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Events

Pre-1600

275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.^[1]
762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate.
1066 – In the Battle of Stamford Bridge, Harald Hardrada, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King Harold II of England.^[2]
1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
1396 – Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis.^[3]
1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.^[4]
1555 – The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.

1601–1900

1690 – Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.^[5]
1768 – Unification of Nepal^[6]
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal in the Battle of Longue-Pointe during the invasion of Quebec.^[7]
1775 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec sets off to join the American invasion.
1786 – The mine of Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people.^[8] The event was a major setback for quicksilver production in the Spanish Empire.^[8]
1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
1790 – Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver.
1868 – The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Nevsky is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.^[9]
1890 – The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.

1901–present

1906 – Leonardo Torres Quevedo demonstrates the Telekino in the Bilbao Abra (Spain), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over Template:Cvt, in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.^[10]^[11]^[12]
1911 – An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1915 – World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
1918 – World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General Edmund Allenby.^[13]
1926 – The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
1944 – World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek.
1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
1956 – TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1959 – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
1962 – The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
1962 – The North Yemen Civil War begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
1963 – Lord Denning releases the UK government's official report on the Profumo affair.
1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
1969 – The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
1974 – Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1978 – PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.^[14]
1981 – Belize joins the United Nations.
1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison.
1985 – 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.^[15]
1987 – Fijian Governor-General Penaia Ganilau is overthrown in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.^[16]
1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
1997 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-86 to the Mir space station.^[17]
1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, crashes near Melilla Airport in Melilla, Spain, killing 38 people.^[18]
2003 – The 8.3 Template:M Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan.
2018 – Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault.

Births

Pre-1600

1358 – Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Japanese shōgun (died 1408)
1403 – Louis III of Anjou (died 1434)^[19]
1525 – Steven Borough, English explorer and navigator (died 1584)
1528 – Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (died 1603)
1529 – Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt (died 1583)
1599 – Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (died 1667)

1601–1900

1636 – Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein, German prince (died 1698)
1644 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (died 1710)
1663 – Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (died 1711)
1683 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer and theorist (died 1764)
1694 – Henry Pelham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1754)
1711 – Qianlong Emperor of China (died 1799)
1738 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Delaware (died 1789)
1741 – Wenzel Pichl, Czech violinist, composer, and director (died 1805)
1744 – Frederick William II of Prussia (died 1797)
1758 – Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1820)
1761 – William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1827)
1764 – Fletcher Christian, English sailor (died 1793)
1766 – Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (died 1822)
1771 – Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (died 1829)
1773 – Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and author (died 1856)
1782 – Charles Maturin, Irish author and playwright (died 1824)
1798 – Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, French geologist and engineer (died 1874)
1816 – Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (died 1893)
1825 – William Pitt Ballinger, American lawyer and politician (died 1888)
1825 – Joachim Heer, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (died 1879)
1839 – Karl Alfred von Zittel, German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904)
1862 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (died 1897)
1862 – Billy Hughes, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1952)^[20]
1865 – Henri Lebasque, French artist (died 1937)
1866 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
1867 – Yevgeny Miller, Russian general (died 1938)
1877 – Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and President (died 1945)^[21]
1879 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (died 1963)
1881 – Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (died 1936)
1884 – Adolf Bolm, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (died 1951)
1888 – Hanna Ralph, German actress (died 1978)
1889 – Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (died 1930)
1893 – Harald Cramér, Swedish mathematician and statistician (died 1985)
1896 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (died 1990)
1897 – William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
1898 – Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (died 1980)
1899 – Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (died 1981)
1900 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1937)

1901–present

1901 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (died 1999)
1901 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer (died 1968)
1903 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and educator (died 1970)^[22]
1906 – Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (died 1962)
1906 – Phyllis Pearsall, English painter, cartographer, and author (died 1996)
1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (died 1975)^[22]
1908 – Jacqueline Audry, French director and screenwriter (died 1977)
1910 – Ralph Jordan, American football player and coach (died 1980)
1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 1981)
1914 – John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer^[23] (died 2020)
1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (died 2010)
1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968)
1917 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1920 – Sergei Bondarchuk, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1994)
1920 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (died 2002)
1921 – Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992)
1922 – Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (died 1992)
1923 – Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001)
1923 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011)
1924 – Norman Ayrton, English actor and director (died 2017)
1924 – Red Webb, American baseball player (died 1996)
1925 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (died 2016)
1926 – Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (died 2001)
1926 – Aldo Ray, American actor (died 1991)
1927 – Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (died 2010)^[24]
1927 – Colin Davis, English conductor and educator (died 2013)
1929 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (died 2005)
1929 – Delia Scala, Italian ballerina and actress (died 2004)
1929 – Barbara Walters, American journalist, producer, and author (died 2022)^[25]
1930 – Nino Cerruti, Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti (died 2022)
1930 – Shel Silverstein, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999)^[22]
1931 – Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (died 2005)
1931 – Bryan John Birch, English mathematician and scholar
1932 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982)^[22]
1932 – Terry Medwin, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2024)
1932 – Adolfo Suárez, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Spain (died 2014)
1933 – Hubie Brown, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1933 – Ian Tyson, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician (died 2022)^[26]
1936 – Ken Forsse, American toy creator and author, created Teddy Ruxpin (died 2014)
1936 – Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
1936 – Moussa Traoré, Malian general and politician 2nd President of Mali (died 2020)
1937 – Mary Allen Wilkes, American computer scientist and lawyer
1938 – Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021)
1938 – Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010)
1938 – Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021)
1939 – Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2015)
1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (died 2009)
1939 – David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Cincinnati
1940 – Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020)
1941 – Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern, English academic and politician
1942 – Oscar Bonavena, Argentinian boxer (died 1976)
1942 – Robert Miano, American actor and producer
1942 – Henri Pescarolo, French race car driver
1942 – John Taylor, English pianist and educator (died 2015)
1942 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (died 2008)
1943 – Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense
1943 – John Locke, American keyboard player (died 2006)
1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist
1943 – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter^[26]
1944 – Michael Douglas, American actor and producer^[26]
1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician
1944 – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (died 2009)
1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer
1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2023)
1946 – Felicity Kendal, English actress^[27]
1946 – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1998)
1946 – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer
1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer
1946 – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer
1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player
1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (died 1999)
1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress^[26]
1947 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)
1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter^[26]
1948 – Vasile Șirli, Romanian musical composer and producer^[28]
1948 – Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman
1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter^[22]
1949 – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player
1949 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (died 2015)
1949 – Anson Williams, American actor, singer, and director^[26]
1950 – E. C. Coleman, American basketball player^[29]
1950 – Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (died 2013)
1951 – Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer
1951 – Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter
1951 – Graeme Knowles, English bishop
1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer^[26]
1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach
1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor^[26]
1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager
1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist (died 2021)
1952 – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist
1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor
1952 – Chris Pond, English politician
1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004)
1953 – Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer
1953 – Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet
1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
1954 – Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (died 2014)
1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
1955 – Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (died 1985)
1955 – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1955 – Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer
1955 – Luanne Rice, American author and activist
1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager
1955 – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
1956 – W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries^[22]
1956 – Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
1957 – Michael Madsen, American actor and producer (died 2025)^[30]
1957 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (died 2014)
1958 – Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
1959 – Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1961 – Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress^[26]
1961 – Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
1961 – Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer
1962 – Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (died 2010)
1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress^[26]
1962 – Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach
1963 – Tate Donovan, American actor^[26]
1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author^[26]
1964 – Gary Ayles, English race car driver
1964 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist
1964 – Maria Doyle Kennedy, Irish actress and singer^[26]
1964 – Rebecca Gablé, German novelist
1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman
1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer
1965 – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer
1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster^[22]
1965 – Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter
1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
1965 – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter
1965 – Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach
1965 – Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer
1966 – Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator
1966 – Jason Flemyng, English actor^[26]
1966 – Todd Philcox, American football player
1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer
1968 – John A. List, American economist and academic
1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper^[26]
1968 – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach
1969 – Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (died 2002)
1969 – Bill Simmons, American journalist and author
1969 – Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator^[31]
1969 – Tony Womack, American baseball player
1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress^[26]
1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist
1970 – Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler^[32]
1970 – Paul Pope, American cartoonist, writer and artist^[33]
1970 – Dean Ween, American musician^[34]
1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
1971 – John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
1971 – Seb Sanders, English jockey
1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer
1973 – Jenny Chapman, English politician
1973 – Bridgette Wilson, American actress, singer, model, and beauty queen^[26]
1974 – Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer
1974 – John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (died 2008)
1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager
1974 – Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist
1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer
1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach
1974 – Eric Moss, American football player (died 2019)
1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete
1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler
1975 – Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier
1975 – Declan Donnelly, English entertainer
1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
1975 – Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach
1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer
1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player
1976 – Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican-American actress
1977 – Clea DuVall, American actress^[26]
1977 – Robbie Jones, American actor^[26]
1977 – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator
1977 – Toni Lydman, Finnish ice hockey player^[35]
1977 – Joel David Moore, American actor^[26]
1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1978 – Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer
1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer
1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer
1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model and actress
1978 – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer
1978 – Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1979 – Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (died 2012)
1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer
1980 – Chris Owen, American actor^[26]
1980 – T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor^[22]
1981 – Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player and manager
1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player
1981 – Lee Norris, American actor^[26]
1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
1983 – Donald Glover (also known as Childish Gambino), American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter^[26]
1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – Matt Carle, American ice hockey player^[36]
1984 – Ivory Latta, American basketball player^[37]
1984 – Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer
1984 – Zach Woods, American actor and comedian^[26]
1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
1986 – Jamie O'Hara, English footballer
1986 – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress
1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player
1989 – Jordan Gavaris, Canadian actor^[26]
1989 – Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer
1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player
1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater
1991 – Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player
1992 – Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver
1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer
1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater
1992 – Rosalía, Spanish singer-songwriter^[38]
1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer
1993 – Brandin Cooks, American football player^[39]
1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer
1995 – Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver^[40]
2001 – Cade Cunningham, American basketball player^[41]
2009 – Leah Jeffries, American actress^[42]

Deaths

Pre-1600

1066 – Harald Hardrada, Norwegian king (born 1015)
1066 – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess
1066 – Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (born c. 1029)
1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (born 1025)
1087 – Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (born c. 1025)
1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (born 1301)
1367 – Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (born 1290)
1396 – Jean de Carrouges, French knight (born 1330)
1396 – Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (born 1341)
1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (born 1447)
1506 – Philip I of Castile (born 1478)
1534 – Pope Clement VII (born 1478)
1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (born 1511)
1550 – Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (born 1490)
1588 – Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (born 1527)

1601–1900

1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (born 1525)
1615 – Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (born 1575)
1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (born 1572)
1617 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (born 1548)
1621 – Mary Sidney, English writer (born 1561)
1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (born 1555)
1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (born 1569)
1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (born 1610)
1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (born 1658)
1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (born 1714)
1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728)
1791 – William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (born 1710)
1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (born 1718)
1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783)
1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (born 1804)^[43]
1867 – Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (born 1812)
1893 – Louise von François, German author (born 1817)
1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Québec (born 1832)
1900 – John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (born 1817)

1901–present

1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, Governor of Malta (born 1835)
1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (born 1853)
1917 – Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, rebel commander, and hunger striker (born 1885)^[44]
1918 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (born 1857)
1926 – Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862)
1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
1929 – Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (born 1879)
1933 – Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (born 1885)
1938 – Lev Zadov, Ukrainian intelligence agent (born 1893)^[45]
1939 – Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (born 1885)
1941 – Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (born 1867)
1943 – Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (born 1880)
1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (born 1879)
1955 – Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909)^[46]
1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)
1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (born 1873)
1961 – Frank Fay, American actor and singer (born 1897)
1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (born 1891)
1968 – Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)
1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate Supreme Court Justice (born 1886)
1972 – Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (born 1936)^[47]
1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)
1980 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1895)
1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (born 1883)
1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901)
1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (born 1897)
1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (born 1917)
1986 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (born 1909)
1986 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
1986 – Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (born 1909)
1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (born 1906)
1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (born 1905)
1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (born 1937)
1988 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909)
1990 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1897)
1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)^[48]
1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (born 1912)
1992 – Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (born 1961)
1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (born 1928)
1995 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (born 1891)
1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (born 1916)
1997 – Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (born 1930)
2003 – Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (born 1953)
2003 – Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (born 1927)
2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
2005 – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (born 1956)
2005 – George Archer, American golfer (born 1939)
2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921)
2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920)
2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957)
2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (born 1919)
2007 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (born 1924)
2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (born 1932)
2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (born 1923)
2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1946)
2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1940)
2012 – Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
2012 – John Bond, English footballer and manager (born 1932)
2012 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (born 1931)
2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (born 1962)
2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (born 1927)
2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (born 1940)
2013 – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (born 1945)
2013 – José Montoya, American poet and academic (born 1932)
2013 – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (born 1915)
2013 – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
2013 – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (Gabriola Island, Canada) (born 1930)
2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (born 1943)
2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1951)
2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (born 1920)
2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (born 1936)
2015 – John Galvin, American general (born 1929)
2015 – Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1944)
2015 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (born 1939)
2016 – José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (born 1992)
2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (born 1929)
2016 – Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (born 1960)
2017 – Jan Tříska, Czech actor (born 1936)^[49]
2023 – David McCallum, Scottish actor (born 1933)^[50]

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
Bangladeshi Immigration Day (United States)^[51]
Christian feast day:
- Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Church)
- Aunarius (Aunacharius)
- Anathalon (Archdiocese of Milan)
- Cadoc
- Ceolfrith
- Cleopas
- Euphrosyne of Alexandria
- Finbarr
- Fermin of Amiens
- Lancelot Andrewes (Church of England)
- Sergius of Radonezh (repose)
- Vincent Strambi
- September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France)
National Research Administrators Day (United States)^[52]
National Youth Day (Nauru)

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 *[[1066]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]], [[Harald Hardrada]], the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King [[Harold II of England]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Collier|title=Changing Times 1066-1500|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mp79f2als4oC&pg=PA42|year=2003|publisher=Heinemann|isbn=978-0-435-31334-0|pages=42}}</ref>
 *[[1237]] &ndash; England and Scotland sign the [[Treaty of York]], establishing the location of their common border.
-*[[1396]] &ndash; Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the [[Battle of Nicopolis]].
+*[[1396]] &ndash; Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the [[Battle of Nicopolis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Warfare History Network |url=https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/crusader-disaster-at-nicopolis/}}</ref>
-*[[1513]] &ndash; Spanish explorer [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
+*[[1513]] &ndash; Spanish explorer [[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]] reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vasco-Nunez-de-Balboa}}</ref>
 *[[1555]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Augsburg]] is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
 ===1601–1900===
-*[[1690]] &ndash; ''[[Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick]]'', the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
+*[[1690]] &ndash; ''[[Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick]]'', the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Information |url=https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=400}}</ref>
 *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Unification of Nepal]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Subba|first=Sanghamitra|date=20 December 2019|title=A future written in the stars|url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/a-future-written-in-the-stars/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131123714/https://www.nepalitimes.com/banner/a-future-written-in-the-stars/|archive-date=31 January 2021|access-date=31 January 2021|website=Nepali Times|language=en-US}}</ref>
-*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the [[Battle of Longue-Pointe]].
+*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Ethan Allen]] surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture [[Montreal]] in the [[Battle of Longue-Pointe]] during the [[Invasion of Quebec (1775)|invasion of Quebec]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ethan Allen (1738-1789)|url=https://www.ouramericanrevolution.org/index.cfm/people/view/pp0040|publisher=Colonial Williamsburg Foundation|website=ouramericanrevolution.org|access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref>
-*  1775   &ndash; American Revolution: [[Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec]] sets off.
+*  1775   &ndash; American Revolutionary War: [[Benedict Arnold]]'s [[Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec|expedition]] to [[Quebec City|Quebec]] sets off to join the American invasion.
-*[[1786]]  &ndash; The mine of [[Huancavelica]] in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people.<ref name=historica/> The event was a major setback for [[Mercury (element)|quicksilver]] production in the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref name=historica>{{Cite journal |title=El derrumbe de Huancavelica en 1786: Fracaso de una reforma borbónica |journal=Histórica |last=Lang |first=Mervyn |url= |volume=X |issue=2 |pages=213–226 |year=1986 |language=es}}</ref>
+*[[1786]]  &ndash; The mine of [[Huancavelica]] in the Peruvian Andes collapses killing more than hundred people.<ref name=historica/> The event was a major setback for [[Mercury (element)|quicksilver]] production in the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref name=historica>{{Cite journal |title=El derrumbe de Huancavelica en 1786: Fracaso de una reforma borbónica |journal=Histórica |last=Lang |first=Mervyn |url= |volume=X |issue=2 |pages=213–226 |year=1986 |doi=10.18800/historica.198602.003 |language=es|doi-access=free }}</ref>
 *[[1789]] &ndash; The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the [[United States Bill of Rights|Bill of Rights]], the (unratified) [[Congressional Apportionment Amendment]], and the [[Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution|Congressional Compensation Amendment]].
 *[[1790]] &ndash; Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce [[Huiju|Anhui opera]] to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
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 ===1901–present===
-*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Torres Quevedo]] demonstrates the ''Telekino'' in the [[Bilbao Abra]] ([[Spain]]), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over {{cvt|2|km}}, in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.<ref>{{cite web|title=1902 – Telekine (Telekino) – Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish)|date=2010-12-17|url=https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-robot-enabling-technologies/1902-telekine-telekino-leonardo-torres-quevedo-spanish/}}</ref><ref>Randy Alfred, "[https://www.wired.com/2011/11/1107wireless-remote-control/ Nov. 7, 1905: Remote Control Wows Public]", ''Wired'', 7 November 2011.</ref><ref name="Yuste2008">{{cite journal |author=A.P. Yuste |title=Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame. Early Developments of Wireless Remote Control: The Telekino of Torres-Quevedo |volume=96 |issue=1 |date=January 2008 |journal=[[Proceedings of the IEEE]]|doi=10.1109/JPROC.2007.909931 |s2cid=111010868 |url=http://oa.upm.es/1968/ }}</ref>
+*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Torres Quevedo]] demonstrates the ''Telekino'' in the [[Bilbao Abra]] ([[Spain]]), guiding an electric boat from the shore with people on board, which was controlled at a distance over {{cvt|2|km}}, in what is considered to be the origin of modern wireless remote-control operation principles.<ref>{{cite web|title=1902 – Telekine (Telekino) – Leonardo Torres Quevedo (Spanish)|date=2010-12-17|url=https://cyberneticzoo.com/early-robot-enabling-technologies/1902-telekine-telekino-leonardo-torres-quevedo-spanish/}}</ref><ref>Randy Alfred, "[https://www.wired.com/2011/11/1107wireless-remote-control/ Nov. 7, 1905: Remote Control Wows Public]", ''Wired'', 7 November 2011.</ref><ref name="Yuste2008">{{cite journal |author=A.P. Yuste |title=Electrical Engineering Hall of Fame. Early Developments of Wireless Remote Control: The Telekino of Torres-Quevedo |volume=96 |issue=1 |date=January 2008 |journal=[[Proceedings of the IEEE]]|page=186 |doi=10.1109/JPROC.2007.909931 |bibcode=2008IEEEP..96..186P |s2cid=111010868 |url=http://oa.upm.es/1968/ }}</ref>
 *[[1911]] &ndash; An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the [[French battleship Liberté|French battleship ''Liberté'']] detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
 *[[1912]] &ndash; [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]] is founded in New York City.
 *[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Second Battle of Champagne]] begins.
-*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: The end of the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]], the climax of the British Army's [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]] under General [[Edmund Allenby]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Megiddo {{!}} National Army Museum |url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-megiddo |website=www.nam.ac.uk |access-date=23 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
+*[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: The end of the [[Battle of Megiddo (1918)|Battle of Megiddo]], the climax of the British Army's [[Sinai and Palestine campaign]] under General [[Edmund Allenby]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Megiddo {{!}} National Army Museum |url=https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/battle-megiddo |website=www.nam.ac.uk |access-date=23 August 2022 }}</ref>
 *[[1926]] &ndash; The international [[1926 Slavery Convention|Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery]] is first signed.
-*[[1937]] &ndash; Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the [[Battle of Pingxingguan]].
+*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the [[Battle of Pingxingguan]].
 *[[1944]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division [[Operation Berlin (Arnhem)|withdraw from Arnhem]] via Oosterbeek.
 *[[1955]] &ndash; The [[Royal Jordanian Air Force]] is founded.
 *[[1956]] &ndash; [[TAT-1]], the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
 *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Little Rock Central High School|Central High School]] in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
-*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Solomon Bandaranaike]], Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, [[Talduwe Somarama]], and dies the next day.
+*[[1959]] &ndash; [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]], Prime Minister of Ceylon, is [[Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike|mortally shot]] by a Buddhist monk, [[Talduwe Somarama]], and dies the next day.
-*[[1962]] &ndash; The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. [[Ferhat Abbas]] is elected President of the provisional government.
+*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[People's Democratic Republic of Algeria]] is formally proclaimed. [[Ferhat Abbas]] is elected President of the provisional government.
 *  1962   &ndash; The [[North Yemen Civil War]] begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency.
 *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Tom Denning, Baron Denning|Lord Denning]] releases the UK government's official report on the [[Profumo affair]].
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 *[[1977]] &ndash; About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the [[Chicago Marathon]].
 *[[1978]] &ndash; [[PSA Flight 182]], a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground.<ref>{{ASN accident|id=19780925-0}}</ref>
-*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Belize]] joins the United Nations.
+*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Belize]] joins the [[United Nations]].
 *[[1983]] &ndash; Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way [[Maze Prison escape|out of the Maze Prison]].
-*[[1985]] &ndash; 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] in [[Larnaca yacht killings]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rogg|first=Margaret L.|date=1985-09-26|title=3 Israelis Slain by Palestinians in Cyprus |language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/26/world/3-israelis-slain-by-palestinians-in-cyprus.html|access-date=2022-02-17|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2018-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021182314/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/26/world/3-israelis-slain-by-palestinians-in-cyprus.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
+*[[1985]] &ndash; 3 civilians killed by alleged supporters of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] in [[Larnaca yacht killings]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rogg|first=Margaret L.|date=1985-09-26|title=3 Israelis Slain by Palestinians in Cyprus |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/26/world/3-israelis-slain-by-palestinians-in-cyprus.html|access-date=2022-02-17|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2018-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021182314/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/26/world/3-israelis-slain-by-palestinians-in-cyprus.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 *[[1987]] &ndash; Fijian Governor-General [[Penaia Ganilau]] is overthrown in a [[1987 Fijian coups d'état#September coup|coup d'état]] led by Lieutenant colonel [[Sitiveni Rabuka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/07/world/fiji-coup-leader-declares-republic.html|title=Fiji coup leader declares republic|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 October 1987|access-date=26 November 2024}}</ref>
 *[[1992]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Mars Observer]]''. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
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 *[[1839]] &ndash; [[Karl Alfred von Zittel]], German palaeontologist and geologist (died 1904)
 *[[1862]] &ndash; [[Léon Boëllmann]], French organist and composer (died 1897)
-*  1862   &ndash; [[Billy Hughes]], English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (died 1952)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fitzhardinge |first1=L.F. |title=Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952) |chapter=William Morris (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-william-morris-billy-6761 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
+*  1862   &ndash; [[Billy Hughes]], English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (died 1952)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fitzhardinge |first1=L.F. |title=Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952) |chapter=William Morris (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hughes-william-morris-billy-6761 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=24 September 2020}}</ref>
 *[[1865]] &ndash; [[Henri Lebasque]], French artist (died 1937)
 *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hunt Morgan]], American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1945)
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 *  1956   &ndash; [[Jamie Hyneman]], American special effects designer and television host, founded [[M5 Industries]]<ref name="UPI" />
 *  1956   &ndash; [[Miroslav Volf]], Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual
-*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Popovkin]], Russian general (died 2014)
+*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Michael Madsen]], American actor and producer (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arkin |first=Daniel |date=July 3, 2025 |title=Michael Madsen, 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Kill Bill: Vol. 2' actor, dies at 67 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-madsen-reservoir-dogs-kill-bill-vol-2-actor-dies-67-rcna216802 |access-date=July 22, 2025 |website=[[NBC News]] |language=en}}</ref>
+*  1957 &ndash; [[Vladimir Popovkin]], Russian general (died 2014)
 *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Randy Kerber]], American keyboard player, composer, and conductor
-*  1958   &ndash; [[Michael Madsen]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
 *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jeon Soo-il]], South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
 *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Igor Belanov]], Ukrainian footballer and manager
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 *  1969   &ndash; [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]], Welsh actress<ref name="AP" />
 *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Curtis Buckley]], American football player and psychiatrist
+*  1970 &ndash; [[Aja Kong]], Japanese professional wrestler<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prowrestling.net/article.php?WWE-lineups-for-Toronto-Rochester-Cleveland-Syracuse-Erie-correspondents-needed-ROH-in-New-York-and-Pennsylvania-correspondents-needed-Jimmy-Garvin-Aja-Kong-44158|title=WWE lineups for Toronto, Rochester, Cleveland, Syracuse, Erie (correspondents needed), ROH in New York and Pennsylvania (correspondents needed), Jimmy Garvin, Aja Kong|author=Powell, Jason|publisher=ProWrestling.net|access-date=January 28, 2016|date=September 25, 2015}}</ref>
+*  1970 &ndash; [[Paul Pope]], American cartoonist, writer and artist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicsalliance.com/tribute-paul-pope/ |title=Always 100%: Celebrating The Work of Paul Pope |last=Lawson |first=Emma |publisher=[[ComicsAlliance]] |access-date=10 October 2025 |date=26 September 2016}}</ref>
+*  1970 &ndash; [[Dean Ween]], American musician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=MAGNET |date=2025-09-25 |title=Happy 55th Birthday Dean Ween (Ween) |url=https://magnetmagazine.com/2025/09/25/happy-birthday-dean-ween-ween/ |access-date=2025-09-25 |website=Magnet Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
 *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Nikos Boudouris]], Greek basketball player and manager
 *  1971   &ndash; [[John Lynch (American football)|John Lynch]], American football player and sportscaster
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 *  1979   &ndash; [[Rashad Evans]], American mixed martial artist and wrestler
 *  1979   &ndash; [[Jason Koumas]], Welsh footballer
-*  1979   &ndash; [[Jean-René Lisnard]], French tennis player
 *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Owen (actor)|Chris Owen]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
 *  1980   &ndash; [[T.I.]], American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="UPI" />
@@ Line 307: / Line 309: @@
 *  1981   &ndash; [[Lee Norris]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
 *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Hyun Bin]], South Korean actor
-*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Donald Glover]], American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
+*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Donald Glover]] (also known as Childish Gambino), American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
-*  1983   &ndash; [[Terrance Pennington]], American football player
 *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Cherine Anderson]], Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress
 *  1984   &ndash; [[Matt Carle]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Carle |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/matt-carle-8470640 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
@@ Line 314: / Line 315: @@
 *  1984   &ndash; [[Matías Silvestre]], Argentinian footballer
 *  1984   &ndash; [[Zach Woods]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
-*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Gökhan Güleç]], Turkish footballer
-*  1985   &ndash; [[Marvin Matip]], German footballer
 *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Heidi El Tabakh]], Egyptian-Canadian tennis player
 *  1986   &ndash; [[Jamie O'Hara (footballer)|Jamie O'Hara]], English footballer
-*  1986   &ndash; [[Marten Strauch]], German rugby player
-*  1986   &ndash; [[Steve Forrest (musician)|Steve Forrest]], American drummer
 *  1986   &ndash; [[Choi Yoon-young]], South Korean actress
 *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Monica Niculescu]], Romanian tennis player
-*  1987   &ndash; [[Mustafa Yumlu]], Turkish footballer
 *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jordan Gavaris]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP" />
 *  1989   &ndash; [[Cuco Martina]], Curaçaoan footballer
 *  1989   &ndash; [[Aldon Smith]], American football player
 *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Mao Asada]], Japanese figure skater
-*  1990   &ndash; [[Daria Strokous]], Russian model, actress, and photographer
+*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Calle Järnkrok]], Swedish ice hockey player
-*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Emmy Clarke]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
-*  1991   &ndash; [[Alessandro Crescenzi]], Italian footballer
-*  1991   &ndash; [[Calle Järnkrok]], Swedish ice hockey player
 *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Zoël Amberg]], Swiss race car driver
-*  1992   &ndash; [[Kerrod Holland]], Australian rugby league player
 *  1992   &ndash; [[Massimo Luongo]], Australian footballer
 *  1992   &ndash; [[Keauna McLaughlin]], American figure skater
@@ Line 339: / Line 331: @@
 *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Brandin Cooks]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandin Cooks |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16731/brandin-cooks |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
 *  1993   &ndash; [[Toby Greene]], Australian footballer
-*  1993   &ndash; [[Abdel Nader]], Egyptian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Abdel Nader |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627846/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
 *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Todd Hazelwood]], Australian race car driver<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Todd_Hazelwood|title=Todd Hazelwood|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>
-*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Anett Vilipuu]], Estonian footballer
-*  1996   &ndash; [[Yuan Yue|Yue Yuan]], Chinese tennis player <ref>{{Cite web |title=Yue Yuan {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/324325/yue-yuan |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yue Yuan – Player Profile – Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/yue-yuan_prs511658/person.shtml |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Eurosport UK |language=en}}</ref>
 *[[2001]] &ndash; [[Cade Cunningham]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cade Cunningham |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630595/cade-cunningham |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref>
 *[[2009]] &ndash; [[Leah Jeffries]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Percy Jackson Fans Celebrate Annabeth Chase Actress Leah Jeffries's Birthday |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/percy-jackson-celebrate-annabeth-chase-leah-jeffries-birthday/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=Comicbook.com |date=25 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
@@ Line 389: / Line 378: @@
 *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fremantle]], English general and politician, [[List of Governors of Malta|Governor of Malta]] (born 1835)
 *[[1905]] &ndash; [[Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac]], French educator and politician (born 1853)
-*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Thomas Ashe]], [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] volunteer and rebel commander. Died as a result of forced feeding while on hunger strike. (born 1885)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mac Conmara |first1=Tomás |date=10 December 2017 |title=We had to go forward' – The Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917 |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/10/we-had-to-go-forward-the-mountjoy-hunger-strike-of-1917/#.Y7MnDdXMJPZ |journal=The Irish Story |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref>
+*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Thomas Ashe]], [[Irish Republican Brotherhood]] volunteer, rebel commander, and hunger striker (born 1885)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mac Conmara |first1=Tomás |date=10 December 2017 |title=We had to go forward' – The Mountjoy Hunger Strike of 1917 |url=https://www.theirishstory.com/2017/12/10/we-had-to-go-forward-the-mountjoy-hunger-strike-of-1917/#.Y7MnDdXMJPZ |journal=The Irish Story |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref>
 *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Alekseyev]], Russian general (born 1857)
 *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Herbert Booth]], English songwriter and bandleader (born 1862)
@@ Line 407: / Line 396: @@
 *  1968   &ndash; [[Cornell Woolrich]], American author and screenwriter (born 1903)
 *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Erich Maria Remarque]], German-Swiss author and translator (born 1898)
-*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Hugo Black]], American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886)
+*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Hugo Black]], American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice (born 1886)
 *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Alejandra Pizarnik]], Argentine poet (born 1936)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Centenera |first1=Mar |title=Alejandra Pizarnik: 'I write against fear' |url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2022-09-27/i-write-against-fear.html |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=El País English |date=27 September 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref>
 *[[1980]] &ndash; [[John Bonham]], English drummer and songwriter (born 1948)
@@ Line 423: / Line 412: @@
 *  1988   &ndash; [[Arthur Võõbus]], Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (born 1909)
 *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], Indian accountant and politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (born 1897)
-*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Klaus Barbie]], German [[SS]] captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)
+*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Klaus Barbie]], German [[SS]] captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (born 1913)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Holocaust Encyclopedia |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nikolaus-klaus-barbie-the-butcher-of-lyon}}</ref>
 *  1991   &ndash; [[Viviane Romance]], French actress and producer (born 1912)
 *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Ivan Vdović]], Serbian musician (born 1961)
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 *  2005   &ndash; [[George Archer]], American golfer (born 1939)
 *  2005   &ndash; [[Urie Bronfenbrenner]], Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (born 1917)
-*  2005   &ndash; [[Ghulam Mustafa Khan]], Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
+*  2005   &ndash; [[Ghulam Mustafa Khan (literature scholar)|Ghulam Mustafa Khan]], Pakistani linguist and critic (born 1912)
 *  2005   &ndash; [[M. Scott Peck]], American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
 *  2005   &ndash; [[Friedrich Peter]], Austrian lawyer and politician (born 1921)
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 ==External links==
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-* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
+* {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/25/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
 * {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=25}}
 * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/25 |title=Historical Events on September 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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