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PAKISTAN · BORN ON THIS DAY1966

Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician, was born.

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Events

2022 Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames. Wikipedia ↗
2019 Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Wikipedia ↗
2015 The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016. Wikipedia ↗
2008 Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board. Wikipedia ↗
2007 Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years. Wikipedia ↗
2003 In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union. Wikipedia ↗
2003 Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra. Wikipedia ↗
2002 Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board. Wikipedia ↗
2001 Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital. Wikipedia ↗
2000 Microsoft releases Windows Me. Wikipedia ↗

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1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
1998 Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom. Wikipedia ↗
1997 Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India. Wikipedia ↗
1994 The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike. Wikipedia ↗
1993 Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people. Wikipedia ↗
1992 The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal. Wikipedia ↗
1989 The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide. Wikipedia ↗
1985 Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic. Wikipedia ↗
1984 Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. Wikipedia ↗
1982 President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. Wikipedia ↗
1979 Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party. Wikipedia ↗
1975 The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI. Wikipedia ↗
1960 The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1960 Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution. Wikipedia ↗
1958 The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere. Wikipedia ↗
1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. Wikipedia ↗
1948 The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo. Wikipedia ↗
1944 World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. Wikipedia ↗
1943 World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons. Wikipedia ↗
1940 Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing. Wikipedia ↗
1939 World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia. Wikipedia ↗
1936 Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza. Wikipedia ↗
1917 The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic. Wikipedia ↗
1914 HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Wikipedia ↗
1911 Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II. Wikipedia ↗
1901 U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. Wikipedia ↗
1862 American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought. Wikipedia ↗
1846 Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court. Wikipedia ↗
1829 The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War. Wikipedia ↗
1814 Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner. Wikipedia ↗
1812 Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city. Wikipedia ↗
1808 Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais. Wikipedia ↗
1791 The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France. Wikipedia ↗
1782 American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York. Wikipedia ↗
1763 Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War. Wikipedia ↗
1752 The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2). Wikipedia ↗
1741 George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah. Wikipedia ↗
1723 Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta. Wikipedia ↗
1685 Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha. Wikipedia ↗
1682 Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded. Wikipedia ↗
1402 Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Wikipedia ↗
1226 The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France. Wikipedia ↗
1210 Maria of Montferrat, Queen of Jerusalem, marries French baron John of Brienne, who is later crowned king on 30 October in Tyre. Wikipedia ↗
1180 Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan. Wikipedia ↗
1146 Seljuk atabeg Imad al-Din Zengi of Mosul is assassinated by a slave and succeeded by his quarrelling sons. Wikipedia ↗
1141 An army of queen Matilda defeats and disperses an army of empress Matilda which was besieging Winchester. Robert of Gloucester is captured and exchanged for king Stephen, husband of queen Matilda. Wikipedia ↗
1115 Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin Wikipedia ↗
987 Bardas Phokas the Younger rebels against Byzantine emperor Basil II and declares himself emperor. Wikipedia ↗
919 Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech. Wikipedia ↗
786 "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun. Wikipedia ↗
775 Leo IV the Khazar becomes Byzantine Emperor following the death of his father Constantine V. Wikipedia ↗
81 Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Wikipedia ↗

Born on this day

1966 Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician Wikipedia ↗
2000 Han, South Korean rapper Wikipedia ↗
1997 Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1997 Dominic Solanke, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1996 Hugh Bernard, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1996 Myles Wright, English professional footballer Wikipedia ↗
1995 Jevon Carter, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1995 Deshaun Watson, American football player Wikipedia ↗

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1994 Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
1994 Gary Harris, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1994 Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1994 Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1993 Brandon Brown, American race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1992 Connor Fields, American cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1992 Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier Wikipedia ↗
1992 Zico, South Korean rapper Wikipedia ↗
1991 Dee Milliner, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1991 Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model Wikipedia ↗
1991 Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member Wikipedia ↗
1990 Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1990 Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jimmy Butler, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Tony Finau, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jesse James, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1989 Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model Wikipedia ↗
1989 Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1989 Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler Wikipedia ↗
1988 Martin Fourcade, French biathlete Wikipedia ↗
1988 Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 Michael Crabtree, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1987 Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
1986 David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1986 Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1986 Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
1986 Reggie Williams, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1985 Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1985 Trevis Smith, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1985 Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1985 Delmon Young, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1984 Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor Wikipedia ↗
1983 Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 Josh Outman, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Frostee Rucker, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1983 Amy Winehouse, British singer-songwriter, musician, and businesswoman (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1982 SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1982 Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1981 Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Stefan Reisinger, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1981 Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
1980 Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
1980 Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
1978 Ben Cohen, English rugby union player Wikipedia ↗
1978 Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida Wikipedia ↗
1978 Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress Wikipedia ↗
1978 Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1977 Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect Wikipedia ↗
1977 Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1977 Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1976 Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1976 Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist Wikipedia ↗
1974 Chad Bradford, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1974 Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner Wikipedia ↗
1974 Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1974 Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1974 Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer Wikipedia ↗
1974 Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter Wikipedia ↗
1973 Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1973 Terrell Fletcher, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1973 Linvoy Primus, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1973 Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor Wikipedia ↗
1972 Notah Begay III, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1972 David Bell, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1971 Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1971 Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1971 Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1970 Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist Wikipedia ↗
1970 Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1970 Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1970 Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
1970 Mark Webber, English guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1969 Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1969 Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician Wikipedia ↗
1968 Grant Shapps, English politician Wikipedia ↗
1967 Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1967 John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1966 Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1965 Emily Bell, English journalist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1965 Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director Wikipedia ↗
1963 Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1962 Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman Wikipedia ↗
1962 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Nick Botterill, British business man Wikipedia ↗
1962 Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer Wikipedia ↗
1961 Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician Wikipedia ↗
1961 Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
1960 Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
1960 Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
1958 Paul Clark, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1958 Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1958 Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1958 Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1957 Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
1957 Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1956 Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1956 Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece Wikipedia ↗
1956 Nathalie Roussel, French actress Wikipedia ↗
1956 Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1956 Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1955 Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1955 William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer Wikipedia ↗
1955 Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician Wikipedia ↗
1955 Pope Leo XIV Wikipedia ↗
1954 Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1954 David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1953 Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
1951 Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer Wikipedia ↗
1951 Joe McDonnell, Provisional Irish Republican Army, died on hunger strike (died 1981) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1950 Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1950 Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1950 John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1949 Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1948 Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000) Wikipedia ↗
1947 Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (died 2026) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer Wikipedia ↗
1946 Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1946 Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1945 Martin Tyler, English sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1944 Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1944 Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1943 Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer Wikipedia ↗
1942 Roger Lyons, English trade union leader Wikipedia ↗
1942 Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1941 Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1941 Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist Wikipedia ↗
1941 Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1941 Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019) Wikipedia ↗
1940 Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025) Wikipedia ↗
1939 DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1938 Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building Wikipedia ↗
1936 Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024) Wikipedia ↗
1935 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1934 Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1933 Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1932 Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1932 John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1930 Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1929 Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1928 Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972) Wikipedia ↗
1926 Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994) Wikipedia ↗
1924 Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1923 Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006) Wikipedia ↗
1922 Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005) Wikipedia ↗
1921 A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1921 Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1920 Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1919 Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967) Wikipedia ↗
1918 Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008) Wikipedia ↗
1917 Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002) Wikipedia ↗
1916 Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020) Wikipedia ↗
1916 John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1915 John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1914 Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997) Wikipedia ↗
1913 Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971) Wikipedia ↗
1913 Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1911 William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965) Wikipedia ↗
1909 Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989) Wikipedia ↗
1907 Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986) Wikipedia ↗
1904 Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962) Wikipedia ↗
1904 Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957) Wikipedia ↗
1903 Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980) Wikipedia ↗
1902 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977) Wikipedia ↗
1902 Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979) Wikipedia ↗
1898 Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1896 José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974) Wikipedia ↗
1892 Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983) Wikipedia ↗
1887 Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954) Wikipedia ↗
1886 Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948) Wikipedia ↗
1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975) Wikipedia ↗
1883 Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1880 Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961) Wikipedia ↗
1880 Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955) Wikipedia ↗
1879 Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966) Wikipedia ↗
1872 John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963) Wikipedia ↗
1869 Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953) Wikipedia ↗
1868 Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925) Wikipedia ↗
1867 Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944) Wikipedia ↗
1864 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958) Wikipedia ↗
1860 Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940) Wikipedia ↗
1857 Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935) Wikipedia ↗
1853 Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924) Wikipedia ↗
1850 Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920) Wikipedia ↗
1847 Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931) Wikipedia ↗
1843 Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924) Wikipedia ↗
1837 Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1816 Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860) Wikipedia ↗
1804 John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881) Wikipedia ↗
1804 Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882) Wikipedia ↗
1791 Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867) Wikipedia ↗
1774 Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839) Wikipedia ↗
1769 Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859) Wikipedia ↗
1737 Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806) Wikipedia ↗
1736 Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811) Wikipedia ↗
1721 Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807) Wikipedia ↗
1713 Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781) Wikipedia ↗
1656 Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746) Wikipedia ↗
1643 Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718) Wikipedia ↗
1618 Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680) Wikipedia ↗
1580 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645) Wikipedia ↗
1547 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619) Wikipedia ↗
1543 Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615) Wikipedia ↗
1486 Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535) Wikipedia ↗
1485 Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525) Wikipedia ↗
1401 Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458) Wikipedia ↗
1388 Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438) Wikipedia ↗
1384 Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426) Wikipedia ↗
1246 John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272) Wikipedia ↗
1032 Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101) Wikipedia ↗
953 Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973) Wikipedia ↗
938 Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995) Wikipedia ↗
768 Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833) Wikipedia ↗
208 Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218) Wikipedia ↗

Died on this day

2026 Pete Byrne, English singer-songwriter (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Bob Mackie, American fashion designer (born 1939) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Peter Max, German-American artist (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
2026 Luděk Mikloško, Czech footballer (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
2025 Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois (born 1946) Wikipedia ↗
2025 Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2024 Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗

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2021 Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959) Wikipedia ↗
2018 Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
2018 Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977) Wikipedia ↗
2015 Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942) Wikipedia ↗
2014 Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961) Wikipedia ↗
2014 E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2013 Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949) Wikipedia ↗
2012 Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913) Wikipedia ↗
2011 Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943) Wikipedia ↗
2009 Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952) Wikipedia ↗
2008 Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
2007 Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926) Wikipedia ↗
2006 Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918) Wikipedia ↗
2005 William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932) Wikipedia ↗
2005 Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
2003 Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2003 John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915) Wikipedia ↗
2002 LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2001 Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920) Wikipedia ↗
2000 Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1999 Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1998 Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907) Wikipedia ↗
1996 Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937) Wikipedia ↗
1995 Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912) Wikipedia ↗
1994 Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1993 Clayton Young, American long-distance runner Wikipedia ↗
1992 August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1992 Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930) Wikipedia ↗
1991 Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910) Wikipedia ↗
1989 Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916) Wikipedia ↗
1986 Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921) Wikipedia ↗
1984 Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
1982 John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947) Wikipedia ↗
1982 Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929) Wikipedia ↗
1981 Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1979 Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917) Wikipedia ↗
1975 Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881) Wikipedia ↗
1966 Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895) Wikipedia ↗
1965 J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891) Wikipedia ↗
1962 Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879) Wikipedia ↗
1961 Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885) Wikipedia ↗
1960 M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908) Wikipedia ↗
1959 Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914) Wikipedia ↗
1952 John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874) Wikipedia ↗
1951 Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890) Wikipedia ↗
1943 Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903) Wikipedia ↗
1942 E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855) Wikipedia ↗
1937 Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Lina Ódena, Spanish communist and miliciana (born 1911) Wikipedia ↗
1936 Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899) Wikipedia ↗
1931 Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856) Wikipedia ↗
1927 Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877) Wikipedia ↗
1916 José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832) Wikipedia ↗
1910 Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827) Wikipedia ↗
1905 Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852) Wikipedia ↗
1901 William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843) Wikipedia ↗
1898 William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857) Wikipedia ↗
1891 Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817) Wikipedia ↗
1879 Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808) Wikipedia ↗
1868 Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793) Wikipedia ↗
1862 Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834) Wikipedia ↗
1852 Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812) Wikipedia ↗
1852 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769) Wikipedia ↗
1851 James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789) Wikipedia ↗
1836 Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756) Wikipedia ↗
1821 Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797) Wikipedia ↗
1807 George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724) Wikipedia ↗
1759 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712) Wikipedia ↗
1749 Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675) Wikipedia ↗
1743 Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690) Wikipedia ↗
1715 Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638) Wikipedia ↗
1712 Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625) Wikipedia ↗
1646 Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591) Wikipedia ↗
1638 John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607) Wikipedia ↗
1613 Thomas Overbury, English poet Wikipedia ↗
1605 Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550) Wikipedia ↗
1538 Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483) Wikipedia ↗
1523 Pope Adrian VI (born 1459) Wikipedia ↗
1487 Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416) Wikipedia ↗
1435 John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389) Wikipedia ↗
1412 Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356) Wikipedia ↗
1404 Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377) Wikipedia ↗
1401 Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355) Wikipedia ↗
1321 Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265) Wikipedia ↗
1214 Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149) Wikipedia ↗
1164 Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119) Wikipedia ↗
1146 Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087) Wikipedia ↗
949 Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880) Wikipedia ↗
927 Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot Wikipedia ↗
919 Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland Wikipedia ↗
891 Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church Wikipedia ↗
820 Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty Wikipedia ↗
788 Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717) Wikipedia ↗
786 Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764) Wikipedia ↗
775 Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718) Wikipedia ↗
619 Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605) Wikipedia ↗
585 Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538) Wikipedia ↗
407 John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347) Wikipedia ↗
258 Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200) Wikipedia ↗
23 Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC) Wikipedia ↗

Holidays & observances

Events, births, deaths and observances: Wikipedia, “September 14”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pakistan entries reviewed by Newsora24. Updated 14 Oct 2026.