Carlton sets record by striking out 19 NY Mets in a game
1970 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
1970 PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan
1970 Rotterdam harbor strikes end
1971 1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV
1972 A magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes Northern Illinois.
1972 An Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
1972 WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 "Star Trek-Animated" premieres on TV
1973 Dutch Guilder devalued 5%
1973 Ohio State's Archie Griffith begins record 31 cons 100 yd rushing
1973 Secretariat wins Marlboro Cup in world record 1:45 2/5 for 1¼ miles
1974 Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
1974 Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens
1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1975 Mike Vail extends hitting streak ton rookie-record 23 straight game
1975 The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
1976 Ntozake Shange's "For Colored Girls Who ...," premieres in NYC
1976 Soyuz 22 carries 2 cosmonauts into Earth orbit for 8 days
1977 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 124 performances
1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)
1977 President Carter meets with 15 record company execs
1977 Rock Music Awards
1977 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans
1978 Muhammad Ali beats Leon Spinks in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1978 Yanks beat Boston 4-0, Guidry wins # 22, Yanks lead 2½ games
1979 Red Sox Bob Watson is 1st to hit for cycle in AL & NL (Astros)
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Temporary Secretary"
1981 Pope John Paul II publishes encyclical "Laborem exercens" against capitalism/marxism
1981 The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
1981 The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1981 Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
1982 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
1982 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
1982 Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
1983 Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting NYC subway
1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
1984 Morocco Showcase opens
1984 Sharlene Wells (Utah), 20, crowned 58th Miss America 1985
1984 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 26th Ryder Cup, Europe beat US, 16½-11½ at The Belfry, England
1985 Joanne Carner wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1985 Olof Palme forms Sweden minority government
1985 Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings
1985 Willie Nelson's Farm Aid concert
1985 Yanks trade Jim Deshaies to Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro
1986 First broadcast of "LA Law" on NBC-TV
1986 Bomb attack in Paris, 1 dead
1987 United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
1988 "Les Miserables," opens at Raimund Theatre, Vienna
1988 Lillehammer, Norway upsets Anchorage to host 1994 Winter olympics
1988 Museum of Moving Image in London opens
1988 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
1989 The U.S. Congress recognizes Terry Anderson's continued captivity in Beirut.
1990 42nd Emmy Awards LA Law & Murphy Brown win
1990 Chicago White Sox Bobby Thigpen is 1st to record 50 saves
1990 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1990 Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
1990 France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf
1991 "Party Machine with Nia Peeples" final show
1991 19th du Maurier Golf Classic, Nancy Scranton
1991 NBA star Magic Johnson marries Earletha "Cookie" Kelly
1991 SD State freshman Marshall Faulk sets NCAA rushing record of 386 yds
1991 US women's gymnastics team win 1st World Championships medal (silver)
1992 Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional NYC seat
1993 Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
1994 "Sound of Motown," premieres in Rotterdam
1994 Dennis Richardson sworn in as head of St Maarten
1994 Moslem fundamentalists kidnap & behead 16 citizens in Algeria
1995 Cards shortstop Ozzie Smith sets record of 1,554 double plays
1996 2nd Presidents Golf Cup, US beats Intl team 16½-15½ at Robert Jones Va
1996 Bangladesh beat UAE by 104 runs to win the ACC Trophy Final
1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1996 Texas Rangers retire their 1st number, Nolan Ryan's #34
1997 Edison Intl purchases Anaheim Stadium naming rights for $50M
1997 Oprah Winfrey announces she will continue her show through 2000
1998 With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
2000 Opening ceremony of the XXVII Olympics in Sydney, Australia
2004 National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
2007 32nd Toronto International Film Festival: "Eastern Promises" directed by David Cronenberg wins the People's Choice Award
2008 Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
2012 Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s
2011 The St. Thomas Assembly plant is closed permanently after decades of providing employing to the region of St. Thomas, Ontario and resulting in the loss of roughly 1,400 well-paid jobs
2012 Japan announces that it will phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s
2013 21 people are killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Shia provinces, Iraq
2013 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
2013 38th Toronto International Film Festival: "12 Years a Slave" directed by Steve McQueen wins the People's Choice Award
2013 Edi Rama is elected Prime Minister of Albania
2013 Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor
2014 Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Minister of Poland
2014 US President Obama annouces the US will send 3,000 troops to help combat spread of the Ebola virus
2015 Hungary seals its border with Serbia with a razor-wire fence, stranding thousands of migrants
Born on September 15th
973 Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)
1254 Marco Polo, Italian explorer (Il Milione) (d. 1324)
1505 Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55)
1533 Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)
1572 Erasmus Widmann, composer
1580 Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
1586 Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer
1613 François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
1649 Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
1666 Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
1685 Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer
1690 Ignazio Prota, composer
1715 Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
1736 Jean-Sylvain, French historian (History of France)
1744 Georg Ritschel, composer
1760 Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
1761 Cornelio Saavedra, president of the Primera Junta and the Junta Grande, first patriotic governments of Argentina
1764 Friedrich Heine, composer
1764 Paolo Francesco Parenti, composer
1789 James Fenimore Cooper, First major American novelist (Last of Mohicans) (d. 1851)
1808 Louis Clapisson, composer
1811 Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer
1811 Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author
1816 Edward Wolff, composer
1828 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
1830 Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico (1877-1911) (d. 1915)
1834 Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member
1837 Leo van Gheluwe, composer
1843 Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange/son of king Willem III
1851 Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra)
1851 Josif Marinkovic, composer
1852 Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918)
1852 Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine)
1857 William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States (1909-13), chief justice (d. 1930)
1858 Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit
1858 Jeno Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
1860 Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962)
1863 Horatio William Parker, American composer (d. 1919)
1864 Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1865 Henri (Lucien) Capitant, French lawyer (Loi Falcidie)
1865 Nicolaus Adriani, linguist (Middle-Celebes languages)
1867 Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1920)
1868 Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter
1876 Bruno Walter (B W Schlesinger), German conductor (NY Phil) (d. 1962)
1876 Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett)
1876 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
1877 Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938)
1879 Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Italian automobile engineer and designer (Amaz Bugattis, Bugatti) (d. 1947)
1883 Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1884 Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer
1887 Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955)
1887 Jean-Hans Arp, French/Swiss statues artist/poet
1888 Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925)
1889 Robert Benchley, American author, humorist (My 10 Years in a Quandary) (d. 1945)
1890 Agatha Christie, English mystery writer (Murder on Orient Express) (d. 1976)
1890 Claude McKaye, Jamaican-US author (Songs of Jamaica, Banjo)
1890 Frank Martin, Swiss composer (In Terra Fax) (d. 1974)
1892 Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
1894 Jean Renoir, French film director (Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion) (d. 1979)
1894 Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977)
1895 Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1895 Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
1896 Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer
1898 J. Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doctor, poet, and novelist (El Dorado) (d. 1936)
1899 Milton S Eisenhower, US President's brother (Pennsylvania State)
1900 Larry Kent, CA, director (High Stakes)
1901 Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985)
1902 Magda (Helena) Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania
1903 Roy Acuff, American country musician (Hee Haw) (d. 1992)
1904 Tom Conway, Russian actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show)
1904 Umberto II (van Piemonte), King of Italy (1946) (d. 1983)
1906 Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960)
1906 Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1906 Penny Singleton, Phila Pa, voice (Jane Jetsons)/actress (Blondie)
1907 Fay Wray, Canadian-born American actress (King Kong) (d. 2004)
1907 Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (d. 1968)
1907 Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day)
1908 Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain)
1908 Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003)
1909 C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
1909 Carlos Estrada, composer
1909 Jean Batten, NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo Australia-
1909 Phil Arnold, NJ, actor (Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees)
1910 Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001)
1910 George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar
1910 Richard Baerlein, racing writer
1911 Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1911 Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist
1912 Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer
1913 Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU)
1913 Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot)
1913 Johannes Steinhoff, German fighter pilot & NATO commander (d. 1994)
1913 John N. Mitchell, United States Attorney General (Nixon), convicted (Watergate) (d. 1988)
1913 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer
1914 Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1914 Creighton Abrams, American Army general (Vietnam War) (d. 1974)
1914 Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72)
1914 Orhan Kemal, Turkish writer (d. 1970)
1915 Albert Whitlock, English motion picture matte artist (d. 1999)
1915 Helmut Schoen, football coach
1915 Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
1915 John Conte, Plamer Mass, actor (Mantovani)
1915 José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
1916 Frederick C. Weyand, Former U.S. Army General (d. 2010)
1916 Margaret Lockwood, Indian actress (Lady Vanishes) (d. 1990)
1917 Richard Arnell, composer
1918 Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005)
1919 Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km) (d. 1960)
1919 Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
1921 Jackie Cooper, LA California, actor/director (Hennesey, People's Choice)
1921 Jan Frank Fischer, composer
1921 Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
1922 Bob Anderson, English Olympic Fencer, film fight choreographer (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings) (d. 2012)
1922 Jackie Cooper, American actor and director
1923 Anton Heiller, Austrian organist (d. 1979)
1924 Bobby Short, American musician, pianist (Carlisle Hotel) (d. 2005)
1924 Lucebert, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist (Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967)
1925 Carlo Rambaldi, Vigarano Mainarda, Italy, Special effects artist (Alien, E.T.), (d. 2012)
1925 Forrest Compton, Reading Pa, actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night)
1925 Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1925 Stanley Chapman, British architect, designer, translator and writer (d. 2009)
1926 Edward Derwinski, Chicago, Illinois, American congressman for Chicago 1959-83, first Secretary of Veteran Affairs 1989-1992
1926 Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician
1926 Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006)
1927 David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
1927 Norm Crosby, Boston Mass, comedian/double talker (Liar's Club)
1928 Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
1928 Rod Robbie, Poole, England, Canadian architect and planner (Roger's Centre/ Sky Dome, Toronto), (d. 2012)
1929 Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
1929 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, predicted quarks (Nobel Prize laureate)
1933 Henry Darrow, American actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show)
1933 Monica Maughan, Australian actress (d. 2010)
1933 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
1934 Fred Nile, Australian politician
1935 Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host (Sound-Mix Show)
1936 Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1937 Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg PA, LPGA golfer
1937 Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
1937 Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate
1938 Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner)
1938 Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ (US Open 1963)
1939 Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter
1940 Frank Linzy, baseball player
1940 Merlin Olsen, American football player, NFL tackle (Rams), sportscaster, and actor (Father Murphy)
1940 Norman (Richard) Spinrad, American science fiction author (Child of Fortune)
1941 Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer
1941 Miroslav Hermazewski, Poland, cosmonaut (Soyuz 30)
1941 Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
1941 Viktor Zubkov, Russian government official
1941 Yuri Norstein, Russian animator
1942 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, US, sci-fi author (Hotel Transylvania)
1942 Lee Dorman, American Bassist
1942 Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1944 Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician
1945 Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
1945 Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, President of the European Parliament
1945 Jessye Norman, American opera singer (Carmen)
1945 Ron Shelton, American film director
1946 Fighting Mack (Edwin Alberto), Antillian welterweight boxer
1946 Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author
1946 Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach and match referee
1946 Ola Brunkert, Swedish session drummer for ABBA (d. 2008)
1946 Oliver Stone, American film director (Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon)
1946 Tommy Lee Jones, American actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive)
1947 Theodore Long, American professional wrestling manager
1948 Suzyn Waldman, American Sportscaster
1949 Joe L Barton, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985)
1951 Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
1951 Pete Carroll, American football coach
1952 Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist (Night Ranger)
1953 Bruce Heuchan, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Alberta-7th)
1953 Jerry Page, golfer (largest PGA victory margin)
1953 Pat Barrett, rocker (Crew Cuts)
1954 7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner, multi-millionaire
1954 Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007)
1955 Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor
1955 Mac Sweeney, (Rep-R-TX, 1985)
1955 Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer
1955 Željka Antunovic, Croatian politician
1956 Jaki Graham, English singer
1956 Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer
1956 Ned Rothenberg, composer
1956 Tawny Elaine Godin Schneider, Maine, Miss America (76)/(Eye on Hollywood)
1957 Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer (1993 SW Bell)
1958 Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
1958 Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player
1958 Lesley Player, Redhill England, Sarah Fergusson's father's lover
1958 Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005)
1960 Ed Solomon, American screenwriter
1960 Kevin Allen, Welsh actor
1960 Scott Thompson Baker, Minneapolis, actor (Gen Hosp, All My Children)
1961 Dan Marino, American football player, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins)
1961 Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league footballer
1962 Aubrey Matthews, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
1962 Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan
1962 Earnest Byner, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns)
1962 Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont NY, field hockey goalie (Olympics-96)
1962 Scott McNeil, Australian voice actor
1962 Wendie Jo Sperber, Glendale California, actress (Amy-Bossom Buddies)
1963 Pete Myers, American basketball player
1964 Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado yachter (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1964 Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American musician, guitarist (The Misfits)
1964 Robert Farley, Ndola Zambia, Australasia golfer
1964 Ryoko Kikuchi, Japan cosmonaut
1964 Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister, populist
1965 Rob Whitlock, Newcastle NSW, Australasia golfer
1966 Sherman Douglas, American basketball player, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
1967 Dexter Carter, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1967 Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
1967 Paul Abbott, American baseball player
1968 Danny Nucci, American actor (Gabriel Ortega-Falcon Crest)
1968 Michael Puschacher, hockey goalie (Team Austria 1998)
1968 Rich Robertson, Nacogdoches TX, pitcher (Minnesota Twins)
1969 David Ryon, American Politician
1969 Jeffrey Schwarz, American film director, producer
1969 Jim Curtiss, American writer
1969 KG, Musician (Naughty by Nature)
1970 Danny Ellis, Orlando Fla, golfer (All-American-1990, 92, 93)
1971 Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
1971 Chad Bratzke, NFL defensive end (NY Giants)
1971 Crystal McLaurin-Coney, Miss USA-North Carolina (1997)
1971 Josh Charles, American actor (Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown)
1971 Myron Bell, NFL safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1971 Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer
1971 Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star (Munich 1995)
1971 Will Shields, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
1972 Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana (1996)
1972 Jimmy Carr, English comedian
1972 Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
1972 Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royalty
1973 Julie Cox, English actress
1974 Jamie Stevens, German singer
1975 Martina Krupicková, Czech artist
1975 Tom Dolan, US, 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer (Oly-gold-96)
1975 Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1976 Matt Thornton, American baseball player
1976 Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand)
1977 Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 Jason Terry, American basketball player
1977 Leander Jordan, American football player, NFL offensive lineman
1977 Marisa Ramirez, American actress
1977 Sophie Dahl, English model
1977 Tom Hardy, English actor
1978 Amanda Rochelle Penix, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA (1997)
1978 Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
1979 Amy Davidson, American actress
1979 Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan soccer player
1979 Dave Annable, American actor
1979 Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 David Diehl, American football player
1980 Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer
1980 Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
1983 Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
1984 Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession
1984 Prince Harry of Wales, UK royalty
1986 Heidi Montag, American reality television star, singer
1987 Aly Cissokho, French football (soccer) player
1988 Chelsea Staub, American actress
1989 Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician
Died on September 15th
9 Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman viceroy of Syria
668 Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
866 Robert the Strong, Margrave of Neustria (b. 820)
921 Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I, saint,
928 Louis III, the Blind Proveneaals king of Lombardije/Germany
1231 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria, Wittelsbach (b. 1173)
1352 Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
1500 John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1420)
1525 John Pistorius, church reformer, burned at the stake
1596 Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535 or 1540)
1598 Hidejoshi, [Hijoshi], Japanese general strategist/kampaku
1613 Thomas Overbury, English writer (b. 1581)
1643 Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
1649 John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b. 1572)
1654 Cornelis Bicker, merchant/mayor of Amsterdam
1700 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
1701 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1707 George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1712 Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician
1747 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer
1750 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
1794 Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1725)
1803 Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719)
1805 Christopher Gadsden, soldier and statesman from South Carolina (b. 1724)
1830 William Huskisson, first rail fatality (b. 1770)
1835 Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
1840 Franz Xaver Pechacek, composer
1841 Alessandro Rolla, composer
1842 José Francisco Morazán Quezada, President of The Federal Republic of Central America (b. 1792)
1842 Pierre de Sales Baillot, French violinist/composer, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
1859 Isambard Kingdom Brunel, British engineer (b. 1806)
1859 John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament
1864 John Hanning Speke, British explorer (b. 1827)
1875 Jeanne-Louise Farrenc, composer
1880 William Hauser, composer
1883 Joseph AF Plateau, Belgium physicist (Blue Moon) (b. 1801)
1885 Juliusz Zarebski, composer,
1885 Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant (hit by a train) (b. 1861)
1893 Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (b. 1807)
1895 Jan Kleczynski, composer
1914 Jacobus Herculas de la Rey (Uncle Chose), Boer general
1916 Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer
1921 Roman Ungern von Sternberg, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1886)
1923 Sayed Darwish, composer
1924 Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer
1926 Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
1927 Herman Gorter, socialist, poet (Mai, Pan)
1929 Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted
1930 Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
1932 Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer
1934 David Vaughan Thomas, composer
1936 Bela Anton Szabados, composer
1937 Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash)
1938 Thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma)
1940 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist
1942 Jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp)
1942 Joe Travers, cricketer (Australian SLA, in only Test innings)
1943 Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
1945 André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1945 Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer (b. 1883)
1950 Vojtech Rihovsky, composer
1951 Jacinto Guerrero, composer
1953 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist
1956 Henry Clough-Leiter, composer
1963 Fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane)
1964 Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa)
1965 Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890)
1967 Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband)
1967 Hans Haug, composer
1972 Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1887)
1972 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer
1973 Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1973 Victor Jara, Chilean musician (b. 1941)
1978 Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer (b. 1898)
1979 Tommy Leonetti, singer, actor (Gomer Pyle USMC)
1980 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (b. 1929)
1981 Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
1981 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
1981 Sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair)
1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
1983 LeRoy Prinz, choreographer
1983 Prince Far I, reggae toaster and record producer
1983 Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos),
1984 Jack Ikin, cricketer (England opener 1946-55)
1985 Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1910)
1986 Virginia Gregg, actress (Little Women)
1987 Bob Tadema Sporry, author
1987 Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963)
1989 Harry Cave, cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56)
1989 Olga Erteszek, American undergarment designer and lingerie company owner (b. 1916)
1989 Robert Penn Warren, American writer (b. 1905)
1990 G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA)
1990 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Russian cosmonau
1991 Allan Sobek, dancer
1991 Andre Baruch, Radio and TV announcer
1991 John Hoyt, American actor (My Favorite Brunette) (b. 1904)
1992 Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92)
1993 Ethan Allen, American baseball player (b. 1903)
1993 Frits Noske, musicologist (Tie Musikwerk)
1993 Herman Meyer, Germanist (Deutsche Dichtung)
1994 Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Crazy Horse Saloon," suicide
1994 Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
1994 Michael Joyce, stage Manager
1995 Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
1995 Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
1995 Michio Watanabe, politician
1995 Sam McCluskie, trade unionist
1996 Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher
1996 George Scheuer, writer/journalist
1996 Hilary Preston, editor
1996 Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress (Hands of a Stranger)
1996 Peter Michael Grayson, showman
2000 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (b. 1924)
2003 Jack Brymer, English clarinetist (b. 1915)
2003 Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)
2004 Johnny Ramone, American guitarist (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
2004 Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931)
2005 Sidney Luft, American film director (b. 1915)
2006 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1929)
2006 Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
2006 Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2007 Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan musician (b. 1928)
2007 Brett Somers, Canadian-born American actress and Match Game panelist (b. 1924)
2007 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (b. 1968)
2007 Sir Jeremy Moore, the commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War (b. 1928)
2008 Richard Wright, keyboardist and founding member of Pink Floyd (b. 1943)
2010 Arrow, Montserratian soca musician (b. 1949)
2011 Frances Bay, Canadian actress (b. 1919)