September 23
September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall. Events490 BC - Battle of Marathon; origin of marathon long-distance race (run by Phidippides)1122 - Concordat of Worms1459 - The Battle of Blore Heath. The first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought at Blore Heath, in Staffordshire, England1529 - Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard University.1779 - USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England1780 - British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by Americann soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason1803 - Battle of Assaye1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.1845 - The Knickerbocker Baseball Club, the first professional baseball team, is founded in New York.1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle1868 - Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia1941 - First gas experiments at Auschwitz1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago1973 - Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina1981 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first boxing world heavyweight champion ever to come from Africa when he knocks out defending WBA champion Michael Dokes in Akron, Ohio.1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.12004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.
Births480 BC - Euripides, playwright (d. 406 BC)63 BC - Roman Emperor Augustus CaesarAD 1158 - Geoffrey Plantagenet, Duke of Brittany1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain1800 - William McGuffy, educator (McGuffy's Readers)1838 - Victoria Woodhull, suffragist (d. 1927)1852 - William Stewart Halsted, surgeon (d. 1922)1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell, U.S. writer, social reformer (d. 1954)1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy, novelist (d. 1947)1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German General (d. 1957)1895 - Johnny Mokan, basball player (d. 1985)1897 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (d. 1984)1899 - Louise Nevelson, artist1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator Utah1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)1920 - Mickey Rooney, actor1926 - John Coltrane, saxophonist, composer (d. 1967)1930 - Ray Charles, U.S. R&B and jazz musician, singer (d. 2004)1931:*Gerald Stairs Merrithew, educator, statesman*Pat Suzuki, actor1938 - Romy Schneider, actress (d. 1982)1939:*Roy Buchanan, U.S. guitarist (d. 1988)*Janusz Gajos, Polish actor1942 - Sila María Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico1943 - Julio Iglesias, singer1945 - Paul Petersen, actor1946 - Franz Fischler, politician1947 - Mary Kay Place, actor1949 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach1959:*Jason Alexander, actor*Lita Ford, singer, guitarist*Elizabeth Peña, actress1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer(B'z)1970 - Ani DiFranco, musician1974 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress, model, pop idol 1974 - Matt Hardy, professional wrestler1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, actress1997 - Ahmed Bashein, athlete
Deaths76 - Pope Linus918 - King Conrad I of Germany1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician1253 - (or September 22) King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)1889 - Wilkie Collins, author1900 - William Marsh Rice, philanthropist, university founder1917 - Werner Voss German World War I flying ace (b. 1897)1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)1950 - Sam Barry, Hall of Fame basketball coach1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (b. 1904)1974 - Cliff Arquette, comedian, actor1978 - Lyman Bostock, Major League Baseball player, murdered (b. 1950)1987 - Bob Fosse, dancer, choreographer, actor1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Croat explorer (b. 1912)1994 - Robert Bloch, author1998 - Mary Frann, actress2000*Aurelio Rodríguez, Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)*Carl Rowan, U.S. journalist (b. 1925)2002 - Vernon Corea, broadcaster, pioneer of Radio Ceylon/BBC2004 - Andre Hazes, Dutch singer
Holidays and observancesFeast day of Saint Adomnan of IonaFeast day of St ConstantiusIn ancient Latvia, the second day of MikeliJapanese Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日/Shuubun no hi) External links BBC: On This Day
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