September 1

Events

717 – Siege of Constantinople: The Muslim armada with 1,800 ships, is defeated by the Byzantine navy through the use of Greek fire.

1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.

1449 – Tumu Crisis: Mongols capture the Emperor of China.

1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.

1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.

1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.

1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.

1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.

1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow

1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.

1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

1804 – Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.

1831 – The high honor of Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.

1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.

1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.

1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.

1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.

1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War

1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.

1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.

1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.

1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.

1910 – In Brazil, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, the first FIFA World Club Champion, is founded.

1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.

1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.

1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.

1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.

1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.

1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.

1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.

1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).

1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.

1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.

1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.

1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.

1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.

1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.

1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.

1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.

1969 – Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.

1970 – Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.

1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.

1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).

1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).

1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.

1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.

1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.

1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.

1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

2004 – The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).

Births

1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Spanish geographer and poet (d. 1217)

1288 – Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)

1341 – Frederick III the Simple, King of Sicily (d. 1377)

1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)

1477 – Bartolomeo Fanfulla, Italian mercenary (d. 1525)

1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor and major figure of the Elizabethan theatre; founder of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School

1588 – Henri, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)

1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1706)

1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751)

1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)

1726 – Johann Becker, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1803)

1795 – James Gordon Bennett Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)

1799 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)

1818 – José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)

1848 – Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)

1850 – Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (d. 1919)

1851 – John Clum, American journalist and agent (d. 1932)

1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (d. 1921)

1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (d. 1909)

1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953)

1864 – Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (d. 1919)

1866 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933)

1867 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947)

1868 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (d. 1952)

1871 – J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)

1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (d. 1950)

1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (d. 1961)

1877 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)

1877 – Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (d. 1949)

1878 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)

1878 – J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (d. 1966)

1878 – Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (d. 1968)

1883 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1934)

1884 - Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (d. 1961)

1884 – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)

1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)

1886 – Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (d. 1957)

1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (d. 1961)

1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)

1893 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (d. 1953)

1895 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (d. 1955)

1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)

1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)

1898 – Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)

1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)

1902 – Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)

1904 – George Biswell, English footballer (d. 1981)

1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (d. 1974)

1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)

1906 – Franz Biebl, German composer and educator (d. 2001)

1906 – Eleanor Hibbert, English author (d. 1993)

1906 – Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)

1907 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician (d. 1981)

1907 – Walter Reuther, American union leader, founded United Auto Workers (d. 1970)

1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)

1908 – Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter (d. 2012)

1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (d. 1957)

1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1979)

1913 – Christian Nyby, American director and producer (d. 1993)

1914 – John H. Adams, American jockey (d. 1995)

1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (d. 2014)

1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)

1919 – Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (d. 2013)

1920 – Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist (d. 2010)

1920 – Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (d. 2012)

1920 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (d. 2000)

1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 1995)

1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)

1922 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)

1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)

1923 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)

1924 – Hal Douglas, American voice actor (d. 2014)

1925 – Arvonne Fraser, American activist

1925 – Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1982)

1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh

1926 – Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011)

1926 – Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2012)

1927 – Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (d. 2015)

1927 – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)

1929 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (d. 2013)

1929 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (d. 2013)

1930 – Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)

1930 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (d. 2013)

1930 – Charles Correa, Indian architect (d. 2015)

1931 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)

1931 – Beano Cook, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2012)

1931 – Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (d. 2016)

1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)

1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (d. 2008)

1933 – Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2013)

1933 – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)

1933 – T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1982)

1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

1935 – Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist

1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director

1937 – Al Geiberger, American golfer

1937 – Allen Jones, English sculptor and painter

1937 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1937 – Allen Weinstein, American historian and academic (d. 2015)

1938 – Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author

1938 – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet

1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer

1940 – Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general

1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league player and coach

1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator

1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer

1944 – Harvey Thomas Strosberg, Canadian lawyer and academic

1945 – Mustafa Balel, Turkish author and translator

1945 – Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen

1945 – Scott Spencer, American author and academic

1946 – Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer

1946 – Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer

1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (d. 2009)

1947 – Al Green, American lawyer and politician

1947 – P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2016)

1948 – Greg Errico, American drummer and producer

1948 – Alastair Redfern, English bishop

1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (d. 2011)

1948 – Russ Kunkel, American drummer and producer

1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player and sportscaster

1949 – Alasdair McDonnell, Irish physician and politician

1950 – Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia

1950 – Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach

1950 – Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host

1951 – David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1998)

1951 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)

1952 – Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer

1953 – Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2013)

1953 – Joseph Williams, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

1954 – Richard Burden, English politician

1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player

1955 – Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1956 – Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster

1956 – Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter

1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress

1957 – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach

1959 – Keith Clearwater, American golfer

1959 – Mike Duxbury, English footballer

1959 – Kenny Mayne, American football player and journalist

1959 – Joe Jusko, American illustrator and painter

1960 – Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager

1960 – Karl Mecklenburg, American football player

1961 – Pete DeCoursey, American journalist (d. 2014)

1961 – Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust

1961 – Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

1961 – Boney James, American saxophonist, composer, and producer

1962 – Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer

1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager

1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer

1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player

1964 – Holly Golightly, American author and illustrator

1964 – Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1965 – Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2002)

1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach

1966 – Ken Levine, American video game designer, co-founded Irrational Games

1967 – David Whissell, Canadian engineer and politician

1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager

1970 – David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

1970 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor

1970 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author

1971 – Joe Enochs, American soccer player and manager

1971 – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer

1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician

1973 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter

1973 – Rieko Miura, Japanese singer and actress

1973 – Simon Shaw, English rugby player

1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player

1974 – Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster

1974 – Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founded Ordet Animation Studio

1974 – Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist, and comic illustrator

1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter

1975 – James Innes, English entrepreneur and author

1975 – Nomy Lamm, American singer-songwriter and activist

1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player

1975 – Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor

1976 – Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer

1976 – Marcos Ambrose, Australian race car driver

1976 – Clare Connor, English cricketer

1976 – Érik Morales, Mexican boxer

1976 – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer

1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer

1977 – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian race car driver

1977 – Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author

1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player

1978 – Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer

1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer

1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer

1981 – Clinton Portis, American football player

1981 – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player

1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater

1982 – Paul Dumbrell, Australian race car driver

1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player

1983 – Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)

1983 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer

1983 – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – László Köteles, Hungarian footballer

1984 – Nick Noble, American football player

1984 – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player

1984 – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1985 – Larsen Jensen, American swimmer

1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby player

1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player

1986 – Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter

1987 – Dann Hume, New Zealand singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer

1987 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete

1987 – Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player

1988 – Simona de Silvestro, Swiss race car driver

1988 – Gabriel Ferrari, American soccer player

1988 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer

1989 – Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player

1989 – Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer

1989 – Daniel Sturridge, English footballer

1990 – Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer

1991 – Rhys Bennett, English footballer

1991 – Angélica Kvieczynski, Brazilian gymnast

1992 – Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer

1994 – Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player

1995 – Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

870 – Muhammad al-Bukhari, Persian scholar (b. 810)

1067 – Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (b. 1012)

1081 – Bishop Eusebius of Angers

1159 – Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)

1215 – Otto, bishop of Utrecht

1256 – Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)

1327 – Foulques de Villaret, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

1339 – Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1305)

1376 – Philip of Valois, Duke of Orléans (b. 1336)

1414 – William de Ros, 6th Baron de Ros, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1369)

1480 – Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg (b. 1413)

1557 – Jacques Cartier, French navigator and explorer (b. 1491)

1581 – Guru Ram Das, Sikh 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (b. 1534)

1600 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (b. 1525)

1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)

1648 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1588)

1678 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)

1685 – Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1625)

1687 – Henry More, English priest and philosopher (b. 1614)

1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)

1715 – Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)

1818 – Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)

1838 – William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (b. 1770)

1839 – Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (b. 1786)

1868 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)

1922 – Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)

1930 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)

1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)

1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)

1953 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)

1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)

1969 – Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)

1970 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)

1971 – Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

1974 – Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)

1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)

1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)

1981 – Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)

1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (b. 1900)

1982 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (b. 1905)

1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1912)

1983 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935)

1984 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898)

1985 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)

1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)

1988 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)

1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (b. 1938)

1989 – Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (b. 1947)

1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (b. 1894)

1990 – Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (b. 1910)

1991 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (b. 1922)

1997 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)

1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (b. 1930)

1998 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1921)

1998 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)

1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)

2003 – Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)

2003 – Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)

2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)

2004 – Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)

2005 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)

2006 – György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)

2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (b. 1934)

2006 – Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)

2006 – Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (b. 1918)

2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (b. 1922)

2008 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (b. 1914)

2008 – Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)

2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)

2012 – Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (b. 1948)

2012 – Hal David, American songwriter and composer (b. 1921)

2012 – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)

2012 – William Petzäll, Swedish politician (b. 1988)

2012 – Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (b. 1927)

2013 – Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1920)

2013 – Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (b. 1917)

2013 – Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (b. 1930)

2013 – Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (b. 1916)

2014 – Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (b. 1977)

2014 – Rogers McKee, American baseball player (b. 1926)

2014 – Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (b. 1920)

2015 – Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (b. 1926)

2015 – Dean Jones, American actor and singer (b. 1931)

2015 – Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (b. 1923)

2015 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (b. 1917)

Holidays and observances

Anniversary of the Start of the Armed Struggle (Eritrea)

Christian feast day:

David Pendleton Oakerhater (Anglican Communion)

Giles

The beginning of the new liturgical year (Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Church)

September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Slovakia)

Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)

Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in September. (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)

Earliest day on which Labor Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in September. (Canada, United States, Palau)

Earliest day on which Teacher's Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in September. (Singapore)

First day of school in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Flag Day (Honduras)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

Journalist Day (Taiwan)

Knowledge Day (Russia, Ukraine and Armenia)

Random Acts of Kindness Day (International observance)

Veteran's Day (Poland)

Wattle Day (Australia)