September 23

is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). There are 99 days remaining.

Events

1122 - Concordat of Worms
1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman I begins his attack on the city.
1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1779 - American Revolution; 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 - American Revolution; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason.
1803 - Second Anglo-Maratha War: Battle of Assaye
1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
1818 - Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed.
1845 - The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, 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
1848 - First commercial production of chewing gum by John Curtis on a stove at his home in Bangor, Maine in the United States and marketed as 'The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum'.
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.
1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", officially ending the Union between the two countries peacfully.
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 is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1941 - The first gas experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
1952 - Rocky Marciano knocked Jersey Joe Walcott out in the thirteenth round, becoming the new Heavyweight Champion.
1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech".
1957 - Hank Aaron of the MLB gives the Milwaukee Braves the pennant with a home run.
1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.
1962 - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall home of the New York Philharmonic.
1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois
1973 - Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1980 - Bob Marley's last concert
1980 - The premiere of Brian Friel's play Translations in Derry, Northern Ireland.
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 African boxing world heavyweight champion.
1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
1999 - Qantas Flight 1 overruns wet runway in Bangkok, while some passengers only received minor injuries, it was still the worst crash in Qantas history to date.
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.
2005 - FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

Births

480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
63 BC - Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14)
1158 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1161 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
1215 - Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
1647 - Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720)
1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1771 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1791 - Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
1838 - Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
1852 - William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer (d. 1954)
1864 - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903)
1865 - Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
1880 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
1889 - Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1895 - Johnny Mokan, baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 - Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
1900 - Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
1901 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
1911 - Frank Moss, American politician (d. 2003)
1915 - Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2001)
1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
1920 - Mickey Rooney, American actor
1923 - Timber Wolf, Chinese-Vietnamese revolutionary
1924 - Pedro Chamorro, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978)
1926 - John Coltrane, American saxophonist (d. 1967)
1930 - Ray Charles, American musician (d. 2004)
1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004)
1936 - Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
1938 - Tom Lester, American actor
1938 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (d. 1982)
1939 - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
1942 - Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician
1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
1943 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
1945 - Paul Petersen, American actor
1946 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1947 - Mary Kay Place, American actress
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
1954 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1956 - Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
1956 - Peter David, American writer
1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
1959 - Jason Alexander, American actor
1959 - Elizabeth Peña, American actress
1960 - Jason Carter, British actor
1961 - Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
1969 - Michelle Thomas, American actress (d. 1998)
1969 - Patrick Fiori, French singer
1969 - Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver
1970 - Ani DiFranco, American musician
1972 - Karl Pilkington, British radio personality
1974 - Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
1974 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
1975 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
1979 - Ricky Davis, American basketball player
1981 - Natalie Horler, singer
1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, American actress
1985 - Maki Goto, Japanese pop idol
1985 - Brian Brohm, American football player
1988 - Paris Bennett, American singer

Deaths

79 - Pope Linus
1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
1390 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
1535 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
1571 - John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet
1675 - Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
1728 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
1738 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
1773 - Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
1789 - John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1844 - Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)
1846 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
1850 - José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764)
1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
1889 - Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824)
1900 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
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, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
1968 - Francesco Forgione, "Padre Pio", Catholic saint (b. 1887)
1971 - Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1974 - Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905)
1978 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
1981 - Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
1987 - Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927)
1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912)
1992 - James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892)
1994 - Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
1998 - Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
2000 - Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
2003 - Yuri Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
2004 - André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
2005 - Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra in the tropical zodiac.
In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
RC Saints - Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Constantius, Saint Thecla.
Also see September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox churches — because of the birthday of August, not because of the equinox.
Celebrate Bisexuality Day - September 23rd of every year is designated as Celebrate Bisexuality Day and celebrated by members of the bisexual community and their allies worldwide. Observed annually since 1999.
Japanese Autumnal equinox Day (秋分の日/Shūbun no hi)
Saudi Arabia - National Day (unification 1932)
French Republican Calendar - Safran (Saffron) Day, second day in the Month of Vendémiaire

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