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With 88 days between the equinox on September 23 and the solstice on 21 December, we are considered halfway through the relevant seasons (Autumn
or Fall in the northern hemisphere; Spring in the
southern hemisphere) on this day.
Events
- 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin Julian to the rank of
Caesar, entrusting him of the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
- 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas.
- 1632-Death of King Gustavus Adolphus the
Great of Sweden in the Battle of Lützen during the Thirty Years War.
- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the
United States.
- 1844 - The first constitution of the
Dominican Republic was adopted.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate
States of America.
- 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey,
Rutgers University defeats Princeton
University, 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football
game.
- 1873 - The Halifax Rugby League Football Club is
formed.
- 1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a
march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 1917 - World War I: Third
Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take
Passchendaele in Belgium.
- 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed
in Poland.
- 1925 - Secret agent Sidney
Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1928 - Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
- 1931 - Indian spiritual leader Meher Baba arrives in The
United States for the first time aboard the SS Roma.
- 1935 - Before the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Edwin
Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation,"
i.e. FM radio.
- 1935 - First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.
- 1939 - World War II: Sonderaktion
Krakau
- 1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time
during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German
attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.
- 1942 - World War II: SS City of
Cairo sunk by German U-Boat U-68 in the South
Atlantic en route to Brazil from Cape Town.
- 1943 - World War II: Russia recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
- 1944 - Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
- 1947 - Meet The Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12,
1948).
- 1957 - Félix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1962 - Apartheid: The
United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states
to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader
General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South
Vietnam.
- 1965 - Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who
want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans will take advantage of this program.
- 1971 - The AEC tests the
largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed
Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for
a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
- 1977 - The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above
Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa,
Georgia, fails, killing 39.
- 1985 - In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the
April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace
of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court
justices.
- 1985 - "Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the
shipment of arms to Iran.
- 1999 - Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- 2002 - 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris
- 2004 - An express train collides with a
stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England,
killing 6 and injuring 150.
- 2005 - The Evansville Tornado of November
2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.
- 2005 - The military junta of Myanmar begins
moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana.
Births
- 1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of
March, English politician (d. 1425)
- 1479 - Joanna I of Castile, queen of Spain (d.
1555)
- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent,
Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
- 1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d.
1700)
- 1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- 1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d.
1802)
- 1753 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)
- 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
- 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode
Island (d. 1915)
- 1841 - Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist
(d.1902)
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d.
1932)
- 1855 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and
eugenicist (d. 1942)
- 1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist,
composer, and President of Poland (d. 1941)
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball
(d. 1939)
- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d.
1942)
- 1880 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and
novelist (d. 1959)
- 1882 - Thomas Ince, American movie personality.
Manner of death still controversial. (d. 1924)
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d.
1946)
- 1892 - Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
- 1893 - Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)
- 1906 - James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman
(Chicago Blackhawks) (d. 1966)
- 1914 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (d.
2002)
- 1916 - Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d.
2002)
- 1921 - James Jones, American writer (d.
1977)
- 1924 - Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional
whistler, AKA Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director
- 1932 - Stonewall Jackson, American
country singer
- 1937 - Joe Warfield, American actor
- 1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (d.
2004)
- 1938 - P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
- 1938 - Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter
- 1938 - Jim Pike, American singer (The
Lettermen)
- 1939 - Michael Schwerner, American civil rights
activist (d. 1964)
- 1940 - Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and
President of the American Jewish World Service
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
- 1949 - Brad Davis, American actor (d.
1991)
- 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
- 1951 - Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney
- 1952 - Michael Cunningham, American writer
- 1954 - Catherine Crier, American television
personality
- 1955 - Maria Shriver, American journalist
- 1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
- 1957 - Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress
- 1957 - Lori Singer, American actress
- 1958 - Trace Beaulieu, American comic actor best known
for his work in Mystery Science Theater 3000
- 1960 - Michael Cerveris, American actor
- 1961 - Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer
- 1961 - Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
- 1963 - Rozz Williams, American musician
(Christian Death) (d. 1998)
- 1964 - Kerry Conran, American filmmaker
- 1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
- 1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
- 1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)
- 1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d.
1989)
- 1968 - Alfred Williams, American football player
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
- 1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
- 1972 - Thandie Newton, Zambian actress
- 1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American actress
- 1972 - Deivi Cruz, American baseball player
- 1973 - Nell McAndrew, British model
- 1976 - Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist
(MxPx)
- 1976 - Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
- 1976 - Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist (also daughter of former Canadian Prime
Minister Joe Clark)
- 1977 - Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- 1978 - Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and
television host
- 1978 - Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and
television host
- 1978 - Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
- 1978 - Taryn Manning, American actress
- 1978 - Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver
- 1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player
- 1981 - Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d.
1999)
- 1981 - Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
- 1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
- 1987 - Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player
- 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress
- 1988 - Erik Lund, Swedish football (soccer) player
- 1989 - Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
Deaths
- 1231 - Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b.
1196)
- 1406 - Pope Innocent VII
- 1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer
- 1550 - Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b.
1487)
- 1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
(killed in battle) (b. 1594)
- 1656 - King John IV of Portugal (b.
1603)
- 1656 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
- 1692 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French
writer (b. 1619)
- 1752 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b.
1685)
- 1771 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b.
1695)
- 1790 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and
politician (b. 1726)
- 1796 - Catherine II of Russia (b.
1729)
- 1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and
diplomat (b. 1752)
- 1822 - Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist
(b. 1748)
- 1836 - King Charles X of France (b.
1757)
- 1846 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and
social activist (b. 1800)
- 1846 - Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general
- 1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian
composer (b. 1840)
- 1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and
writer (b. 1838)
- 1925 - Khai Dinh, Emperor of Vietnam
- 1929 - Prince Maximilian of Baden,
Chancellor of Germany (b. 1867)
- 1936 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile
executive (b. 1864)
- 1941 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b.
1864)
- 1960 - Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b.
1876)
- 1964 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born
chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
- 1964 - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
- 1965 - Edgard Varèse, French composer (b.
1883)
- 1965 - Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
- 1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b.
1891)
- 1968 - Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)
- 1970 - Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b.
1900)
- 1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b.
1915)
- 1978 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
- 1984 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist
(b. 1929)
- 1985 - Joel Crothers, Soap Opera Actor (b.
1941)
- 1986 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b.
1911)
- 1987 - Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
- 1989 - Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b.
1949)
- 1989 - Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)
- 1998 - Marcel Gauthier, Canadian midget wrestler (b.
1928)
- 2000 - David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b.
1912)
- 2000 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b.
1926)
- 2002 - Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b.
1920)
- 2003 - Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b.
1971)
- 2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
- 2004 - Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b.
1938)
- 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian footballer (b. 1943)
- 2005 - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress
(b. 1967)
- 2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand Politician, Green Party Co-leader (b. 1957)
- 2005 - Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer.
- 2006 - Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican Olympic
basketball player (b. 1962)
- 2006 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b.
1950)
Holidays and Observances
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