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September 12 in recent years

September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 110 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1605 – William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)
  • 1690 – Peter Dens, Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)
  • 1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
  • 1736 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)
  • 1739 – Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (d. 1815)
  • 1740 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (d. 1817)
  • 1768 – Benjamin Carr, English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
  • 1797Samuel Joseph May, American activist (d. 1871)
  • 1812 – Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
  • 1812 – Richard March Hoe, American engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press (d. 1886)
  • 1818 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun (d. 1903)
  • 1818 – Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)
  • 1828 – William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (d. 1883)
  • 1829 – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (d. 1880)
  • 1829 – Charles Dudley Warner, American essayist and novelist (d. 1900)
  • 1830 – William Sprague, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1915)
  • 1837 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
  • 1852H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
  • 1855 – Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (d. 1920)
  • 1856 – Johann Heinrich Beck, American composer and conductor (d. 1924)
  • 1857 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
  • 1862 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
  • 1866 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English cricketer and politician, 13th Governor General of Canada (d. 1941)
  • 1869 – Paweł Owerłło, Polish actor (d. 1957)
  • 1875 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
  • 1880H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
  • 1882 – Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (d. 1963)
  • 1884 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1947)
  • 1885 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German photographer and art dealer (d. 1957)
  • 1888Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)
  • 1889 – Ugo Pasquale Mifsud, Maltese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Malta (d. 1942)
  • 1891Pedro Albizu Campos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
  • 1891 – Jean-François Martial, Belgian actor (d. 1977)
  • 1891 – Arthur Hays Sulzberger, American publisher (d. 1968)
  • 1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)
  • 1894 – Kyuichi Tokuda, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
  • 1894 – Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)
  • 1895 – Freymóður Jóhannsson, Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)
  • 1897Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)
  • 1897 – Walter B. Gibson, American magician and author (d. 1985)
  • 1898Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
  • 1898 – Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
  • 1898 – Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
  • 1900 – Martha Atwell, American radio director (d. 1949)
  • 1900 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)

1901–present

  • 1901 – Shmuel Horowitz, Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
  • 1902Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (d. 1976)
  • 1902 – Marya Zaturenska, Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)
  • 1904 – István Horthy, Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942)
  • 1904 – John Courtney Murray, American priest and theologian (d. 1967)
  • 1904 – Lou Moore, American race car driver (d. 1956)
  • 1907Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
  • 1908 – Werner Flume, German jurist (d. 2009)
  • 1909 – Donald MacDonald, Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)
  • 1913Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)
  • 1914 – Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
  • 1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh-English soldier and actor (d. 1999)
  • 1916 – Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
  • 1917 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1917 – Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
  • 1920 – Irene Dailey, American actress (d. 2008)
  • 1921 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
  • 1921 – Stanisław Lem, Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
  • 1921 – Turgut Cansever, Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker (d. 2009)
  • 1922Antonio Cafiero, Argentinian accountant and politician, Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 2014)
  • 1922 – Jackson Mac Low, American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
  • 1922 – Mark Rosenzweig, American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
  • 1924Amílcar Cabral, Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973)
  • 1925Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)
  • 1927 – Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
  • 1928 – Robert Irwin, American painter and gardener
  • 1928 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
  • 1928 – Joseph John Gerry, American Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2023)
  • 1929 – Harvey Schmidt, American composer and illustrator (d. 2018)
  • 1930 – Larry Austin, American composer and educator
  • 1931Ian Holm, English actor (d. 2020)
  • 1931 – George Jones, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1932 – Atli Dam, Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)
  • 1934 – Glenn Davis, American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
  • 1934 – Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1934 – Nellie Wong, Chinese American poet and activist
  • 1935Richard Hunt, American sculptor
  • 1937George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
  • 1937 – Wes Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician
  • 1938Judy Clay, American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)
  • 1938 – Claude Ruel, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1938 – Tatiana Troyanos, American operatic soprano (d. 1993)
  • 1939 – Pablo McNeil, Jamaican track and field sprinter and sprinting coach (d. 2011)
  • 1939 – Phillip Ramey, American pianist and composer
  • 1939 – Henry Waxman, American lawyer and politician
  • 1940Linda Gray, American model and actress
  • 1942 – Michel Drucker, French journalist
  • 1942 – Tomás Marco, Spanish composer
  • 1942 – Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer
  • 1942 – François Tavenas, Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1943 – Ralph Neely, American football player (d. 2022)
  • 1943 – Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet
  • 1944 – Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler (d. 1978)
  • 1944 – Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
  • 1944 – Barry White, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1945 – Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman, American drag racer (d. 1977)
  • 1945 – Milo Manara, Italian author and illustrator
  • 1945 – John Mauceri, American conductor and producer
  • 1946Tony Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 1946 – Neil Lyndon, British journalist and writer
  • 1947 – David Grant, English engineer and academic
  • 1947 – Gerald Howarth, English soldier, pilot, and politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
  • 1947 – Christopher Neame, English actor
  • 1948 – Steve Turre, American trombonist and educator
  • 1948 – Max Walker, Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (d. 2016)
  • 1948 – Caio Fernando Abreu, Brazilian writer (d. 1996)
  • 1949 – Charles Burlingame, American captain and pilot (d. 2001)
  • 1949 – Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater and politician
  • 1949 – Tony Stevens, English rock bassist and songwriter
  • 1950 – Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician
  • 1950 – Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
  • 1950 – Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter
  • 1950 – Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1951Bertie Ahern, Irish accountant and politician, 11th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • 1951 – Norm Dubé, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1951 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)
  • 1951 – Joe Pantoliano, American actor and producer
  • 1951 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)
  • 1952 – Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1952 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)
  • 1953Nan Goldin, American photographer
  • 1954 – Robert Gober, American sculptor
  • 1954 – Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
  • 1954 – Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1955 – Peter Scolari, American actor (d. 2021)
  • 1955 – Brian Smith, English footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1956 – Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player
  • 1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
  • 1956 – David Goodhart, English journalist and author
  • 1956 – BA Robertson, Scottish songwriter.
  • 1956 – Walter Woon, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7th Attorney-General of Singapore
  • 1957Paul M. Sharp, British academic and educator
  • 1957 – Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
  • 1957 – Rachel Ward, English-Australian actress
  • 1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
  • 1958 – Wilfred Benítez, American boxer
  • 1958 – Gregg Edelman, American actor and singer
  • 1959Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
  • 1959 – Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1959 – Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
  • 1960 – Road Warrior Animal, American wrestler (d. 2020)
  • 1960 – Evan Jenkins, American academic and politician
  • 1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek pianist and composer
  • 1961Mylène Farmer, Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1962Sunay Akın, Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist
  • 1962 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress
  • 1964Greg Gutfeld, American television journalist and author
  • 1964 – Dieter Hecking, German footballer and manager
  • 1965 – Einstein Kristiansen, Norwegian animator and producer
  • 1965 – Vernon Maxwell, American basketball player
  • 1965 – Midnight, Jamaican wrestler
  • 1966 – Darren E. Burrows, American actor
  • 1966 – Ben Folds, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1966 – Vezio Sacratini, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1967Louis C.K., American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1967 – Pat Listach, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 1968 – Larry LaLonde, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1968 – Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell, English politician (d. 2014)
  • 1968 – Richard Snell, South African cricketer and physiotherapist
  • 1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor, and writer
  • 1969 – Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
  • 1969 – Ángel Cabrera, Argentinian golfer
  • 1969 – James Frey, American author and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
  • 1970 – Will Chase, American actor, director, and singer
  • 1970 – Nathan Larson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971 – Younes El Aynaoui, Moroccan tennis player
  • 1971 – Shocker, Mexican wrestler
  • 1972 – Gideon Emery, English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022)
  • 1972 – Sidney Souza, Brazilian footballer
  • 1973Tarana Burke, American civil rights activist
  • 1973 – Kara David, Filipino journalist and documentarian
  • 1973 – Martina Ertl-Renz, German skier
  • 1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1973 – Paul Walker, American actor (d. 2013)
  • 1974Caroline Aigle, French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)
  • 1974 – Jennifer Nettles, American singer-songwriter
  • 1974 – Guy Smith, English race car driver
  • 1974 – Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
  • 1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer and coach
  • 1975 – Luis Castillo, Dominican baseball player
  • 1975 – Bill Kirby, Australian swimmer and coach
  • 1976 – Lauren Stamile, American actress
  • 1976 – Maciej Żurawski, Polish footballer
  • 1977 – Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
  • 1977 – 2 Chainz, American rapper
  • 1977 – Grant Denyer, Australian race car driver and journalist
  • 1977 – Jeff Irwin, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1977 – David Thompson, English footballer
  • 1978Elisabetta Canalis, Italian model and actress
  • 1978 – Benjamin McKenzie, American actor
  • 1978 – Ruben Studdard, American R&B, pop, and gospel singer
  • 1980 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
  • 1980 – Fernando César de Souza, Brazilian footballer
  • 1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
  • 1980 – Hiroyuki Sawano, Japanese composer
  • 1980 – Kevin Sinfield, English rugby player
  • 1980 – Josef Vašíček, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
  • 1981 – Marty Adams, Canadian actor and screenwriter
  • 1981 – Alan Arruda, Brazilian footballer
  • 1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
  • 1981 – Staciana Stitts, American swimmer
  • 1982 – Zoran Planinić, Croatian basketball player
  • 1982 – Sal Rinauro, American wrestler
  • 1983 – Tom Geißler, German footballer
  • 1983 – Rami Haikal, Jordanian guitarist
  • 1983 – Sebastian Hofmann, German footballer
  • 1983 – Daniel Muir, American football player
  • 1983 – Sergio Parisse, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
  • 1983 – Clayton Richard, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Carly Smithson, Irish singer-songwriter
  • 1984 – Nashat Akram, Iraqi footballer
  • 1984 – Chelsea Carey, Canadian curler
  • 1984 – Petra Marklund, Swedish singer
  • 1986Alfie Allen, English actor
  • 1986 – Kamila Chudzik, Polish heptathlete
  • 1986 – Akwasi Fobi-Edusei, English footballer
  • 1986 – Joanne Jackson, English swimmer
  • 1986 – Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
  • 1986 – Dimitrios Regas, Greek sprinter
  • 1986 – Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress
  • 1988Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1989Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player
  • 1989 – Andrew Luck, American football player
  • 1991Thomas Meunier, Belgian footballer
  • 1991 – Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)
  • 1991 – Scott Wootton, English footballer
  • 1992 – Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
  • 1993Kelsea Ballerini, American country pop singer
  • 1994 – Gideon Jung, German footballer
  • 1994 – RM, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer
  • 1994 – Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player
  • 1995 – Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter
  • 1996 – Colin Ford, American actor
  • 1997 – Sydney Sweeney, American actress
  • 1997 – Almida de Val, Swedish curler
  • 2001 – Ziaire Williams, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1903 – Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
  • 1907 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
  • 1912 – Pierre-Hector Coullié, French cardinal (b. 1829)
  • 1918George Reid, Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
  • 1919Leonid Andreyev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
  • 1923 – Jules Violle, French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
  • 1927Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
  • 1942Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
  • 1945 – Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
  • 1949 – Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
  • 1953James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
  • 1953 – Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
  • 1953 – Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
  • 1956 – Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)
  • 1961 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
  • 1962Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
  • 1962 – Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
  • 1967 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
  • 1968Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
  • 1971 – Walter Egan, American golfer (b. 1881)
  • 1972 – William Boyd, American actor and producer (b. 1895)
  • 1977Steve Biko, South African activist (b. 1946)
  • 1977 – Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
  • 1977 – Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)
  • 1978 – William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)
  • 1981Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
  • 1982Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)
  • 1986Jacques Henri Lartigue, French painter and photographer (b. 1894)
  • 1986 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English psychotherapist and physician (b. 1897)
  • 1987John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
  • 1990 – Athene Seyler, English actress (b. 1889)
  • 1991 – Bruce Matthews, Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)
  • 1992 – Ruth Nelson, American actress
  • 1992 – Anthony Perkins, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)
  • 1993Raymond Burr, Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)
  • 1994 – Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)
  • 1994 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)
  • 1995 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
  • 1995 – Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
  • 1996Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (b. 1907)
  • 1997 – Judith Merril, American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b. 1923)
  • 1999 – Bill Quackenbush, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
  • 2000Stanley Turrentine, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
  • 2003Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
  • 2005Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2007Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
  • 2008 – Bob Quinn, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
  • 2008 – David Foster Wallace, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
  • 2009Norman Borlaug, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
  • 2009 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
  • 2009 – Willy Ronis, French photographer and author (b. 1910)
  • 2010Claude Chabrol, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
  • 2010 – Giulio Zignoli, Italian footballer (b. 1946)
  • 2011 – Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
  • 2012 – Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (b. 1946)
  • 2012 – Jon Finlayson, Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Derek Jameson, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
  • 2012 – Tom Sims, American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded Sims Snowboards (b. 1950)
  • 2013Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (b. 1933)
  • 2013 – Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)
  • 2013 – Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  • 2013 – Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)
  • 2014Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)
  • 2014 – John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)
  • 2014 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1926)
  • 2014 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
  • 2014 – Hugh Royer, Jr., American golfer (b. 1936)
  • 2015 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
  • 2015 – Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
  • 2015 – Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
  • 2015 – Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)
  • 2017Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)
  • 2017 – Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)
  • 2018Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (b. 1932)
  • 2019ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Ailbe (Elvis, Eilfyw) of Emly
    • Ebontius
    • Guy of Anderlecht
    • The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
    • John Henry Hobart (Episcopal Church (USA))
    • Laisrén mac Nad Froích
    • Sacerdos of Lyon
    • September 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion (Mexico)
  • Day of Conception (Russia)
  • Defenders Day (Maryland, United States)
  • Enkutatash falls on this day if it is a leap year. Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari)
  • Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church) (leap years only, September 11 on normal years)
  • National Day (Cape Verde)
  • National Day of Encouragement (United States)
  • Saragarhi Day (Sikhism)
  • United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (International)

See also

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