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Events

786 - Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1607 - Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
1682 - Bishop Gore School one of the oldest schools in Wales founded.
1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1812 - French grenadiers enter Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1829 - Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
1847 - Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
1862 - Civil War Maryland Campaign Battle of South Mountain is fought.
1886 - Typewriter ribbon patented.
1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
1944 - United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.
1944 - Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city that's liberated by allied forces.
1948 - Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
1958 - Two rockets designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, the first German post-war rockets, reach the upper atmosphere.
1959 - The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
1960 - The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
1964 - The opening of the third period of the Second Vatican Council.
1965 - The opening of the fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1982 - President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
1984 - Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
1987 - ITV Schools was broadcast on Channel 4 for the very first time.
1987 - The Toronto Blue Jays set a major league record for most home runs in a single game - 10 - versus the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium, and the teams combined to tie the record for most homers by two teams - 11. The game also marked the end of Cal Ripken's streak of 8,243 consecutive innings played, which is believed to be the longest, although this isn't a record officially kept by MLB.
1990 - Ken Griffey and his son Ken Jr. become the first father-son duo to hit back-to-back home runs.
1994 - The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
1995 - Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
1998 - Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
2000 - Microsoft introduced the last update to the OS, MS-DOS. (Version 8.0)
2000 - Windows Me is released.
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.
2003 - In a referendum Sweden rejects adopting the euro.
2003 - Estonia approves joining the European Union in a referendum.
2007 - Restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass are officially removed in the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio Summorum Pontificum takes effect.

Births

1169 - Alexios II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1183)

1388 - Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer

1486 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German alchemist (d. 1535)

1543 - Claudio Aquaviva, Italian Jesuit (d. 1615)

1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch statesman (d. 1619)

1656 - Thomas Baker, British antiquarian (d. 1746)

1713 - Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)

1721 - Eliphalet Dyer, American statesman and judge (d. 1807)

1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)

1760 - Luigi Cherubini, Italian composer (d. 1842)

1769 - Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859)

1771 - Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (d. 1829)

1804 - John Gould, British ornithologist (d. 1881)

1804 - Louis Desiré Maigret, French Catholic prelate (d. 1882)

1837 - Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (d. 1903)

1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1936)

1860 - Hamlin Garland, American writer (d. 1940)

1864 - Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1958)

1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, American artist (d. 1944)

1869 - Kid Nichols, American baseball player (d. 1953)

1879 - Margaret Sanger, American birth control advocate (d. 1966)

1880 - Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov), Orthodox missionary and writer (d. 1961)

1880 - Archie Hahn, American athlete (d. 1955)

1886 - Jan Masaryk, Czech foreign minister and diplomat (d. 1948)

1889 - Maria Capovilla, previous oldest living person (d. 2006)

1891 - Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician (d. 1983)

1894 - Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Bengali Novelist (d. 1950)

1898 - Ernest Nash, German-born archaeologist (d. 1974)

1899 - Hal B. Wallis, American film producer (d. 1986)

1902 - Giorgos Papasideris Greek musician (d. 1977)

1909 - Peter Scott, British naturalist and explorer (d. 1989)

1910 - Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)

1910 - Yiannis Latsis, Greek shipping tycoon (d. 2003)

1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)

1914 - Lída Baarová, Czech actress (d. 2000)

1914 - Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)

1914 - Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)

1914 - Robert McCloskey, American author (d. 2003)

1916 - John Heyer, Australian documentary filmmaker (d. 2001}

1918 - Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver (d. 1967)

1920 - Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan writer

1920 - Lawrence Klein, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1920 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)

1921 - Dario Vittori, Argentinian actor (d. 2001)

1922 - Michel Auclair, French actor (d. 1988)

1924 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author (d. 1994)

1926 - Michel Butor, French novelist

1927 - Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (d. 1997)

1929 - Larry Collins, American writer (d. 2005)

1929 - Maurice Vachon, French Canadian professional wrestler

1930 - Allan Bloom, American academic (d. 1992)

1932 - Harry Sinden, American National Hockey League executive

1932 - John Tembo, Malawian politician

1933 - Harve Presnell, American actor

1934 - Sarah Kofman, French philosopher

1934 - Kate Millett, American feminist writer

1936 - Walter Koenig, American actor

1936 - Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1936 - Harry Danielsen, Norwegian politician

1937 - Renzo Piano, Italian architect

1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scottish-born actor

1940 - Larry Brown, American basketball coach

1941 - Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan musician

1942 - Bernard MacLaverty, Northern Irish writer

1944 - Joey Heatherton, American actress and singer

1945 - Martin Tyler, British sports broadcaster

1946 - Jim Angle, American television reporter

1947 - Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, American singer (Sha Na Na)

1947 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor

1949 - Tommy Seebach, Danish musician (d. 2003)

1949 - Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer

1949 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist (MC5) (d. 1994)

1949 - Steve Gaines, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)

1949 - Ed King, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)

1950 - Paul Kossoff, British guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)

1950 - Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver

1950 - Michael Nifong, American attorney

1953 - Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (d. 1998)

1953 - Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer

1956 - Kostas Karamanlis, Greek prime-minister

1956 - Ray Wilkins, English former footballer

1956 - Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician

1957 - Tim Wallach, American baseball player

1957 - Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer

1959 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)

1960 - Melissa Leo, American actress

1960 - Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor

1963 - Robin Singh, Indian cricketer

1964 - Faith Ford, American actress

1965 - Michelle Stafford, American actress

1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia

1966 - Mike Cooley, American guitarist

1967 - Dan Cortese, American actor

1969 - Konstantinos Koukodimos, Greek long jumper and politician

1970 - Ben Garant, American actor

1970 - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)

1970 - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist

1971 - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore)

1971 - Andre Matos, Brazilian musician

1971 - Kimberly Williams, American actress

1972 - David Bell, American baseball player

1973 - Terrell Fletcher, American football

1973 - Nas, American rapper

1973 - Mike Ward, Canadian comedian

1973 - Linvoy Primus, English footballer

1974 - Chad Bradford, American baseball player

1974 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete

1976 - Jeremy Dunham, video game journalist

1976 - Agustín Calleri, Argentine tennis player

1978 - Carmen Kass, Estonian model

1978 - Danielle Peck, country music singer

1978 - Ben Cohen, English rugby union footballer

1979 - Jesse Marunde, American Strongman/Athlete

1980 - Phillip Tobias, American illustrator and musician

1981 - Miyavi, Japanese singer and actor

1982 - Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor

1983 - Amy Winehouse, English singer

1983 - Frostee Rucker, National Football League defensive end

1984 - Adam Lamberg, American actor

1984 - Melissa McGhee, American singer

1985 - Paolo Gregoletto, American bassist (Trivium)

1985 - Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer

1985 - Delmon Young, American baseball player

1986 - Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)

1986 - A.J. Trauth, American actor

1986 - Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer

1989 - Jesse James, American actor

Deaths

258 - Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage

585 - Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)

775 - Constantine V, Byzantine Emperor (b. 718)

786 - Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph

891 - Pope Stephen V

1146 - Zengi, ruler of Syria (b. 1087)

1164 - Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)

1214 - Albert Avogadro, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1149)

1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian author (b. 1265)

1404 - Albert IV of Austria (b. 1377)

1435 - John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (b. 1389)

1523 - Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)

1538 - Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (b. 1483)

1605 - Jan Tarnowski, Archbishop of Krakow (b. 1550)

1638 - John Harvard, American clergyman (b. 1607)

1646 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)

1712 - Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625)

1743 - Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)

1749 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (b. 1675)

1759 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (b. 1712)

1807 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (b. 1724)

1836 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)

1851 - James Fenimore Cooper, American author (b. 1789)

1852 - Augustus Pugin, English architect (b. 1812)

1852 - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1879 - Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist (b. 1808)

1898 - William Seward Burroughs, American inventor (b. 1857)

1901 - William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)

1905 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà), explorer (b. 1852)

1910 - Huo Yuan Jia, Chinese martial artist

1927 - Isadora Duncan, American dancer (b. 1877)

1936 - Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899)

1937 - Tomáš Masaryk, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)

1942 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American eugenicist (b. 1855)

1951 - Fritz Busch, German conductor (b. 1890)

1959 - Wayne Morris, American actor (b. 1914)

1960 - M. Karagatsis, Greek author (b. 1908)

1965 - J.W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)

1966 - Gertrude Berg, American actress (b. 1899)

1974 - Warren Hull, American actor (b. 1903)

1975 - Walter Herbert, German-born conductor and impresario (b. 1902)

1981 - Furry Lewis, American blues guitarist (b. 1899)

1982 - Bachir Gemayel, President-elect of Lebanon,assassinated (b. 1947)

1982 - John Gardner, American novelist (b. 1933)

1982 - Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)

1982 - Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)

1984 - Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)

1989 - Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban musician (b. 1916)

1991 - Julie Bovasso, American actor and writer (b. 1930)

1991 - Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer, author and managing editor of Harper's Magazine (b. 1910)

1992 - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)

1995 - Maurice K. Goddard - the "father" of Pennsylvania state parks

1996 - Juliet Prowse, British actress and dancer (b. 1937)

1999 - Charles Crichton, English film director (b. 1910)

2000 - Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)

2001 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (b. 1931)

2003 - Yetunde Price, half-sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams (b. 1972)

2003 - John Serry, Sr., American musician, (b. 1915)

2005 - William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)

2005 - Robert Wise, American filmmaker (b. 1914)

2005 - Vladimir Volkoff, French writer (b. 1932)

2006 - Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-born actor and bodybuilder (b. 1926)

2006 - Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)

Holidays and observances

In ancient Greece, the first day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, during which the sacred objects were brought from Eleusis to Athens.

Roman Catholic Church - Triumph of the Cross (compare May 3, Finding of the Holy Cross).

Eastern Orthodox Church - Exaltation of the Cross, which commemorates the discovery of the original Christian cross in 326 by Helena, mother of Constantine, as well as the recovery from the Persians by Heraclius in 628.

Formerly, in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following 14 September were observed as one of the four sets of Ember days. In the Irish calendar they were known as Quarter tense.Further Information

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