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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[394]] – [[Battle of the Frigidus]]: [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] defeats and kills [[Eugenius]] the usurper. His [[Franks|Frank]]ish ''[[magister militum]]'' [[Arbogast (magister militum)|Arbogast]] escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*[[1492]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] sails from [[La Gomera]] in the [[Canary Islands]], his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
*[[1522]] – The ''[[Victoria (ship)|Victoria]]'' returns to [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda]] in Spain, the only surviving ship of [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s expedition and the first known ship to [[circumnavigate]] the world.
===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] – The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] sail from [[Plymouth]], England on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' to settle in North America. ([[Old Style]] date; [[September 16]] per [[New Style]] date.)
*[[1628]] – [[Puritans]] settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], which became part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].
*[[1634]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Nördlingen (1634)|Battle of Nördlingen]], the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
*[[1642]] – England's [[Long Parliament]] [[London theatre closure 1642|bans public stage-plays]].
*[[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Groton Heights]] takes place, resulting in a British victory.
*[[1803]] – British scientist [[John Dalton]] begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] bloodlessly capture [[Paducah, Kentucky]], giving the Union control of the [[Tennessee River]]'s mouth.
*[[1863]] – American Civil War: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate forces]] evacuate [[Fort Wagner|Battery Wagner]] and [[Morris Island]] in [[South Carolina]].
*[[1870]] – [[Louisa Ann Swain]] of [[Laramie, Wyoming]] becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after [[1807]].
*[[1885]] – [[Eastern Rumelia]] declares its union with [[Bulgaria]], thus accomplishing [[Bulgarian unification]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Leon Czolgosz]], an unemployed [[Anarchism|anarchist]], [[Assassination of William McKinley|shoots and fatally wounds]] [[President of the United States|US President]] [[William McKinley]] at the [[Pan-American Exposition]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[First Battle of the Marne]], which would halt the [[Imperial German Army]]'s advance into France, begins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Battles of World War I {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/battles-of-world-war-i|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1930]] – Democratically elected [[Argentina|Argentine]] president [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] is [[History of Argentina#World War II|deposed in a military coup]].
*[[1936]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morán García Robes|first=Julio|title=Las Humanidades en Acatlan - Asturias en la Guerra civil española|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZL2qxqZdCgC&q=Consejo+Interprovincial+de+Asturias+y+Le%C3%B3n+6+septiembre&pg=PA33|access-date=4 October 2013 |year=1997|publisher=[[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]]|location=[[México D.F.]]|isbn=968-36-5044-9|page=33}} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: The British [[Royal Air Force]] suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the [[Battle of Barking Creek]] as a result of friendly fire.
* 1939 – World War II: South Africa [[Military history of South Africa during World War II|declares war]] on Germany.
*[[1940]] – King [[Carol II of Romania]] abdicates and is succeeded by his son [[Michael I of Romania|Michael]]. General [[Ion Antonescu]] becomes the ''[[Conducător]]'' of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1943]] – The [[Monterrey Institute of Technology]] is founded in [[Monterrey]], Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
* 1943 – [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s premier train [[1943 Frankford Junction train wreck|derails]] at [[Frankford Junction]] in [[Philadelphia]], killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
*[[1944]] – World War II: The city of [[Ypres]], Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
* 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces [[Tartu Offensive|capture]] the city of [[Tartu]], [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonia]].
*[[1946]] – [[United States Secretary of State]] [[James F. Byrnes]] [[Restatement of Policy on Germany|announces]] that the U.S. will follow a policy of [[economic reconstruction]] in postwar Germany.
*[[1952]] – A prototype aircraft [[1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash|crashes]] at the [[Farnborough Airshow]] in [[Hampshire]], England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
*[[1955]] – [[Istanbul]]'s Greek, Jewish, and [[Armenians|Armenian]] minorities are the target of [[Istanbul pogrom|a government-sponsored pogrom]]; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
*[[1962]] – The United States government begins the [[Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus|Exercise Spade Fork]] nuclear readiness drill.
* 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the [[Blackfriars Ships]] dating back to the second century AD in the [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]] area of the banks of the [[River Thames]] in London.
*[[1965]] – India retaliates following Pakistan's [[Operation Grand Slam]] which results in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the [[Tashkent Declaration]].
*[[1966]] – [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], the architect of [[apartheid]], is stabbed to death in [[Cape Town]], South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
*[[1968]] – [[Eswatini|Swaziland]] becomes independent.
*[[1970]] – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] members of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]] and taken to [[Dawson's Field hijackings|Dawson's Field, Jordan]].
*[[1971]] – [[Paninternational Flight 112]] crashes on the [[Bundesautobahn 7]] highway near [[Hamburg Airport]], in [[Hamburg]], Germany, killing 22.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB D-ALAR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710906-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Munich massacre]]: Nine [[Israel]]i athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] "[[Black September Organization|Black September]]" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the [[Munich Olympic Games]]. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
*[[1975]] – [[Tawny Little|Tawny Elaine Godin]], an eighteen year old pianist from Yonkers, was crowned [[Miss America 1976]], at the 49th [[Miss America]] pageant, at [[Boardwalk Hall]], in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/08/archives/yonkers-college-student-is-named-miss-america.html| title = Yonkers College Student Is Named Miss America}}</ref>
*[[1976]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] pilot [[Viktor Belenko]] lands a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25]] jet fighter at [[Hakodate]] in Japan and requests [[refugee|political asylum]] in the United States; his request is granted.
*[[1983]] – The [[Soviet Union]] admits to shooting down [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
*[[1985]] – [[Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105]] crashes near [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], killing all 31 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 N100ME Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850906-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] – In [[Istanbul]], two [[terrorist]]s from [[Abu Nidal]]'s organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the [[Neve Shalom Synagogue]] during [[Shabbat]] services.
*[[1991]] – The [[Soviet Union]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic state]]s [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].
* 1991 – The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to [[Saint Petersburg]]. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
*[[1995]] – [[Cal Ripken, Jr.]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
*[[1997]] – The [[Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales]] takes place in [[London]]. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2{{frac|1|2}} billion watched around the world on television.
*[[2003]] – [[Mahmoud Abbas]] resigns from his position of [[Palestinian Prime Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/06/israel1|title=Profile: Mahmoud Abbas|last1=Perry|first1=Dan|date=2003-09-06|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
*[[2007]] – [[Israel]] executes the air strike [[Operation Orchard]] to destroy a nuclear reactor in [[Syria]].
*[[2009]] – The [[Roll-on/roll-off|ro-ro ferry]] ''[[SuperFerry 9]]'' sinks off the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
*[[2012]] – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat [[September 2012 Baradan Bay, Turkey migrant boat disaster|capsizes]] off the [[İzmir Province]] coast of [[Turkey]], near the [[North Aegean islands|Greek Aegean islands]].
*[[2013]] – Forty one elephants are poisoned with [[cyanide]] in salt pans, by poachers in [[Hwange National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23991510|title=Poachers poison Zimbabwe elephants|date=September 6, 2013|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1868867/death-cyanide-poachers-kill-40-elephants-zimbabwe-china-drives-ivory|title=Death by cyanide: poachers kill 40 elephants in Zimbabwe as China drives ivory demand|date=October 17, 2015|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Supreme Court of India]] decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making [[Homosexuality in India#Legal status|homosexuality legal]] on the Indian lands.<ref name="SCI2018-09-06-conclusion01a">{{Cite court|litigants=Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice|court=[[Supreme Court of India]]|pinpoint=W. P. (Crl.) No. 76 of 2016|url=https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf|quote=21. CONCLUSION i. In view of the aforesaid findings, it is declared that insofar as Section 377 criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults (i.e. persons above the age of 18 years who are competent to consent) in private, is violative of Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution. It is, however, clarified that such consent must be free consent, which is completely voluntary in nature, and devoid of any duress or coercion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-decriminalises-homosexuality/article24887363.ece|title=SC decriminalises homosexuality|first=Krishnadas|last=Rajagopal|date=7 September 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Labour Day]] in Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Public holidays |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html |website=Government of Canada |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> and [[Labor Day]] in the United States<ref>{{cite web |title=A Proclamation on Labor Day, 2021 |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/03/a-proclamation-on-labor-day-2021/ |website=The White House |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1475]] – [[Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy]], French nobleman and politician (d. 1519)
* 1475 – [[Sebastiano Serlio]], Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
*[[1517]] – [[Francisco de Holanda]], Portuguese artist (d. 1585)
*[[1535]] – [[Emanuel van Meteren]], Flemish historian and author (d. 1612)
===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] – [[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena]], Italian noble (d. 1658)
*[[1620]] – [[Isabella Leonarda]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)
*[[1631]] – [[Charles Porter (Lord Chancellor of Ireland)|Charles Porter]], English-born judge (d. 1696)
*[[1633]] – [[Sebastian Knüpfer]], German cantor and composer (d. 1676)
*[[1656]] – [[Guillaume Dubois]], French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)
*[[1666]] – [[Ivan V of Russia]], Russian tsar (d. 1696)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan V {{!}} emperor of Russia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1711]] – [[Henry Muhlenberg]], German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)
*[[1729]] – [[Moses Mendelssohn]], German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)
*[[1732]] – [[Johan Wilcke]], Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
*[[1757]] – [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], French general (d. 1834)
*[[1766]] – [[John Dalton]], English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
*[[1781]] – [[Vincent Novello]], English composer and publisher (d. 1861)
*[[1795]] – [[Frances Wright]], Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)
*[[1800]] – [[Catharine Beecher]], American educator and activist (d. 1878)
*[[1802]] – [[Alcide d'Orbigny]], French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)
*[[1814]] – [[George-Étienne Cartier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of East Canada]] (d. 1873)
*[[1815]] – [[St. John Richardson Liddell]], American general (d. 1870)
*[[1817]] – [[Alexander Tilloch Galt]], English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st [[Canadian Minister of Finance]] (d. 1893)
*[[1819]] – [[William Rosecrans]], American general, politician, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]] (d. 1898)
*[[1838]] – [[Samuel Arnold (conspirator)|Samuel Arnold]], American conspirator (d. 1906)
*[[1852]] – [[Schalk Willem Burger]], South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[President of the South African Republic]] (d. 1918)
*[[1855]] – [[Ferdinand Hummel]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)
*[[1857]] – [[Zelia Nuttall]], American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
*[[1859]] – [[Macpherson Robertson]], Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[MacRobertson's]] (d. 1945)
*[[1860]] – [[Jane Addams]], American sociologist and author, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1935)
* 1860 – [[May Jordan McConnel]], Australian trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3725819|title=Family Notices|date=8 September 1860|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=915|location=Queensland|volume=XV |page=2|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[1861]] – [[William Lane]], English-Australian journalist, founded [[New Australia]] (d. 1917)
*[[1863]] – [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], American [[illustrator]] (d. 1935)
*[[1868]] – [[Heinrich Häberlin]], Swiss judge and politician, [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the Swiss National Council]] (d. 1947)
*[[1869]] – [[Walford Davies]], English organist and composer (d. 1941)
* 1869 – [[Felix Salten]], Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
*[[1876]] – [[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]], Scottish physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1935)
*[[1879]] – [[Max Schreck]], German actor (d. 1936)
* 1879 – [[Joseph Wirth]], German educator and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1956)
*[[1885]] – [[Otto Kruger]], American actor (d. 1974)<ref name="ellenberger">{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Otto+Kruger%22+actor&pg=PA90|access-date=3 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1888]] – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]], American businessman and diplomat, 44th [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (d. 1969)
*[[1889]] – [[Louis Silvers]], American composer (d. 1954)
*[[1890]] – [[Clara Kimball Young]], American actress and producer (d. 1960)
*[[1892]] – [[Edward Victor Appleton]], English-Scottish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1965)
*[[1893]] – [[Claire Lee Chennault]], American general and pilot (d. 1958)
*[[1899]] – [[Billy Rose]], American composer and manager (d. 1966)
*[[1900]] – [[W. A. C. Bennett]], Canadian businessman and politician, 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (d. 1979)
* 1900 – [[Julien Green]], French-American author (d. 1998)
===1901–present===
*[[1906]] – [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987)
*[[1908]] – [[Anthony Wagner]], English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
* 1908 – [[Korczak Ziolkowski]], American sculptor, designed the [[Crazy Horse Memorial]] (d. 1982)
*[[1909]] – [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]], American actor and director (d. 1993)
*[[1910]] – [[Walter Giesler]], American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)
*[[1911]] – [[Harry Danning]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
* 1911 – [[Charles Deutsch]], French [[aerodynamics]] [[engineer]] and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "[[DB (car)|DB]] (d. 1980)
*[[1912]] – [[Wayne Barlow]], American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)
*[[1913]] – [[Julie Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. 2019)
* 1913 – [[Leônidas]], Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)
*[[1915]] – [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]], American golfer (d. 1961)
* 1915 – [[Franz Josef Strauss]], German lieutenant and politician, [[Minister President of Bavaria]] (d. 1988)
*[[1917]] – [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]], American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
* 1917 – [[George Mann (cricketer)|George Mann]], English cricketer (d. 2001)
* 1917 – [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German soldier and economist (d. 2008)
*[[1919]] – [[Wilson Greatbatch]], American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
*[[1920]] – [[Elvira Pagã]], Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)
*[[1921]] – [[Carmen Laforet]], Spanish author (d. 2004)
* 1921 – [[Norman Joseph Woodland]], American inventor, co-created the [[bar code]] (d. 2012)
*[[1923]] – [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]] (d. 1970)
*[[1924]] – [[John Melcher]], American veterinarian and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1925]] – [[Andrea Camilleri]], Italian author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2019)
* 1925 – [[Jimmy Reed]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
*[[1926]] – [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands]] (d. 2002)
* 1926 – [[Jack English Hightower]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
* 1926 – [[Arthur Oldham]], English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
* 1926 – [[Maurice Prather]], American photographer and director (d. 2001)
*[[1928]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]], Japanese architect and academic, designed the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium]] and [[Makuhari Messe]]
* 1928 – [[Robert M. Pirsig]], American novelist and philosopher (d. 2017)
* 1928 – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
* 1928 – [[Sid Watkins]], English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1929]] – [[Yash Johar]], Indian film producer, founded [[Dharma Productions]] (d. 2005)
* 1929 – [[Ljubov Rebane]], Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
*[[1930]] – [[Charles Foley (inventor)|Charles Foley]], American game designer, co-created [[Twister (game)|Twister]] (d. 2013)
* 1930 – [[Helmut Piirimäe]], Estonian historian and academic (d. 2017)
*[[1931]] – [[Bud Shrake]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
*[[1932]] – [[Colin McColl]], English intelligence officer
* 1932 – [[Gilles Tremblay (composer)|Gilles Tremblay]], Canadian composer and educator (d. 2017)
*[[1935]] – [[Isabelle Collin Dufresne]], French actress and author (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultra Violet: Artist and muse who was part of Salvador Dali's inner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ultra-violet-artist-and-muse-who-was-part-of-salvador-dalis-inner-circle-then-joined-andy-warhols-9560512.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2020 |language=en |date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
* 1935 – [[Jock Wallace, Jr.]], Scottish footballer and coach (d. 1996)
*[[1937]] – [[Sergio Aragonés]], Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
* 1937 – [[Janusz Kurczab]], Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)
* 1937 – [[Jo Anne Worley]], American actress, comedian, and singer
*[[1938]] – [[Joan Tower]], American pianist, composer, and conductor
*[[1939]] – [[Brigid Berlin]], American actress, painter, and photographer (d. 2020)
* 1939 – [[David Allan Coe]], American outlaw country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1939 – [[Susumu Tonegawa]], Japanese biologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1940]] – [[John M. Hayes (scientist)|John M. Hayes]], American scientist (d. 2017)
* 1940 – [[Elizabeth Murray (artist)|Elizabeth Murray]], American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
* 1940 – [[Jackie Trent]], English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
*[[1941]] – [[Roger Law]], English illustrator
* 1941 – [[Monica Mason]], South African ballerina and director
*[[1942]] – [[Dave Bargeron]], American trombonist and tuba player
* 1942 – [[Richard Hutton (cricketer)|Richard Hutton]], English cricketer
* 1942 – [[Mel McDaniel]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
*[[1943]] – [[Gordon Birtwistle]], English engineer and politician
* 1943 – [[Richard J. Roberts]], English biochemist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* 1943 – [[Roger Waters]], English singer-songwriter and bass player
*[[1944]] – [[Donna Haraway]], American author, academic, and activist
* 1944 – [[Swoosie Kurtz]], American actress
*[[1946]] – [[Roger Knight]], English cricketer and educator
* 1946 – [[Shirley M. Malcom]], American scientist, academic and educator
*[[1947]] – [[Jane Curtin]], American actress and comedian
* 1947 – [[Bruce Rioch]], English footballer and manager
* 1947 – [[Jacob Rubinovitz]], Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
* 1947 – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
*[[1948]] – [[Claydes Charles Smith]], American guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[1949]] – [[Iris Robinson]], Northern Irish politician
*[[1951]] – [[Melih Kibar]], Turkish composer (d. 2005)
*[[1952]] – [[Simon Burns]], English politician, [[Minister of State for Transport]]
* 1952 – [[Vladimir Kazachyonok]], Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
* 1952 – [[Buddy Miller]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1954]] – [[Carly Fiorina]], American businesswoman and activist
* 1954 – [[Demetris Kizas]], Cypriot footballer
* 1954 – [[Patrick O'Hearn]], American bassist and composer
* 1954 – [[John Sauven]], English economist and environmentalist
*[[1955]] – [[Raymond Benson]], American author and playwright
*[[1956]] – [[Bill Ritter]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[Governor of Colorado]]
* 1956 – [[Steven Yearley]], English sociologist and academic
*[[1957]] – [[Ali Divandari]], Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
* 1957 – [[Michaëlle Jean]], Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th [[Governor-General of Canada]]
* 1957 – [[José Sócrates]], Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th [[List of Prime Ministers of Portugal|Prime Minister of Portugal]]
*[[1958]] – [[Buster Bloodvessel]], English singer-songwriter
* 1958 – [[Jeff Foxworthy]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1958 – [[Nigel Westlake]], Australian composer and conductor
* 1958 – [[Michael Winslow]], American actor
* 1958 – [[The Barbarian (wrestler)|The Barbarian]], Tongan wrestler
*[[1959]] – [[Bill Root (ice hockey)|Bill Root]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1961]] – [[Simon Reeve (Australian TV presenter)|Simon Reeve]], Australian journalist and game show host
* 1961 – [[Wendi Richter]], American wrestler
* 1961 – [[Scott Travis]], American rock drummer
* 1961 – [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]], Norwegian musician and songwriter
*[[1962]] – [[Chris Christie]], American lawyer and politician, 55th [[Governor of New Jersey]]
* 1962 – [[Marina Kaljurand]], Estonian badminton player and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of Estonia to Russia|Estonia Ambassador to Russia]]
* 1962 – [[Elizabeth Vargas]], American journalist
* 1962 – [[Kevin Willis]], American basketball player and fashion designer
*[[1963]] – [[Mark Chesnutt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1963 – [[Pat Nevin]], Scottish footballer and sportscaster
* 1963 – [[Alice Sebold]], American author
* 1963 – [[Bryan Simonaire]], American engineer and politician
* 1963 – [[Geert Wilders]], Dutch lawyer and politician
*[[1964]] – [[Rosie Perez]], American actress, dancer, and director
*[[1965]] – [[Terry Bickers]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1965 – [[Darren Clark]], Australian sprinter
* 1965 – [[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]], Irish author and poet (d. 2009)
* 1965 – [[Van Tiffin]], American football player
*[[1967]] – [[William DuVall]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1967 – [[Macy Gray]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1967 – [[Kalli Kalde]], Estonian painter and illustrator
* 1967 – [[Milan Lukić]], Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes by the [[ICTY]]
* 1967 – [[Igor Štimac]], Croatian footballer and manager
*[[1968]] – [[Saeed Anwar]], Pakistani cricketer
* 1968 – [[Christopher Brookmyre]], Scottish author
* 1968 – [[Paul Rea]], American journalist
*[[1969]] – [[Tony DiTerlizzi]], American author and illustrator
* 1969 – [[Ben Finegold]], American chess player and educator
* 1969 – [[Michellie Jones]], Australian-American triathlete
* 1969 – [[CeCe Peniston]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and former beauty pageant winner
*[[1970]] – [[Cheyne Coates]], Australian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1970 – [[Emily Maitlis]], Canadian-English journalist
* 1970 – [[Rhett Miller]], American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1971]] – [[Devang Gandhi]], Indian cricketer
* 1971 – [[Asko Künnap]], Estonian poet and illustrator
* 1971 – [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dolores O'Riordan, troubled lead singer for Irish rock band The Cranberries |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-dolores-oriordan-troubled-lead-singer-irish-rock-band-cranberries-1433372 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Idris Elba]], English actor
* 1972 – [[Saulius Mikalajūnas]], Lithuanian footballer
* 1972 – [[Anika Noni Rose]], American actress and singer
*[[1973]] – [[Carlo Cudicini]], Italian footballer
* 1973 – [[Greg Rusedski]], Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
* 1973 – [[Alessandro Troncon]], Italian rugby player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Tim Henman]], English tennis player and sportscaster
* 1974 – [[Nina Persson]], Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
*[[1975]] – [[Derrek Lee]], American baseball player and coach
* 1975 – [[Ryoko Tani]], Japanese judoka and politician
*[[1976]] – [[Rodrigo Amarante]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1976 – [[Jon Ander López]], Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
* 1976 – [[Tom Pappas]], American decathlete and coach
*[[1978]] – [[Cisco Adler]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1978 – [[Alex Escobar]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1978 – [[Mathew Horne]], English actor and screenwriter
* 1978 – [[Homare Sawa]], Japanese footballer
*[[1979]] – [[Mike Arnaoutis]], Greek boxer
* 1979 – [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], American rapper
* 1979 – [[Massimo Maccarone]], Italian footballer
* 1979 – [[Carlos Adrián Morales]], Mexican footballer
* 1979 – [[Low Ki]], American wrestler
*[[1980]] – [[Jillian Hall]], American wrestler and singer
* 1980 – [[Kerry Katona]], English singer and actress
* 1980 – [[Samuel Peter]], Nigerian boxer
* 1980 – [[Joseph Yobo]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1981]] – [[Yuki Abe]], Japanese footballer
* 1981 – [[Yumiko Cheng]], Hong Kong singer and actress
* 1981 – [[Andrew Richardson (West Indian cricketer)|Andrew Richardson]], Jamaican cricketer
* 1981 – [[Mark Teahen]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] – [[Braun Strowman]], American wrestler and strongman
*[[1984]] – [[Helena Ekholm]], Swedish skier
* 1984 – [[William Porterfield]], Northern Irish cricketer
*[[1985]] – [[Mitch Moreland]], American baseball player
*[[1985]] – [[Małgorzata Rejmer]], Polish novelist
*[[1986]] – [[Matt Keating]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] – [[Ramiele Malubay]], Saudi Arabian-American singer
* 1987 – [[Emir Preldžić]], Turkish basketball player
*[[1988]] – [[Ray Fujita]], French-Japanese actor and singer
* 1988 – [[Max George (singer)|Max George]], English singer-songwriter and actor
* 1988 – [[Denis Tonucci]], Italian footballer
*[[1989]] – [[Nikos Boutzikos]], Greek footballer
* 1989 – [[Kim So-eun]], South Korean actress
*[[1990]] – [[Matt McAndrew]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1990 – [[John Wall (basketball)|John Wall]], American basketball player
*[[1992]] – [[Young Tonumaipea]], Samoan rugby league player
*[[1993]] – [[Mattia Valoti]], Italian footballer
*[[1995]] – [[Mustafizur Rahman]], Bangladeshi cricketer
*[[1996]] – [[Andrés Tello]], Colombian footballer
*[[1997]] – [[Mallory Comerford]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=National Team Bios|url=https://www.usaswimming.org/meet-the-team/national-team-bios?personid=0f5f2d7b-eee6-4d7d-a2e2-eae25604a495|publisher=USA Swimming|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Jai Field]], Australian rugby league player
* 1997 – [[Tsukushi (wrestler)|Tsukushi]], Japanese wrestler
*[[1998]] – [[Michele Perniola]], Italian singer
*[[1999]] – [[Patrick Brasca]], Canadian-Taiwanese singer-songwriter
*[[2002]] – [[Leylah Fernandez]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leylah Fernandez {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326735/leylah-fernandez|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Women's Tennis Association|language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[394]] – [[Eugenius]], Roman usurper
* [[926]] – [[Abaoji|Taizu of Liao]], Khitan ruler (b. 872)
* [[952]] – [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. 923)
* [[957]] – [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (b. 930)
* [[972]] – [[Pope John XIII|John XIII]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. 930)
*[[1276]] – [[Vicedomino de Vicedominis]], Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
*[[1431]] – [[Demetrios Laskaris Leontares]], Byzantine admiral and diplomat
*[[1511]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1481)
*[[1553]] – [[Juan de Homedes y Coscon]], 47th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. c.1477)
*[[1566]] – [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] – [[Thomas Dempster]], Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
*[[1635]] – [[Metius]], Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
*[[1649]] – [[Robert Dudley (explorer)|Robert Dudley]], English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
*[[1683]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Controller-General of Finances]] (b. 1619)
*[[1708]] – [[Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet]], English merchant and philanthropist, founded [[Morden College]] (b. 1623)
*[[1748]] – [[Edmund Gibson]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
*[[1783]] – [[Carlo Bertinazzi]], Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
*[[1808]] – [[Louis-Pierre Anquetil]], French historian and author (b. 1723)
*[[1836]] – [[Gaspar Flores de Abrego]], three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)<ref name="JYL">{{cite news|author=Camilla Campbell|date=November 26, 2008|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffl26|title=Handbook of Texas Online: FLORES DE ABREGO, JOSÉ GASPAR MARÍA|publisher= Handbook of Texas Online}} Consulted in May 22–26, 2010.</ref>
*[[1868]] – [[Pierre Adolphe Rost]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
*[[1885]] – [[Narcís Monturiol]], Spanish engineer, designed the ''[[Ictineo I]]'' and ''[[Ictineo II]]'' (b. 1819)
*[[1891]] – [[Charles Jamrach]], German-English businessman (b. 1815)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Frederick Abel]], English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
*[[1907]] – [[Sully Prudhomme]], French poet and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1839)
*[[1919]] – [[Lord Charles Beresford]], English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
*[[1927]] – [[William Libbey]], American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
*[[1938]] – [[John Stuart Hindmarsh]], English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
*[[1939]] – [[Arthur Rackham]], English illustrator (b. 1867)
*[[1940]] – [[Thomas Harte (Irish republican)]], executed prisoner (b. 1915)<ref>McKenna, Joseph (2016), ''The IRA Bombing Campaign Against Britain, 1939-40''. Jefferson, NC US: McFarland & Company Publishers. pg 150</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[Patrick McGrath (Irish Republican)]], executed prisoner (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Colm |date=8 May 2017 |title=Garda assassinations and IRA executions during the Emergency |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/garda-assassinations-and-ira-executions-during-the-emergency-1.3075417 |work=The Irish Times |location= |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1944]] – [[James Cannon Jr.]], American Bishop of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]]
*[[1945]] – [[John S. McCain Sr.]], American admiral (b. 1884)
*[[1949]] – [[Walter Widdop]], English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
*[[1950]] – [[Olaf Stapledon]], English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
*[[1951]] – [[James W. Gerard]], American lawyer and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Germany]] (b. 1867)
*[[1952]] – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
*[[1956]] – [[Witold Hurewicz]], Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
* 1956 – [[Lee Jung-seob]], North Korean painter (b. 1916)
*[[1959]] – [[Edmund Gwenn]], English actor (b. 1877)
* 1959 – [[Kay Kendall]], English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
*[[1962]] – [[Hanns Eisler]], German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
* 1962 – [[Seiichiro Kashio]], Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
*[[1966]] – [[Margaret Sanger]], American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Sanger {{!}} Biography, Birth Control, & Significance {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Sanger |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1966 – [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (b. 1901)
*[[1969]] – [[Arthur Friedenreich]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
*[[1972]] – Perpetrator and victims of the [[Munich massacre]]
** [[Luttif Afif]], Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
** [[David Mark Berger]], American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
** [[Ze'ev Friedman]], Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
** [[Yossef Gutfreund]], Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
** [[Eliezer Halfin]], Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
** [[Amitzur Shapira]], Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
** [[Kehat Shorr]], Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
** [[Mark Slavin]], Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
** [[Andre Spitzer]], Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
** [[Yakov Springer]], Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
*[[1974]] – [[Olga Baclanova]], Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
* 1974 – [[Otto Kruger]], American actor (b. 1885)<ref name="ellenberger" />
*[[1978]] – [[Max Decugis]], French tennis player (b. 1882)
* 1978 – [[Tom Wilson (record producer)|Tom Wilson]], American record producer (b. 1931)
*[[1979]] – [[Ronald Binge]], English organist and composer (b. 1910)
*[[1982]] – [[Azra Erhat]], Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
*[[1984]] – [[Ernest Tubb]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
*[[1985]] – [[Franco Ferrara]], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
*[[1986]] – [[Blanche Sweet]], American actress (b. 1896)
*[[1988]] – [[Leroy Brown (wrestler)|Leroy Brown]], American wrestler (b. 1950)
*[[1990]] – [[Tom Fogerty]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
* 1990 – [[Len Hutton]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
*[[1991]] – [[Bob Goldham]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
*[[1992]] – [[Henry Ephron]], American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
*[[1994]] – [[Nicky Hopkins]], English pianist (b. 1944)
* 1994 – [[Max Kaminsky (musician)|Max Kaminsky]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
*[[1997]] – [[P. H. Newby]], English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
*[[1998]] – [[Akira Kurosawa]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
* 1998 – [[Ric Segreto]], American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
* 1998 – [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]], Swedish actor (b. 1928)
*[[1999]] – [[Lagumot Harris]], Nauruan politician, 3rd [[President of Nauru]] (b. 1938)
* 1999 – [[René Lecavalier]], Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
*[[2005]] – [[Hasan Abidi]], Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
*[[2000]] – [[Abdul Haris Nasution]], Indonesian Military (b. 1918)
* 2005 – [[Eugenia Charles]], Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (b. 1919)
*[[2007]] – [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American author and poet (b. 1918)
* 2007 – [[Luciano Pavarotti]], Italian tenor (b. 1935)
*[[2008]] – [[Anita Page]], American actress (b. 1910)
*[[2009]] – [[Catherine Gaskin]], Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
*[[2010]] – [[Boris Chetkov]], Russian painter (b. 1926)
* 2010 – [[Clive Donner]], English director and editor (b. 1926)
*[[2011]] – [[Michael S. Hart]], American author, founded [[Project Gutenberg]] (b. 1947)
*[[2012]] – [[Elisabeth Böhm]], German architect (b. 1921)
* 2012 – [[Lawrie Dring]], Scottish scout leader, founded [[World Federation of Independent Scouts]] (b. 1931)
* 2012 – [[Jerome Kilty]], American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
* 2012 – [[Art Modell]], American businessman (b. 1925)
* 2012 – [[Oscar Rossi]], Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
* 2012 – [[Terry Nutkins]], English naturalist, television presenter and author (b. 1946)
*[[2013]] – [[Ann C. Crispin]], American author (b. 1950)
* 2013 – [[Khin Maung Kyi]], Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
* 2013 – [[Santiago Rosario]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
*[[2014]] – [[Odd Bondevik]], Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
* 2014 – [[Cirilo Flores]], American bishop (b. 1948)
* 2014 – [[Seth Martin]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
* 2014 – [[Kira Zvorykina]], Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
*[[2015]] – [[Ralph Milne]], Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
* 2015 – [[Martin Milner]], American actor (b. 1931)
* 2015 – [[Barney Schultz]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Calvin J. Spann]], American general and pilot (b. 1924)
*[[2017]] – [[Peter Luck]], Australian journalist and television host (b. 1944)
* 2017 – [[Kate Millett]], American feminist author and activist (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/obituaries/kate-millett-influential-feminist-writer-is-dead-at-82.html|title=Kate Millett, Ground-Breaking Feminist Writer, Is Dead at 82|first1=Parul|last1=Sehgal|first2=Neil|last2=Genzlinger|date=September 6, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Richard DeVos]], American billionaire businessman (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times Obituaries|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref>
* 2018 – [[Liz Fraser]], English actress (b. 1930)
* 2018 – [[Will Jordan]], American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
* 2018 – [[Burt Reynolds]], American actor, director and producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Natale |first1=Richard |title=Burt Reynolds, Star of 'Deliverance,' 'Smokey and the Bandit,' Dies at 82 |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/burt-reynolds-died-dead-smokey-and-the-bandit-1202930270/ | date=September 6, 2018 |magazine=Variety |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Robert Mugabe]], Zimbabwean politician, 2nd [[President of Zimbabwe]] (b. 1924)
*[[2021]] – [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], French actor (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyman|first=Rick|date=2021-09-06|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/movies/jean-paul-belmondo-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907010205/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/movies/jean-paul-belmondo-dead.html|archive-date=2021-09-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Michael K. Williams]], American actor (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2021-08-06|title=Stars mourn the death of Michael K. Williams: 'An amazing actor and soul'|url=https://ew.com/tv/michael-k-williams-tributes/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-08|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast days]]:
** [[Begga]]
** [[Chagnoald]]
** [[Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria]]
** [[Gondulphus of Metz]]
** [[Magnus of Füssen]]
** [[Onesiphorus]]
** [[Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)]] (Catholic church)
** [[September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* The earliest date on which the [[Abbots Bromley Horn Dance]] is performed
* [[Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)]]
* [[Defence Day]] or [[Armed Forces Day#Pakistan|Army Day]] (Pakistan)
* [[Flag Day (Bonaire)]]
* [[Independence Day (Swaziland)]], celebrates the independence of [[Eswatini]] from the United Kingdom in 1968
* [[Unification Day (Bulgaria)]]
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[394]] – [[Battle of the Frigidus]]: [[Roman emperor]] [[Theodosius I]] defeats and kills [[Eugenius]] the usurper. His [[Franks|Frank]]ish ''[[magister militum]]'' [[Arbogast (magister militum)|Arbogast]] escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*[[1492]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] sails from [[La Gomera]] in the [[Canary Islands]], his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
*[[1522]] – The ''[[Victoria (ship)|Victoria]]'' returns to [[Sanlúcar de Barrameda]] in Spain, the only surviving ship of [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s expedition and the first known ship to [[circumnavigate]] the world.
===1601–1900===
*[[1620]] – The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] sail from [[Plymouth]], England on the ''[[Mayflower]]'' to settle in North America. ([[Old Style]] date; [[September 16]] per [[New Style]] date.)
*[[1628]] – [[Puritans]] settle [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], which became part of [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]].
*[[1634]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Nördlingen (1634)|Battle of Nördlingen]], the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
*[[1642]] – England's [[Long Parliament]] [[London theatre closure 1642|bans public stage-plays]].
*[[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Groton Heights]] takes place, resulting in a British victory.
*[[1803]] – British scientist [[John Dalton]] begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: Forces under [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] bloodlessly capture [[Paducah, Kentucky]], giving the Union control of the [[Tennessee River]]'s mouth.
*[[1863]] – American Civil War: [[Confederate States of America|Confederate forces]] evacuate [[Fort Wagner|Battery Wagner]] and [[Morris Island]] in [[South Carolina]].
*[[1870]] – [[Louisa Ann Swain]] of [[Laramie, Wyoming]] becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after [[1807]].
*[[1885]] – [[Eastern Rumelia]] declares its union with [[Bulgaria]], thus accomplishing [[Bulgarian unification]].
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Leon Czolgosz]], an unemployed [[Anarchism|anarchist]], [[Assassination of William McKinley|shoots and fatally wounds]] [[President of the United States|US President]] [[William McKinley]] at the [[Pan-American Exposition]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The [[First Battle of the Marne]], which would halt the [[Imperial German Army]]'s advance into France, begins.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Battles of World War I {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/battles-of-world-war-i|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1930]] – Democratically elected [[Argentina|Argentine]] president [[Hipólito Yrigoyen]] is [[History of Argentina#World War II|deposed in a military coup]].
*[[1936]] – [[Spanish Civil War]]: The [[Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León]] is established.<ref>{{cite book|last=Morán García Robes|first=Julio|title=Las Humanidades en Acatlan - Asturias en la Guerra civil española|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BZL2qxqZdCgC&q=Consejo+Interprovincial+de+Asturias+y+Le%C3%B3n+6+septiembre&pg=PA33|access-date=4 October 2013 |year=1997|publisher=[[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México]]|location=[[México D.F.]]|isbn=968-36-5044-9|page=33}} {{in lang|es}}</ref>
*[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: The British [[Royal Air Force]] suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the [[Battle of Barking Creek]] as a result of friendly fire.
* 1939 – World War II: South Africa [[Military history of South Africa during World War II|declares war]] on Germany.
*[[1940]] – King [[Carol II of Romania]] abdicates and is succeeded by his son [[Michael I of Romania|Michael]]. General [[Ion Antonescu]] becomes the ''[[Conducător]]'' of [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].
*[[1943]] – The [[Monterrey Institute of Technology]] is founded in [[Monterrey]], Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
* 1943 – [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s premier train [[1943 Frankford Junction train wreck|derails]] at [[Frankford Junction]] in [[Philadelphia]], killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
*[[1944]] – World War II: The city of [[Ypres]], Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
* 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces [[Tartu Offensive|capture]] the city of [[Tartu]], [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic|Estonia]].
*[[1946]] – [[United States Secretary of State]] [[James F. Byrnes]] [[Restatement of Policy on Germany|announces]] that the U.S. will follow a policy of [[economic reconstruction]] in postwar Germany.
*[[1952]] – A prototype aircraft [[1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash|crashes]] at the [[Farnborough Airshow]] in [[Hampshire]], England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
*[[1955]] – [[Istanbul]]'s Greek, Jewish, and [[Armenians|Armenian]] minorities are the target of [[Istanbul pogrom|a government-sponsored pogrom]]; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
*[[1962]] – The United States government begins the [[Federal Emergency Plan D-Minus|Exercise Spade Fork]] nuclear readiness drill.
* 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the [[Blackfriars Ships]] dating back to the second century AD in the [[Blackfriars, London|Blackfriars]] area of the banks of the [[River Thames]] in London.
*[[1965]] – India retaliates following Pakistan's [[Operation Grand Slam]] which results in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the [[Tashkent Declaration]].
*[[1966]] – [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], the architect of [[apartheid]], is stabbed to death in [[Cape Town]], South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
*[[1968]] – [[Eswatini|Swaziland]] becomes independent.
*[[1970]] – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] [[terrorism|terrorist]] members of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]] and taken to [[Dawson's Field hijackings|Dawson's Field, Jordan]].
*[[1971]] – [[Paninternational Flight 112]] crashes on the [[Bundesautobahn 7]] highway near [[Hamburg Airport]], in [[Hamburg]], Germany, killing 22.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 515FB D-ALAR Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport (HAM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710906-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-09|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Munich massacre]]: Nine [[Israel]]i athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] "[[Black September Organization|Black September]]" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the [[Munich Olympic Games]]. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
*[[1975]] – [[Tawny Little|Tawny Elaine Godin]], an eighteen year old pianist from Yonkers, was crowned [[Miss America 1976]], at the 49th [[Miss America]] pageant, at [[Boardwalk Hall]], in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/08/archives/yonkers-college-student-is-named-miss-america.html| title = Yonkers College Student Is Named Miss America}}</ref>
*[[1976]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Soviet Air Defence Forces]] pilot [[Viktor Belenko]] lands a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25]] jet fighter at [[Hakodate]] in Japan and requests [[refugee|political asylum]] in the United States; his request is granted.
*[[1983]] – The [[Soviet Union]] admits to shooting down [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
*[[1985]] – [[Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105]] crashes near [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], killing all 31 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 N100ME Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850906-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1986]] – In [[Istanbul]], two [[terrorist]]s from [[Abu Nidal]]'s organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the [[Neve Shalom Synagogue]] during [[Shabbat]] services.
*[[1991]] – The [[Soviet Union]] recognizes the independence of the [[Baltic state]]s [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], and [[Lithuania]].
* 1991 – The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to [[Saint Petersburg]]. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
*[[1995]] – [[Cal Ripken, Jr.]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
*[[1997]] – The [[Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales]] takes place in [[London]]. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2{{frac|1|2}} billion watched around the world on television.
*[[2003]] – [[Mahmoud Abbas]] resigns from his position of [[Palestinian Prime Minister]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/06/israel1|title=Profile: Mahmoud Abbas|last1=Perry|first1=Dan|date=2003-09-06|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>
*[[2007]] – [[Israel]] executes the air strike [[Operation Orchard]] to destroy a nuclear reactor in [[Syria]].
*[[2009]] – The [[Roll-on/roll-off|ro-ro ferry]] ''[[SuperFerry 9]]'' sinks off the [[Zamboanga Peninsula]] in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
*[[2012]] – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat [[September 2012 Baradan Bay, Turkey migrant boat disaster|capsizes]] off the [[İzmir Province]] coast of [[Turkey]], near the [[North Aegean islands|Greek Aegean islands]].
*[[2013]] – Forty one elephants are poisoned with [[cyanide]] in salt pans, by poachers in [[Hwange National Park]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-23991510|title=Poachers poison Zimbabwe elephants|date=September 6, 2013|via=www.bbc.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1868867/death-cyanide-poachers-kill-40-elephants-zimbabwe-china-drives-ivory|title=Death by cyanide: poachers kill 40 elephants in Zimbabwe as China drives ivory demand|date=October 17, 2015|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Supreme Court of India]] decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making [[Homosexuality in India#Legal status|homosexuality legal]] on the Indian lands.<ref name="SCI2018-09-06-conclusion01a">{{Cite court|litigants=Navtej Singh Johar & Ors. v. Union of India thr. Secretary Ministry of Law and Justice|court=[[Supreme Court of India]]|pinpoint=W. P. (Crl.) No. 76 of 2016|url=https://main.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2016/14961/14961_2016_Judgement_06-Sep-2018.pdf|quote=21. CONCLUSION i. In view of the aforesaid findings, it is declared that insofar as Section 377 criminalises consensual sexual acts of adults (i.e. persons above the age of 18 years who are competent to consent) in private, is violative of Articles 14, 15, 19, and 21 of the Constitution. It is, however, clarified that such consent must be free consent, which is completely voluntary in nature, and devoid of any duress or coercion.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/sc-decriminalises-homosexuality/article24887363.ece|title=SC decriminalises homosexuality|first=Krishnadas|last=Rajagopal|date=7 September 2018|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Labour Day]] in Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Public holidays |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html |website=Government of Canada |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> and [[Labor Day]] in the United States<ref>{{cite web |title=A Proclamation on Labor Day, 2021 |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/03/a-proclamation-on-labor-day-2021/ |website=The White House |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref>
==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1475]] – [[Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy]], French nobleman and politician (d. 1519)
* 1475 – [[Sebastiano Serlio]], Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
*[[1517]] – [[Francisco de Holanda]], Portuguese artist (d. 1585)
*[[1535]] – [[Emanuel van Meteren]], Flemish historian and author (d. 1612)
===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] – [[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena]], Italian noble (d. 1658)
*[[1620]] – [[Isabella Leonarda]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1704)
*[[1631]] – [[Charles Porter (Lord Chancellor of Ireland)|Charles Porter]], English-born judge (d. 1696)
*[[1633]] – [[Sebastian Knüpfer]], German cantor and composer (d. 1676)
*[[1656]] – [[Guillaume Dubois]], French cardinal and politician (d. 1723)
*[[1666]] – [[Ivan V of Russia]], Russian tsar (d. 1696)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ivan V {{!}} emperor of Russia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-V |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=29 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1711]] – [[Henry Muhlenberg]], German-American pastor and missionary (d. 1787)
*[[1729]] – [[Moses Mendelssohn]], German philosopher and theologian (d. 1786)
*[[1732]] – [[Johan Wilcke]], Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
*[[1757]] – [[Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette]], French general (d. 1834)
*[[1766]] – [[John Dalton]], English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (d. 1844)
*[[1781]] – [[Vincent Novello]], English composer and publisher (d. 1861)
*[[1795]] – [[Frances Wright]], Scottish-American author and activist (d. 1852)
*[[1800]] – [[Catharine Beecher]], American educator and activist (d. 1878)
*[[1802]] – [[Alcide d'Orbigny]], French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (d. 1857)
*[[1814]] – [[George-Étienne Cartier]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th [[List of Joint Premiers of the Province of Canada|Premier of East Canada]] (d. 1873)
*[[1815]] – [[St. John Richardson Liddell]], American general (d. 1870)
*[[1817]] – [[Alexander Tilloch Galt]], English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st [[Canadian Minister of Finance]] (d. 1893)
*[[1819]] – [[William Rosecrans]], American general, politician, and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Mexico]] (d. 1898)
*[[1838]] – [[Samuel Arnold (conspirator)|Samuel Arnold]], American conspirator (d. 1906)
*[[1852]] – [[Schalk Willem Burger]], South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[President of the South African Republic]] (d. 1918)
*[[1855]] – [[Ferdinand Hummel]], German pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1928)
*[[1857]] – [[Zelia Nuttall]], American archeologist and historian (d. 1933)
*[[1859]] – [[Macpherson Robertson]], Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[MacRobertson's]] (d. 1945)
*[[1860]] – [[Jane Addams]], American sociologist and author, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1935)
* 1860 – [[May Jordan McConnel]], Australian trade unionist and suffragist (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3725819|title=Family Notices|date=8 September 1860|newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]]|issue=915|location=Queensland|volume=XV |page=2|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[1861]] – [[William Lane]], English-Australian journalist, founded [[New Australia]] (d. 1917)
*[[1863]] – [[Jessie Willcox Smith]], American [[illustrator]] (d. 1935)
*[[1868]] – [[Heinrich Häberlin]], Swiss judge and politician, [[List of Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland|President of the Swiss National Council]] (d. 1947)
*[[1869]] – [[Walford Davies]], English organist and composer (d. 1941)
* 1869 – [[Felix Salten]], Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
*[[1876]] – [[John Macleod (physiologist)|John Macleod]], Scottish physician and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1935)
*[[1879]] – [[Max Schreck]], German actor (d. 1936)
* 1879 – [[Joseph Wirth]], German educator and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1956)
*[[1885]] – [[Otto Kruger]], American actor (d. 1974)<ref name="ellenberger">{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Otto+Kruger%22+actor&pg=PA90|access-date=3 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1888]] – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.]], American businessman and diplomat, 44th [[United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom]] (d. 1969)
*[[1889]] – [[Louis Silvers]], American composer (d. 1954)
*[[1890]] – [[Clara Kimball Young]], American actress and producer (d. 1960)
*[[1892]] – [[Edward Victor Appleton]], English-Scottish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1965)
*[[1893]] – [[Claire Lee Chennault]], American general and pilot (d. 1958)
*[[1899]] – [[Billy Rose]], American composer and manager (d. 1966)
*[[1900]] – [[W. A. C. Bennett]], Canadian businessman and politician, 25th [[Premier of British Columbia]] (d. 1979)
* 1900 – [[Julien Green]], French-American author (d. 1998)
===1901–present===
*[[1906]] – [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1987)
*[[1908]] – [[Anthony Wagner]], English genealogist and academic (d. 1995)
* 1908 – [[Korczak Ziolkowski]], American sculptor, designed the [[Crazy Horse Memorial]] (d. 1982)
*[[1909]] – [[Michael Gordon (film director)|Michael Gordon]], American actor and director (d. 1993)
*[[1910]] – [[Walter Giesler]], American soccer player, referee, and coach (d. 1976)
*[[1911]] – [[Harry Danning]], American baseball player and coach (d. 2004)
* 1911 – [[Charles Deutsch]], French [[aerodynamics]] [[engineer]] and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "[[DB (car)|DB]] (d. 1980)
*[[1912]] – [[Wayne Barlow]], American organist, composer, and director (d. 1996)
*[[1913]] – [[Julie Gibson]], American actress and singer (d. 2019)
* 1913 – [[Leônidas]], Brazilian footballer (d. 2004)
*[[1915]] – [[Ed Oliver (golfer)|Ed Oliver]], American golfer (d. 1961)
* 1915 – [[Franz Josef Strauss]], German lieutenant and politician, [[Minister President of Bavaria]] (d. 1988)
*[[1917]] – [[John Berry (film director)|John Berry]], American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
* 1917 – [[George Mann (cricketer)|George Mann]], English cricketer (d. 2001)
* 1917 – [[Philipp von Boeselager]], German soldier and economist (d. 2008)
*[[1919]] – [[Wilson Greatbatch]], American engineer and philanthropist (d. 2011)
*[[1920]] – [[Elvira Pagã]], Brazilian actress, singer, and author (d. 2003)
*[[1921]] – [[Carmen Laforet]], Spanish author (d. 2004)
* 1921 – [[Norman Joseph Woodland]], American inventor, co-created the [[bar code]] (d. 2012)
*[[1923]] – [[Peter II of Yugoslavia]] (d. 1970)
*[[1924]] – [[John Melcher]], American veterinarian and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1925]] – [[Andrea Camilleri]], Italian author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2019)
* 1925 – [[Jimmy Reed]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
*[[1926]] – [[Prince Claus of the Netherlands]] (d. 2002)
* 1926 – [[Jack English Hightower]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
* 1926 – [[Arthur Oldham]], English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
* 1926 – [[Maurice Prather]], American photographer and director (d. 2001)
*[[1928]] – [[Fumihiko Maki]], Japanese architect and academic, designed the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium]] and [[Makuhari Messe]]
* 1928 – [[Robert M. Pirsig]], American novelist and philosopher (d. 2017)
* 1928 – [[Yevgeny Svetlanov]], Russian conductor and composer (d. 2002)
* 1928 – [[Sid Watkins]], English neurosurgeon and academic (d. 2012)
*[[1929]] – [[Yash Johar]], Indian film producer, founded [[Dharma Productions]] (d. 2005)
* 1929 – [[Ljubov Rebane]], Estonian physicist and mathematician (d. 1991)
*[[1930]] – [[Charles Foley (inventor)|Charles Foley]], American game designer, co-created [[Twister (game)|Twister]] (d. 2013)
* 1930 – [[Helmut Piirimäe]], Estonian historian and academic (d. 2017)
*[[1931]] – [[Bud Shrake]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
*[[1932]] – [[Colin McColl]], English intelligence officer
* 1932 – [[Gilles Tremblay (composer)|Gilles Tremblay]], Canadian composer and educator (d. 2017)
*[[1935]] – [[Isabelle Collin Dufresne]], French actress and author (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ultra Violet: Artist and muse who was part of Salvador Dali's inner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ultra-violet-artist-and-muse-who-was-part-of-salvador-dalis-inner-circle-then-joined-andy-warhols-9560512.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2020 |language=en |date=25 June 2014}}</ref>
* 1935 – [[Jock Wallace, Jr.]], Scottish footballer and coach (d. 1996)
*[[1937]] – [[Sergio Aragonés]], Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
* 1937 – [[Janusz Kurczab]], Polish fencer and mountaineer (d. 2015)
* 1937 – [[Jo Anne Worley]], American actress, comedian, and singer
*[[1938]] – [[Joan Tower]], American pianist, composer, and conductor
*[[1939]] – [[Brigid Berlin]], American actress, painter, and photographer (d. 2020)
* 1939 – [[David Allan Coe]], American outlaw country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1939 – [[Susumu Tonegawa]], Japanese biologist and immunologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1940]] – [[John M. Hayes (scientist)|John M. Hayes]], American scientist (d. 2017)
* 1940 – [[Elizabeth Murray (artist)|Elizabeth Murray]], American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
* 1940 – [[Jackie Trent]], English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2015)
*[[1941]] – [[Roger Law]], English illustrator
* 1941 – [[Monica Mason]], South African ballerina and director
*[[1942]] – [[Dave Bargeron]], American trombonist and tuba player
* 1942 – [[Richard Hutton (cricketer)|Richard Hutton]], English cricketer
* 1942 – [[Mel McDaniel]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
*[[1943]] – [[Gordon Birtwistle]], English engineer and politician
* 1943 – [[Richard J. Roberts]], English biochemist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* 1943 – [[Roger Waters]], English singer-songwriter and bass player
*[[1944]] – [[Donna Haraway]], American author, academic, and activist
* 1944 – [[Swoosie Kurtz]], American actress
*[[1946]] – [[Roger Knight]], English cricketer and educator
* 1946 – [[Shirley M. Malcom]], American scientist, academic and educator
*[[1947]] – [[Jane Curtin]], American actress and comedian
* 1947 – [[Bruce Rioch]], English footballer and manager
* 1947 – [[Jacob Rubinovitz]], Polish-Israeli engineer and academic
* 1947 – [[Sylvester (singer)|Sylvester]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
*[[1948]] – [[Claydes Charles Smith]], American guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[1949]] – [[Iris Robinson]], Northern Irish politician
*[[1951]] – [[Melih Kibar]], Turkish composer (d. 2005)
*[[1952]] – [[Simon Burns]], English politician, [[Minister of State for Transport]]
* 1952 – [[Vladimir Kazachyonok]], Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
* 1952 – [[Buddy Miller]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1954]] – [[Carly Fiorina]], American businesswoman and activist
* 1954 – [[Demetris Kizas]], Cypriot footballer
* 1954 – [[Patrick O'Hearn]], American bassist and composer
* 1954 – [[John Sauven]], English economist and environmentalist
*[[1955]] – [[Raymond Benson]], American author and playwright
*[[1956]] – [[Bill Ritter]], American lawyer and politician, 41st [[Governor of Colorado]]
* 1956 – [[Steven Yearley]], English sociologist and academic
*[[1957]] – [[Ali Divandari]], Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
* 1957 – [[Michaëlle Jean]], Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th [[Governor-General of Canada]]
* 1957 – [[José Sócrates]], Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th [[List of Prime Ministers of Portugal|Prime Minister of Portugal]]
*[[1958]] – [[Buster Bloodvessel]], English singer-songwriter
* 1958 – [[Jeff Foxworthy]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1958 – [[Nigel Westlake]], Australian composer and conductor
* 1958 – [[Michael Winslow]], American actor
* 1958 – [[The Barbarian (wrestler)|The Barbarian]], Tongan wrestler
*[[1959]] – [[Bill Root (ice hockey)|Bill Root]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1961]] – [[Simon Reeve (Australian TV presenter)|Simon Reeve]], Australian journalist and game show host
* 1961 – [[Wendi Richter]], American wrestler
* 1961 – [[Scott Travis]], American rock drummer
* 1961 – [[Paul Waaktaar-Savoy]], Norwegian musician and songwriter
*[[1962]] – [[Chris Christie]], American lawyer and politician, 55th [[Governor of New Jersey]]
* 1962 – [[Marina Kaljurand]], Estonian badminton player and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of Estonia to Russia|Estonia Ambassador to Russia]]
* 1962 – [[Elizabeth Vargas]], American journalist
* 1962 – [[Kevin Willis]], American basketball player and fashion designer
*[[1963]] – [[Mark Chesnutt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1963 – [[Pat Nevin]], Scottish footballer and sportscaster
* 1963 – [[Alice Sebold]], American author
* 1963 – [[Bryan Simonaire]], American engineer and politician
* 1963 – [[Geert Wilders]], Dutch lawyer and politician
*[[1964]] – [[Rosie Perez]], American actress, dancer, and director
*[[1965]] – [[Terry Bickers]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1965 – [[Darren Clark]], Australian sprinter
* 1965 – [[Christopher Nolan (author)|Christopher Nolan]], Irish author and poet (d. 2009)
* 1965 – [[Van Tiffin]], American football player
*[[1967]] – [[William DuVall]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1967 – [[Macy Gray]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
* 1967 – [[Kalli Kalde]], Estonian painter and illustrator
* 1967 – [[Milan Lukić]], Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes by the [[ICTY]]
* 1967 – [[Igor Štimac]], Croatian footballer and manager
*[[1968]] – [[Saeed Anwar]], Pakistani cricketer
* 1968 – [[Christopher Brookmyre]], Scottish author
* 1968 – [[Paul Rea]], American journalist
*[[1969]] – [[Tony DiTerlizzi]], American author and illustrator
* 1969 – [[Ben Finegold]], American chess player and educator
* 1969 – [[Michellie Jones]], Australian-American triathlete
* 1969 – [[CeCe Peniston]], American singer-songwriter, actress, and former beauty pageant winner
*[[1970]] – [[Cheyne Coates]], Australian singer-songwriter and producer
* 1970 – [[Emily Maitlis]], Canadian-English journalist
* 1970 – [[Rhett Miller]], American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1971]] – [[Devang Gandhi]], Indian cricketer
* 1971 – [[Asko Künnap]], Estonian poet and illustrator
* 1971 – [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish singer-songwriter (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dolores O'Riordan, troubled lead singer for Irish rock band The Cranberries |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-dolores-oriordan-troubled-lead-singer-irish-rock-band-cranberries-1433372 |website=www.scotsman.com |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1972]] – [[Idris Elba]], English actor
* 1972 – [[Saulius Mikalajūnas]], Lithuanian footballer
* 1972 – [[Anika Noni Rose]], American actress and singer
*[[1973]] – [[Carlo Cudicini]], Italian footballer
* 1973 – [[Greg Rusedski]], Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
* 1973 – [[Alessandro Troncon]], Italian rugby player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Tim Henman]], English tennis player and sportscaster
* 1974 – [[Nina Persson]], Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
*[[1975]] – [[Derrek Lee]], American baseball player and coach
* 1975 – [[Ryoko Tani]], Japanese judoka and politician
*[[1976]] – [[Rodrigo Amarante]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1976 – [[Jon Ander López]], Spanish footballer (d. 2013)
* 1976 – [[Tom Pappas]], American decathlete and coach
*[[1978]] – [[Cisco Adler]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1978 – [[Alex Escobar]], Venezuelan baseball player
* 1978 – [[Mathew Horne]], English actor and screenwriter
* 1978 – [[Homare Sawa]], Japanese footballer
*[[1979]] – [[Mike Arnaoutis]], Greek boxer
* 1979 – [[Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown]], American rapper
* 1979 – [[Massimo Maccarone]], Italian footballer
* 1979 – [[Carlos Adrián Morales]], Mexican footballer
* 1979 – [[Low Ki]], American wrestler
*[[1980]] – [[Jillian Hall]], American wrestler and singer
* 1980 – [[Kerry Katona]], English singer and actress
* 1980 – [[Samuel Peter]], Nigerian boxer
* 1980 – [[Joseph Yobo]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1981]] – [[Yuki Abe]], Japanese footballer
* 1981 – [[Yumiko Cheng]], Hong Kong singer and actress
* 1981 – [[Andrew Richardson (West Indian cricketer)|Andrew Richardson]], Jamaican cricketer
* 1981 – [[Mark Teahen]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] – [[Braun Strowman]], American wrestler and strongman
*[[1984]] – [[Helena Ekholm]], Swedish skier
* 1984 – [[William Porterfield]], Northern Irish cricketer
*[[1985]] – [[Mitch Moreland]], American baseball player
*[[1985]] – [[Małgorzata Rejmer]], Polish novelist
*[[1986]] – [[Matt Keating]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] – [[Ramiele Malubay]], Saudi Arabian-American singer
* 1987 – [[Emir Preldžić]], Turkish basketball player
*[[1988]] – [[Ray Fujita]], French-Japanese actor and singer
* 1988 – [[Max George (singer)|Max George]], English singer-songwriter and actor
* 1988 – [[Denis Tonucci]], Italian footballer
*[[1989]] – [[Nikos Boutzikos]], Greek footballer
* 1989 – [[Kim So-eun]], South Korean actress
*[[1990]] – [[Matt McAndrew]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1990 – [[John Wall (basketball)|John Wall]], American basketball player
*[[1992]] – [[Young Tonumaipea]], Samoan rugby league player
*[[1993]] – [[Mattia Valoti]], Italian footballer
*[[1995]] – [[Mustafizur Rahman]], Bangladeshi cricketer
*[[1996]] – [[Andrés Tello]], Colombian footballer
*[[1997]] – [[Mallory Comerford]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=National Team Bios|url=https://www.usaswimming.org/meet-the-team/national-team-bios?personid=0f5f2d7b-eee6-4d7d-a2e2-eae25604a495|publisher=USA Swimming|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>
* 1997 – [[Jai Field]], Australian rugby league player
* 1997 – [[Tsukushi (wrestler)|Tsukushi]], Japanese wrestler
*[[1998]] – [[Michele Perniola]], Italian singer
*[[1999]] – [[Patrick Brasca]], Canadian-Taiwanese singer-songwriter
*[[2002]] – [[Leylah Fernandez]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leylah Fernandez {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/326735/leylah-fernandez|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Women's Tennis Association|language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[394]] – [[Eugenius]], Roman usurper
* [[926]] – [[Abaoji|Taizu of Liao]], Khitan ruler (b. 872)
* [[952]] – [[Emperor Suzaku|Suzaku]], emperor of [[Japan]] (b. 923)
* [[957]] – [[Liudolf, Duke of Swabia|Liudolf]], duke of [[Duchy of Swabia|Swabia]] (b. 930)
* [[972]] – [[Pope John XIII|John XIII]], pope of the [[Catholic Church]] (b. 930)
*[[1276]] – [[Vicedomino de Vicedominis]], Italian cardinal (b. 1210)
*[[1431]] – [[Demetrios Laskaris Leontares]], Byzantine admiral and diplomat
*[[1511]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1481)
*[[1553]] – [[Juan de Homedes y Coscon]], 47th Grandmaster of the [[Knights Hospitaller]] (b. c.1477)
*[[1566]] – [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1494)
===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] – [[Thomas Dempster]], Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1579)
*[[1635]] – [[Metius]], Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
*[[1649]] – [[Robert Dudley (explorer)|Robert Dudley]], English geographer and explorer (b. 1574)
*[[1683]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[List of Finance Ministers of France|French Controller-General of Finances]] (b. 1619)
*[[1708]] – [[Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet]], English merchant and philanthropist, founded [[Morden College]] (b. 1623)
*[[1748]] – [[Edmund Gibson]], English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
*[[1783]] – [[Carlo Bertinazzi]], Italian actor and author (b. 1710)
*[[1808]] – [[Louis-Pierre Anquetil]], French historian and author (b. 1723)
*[[1836]] – [[Gaspar Flores de Abrego]], three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (b. 1781)<ref name="JYL">{{cite news|author=Camilla Campbell|date=November 26, 2008|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffl26|title=Handbook of Texas Online: FLORES DE ABREGO, JOSÉ GASPAR MARÍA|publisher= Handbook of Texas Online}} Consulted in May 22–26, 2010.</ref>
*[[1868]] – [[Pierre Adolphe Rost]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1797)
*[[1885]] – [[Narcís Monturiol]], Spanish engineer, designed the ''[[Ictineo I]]'' and ''[[Ictineo II]]'' (b. 1819)
*[[1891]] – [[Charles Jamrach]], German-English businessman (b. 1815)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Frederick Abel]], English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
*[[1907]] – [[Sully Prudhomme]], French poet and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1839)
*[[1919]] – [[Lord Charles Beresford]], English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
*[[1927]] – [[William Libbey]], American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
*[[1938]] – [[John Stuart Hindmarsh]], English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
*[[1939]] – [[Arthur Rackham]], English illustrator (b. 1867)
*[[1940]] – [[Thomas Harte (Irish republican)]], executed prisoner (b. 1915)<ref>McKenna, Joseph (2016), ''The IRA Bombing Campaign Against Britain, 1939-40''. Jefferson, NC US: McFarland & Company Publishers. pg 150</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[Patrick McGrath (Irish Republican)]], executed prisoner (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Colm |date=8 May 2017 |title=Garda assassinations and IRA executions during the Emergency |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/garda-assassinations-and-ira-executions-during-the-emergency-1.3075417 |work=The Irish Times |location= |access-date=16 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1944]] – [[James Cannon Jr.]], American Bishop of the [[Methodist Episcopal Church, South]]
*[[1945]] – [[John S. McCain Sr.]], American admiral (b. 1884)
*[[1949]] – [[Walter Widdop]], English tenor and actor (b. 1892)
*[[1950]] – [[Olaf Stapledon]], English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
*[[1951]] – [[James W. Gerard]], American lawyer and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to Germany]] (b. 1867)
*[[1952]] – [[Gertrude Lawrence]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
*[[1956]] – [[Witold Hurewicz]], Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
* 1956 – [[Lee Jung-seob]], North Korean painter (b. 1916)
*[[1959]] – [[Edmund Gwenn]], English actor (b. 1877)
* 1959 – [[Kay Kendall]], English actress and comedian (b. 1927)
*[[1962]] – [[Hanns Eisler]], German-Austrian composer (b. 1898)
* 1962 – [[Seiichiro Kashio]], Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
*[[1966]] – [[Margaret Sanger]], American nurse, educator, and activist (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Sanger {{!}} Biography, Birth Control, & Significance {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Sanger |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1966 – [[Hendrik Verwoerd]], Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (b. 1901)
*[[1969]] – [[Arthur Friedenreich]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1892)
*[[1972]] – Perpetrator and victims of the [[Munich massacre]]
** [[Luttif Afif]], Palestinian terrorist (b. 1945)
** [[David Mark Berger]], American-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
** [[Ze'ev Friedman]], Polish-Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944)
** [[Yossef Gutfreund]], Israeli wrestling judge (b. 1931)
** [[Eliezer Halfin]], Russian-Israeli wrestler (b. 1948)
** [[Amitzur Shapira]], Russian-Israeli runner and coach (b. 1932)
** [[Kehat Shorr]], Romanian shooting coach (b. 1919)
** [[Mark Slavin]], Israeli wrestler (b. 1954)
** [[Andre Spitzer]], Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (b. 1945)
** [[Yakov Springer]], Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (b. 1921)
*[[1974]] – [[Olga Baclanova]], Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (b. 1896)
* 1974 – [[Otto Kruger]], American actor (b. 1885)<ref name="ellenberger" />
*[[1978]] – [[Max Decugis]], French tennis player (b. 1882)
* 1978 – [[Tom Wilson (record producer)|Tom Wilson]], American record producer (b. 1931)
*[[1979]] – [[Ronald Binge]], English organist and composer (b. 1910)
*[[1982]] – [[Azra Erhat]], Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (b. 1915)
*[[1984]] – [[Ernest Tubb]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
*[[1985]] – [[Franco Ferrara]], Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
*[[1986]] – [[Blanche Sweet]], American actress (b. 1896)
*[[1988]] – [[Leroy Brown (wrestler)|Leroy Brown]], American wrestler (b. 1950)
*[[1990]] – [[Tom Fogerty]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
* 1990 – [[Len Hutton]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1916)
*[[1991]] – [[Bob Goldham]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1922)
*[[1992]] – [[Henry Ephron]], American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1912)
*[[1994]] – [[Nicky Hopkins]], English pianist (b. 1944)
* 1994 – [[Max Kaminsky (musician)|Max Kaminsky]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1908)
*[[1997]] – [[P. H. Newby]], English author and broadcaster (b. 1918)
*[[1998]] – [[Akira Kurosawa]], Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
* 1998 – [[Ric Segreto]], American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (b. 1952)
* 1998 – [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]], Swedish actor (b. 1928)
*[[1999]] – [[Lagumot Harris]], Nauruan politician, 3rd [[President of Nauru]] (b. 1938)
* 1999 – [[René Lecavalier]], Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
*[[2005]] – [[Hasan Abidi]], Pakistani journalist and poet (b. 1929)
*[[2000]] – [[Abdul Haris Nasution]], Indonesian Military (b. 1918)
* 2005 – [[Eugenia Charles]], Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (b. 1919)
*[[2007]] – [[Madeleine L'Engle]], American author and poet (b. 1918)
* 2007 – [[Luciano Pavarotti]], Italian tenor (b. 1935)
*[[2008]] – [[Anita Page]], American actress (b. 1910)
*[[2009]] – [[Catherine Gaskin]], Irish-Australian author (b. 1929)
*[[2010]] – [[Boris Chetkov]], Russian painter (b. 1926)
* 2010 – [[Clive Donner]], English director and editor (b. 1926)
*[[2011]] – [[Michael S. Hart]], American author, founded [[Project Gutenberg]] (b. 1947)
*[[2012]] – [[Elisabeth Böhm]], German architect (b. 1921)
* 2012 – [[Lawrie Dring]], Scottish scout leader, founded [[World Federation of Independent Scouts]] (b. 1931)
* 2012 – [[Jerome Kilty]], American actor and playwright (b. 1922)
* 2012 – [[Art Modell]], American businessman (b. 1925)
* 2012 – [[Oscar Rossi]], Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
* 2012 – [[Terry Nutkins]], English naturalist, television presenter and author (b. 1946)
*[[2013]] – [[Ann C. Crispin]], American author (b. 1950)
* 2013 – [[Khin Maung Kyi]], Burmese economist and scholar (b. 1926)
* 2013 – [[Santiago Rosario]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (b. 1939)
*[[2014]] – [[Odd Bondevik]], Norwegian bishop and theologian (b. 1941)
* 2014 – [[Cirilo Flores]], American bishop (b. 1948)
* 2014 – [[Seth Martin]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933)
* 2014 – [[Kira Zvorykina]], Belarusian chess player and educator (b. 1919)
*[[2015]] – [[Ralph Milne]], Scottish footballer (b. 1961)
* 2015 – [[Martin Milner]], American actor (b. 1931)
* 2015 – [[Barney Schultz]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Calvin J. Spann]], American general and pilot (b. 1924)
*[[2017]] – [[Peter Luck]], Australian journalist and television host (b. 1944)
* 2017 – [[Kate Millett]], American feminist author and activist (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/obituaries/kate-millett-influential-feminist-writer-is-dead-at-82.html|title=Kate Millett, Ground-Breaking Feminist Writer, Is Dead at 82|first1=Parul|last1=Sehgal|first2=Neil|last2=Genzlinger|date=September 6, 2017|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – [[Richard DeVos]], American billionaire businessman (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times Obituaries|access-date=2018-09-12 }}</ref>
* 2018 – [[Liz Fraser]], English actress (b. 1930)
* 2018 – [[Will Jordan]], American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
* 2018 – [[Burt Reynolds]], American actor, director and producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Natale |first1=Richard |title=Burt Reynolds, Star of 'Deliverance,' 'Smokey and the Bandit,' Dies at 82 |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/burt-reynolds-died-dead-smokey-and-the-bandit-1202930270/ | date=September 6, 2018 |magazine=Variety |access-date=September 6, 2018}}</ref>
*[[2019]] – [[Robert Mugabe]], Zimbabwean politician, 2nd [[President of Zimbabwe]] (b. 1924)
*[[2021]] – [[Jean-Paul Belmondo]], French actor (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lyman|first=Rick|date=2021-09-06|title=Jean-Paul Belmondo, Magnetic Star of the French New Wave, Dies at 88|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/movies/jean-paul-belmondo-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907010205/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/movies/jean-paul-belmondo-dead.html|archive-date=2021-09-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Michael K. Williams]], American actor (b. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=2021-08-06|title=Stars mourn the death of Michael K. Williams: 'An amazing actor and soul'|url=https://ew.com/tv/michael-k-williams-tributes/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-08|website=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast days]]:
** [[Begga]]
** [[Chagnoald]]
** [[Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria]]
** [[Gondulphus of Metz]]
** [[Magnus of Füssen]]
** [[Onesiphorus]]
** [[Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)]] (Catholic church)
** [[September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* The earliest date on which the [[Abbots Bromley Horn Dance]] is performed
* [[Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)]]
* [[Defence Day]] or [[Armed Forces Day#Pakistan|Army Day]] (Pakistan)
* [[Flag Day (Bonaire)]]
* [[Independence Day (Swaziland)]], celebrates the independence of [[Eswatini]] from the United Kingdom in 1968
* [[Unification Day (Bulgaria)]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=06}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/6 |title=Historical Events on September 6 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/September_6 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}}
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