September 23
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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
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Events
- 490 BC - Battle of Marathon; origin of marathon long-distance race (run by Phidippides)
- 1122 - Concordat of Worms
- 1459 - The Battle of Blore Heath. The first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought at Blore Heath, in Staffordshire, England
- 1529 - Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.
- 1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard University.
- 1779 - USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England
- 1780 - British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason
- 1803 - Battle of Assaye
- 1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.
- 1845 - The Knickerbocker Baseball Club, the first professional baseball team, is founded in New York.
- 1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
- 1868 - Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
- 1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.
- 1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
- 1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.
- 1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.
- 1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 1941 - First gas experiments at Auschwitz
- 1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech
- 1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.
- 1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago
- 1973 - Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina
- 1981 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder
- 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first boxing world heavyweight champion ever to come from Africa when he knocks out defending WBA champion Michael Dokes in Akron, Ohio.
- 1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.
- 1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
- 2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1
- 2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.
Births
- 480 BC - Euripides, playwright (d. 406 BC)
- 63 BC - Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar
- AD 1158 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany
- 1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
- 1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
- 1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain
- 1800 - William McGuffy, educator (McGuffy's Readers)
- 1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
- 1838 - Victoria Woodhull, suffragist (d. 1927)
- 1852 - William Stewart Halsted, surgeon (d. 1922)
- 1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell, U.S. writer, social reformer (d. 1954)
- 1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy, novelist (d. 1947)
- 1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist
- 1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German General (d. 1957)
- 1895 - Johnny Mokan, baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1897 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (d. 1984)
- 1899 - Louise Nevelson, artist
- 1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator Utah
- 1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
- 1920 - Mickey Rooney, actor
- 1926 - John Coltrane, saxophonist, composer (d. 1967)
- 1930 - Ray Charles, U.S. R&B and jazz musician, singer (d. 2004)
- 1931:
- Gerald Stairs Merrithew, educator, statesman
- Pat Suzuki, actor
- 1938 - Romy Schneider, actress (d. 1982)
- 1939:
- Roy Buchanan, U.S. guitarist (d. 1988)
- Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
- 1942 - Sila María Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1943 - Julio Iglesias, singer
- 1945 - Paul Petersen, actor
- 1946 - Franz Fischler, politician
- 1947 - Mary Kay Place, actor
- 1949 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
- 1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
- 1959:
- Jason Alexander, actor
- Lita Ford, singer, guitarist
- Elizabeth Peña, actress
- 1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer(B'z)
- 1969 - Gary Douglas Graham, "Walace". No-one in particular.
- 1970 - Ani DiFranco, musician
- 1974 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress, model, pop idol
- 1974 - Matt Hardy, professional wrestler
- 1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
- 1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, actress
- 1997 - Ahmed Bashein, athlete
Deaths
- 76 - Pope Linus
- 918 - King Conrad I of Germany
- 1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician
- 1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
- 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
- 1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
- 1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
- 1889 - Wilkie Collins, author
- 1900 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder
- 1917 - Werner Voss German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
- 1929 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
- 1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
- 1950 - Sam Barry, basketball player and coach
- 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (b. 1904)
- 1974 - Cliff Arquette, comedian and actor
- 1978 - Lyman Bostock, Major League Baseball player, murdered (b. 1950)
- 1987 - Bob Fosse, dancer, choreographer, and actor
- 1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912)
- 1994 - Robert Bloch, author
- 1998 - Mary Frann, actress
- 2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- 2000 - Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
- 2002 - Vernon Corea, broadcaster
- 2004 - Andre Hazes, Dutch singer
Holidays and observances
- Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona
- Feast day of St Constantius
- In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
- Japanese Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日/Shuubun no hi)
- Astrology: First day of sun sign Libra