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September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 114 days remain until the end of the year.

September 8 is a special day in history, filled with many important events, births, and deaths around the world. From ancient battles that changed kingdoms to modern scientific achievements and the lives of famous people, this date has seen a lot happen. Let's explore some of the most interesting moments from September 8 throughout history.

Historical Events
Famous Births
Notable Deaths
Holidays and Observances
See also

Historical Events

Early History (Before 1600)

617 – The Battle of Huoyi took place. Li Yuan defeated a large army, which helped him become Emperor Gaozu and start the Tang dynasty in China.
1100 – Antipope Theodoric was chosen as a leader of the church, but he was not officially recognized.
1198 – Philip of Swabia was crowned King of Germany.
1253 – Pope Innocent IV made Stanislaus of Szczepanów a saint.
1264 – The Statute of Kalisz was created in Poland. This law gave Jewish people safety and freedom, and it allowed their own courts to handle Jewish matters.
1276 – Pope John XXI was elected as the new Pope.
1331 – Stefan Dušan declared himself the king of Serbia.
1380 – In the Battle of Kulikovo, Russian forces defeated a large army of Tatars and Mongols. This stopped their advance into Russia.
1504 – Michelangelo's famous statue, David, was shown to the public for the first time in Florence, Italy.
1514 – The Battle of Orsha was one of the biggest battles of its time. Lithuanian and Polish forces won against the Russian army.
1522 – The ship Victoria arrived back in Seville, Spain. This completed the first trip around the world.
1565 – St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the United States.

Later History (1601–1900)

1655 – The city of Warsaw in Poland was captured by a Swedish army for the first time in its history.
1727 – A sad fire happened in a barn in England during a puppet show. It killed 78 people, including many children.
1755 – During the French and Indian War, the Battle of Lake George took place.
1756 – Also in the French and Indian War, the Kittanning Expedition occurred.
1760 – The French army surrendered Montreal to the British. This completed the British takeover of New France.
1761 – King George III of the United Kingdom married Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1775 – The Rising of the Priests in Malta was an unsuccessful revolt.
1781 – In the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Eutaw Springs ended. It was one of the last major battles in the southern part of the war.
1793 – During the French Revolutionary Wars, the Battle of Hondschoote was fought.
1796 – French forces defeated Austrian troops in the Battle of Bassano.
1810 – The ship Tonquin sailed from New York. It carried people for the new Pacific Fur Company.
1813 – British and Portuguese troops captured the town of San Sebastián during the Peninsular War. The town was greatly damaged.
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
1831 – The Battle of Warsaw ended a Polish uprising.
1855 – In the Crimean War, French soldiers attacked the Malakoff tower, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.
1860 – The steamship PS Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan, and about 300 people lost their lives.
1862 – The Millennium of Russia monument was revealed in Novgorod.
1863 – During the American Civil War, a small Confederate force stopped a Union invasion of Texas in the Second Battle of Sabine Pass.
1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway was completed. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike."
1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine was tested for the first time.
1888 – The Great Herding began in Argentina. Thousands of sheep were moved across long distances.
1888 – The first six matches of the English Football League were played in England.
1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance was recited for the first time in the United States.
1900 – The 1900 Galveston hurricane hit Galveston, Texas. It was a very powerful storm that killed about 8,000 people.

Modern History (1901–present)

1905 – A strong earthquake in Calabria, Italy, killed many people.
1914 – During World War I, Private Thomas Highgate became the first British soldier to be executed for leaving his post.
1916 – Augusta and Adeline Van Buren finished a 5,500-mile motorcycle trip across the United States. They wanted to show that women could be military dispatch riders.
1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, won the Golden Mermaid trophy. She was later called the first Miss America.
1923 – The Honda Point disaster occurred when nine US Navy destroyers crashed off the California coast. Seven ships were lost, and 23 sailors died.
1925 – In the Rif War, Spanish forces landed in Morocco.
1926 – Germany was allowed to join the League of Nations, an organization for international cooperation.
1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became the King of Iraq.
1934 – A fire on the passenger ship SS Morro Castle off the New Jersey coast killed 137 people.
1935 – US Senator Huey Long was shot and killed in Louisiana.
1941 – During World War II, German forces began the Siege of Leningrad, a long and difficult blockade of the city.
1943 – The Armistice of Cassibile was announced, which meant Italy was surrendering in World War II.
1944 – London was hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time during World War II.
1945 – The division of Korea began. United States troops arrived in the south, and Soviet troops were already in the north.
1946 – A vote in Bulgaria ended the monarchy, making it a republic.
1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) made its first TV broadcast.
1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was created to promote defense in Southeast Asia.
1960 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially opened the Marshall Space Flight Center for NASA.
1962 – The last journey of the famous Pines Express train took place in the UK.
1966 – The popular science fiction TV show Star Trek premiered with its first episode, "The Man Trap."
1971 – The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opened in Washington, D.C.
1974 – In the Watergate scandal, US President Gerald Ford signed a pardon for former President Richard Nixon.
1975 – US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a Vietnam War veteran, appeared on the cover of Time magazine, openly stating "I Am A Homosexual."
1978 – Black Friday in Tehran resulted in many deaths when soldiers fired on protesters. This event marked the beginning of the end for the monarchy in Iran.
1986 – Nicholas Daniloff, an American journalist, was accused of espionage by the Soviet Union.
1988 – Yellowstone National Park was closed for the first time due to large ongoing fires.
1989 – Partnair Flight 394 crashed into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The crash was caused by faulty parts.
1994 – USAir Flight 427 crashed near Pittsburgh, killing all 132 people on board. This led to a very detailed investigation that changed how planes are made.
2004 – NASA's Genesis spacecraft crash-landed because its parachute did not open.
2005 – Russian aircraft from EMERCOM landed in the US to deliver disaster aid. This was the first time Russia flew such a mission to North America.
2016 – NASA launched OSIRIS-REx, a mission to collect a sample from an asteroid and bring it back to Earth.
2017 – The Syrian Democratic Forces began the Deir ez-Zor campaign to remove the Islamic State from parts of Syria.
2022 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died at Balmoral Castle after reigning for 70 years. Her son, Charles, became Charles III.
2023 – A strong earthquake hit Morocco, causing many deaths and damage to historic sites in Marrakesh.

Famous Births

Born Before 1600

685 – Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, a powerful Chinese emperor.
801 – Ansgar, a German archbishop and saint.
828 – Ali al-Hadi, an important religious leader.
1157 – Richard I of England, also known as Richard the Lionheart.
1209 – Sancho II of Portugal, a king of Portugal.
1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou, a nobleman.
1380 – Bernardino of Siena, an Italian priest and saint.
1413 – Catherine of Bologna, an Italian nun and saint.
1442 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, an English commander.
1462 – Henry Medwall, the first known English playwright.
1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, a famous Italian poet.
1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, a Spanish priest and scholar.
1588 – Marin Mersenne, a French mathematician and philosopher.
1593 – Toyotomi Hideyori, a Japanese nobleman.

Born 1601–1900

1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, a German scholar.
1621 – Louis, Grand Condé, a French general.
1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans.
1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, a French organist and composer.
1698 – François Francoeur, a French violinist and composer.
1742 – Ozias Humphry, an English painter.
1749 – Yolande de Polastron, a French educator.
1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, a famous Japanese sumo wrestler.
1752 – Carl Stenborg, a Swedish opera singer.
1765 – Pope Gregory XVI.
1767 – August Wilhelm Schlegel, a German poet.
1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, a German nun.
1779 – Mustafa IV, an Ottoman sultan.
1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, a Danish pastor and philosopher.
1804 – Eduard Mörike, a German poet.
1814 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, a French archaeologist.
1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, an Italian opera singer.
1822 – Karl von Ditmar, a German geologist.
1824 – Jaime Nunó, a Spanish-American composer.
1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, an American general and politician.
1828 – Clarence Cook, an American author.
1830 – Frédéric Mistral, a French poet and Nobel Prize winner.
1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, a German author.
1841 – Antonín Dvořák, a famous Czech composer.
1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, who assassinated President James A. Garfield.
1846 – Paul Chater, a businessman and politician in Hong Kong.
1851 – John Jenkins, an American-Australian politician.
1852 – Gojong of Korea, an emperor of Korea.
1857 – Georg Michaelis, a German politician and Chancellor.
1863 – Mary of the Divine Heart, a German nun and saint.
1863 – W.W. Jacobs, an English novelist.
1867 – Alexander Parvus, a Belarusian-German activist.
1868 – Seth Weeks, an American musician.
1869 – José María Pino Suárez, a Mexican politician.
1871 – Samuel McLaughlin, a Canadian businessman who founded a car company.
1872 – James William McCarthy, an American judge.
1873 – Alfred Jarry, a French author.
1873 – David O. McKay, an American religious leader.
1876 – Inez Knight Allen, a Mormon missionary and politician.
1881 – Harry Hillman, an American runner.
1881 – Refik Saydam, a Turkish physician and Prime Minister.
1884 – Théodore Pilette, a Belgian race car driver.
1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, an English poet and soldier.
1886 – Ninon Vallin, a French opera singer.
1889 – Robert A. Taft, an American lawyer and politician.
1894 – John Samuel Bourque, a Canadian soldier and politician.
1894 – Willem Pijper, a Dutch composer.
1896 – Howard Dietz, an American publicist and songwriter.
1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, an American country singer.
1900 – Claude Pepper, an American lawyer and politician.

Born 1901–Present

1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd, a South African politician and Prime Minister.
1903 – Jane Arbor, an English author.
1905 – Eino Tainio, a Finnish politician.
1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, a Russian engineer and politician.
1907 – William Wentworth, an Australian economist and politician.
1909 – Józef Noji, a Polish runner.
1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, a French actor and director.
1914 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople, a religious leader.
1914 – Denys Lasdun, an English architect.
1915 – N. V. M. Gonzalez, a Filipino writer.
1917 – Jan Sedivka, a Czech-Australian violinist.
1918 – Derek Barton, an English-American chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
1919 – Gianni Brera, an Italian journalist.
1919 – Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter.
1921 – Harry Secombe, a Welsh-English actor.
1921 – Dinko Šakić, a Croatian concentration camp commander.
1922 – Sid Caesar, an American comic actor.
1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, an American politician.
1923 – Rasul Gamzatov, a Russian poet.
1923 – Wilbur Ware, an American musician.
1924 – Wendell H. Ford, an American politician and Governor of Kentucky.
1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, a Canadian lawyer and politician.
1924 – Grace Metalious, an American author.
1924 – Mimi Parent, a Canadian-Swiss painter.
1925 – Jacqueline Ceballos, an American activist.
1925 – Peter Sellers, a famous English actor and comedian.
1926 – Bhupen Hazarika, an Indian singer and director.
1927 – Harlan Howard, an American songwriter.
1927 – Robert L. Rock, an American politician.
1927 – Marguerite Frank, an American-French mathematician.
1929 – Christoph von Dohnányi, a German conductor.
1930 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, a Vietnamese general and Prime Minister.
1931 – Marion Brown, an American saxophonist.
1931 – John Garrett, an English politician.
1932 – Patsy Cline, a famous American singer.
1933 – Asha Bhosle, an Indian singer.
1933 – Michael Frayn, an English author.
1933 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., a Taiwanese banker.
1933 – Eric Salzman, an American composer.
1933 – Maigonis Valdmanis, a Latvian basketball player.
1934 – Rodrigue Biron, a Canadian politician.
1934 – Ross Brown, a New Zealand rugby player.
1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, an English composer.
1934 – Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, an English academic.
1936 – Roy Newman, an English admiral.
1937 – Edna Adan Ismail, a Somaliland politician and activist.
1937 – Barbara Frum, an American-Canadian journalist.
1937 – Archie Goodwin, an American author and illustrator.
1938 – Adrian Cronauer, an American radio host.
1938 – Kenichi Horie, a Japanese sailor.
1938 – Sam Nunn, an American lawyer and politician.
1939 – Carsten Keller, a German field hockey player.
1939 – Guitar Shorty, an American singer and guitarist.
1940 – Quentin L. Cook, an American religious leader.
1940 – Jerzy Robert Nowak, a Polish historian.
1940 – Jack Prelutsky, an American author and poet.
1941 – Bernie Sanders, an American politician.
1942 – Brian Cole, an American bass player.
1942 – Judith Hann, an English journalist.
1942 – Sal Valentino, an American rock singer.
1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, an American academic and politician.
1944 – Peter Bellamy, an English singer.
1944 – Margaret Hodge, an English economist and politician.
1944 – Terry Jenner, an Australian cricketer.
1945 – Lem Barney, an American football player.
1945 – Kelly Groucutt, an English bass player.
1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, an American musician.
1945 – Vinko Puljić, a Croatian cardinal.
1945 – Rogie Vachon, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1946 – L. C. Greenwood, an American football player.
1946 – Aziz Sancar, a Turkish-American biologist and Nobel Prize winner.
1946 – Wong Kan Seng, a Singaporean business executive.
1947 – Valery Afanassiev, a Russian pianist.
1947 – Halldór Ásgrímsson, an Icelandic politician and Prime Minister.
1947 – Ann Beattie, an American novelist.
1947 – Benjamin Orr, an American singer and bass player.
1947 – Marianne Wiggins, an American author.
1948 – Great Kabuki, a Japanese wrestler.
1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, a Belgian cyclist.
1949 – Edward Hinds, an English physicist.
1950 – Ian Davidson, a Scottish politician.
1950 – Zachary Richard, an American singer and poet.
1950 – Mike Simpson, an American politician.
1951 – Tim Gullikson, an American tennis player.
1951 – Tom Gullikson, an American tennis player.
1951 – John McDonnell, an English politician.
1951 – Dezső Ránki, a Hungarian pianist.
1952 – Will Lee, an American bass player.
1952 – Geoff Miller, an English cricketer.
1952 – Graham Mourie, a New Zealand rugby player.
1953 – Pascal Greggory, a French actor.
1953 – Stein-Erik Olsen, a Norwegian guitarist.
1954 – Mark Lindsay Chapman, an English actor.
1954 – Ruby Bridges, an American civil rights activist, famous for being one of the first Black children to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
1954 – Michael Shermer, an American historian and author.
1955 – David O'Halloran, an Australian footballer.
1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, an American environmentalist.
1956 – Mick Brown, an American drummer.
1956 – David Carr, an American journalist.
1956 – Maurice Cheeks, an American basketball player and coach.
1956 – Stefan Johansson, a Swedish race car driver.
1957 – Walt Easley, an American football player.
1957 – Heather Thomas, an American actress.
1958 – Bart Batten, an American wrestler.
1958 – Brad Batten, an American wrestler.
1958 – Michael Lardie, an American musician.
1960 – Aimee Mann, an American singer-songwriter.
1960 – David Steele, an English bass player.
1960 – Aguri Suzuki, a Japanese race car driver.
1961 – Timothy Well, an American wrestler.
1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, a German actor.
1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, a Greek footballer.
1963 – Daniel Wolpert, an American scientist.
1964 – Michael Johns, an American political activist.
1964 – Joachim Nielsen, a Norwegian singer.
1964 – Raven, an American wrestler.
1965 – Tutilo Burger, a German monk.
1965 – Darlene Zschech, an Australian singer and pastor.
1966 – Peter Furler, an Australian singer.
1967 – Eerik-Niiles Kross, an Estonian politician.
1967 – James Packer, an Australian businessman.
1967 – Kimberly Peirce, an American director.
1968 – Wolfram Klein, a German footballer.
1968 – Ray Wilson, a Scottish singer.
1969 – Lars Bohinen, a Norwegian footballer.
1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, an Ecuadorian footballer.
1969 – Chris Powell, an English footballer.
1969 – Gary Speed, a Welsh footballer.
1970 – Neko Case, an American singer.
1970 – Paul DiPietro, a Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player.
1970 – Latrell Sprewell, an American basketball player.
1970 – Lodi, an American wrestler.
1970 – Andy Ward, an Irish rugby player.
1970 – John Welborn, an Australian rugby player.
1971 – David Arquette, an American actor and wrestler.
1971 – Brooke Burke, an American actress and TV personality.
1971 – Martin Freeman, an English actor.
1971 – Lachlan Murdoch, an English-Australian businessman.
1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, an American pianist.
1971 – Daniel Petrov, a Bulgarian boxer.
1971 – Pierre Sévigny, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1972 – Markus Babbel, a German footballer.
1972 – Os du Randt, a South African rugby player.
1972 – Kennedy, an American TV host.
1973 – Khamis Al-Dosari, a Saudi Arabian footballer.
1973 – Gabrial McNair, an American musician.
1973 – Troy Sanders, an American singer.
1973 – Matteo Strukul, an Italian writer.
1974 – Marios Agathokleous, a Cypriot footballer.
1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, an Iranian-American director.
1974 – Braulio Luna, a Mexican footballer.
1974 – Rick Michaels, an American wrestler.
1975 – Lee Eul-yong, a South Korean footballer.
1975 – Richard Hughes, an English drummer.
1975 – Chris Latham, an Australian rugby player.
1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, a Russian tennis player.
1975 – Larenz Tate, an American actor.
1976 – Gerald Drummond, a Costa Rican footballer.
1976 – Jervis Drummond, a Costa Rican footballer.
1976 – Sjeng Schalken, a Dutch tennis player.
1977 – Jason Collier, an American basketball player.
1977 – Nate Corddry, an American actor.
1977 – Jay McKee, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1978 – Gerard Autet, a Spanish footballer.
1978 – Emanuele Ferraro, an Italian footballer.
1978 – Gil Meche, an American baseball player.
1978 – Angela Rawlings, a Canadian-American author.
1978 – Rebel, an American wrestler.
1978 – Marco Sturm, a German ice hockey player.
1979 – Pink, a famous American singer.
1980 – Eric Hutchinson, an American singer.
1981 – Kate Abdo, an English journalist.
1981 – Selim Benachour, a Tunisian footballer.
1981 – Māris Ļaksa, a Latvian basketball player.
1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, a Norwegian footballer.
1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, an American actor.
1982 – Travis Daniels, an American football player.
1983 – Kate Beaton, a Canadian cartoonist.
1983 – Diego Benaglio, a Swiss footballer.
1983 – Will Blalock, an American basketball player.
1983 – Nick Hundley, an American baseball player.
1983 – Chris Judd, an Australian footballer.
1983 – Wali Lundy, an American football player.
1983 – Jason Mattera, an American writer.
1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson, an Australian footballer.
1983 – Sarah Stup, an American writer and autism activist.
1984 – Bobby Parnell, an American baseball player.
1984 – Vitaly Petrov, a Russian race car driver.
1984 – Jürgen Säumel, an Austrian footballer.
1984 – Tiago Treichel, a Brazilian footballer.
1984 – Peter Whittingham, an English footballer.
1985 – Tomasz Jodłowiec, a Polish footballer.
1986 – Brett Anderson, an Australian rugby league player.
1986 – Carlos Bacca, a Colombian footballer.
1986 – Matt Grothe, an American football player.
1986 – Dan Hunt, an Australian rugby league player.
1986 – João Moutinho, a Portuguese footballer.
1986 – Kirill Nababkin, a Russian footballer.
1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, a Canadian skier.
1987 – Derrick Brown, an American basketball player.
1987 – Danielle Frenkel, an Israeli high jumper.
1987 – Wiz Khalifa, an American rapper.
1987 – Illya Marchenko, a Ukrainian tennis player.
1987 – Marcel Nguyen, a German gymnast.
1988 – Arrelious Benn, an American football player.
1988 – Rie Kaneto, a Japanese swimmer.
1989 – Gylfi Sigurðsson, an Icelandic footballer.
1989 – Avicii, a Swedish electronic musician.
1990 – Matt Barkley, an American football player.
1990 – Jos Buttler, an English cricketer.
1990 – Gerrit Cole, an American baseball player.
1990 – Matthew Dellavedova, an Australian basketball player.
1990 – Dianne Doan, a Canadian actress.
1990 – Michal Kempný, a Czech ice hockey player.
1990 – Musa Nizam, a Turkish footballer.
1990 – Tokelo Rantie, a South African footballer.
1991 – Ignacio González, a Mexican footballer.
1991 – Joe Sugg, a British vlogger.
1992 – Nino Niederreiter, a Swiss ice hockey player.
1992 – Kilian Pruschke, a German footballer.
1992 – Za'Darius Smith, an American football player.
1993 – Will Bosisto, an Australian cricketer.
1993 – Yoshikazu Fujita, a Japanese rugby player.
1994 – Marco Benassi, an Italian footballer.
1994 – Cameron Dallas, an American internet personality.
1994 – Bruno Fernandes, a Portuguese footballer.
1994 – Ćamila Mičijević, a Croatian-Bosnian handball player.
1995 – Ellie Black, a Canadian gymnast.
1996 – Tim Gajser, a Slovenian motocross racer.
1997 – Lars Nootbaar, an American baseball player.
1998 – Matheus Leist, a Brazilian race car driver.
1999 – Shubman Gill, an Indian cricketer.
2000 – Zak Butters, an Australian footballer.
2000 – Miles McBride, an American basketball player.
2001 – Bill Mamadou, a Singaporean footballer.
2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, an American actor and singer.
2003 – Yousef Majid, an English cricketer.
2004 – Lewis Hall (footballer), an English footballer.

Notable Deaths

Died Before 1600

394 – Arbogast, a Frankish general.
701 – Pope Sergius I.
780 – Leo IV the Khazar, a Byzantine emperor.
869 – Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, a Muslim leader.
1100 – Antipope Clement III.
1306 – Sir Simon Fraser, a Scottish knight.
1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, an English politician.
1425 – Charles III of Navarre, a king.
1539 – John Stokesley, an English bishop.
1555 – Saint Thomas of Villanueva, a Spanish bishop and saint.
1560 – Amy Robsart, an English noblewoman.

Died 1601–1900

1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, an Italian composer.
1637 – Robert Fludd, an English physician and mathematician.
1644 – John Coke, an English civil servant.
1644 – Francis Quarles, an English poet.
1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, a Spanish poet.
1656 – Joseph Hall, an English bishop.
1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, a Spanish mathematician.
1721 – Michael Brokoff, a Czech sculptor.
1755 – Ephraim Williams, an American soldier.
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, a French engineer.
1780 – Enoch Poor, an American general.
1784 – Ann Lee, an English-American religious leader.
1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, a German zoologist.
1814 – Maria Carolina of Austria, a queen.
1831 – John Aitken, a Scottish-American publisher.
1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, a French scholar.
1873 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, a Finnish priest.
1882 – Joseph Liouville, a French mathematician.
1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, a German physicist.
1895 – Adam Opel, a German entrepreneur who founded the Opel car company.

Died 1901–Present

1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, an Irish tennis player.
1912 – Eddie Hasha, an American motorcycle racer.
1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, a German composer.
1923 – Ugo Sivocci, an Italian race car driver.
1933 – Faisal I of Iraq, a king of Iraq.
1935 – Carl Weiss, an American physician.
1940 – Hemmo Kallio, a Finnish actor.
1942 – Rıza Nur, a Turkish surgeon and politician.
1943 – Julius Fučík, a Czech journalist.
1944 – Jan van Gilse, a Dutch composer.
1949 – Richard Strauss, a German composer.
1954 – André Derain, a French painter.
1963 – Maurice Wilks, an English engineer.
1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, an American actress and singer.
1965 – Hermann Staudinger, a German chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
1966 – John Taylor, an American race car driver.
1969 – Bud Collyer, an American game show host.
1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, a Belgian-French explorer.
1970 – Percy Spencer, an American engineer who invented the microwave oven.
1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, a French-German singer.
1977 – Zero Mostel, an American actor and comedian.
1980 – Willard Libby, an American chemist and Nobel Prize winner.
1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, an Indian philosopher.
1981 – Roy Wilkins, an American journalist and activist.
1981 – Hideki Yukawa, a Japanese physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
1983 – Antonin Magne, a French cyclist.
1984 – Johnnie Parsons, an American race car driver.
1985 – John Franklin Enders, an American virologist and Nobel Prize winner.
1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford, an English author.
1991 – Alex North, an American composer.
1991 – Brad Davis, an American actor.
1997 – Derek Taylor, an English journalist.
1999 – Moondog, an American-German musician and poet.
2001 – Bill Ricker, a Canadian entomologist.
2002 – Laurie Williams, a Jamaican cricketer.
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, a German director.
2004 – Frank Thomas, an American animator.
2005 – Noel Cantwell, an Irish footballer.
2005 – Donald Horne, an Australian journalist.
2006 – Hilda Bernstein, an English-South African author.
2006 – Peter Brock, an Australian race car driver.
2007 – Vincent Serventy, an Australian conservationist.
2008 – Ralph Plaisted, an American explorer.
2009 – Aage Bohr, a Danish physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
2009 – Mike Bongiorno, an American-Italian television host.
2012 – Ronald Hamowy, a Canadian historian.
2012 – Bill Moggridge, an English-American designer.
2012 – Thomas Szasz, a Hungarian-American psychiatrist.
2013 – Goose Gonsoulin, an American football player.
2013 – Don Reichert, a Canadian painter.
2013 – Jean Véronis, a French computer scientist.
2014 – Marvin Barnes, an American basketball player.
2014 – S. Truett Cathy, an American businessman who founded Chick-fil-A.
2014 – Sean O'Haire, an American wrestler.
2014 – Magda Olivero, an Italian opera singer.
2014 – Gerald Wilson, an American musician.
2014 – George Zuverink, an American baseball player.
2015 – Joaquín Andújar, a Dominican baseball player.
2015 – Andrew Kohut, an American political scientist.
2015 – Tyler Sash, an American football player.
2015 – Joost Zwagerman, a Dutch author.
2016 – Hannes Arch, an Austrian race pilot.
2016 – Dragiša Pešić, a Montenegrin politician.
2016 – Prince Buster, a Jamaican singer.
2017 – Pierre Bergé, a French businessman.
2017 – Blake Heron, an American actor.
2017 – Jerry Pournelle, an American author.
2017 – Ljubiša Samardžić, a Serbian actor.
2017 – Don Williams, an American musician.
2018 – Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia.
2018 – Chelsi Smith, an American singer and beauty pageant winner.
2019 – S. Rajasekar, an Indian cinematographer.
2022 – Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
2022 – Gwyneth Powell, an English actress.

Holidays and Observances

Christian Feast Day:
- Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Corbinian
- Disibod
- Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism)
  - Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)
- Our Lady of Charity
- Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias)
- Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni
- Pope Sergius I
- September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)
Accession Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms) (during the reign of Charles III)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991.
International Literacy Day (International)
Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)
National Day (Andorra), also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell
National Day (Asturias), also the feast of Our Lady of Covadonga
National Day (Extremadura), also the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Victory Day (Pakistan)
Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)
World Physical Therapy Day