History of Today 10 September: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 10 September in History

10 Sep 2025: American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Read more
10 Sep 2024: Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more
10 Sep 2017: Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage. Read more
10 Sep 2008: The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more
10 Sep 2007: Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. Read more
10 Sep 2002: Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations. Read more
10 Sep 2001: Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. Read more
10 Sep 2001: During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant. Read more
10 Sep 2000: Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. Read more
10 Sep 1977: Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. Read more
10 Sep 1976: A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. Read more
10 Sep 1976: TWA Flight 355 is hijacked by five Croatian nationalists. The hijackers surrender upon landing in Paris. Read more
10 Sep 1976: An Indian Airlines flight is hijacked by six Kashmiri separatists and diverted to Lahore International Airport, where the passengers and crew are released. Read more
10 Sep 1974: Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. Read more
10 Sep 1967: The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. Read more
10 Sep 1961: In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. Read more
10 Sep 1961: A President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashes just after takeoff from Shannon Airport, Ireland. All 83 passengers and crew are killed. Read more
10 Sep 1960: At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. Read more
10 Sep 1943: World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome. Read more
10 Sep 1942: World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. Read more
10 Sep 1939: World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war. Read more
10 Sep 1939: World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent. Read more
10 Sep 1937: Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. Read more
10 Sep 1936: The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium. Read more
10 Sep 1932: The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened. Read more
10 Sep 1919: The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. Read more
10 Sep 1918: Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. Read more
10 Sep 1898: Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. Read more
10 Sep 1897: Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States. Read more
10 Sep 1858: George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora. Read more
10 Sep 1846: Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine. Read more
10 Sep 1844: The treaty of Tangier ends the Franco-Moroccan War, which Morocco lost, and forces it to recognise the French possessions in Algeria. Read more
10 Sep 1813: The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Read more

Famous Births on 10 September

10 Sep 2004: Gabriel Bateman, American actor[citation needed] Gabriel Bateman is an American actor. He is best known for starring in numerous horror films, including as Robert in Annabelle (2014), Martin Wells in Lights Out (2016), Andy Barclay in Child's Play (2019), and Kyle Flynn in Unhinged (2020). Read more
10 Sep 2001: Armando Broja, Albanian-born English footballer Armando Broja is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Burnley. Born in England, he plays for the Albania national team. Read more
10 Sep 2001: Nick Cross, American football player Nicolas Cross is an American professional football safety for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). Cross played college football for the Maryland Terrapins and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2022 NFL draft. Read more
10 Sep 1999: Laura Taylor, Australian swimmer Laura Taylor is an Australian swimmer. Read more
10 Sep 1999: jschlatt, American YouTuber and singer jschlatt, also known as Schlatt, is an American YouTuber, entrepreneur, singer, and voice actor. He produces a variety of gaming, commentary, and reaction content. He is a former member of Minecraft server communities such as SMPLive and Dream SMP. He was a co-owner of streamer collective group One True King until his departure in December 2022. He is an acquired owner of the energy drink company Gamer Supps from May 2022, and is a co-owner of pre-built gaming computer company Starforge Systems. Read more
10 Sep 1998: Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 34, achieved on 7 August 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 45, achieved on 14 September 2020. She has won two singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Read more
10 Sep 1998: Sheck Wes, American rapper Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall, known professionally as Sheck Wes, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his 2018 single "Mo Bamba", which went viral and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Read more
10 Sep 1997: Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer Brooke Mackenzie Henderson is a Canadian professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. Read more
10 Sep 1997: Troy Terry, American ice hockey player Troy Nathan Terry is an American professional ice hockey player who is a right winger for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Terry was drafted by the Ducks at the 2015 NHL entry draft, in the fifth round, 148th overall. Read more
10 Sep 1995: Jack Grealish, English footballer Jack Peter Grealish is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Everton, on loan from Manchester City. Known for his dribbling and playmaking ability, Grealish was considered amongst the best wingers in the world during his prime. He is also regarded as one of the most popular and marketable athletes in England. Read more
10 Sep 1995: Matt Rife, American comedian and actor Matthew Steven Rife is an American comedian and actor. He is known for his self-produced comedy specials Only Fans (2021), Matthew Steven Rife (2023), and Walking Red Flag (2023); his 2023 Netflix specials Natural Selection and Lucid; his Christmas special Unwrapped; and his recurring role on the sketch improv comedy and rap show Wild 'n Out. Read more
10 Sep 1993: Sam Kerr, Australian footballer Samantha May Kerr is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Australia national team, which she has captained since 2019. Known for her speed, skill, and tenacity, Kerr is widely considered one of the best strikers in the world, and one of Australia's greatest athletes. Read more
10 Sep 1992: Ricky Ledo, American basketball player Ricardo Julio Ledo is an American professional basketball player for the Trotamundos de Carabobo of the Superliga Profesional de Baloncesto (SPB). He committed to play for the Providence Friars, but the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled him academically ineligible to play during his freshman season in 2012–13. Ledo never played for the Friars that season, and at the end of the year he declared he was entering the 2013 NBA draft. Read more
10 Sep 1992: Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer Ayub Timbe Masika is a Kenyan professional footballer who plays as a winger for Crossing Schaerbeek. Read more
10 Sep 1991: Sam Morsy, Egyptian footballer Samy Sayed Mekkawy Saied Morsy is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Born and raised in England, he has gained nine caps for the Egypt national team. Read more
10 Sep 1990: Corban Knight, Canadian ice hockey player Corban Knight is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently a free agent. He was a fifth-round selection, 135th overall, by the Florida Panthers in the 2009 NHL entry draft, but was traded to the Calgary Flames after the Panthers were unable to sign him to a contract. Knight played four seasons of college hockey with the University of North Dakota and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award in 2012–13. Read more
10 Sep 1989: Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer Manish Krishnanand Pandey is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed top-order batsman representing, Karnataka in domestic cricket and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He became the first Indian player to score a century in the IPL in the 2009 season, playing for his former team Royal Challengers Bengaluru. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup and won the 2014 and 2024 IPL titles with KKR. Read more
10 Sep 1989: Matt Ritchie, English footballer Matthew Thomas Ritchie is a former professional footballer who played as a winger or wing-back. He is currently serving as the technical director for Premier League club Bournemouth. Read more
10 Sep 1988: Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler Robert Sharp is an active Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name "Lion Warrior" Bobby Sharp. He is currently working for numerous companies across Canada including Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling, High Impact Wrestling Canada, Monster Pro Wrestling, and Real Canadian Wrestling. Sharp is a Cauliflower Alley Club Future Legend award winner and a Canadian National Wrestling Association (CNWA) National Champion (2012). Read more
10 Sep 1988: Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player Jordan Staal is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is regarded as a premier penalty-killer and skilled two-way forward. In 2007, he became the youngest player to score a hat trick in league history. Read more
10 Sep 1988: Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer Jared Lee Loughner is an American mass murderer who perpetrated the January 8, 2011, Tucson shooting, during which he shot and severely injured U.S. representative Gabby Giffords and killed six people including Chief U.S. District Court Judge John Roll. Loughner shot and injured a total of 13 people, including one man who was injured while subduing him. Read more
10 Sep 1987: Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player Paul Edward Goldschmidt is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals, and has represented the United States in international competition. Read more
10 Sep 1987: Alex Saxon, American actor Alex Saxon is an American actor known for playing Wyatt in The Fosters, Max in Finding Carter, and Ace in Nancy Drew. He has also had roles in other television series: Awkward (2011); Ray Donovan (2013–2015); and The Mentalist (2015). Read more
10 Sep 1986: Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player Angel Lajuane McCoughtry is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. McCoughtry completed her college career at the University of Louisville in 2009. She was selected first overall by the Atlanta Dream in the 2009 WNBA draft and was considered its franchise player during her tenure with the team. One of the WNBA's most electrifying players of the 2010s, McCoughtry also played overseas in Turkey, Slovakia, Lebanon, Hungary and Russia. Read more
10 Sep 1986: Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter Ashley Lauren Monroe is an American country music singer-songwriter. Read more
10 Sep 1986: Eoin Morgan, Irish- English cricketer Eoin Joseph Gerard Morgan is a cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for Ireland and England. He captained the England in limited overs cricket from 2015 until his international retirement in June 2022. He is regarded as one of England's greatest limited-overs captains. Under his captaincy, England won the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, their first title in the tournament, and reached the final of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20. Morgan was also a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. Read more
10 Sep 1985: Aleksandrs Čekulajevs, Latvian footballer Aleksandrs Čekulajevs is a Latvian footballer who plays as a forward.
Čekulajevs is widely famous for his goal scoring abilities. Scoring 46 goals in the 2011 Meistriliiga season he was named in third position as world's top scorer of the year by IFFHS. Read more
10 Sep 1985: James Graham, English rugby league player James Graham is an English former professional rugby league player who played as a prop for St Helens in the Super League, and at international level for England and Great Britain. Read more
10 Sep 1985: Neil Walker, American baseball player Neil Martin Andrew Walker is an American former professional baseball second baseman and current broadcaster. He played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Miami Marlins, and Philadelphia Phillies. Read more
10 Sep 1984: Sander Post, Estonian footballer Sander Post is an Estonian football coach and former player who played as a centre back. He is the current manager of Meistriliiga club FC Kuressaare. Read more
10 Sep 1984: Harry Treadaway, English actor Harry John Newman Treadaway is an English actor. His credits include Control (2007), City of Ember (2008), Fish Tank (2009), Pelican Blood (2010), Flight of the Storks (2012), Mr. Mercedes (2017–2018), The Crown (2019), Star Trek: Picard (2020), Deceit (2021), and The Chemistry of Death (2023). He is the twin brother of actor Luke Treadaway. Read more
10 Sep 1984: Luke Treadaway, English actor Luke Antony Newman Treadaway is an English actor. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor from the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2013. Read more
10 Sep 1984: Drake Younger, American wrestler Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestling referee and professional wrestler. Read more
10 Sep 1983: Shawn James, Guyanese-American basketball player Shawn Fitzalbert James is a Guyanese-American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he played at the power forward and center positions. In 2010–11, he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. In 2013 he was the Israeli Basketball Premier League Defensive Player of the Year, and named to the All-EuroLeague Second Team. Read more
10 Sep 1983: Jérémy Toulalan, French footballer Jérémy Toulalan is a French former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, but was also utilized as a central defender. He is best known for his humble demeanor, simple distribution, good technique and effective tackling. Read more
10 Sep 1983: Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player Joseph Daniel Votto is a Canadian-American former professional baseball first baseman who spent his entire 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Cincinnati Reds from 2007 to 2023. He was the second Canadian player, following Larry Walker, to have 2,000 hits, 300 home runs, and 1,000 runs batted in (RBI) in MLB. Votto is a six-time MLB All-Star, a seven-time Tip O'Neill Award winner, and two-time Lou Marsh Trophy winner as Canada's athlete of the year. In 2010, he won the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award and Hank Aaron Award. Renowned for his plate discipline and ability to get on base, Votto was first in career walks (1,365), third in on-base percentage (.409), and fourth in on-base plus slugging (.920) among all active players at the time of his retirement during the 2024 season. He is one of two Reds with at least 300 home runs, 1,000 RBI, and 2,000 hits in franchise history, the other being Johnny Bench. Read more
10 Sep 1982: Misty Copeland, American ballerina and author Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer and author. She has danced primarily for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history. Read more
10 Sep 1982: Javi Varas, Spanish footballer Javier 'Javi' Varas Herrera is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
10 Sep 1981: Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player Marco Chiudinelli is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered by injury. Read more
10 Sep 1981: Germán Denis, Argentinian footballer Germán Gustavo Denis is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a forward. Read more
10 Sep 1981: Bonnie Maxon, American wrestler Bonnie Maxson, better known by her ring name Rain, is an American retired professional wrestler. She is best known for her time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Shine Wrestling and the Mexican Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotions. She formerly teamed with Lacey to form The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew, but following Lacey's retirement, she teamed with British wrestler Jetta to form The International Home Wrecking Crew. Rain was also the inaugural Shine Champion. Read more
10 Sep 1980: Roger Mason Jr., American basketball player Roger Philip Mason Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He is the former deputy executive director of the NBA Players Association. He is the former president and commissioner of Big3. Read more
10 Sep 1980: Trevor Murdoch, American wrestler William Theodore Mueller, better known by his ring name, Trevor Murdoch, is an American professional wrestler and producer signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he works both on air and behind the scenes. Murdoch is previously known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) from 2005 to 2008. Read more
10 Sep 1980: Mikey Way, American bass player and songwriter Michael James Way is an American musician, best known as the bassist of the rock band My Chemical Romance. He also serves as the multi-instrumentalist and backing vocalist of rock duo Electric Century. Way co-wrote Collapser with Shaun Simon; it was released in July 2019 on DC Comics. In 2024, Way cowrote Christmas 365 with Jonathan Rivera, published under Dark Horse Comics. Read more
10 Sep 1980: Tetsuya Yamagami, Japanese assassin of Shinzo Abe Tetsuya Yamagami is a Japanese man who is notorious for the Assassination of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan on 8 July 2022 in Nara. A resident of Nara, he was arrested at the scene of the assassination. At the time of his arrest, he was 41 years old, had no prior criminal history, and was unemployed. His criminal trial began in Nara on 28 October 2025. Yamagami was sentenced to life in prison on 21 January 2026. Read more
10 Sep 1979: Jacob Young, American actor Jacob Wayne Young is an American actor and producer. He is a five-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 2002 for his role as Lucky Spencer in the soap opera General Hospital (2000–2003). He is best known for his roles as Rick Forrester in the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful and JR Chandler in the soap opera All My Children (2003–2011). Read more
10 Sep 1978: Julia Goldsworthy, English politician Julia Anne Goldsworthy is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Falmouth and Camborne from 2005 until 2010. A member of the Liberal Democrats, she was narrowly defeated by 66 votes by the Conservatives in the new Camborne and Redruth constituency following boundary changes. In the House of Commons, she served as the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Communities and Local Government. Afterwards, she worked as a special adviser. Read more
10 Sep 1978: Alex Horne, British comedian Alexander James Jeffery Horne is an English comedian. He is the creator of the BAFTA award-winning TV series Taskmaster, in which he takes the role of assistant to the Taskmaster Greg Davies. He is the host and bandleader of comedic band The Horne Section. Horne hosts the band's eponymous podcast and television series, and has appeared with them on BBC Radio 4, TV channel Dave, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Read more
10 Sep 1978: Ramūnas Šiškauskas, Lithuanian basketball player Ramūnas Šiškauskas is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach. Listed at 1.98 m tall,
he could play at both the shooting guard and small forward positions. His individual accolades as a player include a EuroLeague MVP award, four All-EuroLeague Team selections, as well as an All-EuroBasket Team designation. On May 16, 2014, Šiškauskas was named a EuroLeague Legend. Read more
10 Sep 1977: Mike DiBiase, American wrestler Michael Wills Foreman DiBiase II is an American retired professional wrestler. A third generation wrestler, DiBiase is the grandson of Iron Mike DiBiase and Helen Hild and the son of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. Read more
10 Sep 1977: Caleb Ralph, New Zealand rugby player Caleb Stan Ralph is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the Chiefs in 1997, Blues (1998–1999), Crusaders (2000–2008) and a cameo role with the Queensland Reds (2011). He made his All Black debut while playing for Auckland in 1998. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Marty Holah, New Zealand rugby player Martin Rowan Holah is a New Zealand former rugby union player, who has played for Welsh regional side Ospreys, the Waikato provincial team and the Chiefs Super Rugby franchise. Holah was capped in 36 international test matches for the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten is a Brazilian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals for 43 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2000. Kuerten won 20 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the French Open in 1997, 2000, and 2001, as well as the 2000 Tennis Masters Cup. He also won eight doubles titles. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Vasilios Lakis, Greek footballer Vasilios Lakis is a Greek former professional footballer. He was nicknamed "Turbo" for his speed when attacking along the right wing and his ability to provide accurate crosses. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Matt Morgan, American wrestler Matthew Thomas Morgan is an American politician and retired professional wrestler. He is known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he performed on the SmackDown brand, and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he is a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. He is currently a commissioner for the city of Longwood, Florida. Morgan also appeared on American Gladiators. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Reinder Nummerdor, Dutch volleyball player Reinder Aart Nummerdor is a Dutch volleyball player who represented his native country at five consecutive Summer Olympics. Two times as a member of the indoor volleyball team in 2000 and 2004, and three more times after switching to beach volleyball. Read more
10 Sep 1975: Dan O'Toole, Canadian sportscaster Daniel Gerard O'Toole is a former Canadian television sports anchor who was last employed by TSN. From 2003 to 2013 and 2017 to February 2021, he co-hosted the 1:00 AM (ET) weekday broadcast of TSN's SportsCentre, alongside Jay Onrait. Read more
10 Sep 1975: Melanie Pullen, American photographer Melanie Pullen is an American photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Read more
10 Sep 1974: Mohammad Akram, Pakistani cricketer and coach Mohammad Akram is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is the current Director of Cricket for the Pakistan Super League team Peshawar Zalmi. Read more
10 Sep 1974: Mirko Filipović, Croatian mixed martial artist, boxer, and politician Mirko Filipović, better known by his ring name Mirko Cro Cop, is a Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop fought in the UFC, K-1, RIZIN and Bellator. He is widely considered one of the greatest Heavyweight Kickboxers and MMA fighters of all time. Read more
10 Sep 1974: Ryan Phillippe, American actor and producer Matthew Ryan Phillippe is an American actor. After appearing as Billy Douglas on the soap opera One Life to Live (1992–1993) and making his feature film debut in Crimson Tide (1995), he came to prominence in the late 1990s with starring roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), 54 (1998), Playing by Heart (1998), and Cruel Intentions (1999). Read more
10 Sep 1974: Ben Wallace, American basketball player Benjamin Camey Wallace is an American basketball executive and former professional player who played most of his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Detroit Pistons. Nicknamed "Big Ben", he is often considered the greatest undrafted player in NBA history. He is also widely regarded as one of the best defensive players of all time, excelling in rebounding, shot-blocking, and interior defense. Read more
10 Sep 1973: Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer Ferdinand Alexandre Coly is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a full-back. Read more
10 Sep 1973: Mark Huizinga, Dutch martial artist Mark Huizinga is a Dutch judoka and Olympic champion. Read more
10 Sep 1973: Tim Stimpson, English rugby player Timothy Richard George Stimpson is a former rugby union international full back. During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham, England and the British and Irish Lions. His international career was a start-stop affair, however, he excelled at club level. In particular, during his five-year spell at Leicester Tigers between 1998 and 2003, as a goalkicker, he was an integral part of the dominant Leicester side that won the league four times in succession to add to back-to-back Heineken Cup, becoming the Premiership's top points scorer in the process. Read more
10 Sep 1972: James Duval, American actor and producer James Edward Duval is an American actor. He is known for his roles in Independence Day (1996), Donnie Darko (2001), and the films of Gregg Araki. Read more
10 Sep 1972: Bente Skari, Norwegian skier Bente Skari is a Norwegian former cross-country skier. She is one of the most successful cross-country skiers ever. Read more
10 Sep 1971: Joe Bravo, American jockey Joe Bravo is an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. The son and grandson of jockeys, he began his professional career in Thoroughbred flat racing at Calder Race Course in Miami Gardens, Florida Where he made his first winning mount at the latter end of 1988. Read more
10 Sep 1970: Ménélik, Cameroonian-French rapper Ménélik, is a Cameroonian-French rapper and singer. Read more
10 Sep 1970: Dean Gorré, Surinamese footballer and manager Dean Roberto Gorré is a Surinamese football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Curaçao national under-20 team. Read more
10 Sep 1970: Paula Kelley, American singer-songwriter Paula Anne Kelley is an American indie pop singer-songwriter and orchestral arranger/composer from Boston, Massachusetts. Read more
10 Sep 1970: Neera Tanden, American lawyer and policy analyst Neera Tanden is an American political consultant and former government official who is the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tank. Tanden was director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2023 to 2025 and served as a senior advisor and staff secretary to President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023. Tanden had a previous tenure as president of the Center for American Progress, where she worked in different capacities since its founding in 2003 until she joined the Biden administration in 2021. Read more
10 Sep 1969: Craig Innes, New Zealand rugby player Craig Ross Innes, also known by the nickname of "Postie", is a New Zealand former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. After a successful rugby union career which saw him represent his country he switched to rugby league, playing in both England and Australia, winning the 1996 ARL Premiership, before playing out the last years of his career in rugby union in New Zealand. Read more
10 Sep 1969: Johnathon Schaech, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Johnathon Schaech is an American actor and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for his role in How to Make an American Quilt (1995). His other films include The Doom Generation (1995), That Thing You Do! (1996), Hush (1998), Prom Night (2008), Phantom (2013), Marauders (2016), and The Night Clerk (2020). Read more
10 Sep 1968: Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer and manager Andreas "Andi" Herzog is an Austrian former footballer and manager who most recently was the assistant manager of South Korea. As a player, he played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Werder Bremen. A full international between 1988 and 2003, he won 103 caps and scored 26 goals for the Austria national team. He represented his country at the 1990 and 1998 FIFA World Cups. Read more
10 Sep 1968: Big Daddy Kane, American rapper, producer, and actor Antonio Hardy, better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper, producer and actor who began his career in 1986 as a member of the Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and skilled MCs in hip-hop. Rolling Stone ranked his song "Ain't No Half-Steppin'" 25th on its list of The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, calling him "a master wordsmith of rap's … golden age and a huge influence on a generation of MCs." Read more
10 Sep 1968: Guy Ritchie, English director, producer, and screenwriter Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English film director, producer and screenwriter known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films. Read more
10 Sep 1966: Yuki Saito, Japanese singer and actress Yuki Saito is a Japanese actress, singer and narrator. She attended Kanagawa Prefectural Shimizugaoka High School. Read more
10 Sep 1966: Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player and manager Joseph Nieuwendyk is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) player. He was a second round selection of the Calgary Flames, 27th overall, at the 1985 NHL entry draft and played 20 seasons for the Flames, Dallas Stars, New Jersey Devils, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Florida Panthers. He is one of only 11 players in NHL's history to win the Stanley Cup with three or more different teams, winning titles with Calgary in 1989, Dallas in 1999 and New Jersey in 2003. A two-time Olympian, Nieuwendyk won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2002 winter games. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011 and his uniform number 25 was honoured by the Flames in 2014. He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2017, he was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. Read more
10 Sep 1964: Jack Ma, Chinese businessman, co-founder of Alibaba Group [citation needed] Ma Yun, also known as Jack Ma, is a Chinese businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Jack Ma Foundation, and co-founder of Alibaba Group and Yunfeng Capital. He is one of the richest men in China with a net worth of approx US$27.5 billion. Read more
10 Sep 1964: John E. Sununu, American engineer and politician John Edward Sununu is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2003 and in the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2009. He is the son of John H. Sununu and older brother of Chris Sununu, both of whom were governors of New Hampshire. Read more
10 Sep 1963: Randy Johnson, American baseball player[citation needed] Randall David Johnson, nicknamed "the Big Unit," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. Read more
10 Sep 1963: Bill Stevenson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer John William Stevenson is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is the drummer, main songwriter, and only constant member of the California punk rock group Descendents since its inception. In late December 1981, he played a few concerts with the hardcore punk band Black Flag because their drummer, Robo, was detained in England after a tour there. He continued to tour with Black Flag and appeared on five of their studio albums, including the highly influential My War, until being dismissed in 1985. After this, he focused his attention on Descendents and played with the band until lead singer Milo Aukerman left in 1987. After Milo's departure, Bill and the other members of Descendents, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, recruited singer Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty and formed ALL. ALL went on to have two more singers, Scott Reynolds (1989–1993) and Chad Price (1993–present). Aukerman came back for the 1996 album Everything Sucks, the 2004 album Cool to Be You, 2016's Hypercaffium Spazzinate and the newest album 9th and Walnut. All and Descendents continue to tour between Stevenson's and Aukerman's respective careers as a recording engineer and a biochemist.
Stevenson was born in Torrance, California and attended Mira Costa High School, with fellow members of the Descendents. Read more
10 Sep 1960: Alison Bechdel, American author and illustrator Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally known for the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, she came to critical and commercial success in 2006 with her graphic novel memoir Fun Home. Fun Home was adapted as a musical, which won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015. In 2012, she released her second graphic memoir Are You My Mother? She was a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award. She is also known for originating the Bechdel test. Read more
10 Sep 1960: Margaret Ferrier, Scottish politician Margaret Ferrier is a Scottish politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rutherglen and Hamilton West from 2015 to 2017, and again from 2019 to 2023. She was first elected to the House of Commons at the 2015 general election as the Scottish National Party (SNP) candidate for the constituency. She lost her seat to Ged Killen of the Labour Party at the 2017 general election but regained it at the 2019 election. Read more
10 Sep 1960: Colin Firth, English actor and producer Colin Andrew Firth is an English actor and producer. He was identified in the mid-1980s with the "Brit Pack" of rising young British actors before gaining leading roles as well as numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Volpi Cup as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and three BAFTA TV Awards. In 2011, Firth was appointed a CBE for his services to drama, and appeared in Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. Read more
10 Sep 1960: Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Timothy Robert Hunter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, and most recently the head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors of the Western Hockey League (WHL), having previously served as an assistant coach in the National Hockey League (NHL), most recently for the Washington Capitals. Chosen in the 3rd round of the 1979 NHL entry draft by the Atlanta Flames, Hunter went on to a 16-season playing career with the Calgary Flames, Quebec Nordiques, Vancouver Canucks, and San Jose Sharks. Read more
10 Sep 1960: David Lowery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist David Charles Lowery is an American musician and academic. He is the founder of the alternative rock band Camper Van Beethoven and the co-founder of Cracker, a more traditional rock band. Lowery released his first solo album, The Palace Guards, in February 2011. Although both Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven continue to play live dates, since 2016 Lowery has focused on issuing new studio recordings only as a solo artist. Read more
10 Sep 1959: Michael Earl, American actor, singer, and puppeteer (died 2015) Michael Earl was an American puppeteer. A four-time Emmy Award-winner whose credits include Mr. Snuffleupagus on Sesame Street (1978–1981) and Dr. Ticktock in Ticktock Minutes, a musical series of PSA's on PBS he also co-created, scripted and wrote lyrics for that garnered 11 Southern Regional Emmys, a 1998 National Emmy for Best Public Service Announcements, a Gabriel Award, two Parents' Choice Awards and numerous other honors. Earl performed the original Shrek character in a motion-capture development test film for DreamWorks and puppeteered lead characters in Paramount Pictures' Team America: World Police. Read more
10 Sep 1958: Chris Columbus, American director, producer, and screenwriter Christopher Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Read more
10 Sep 1958: Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer-songwriter and producer Siobhan Maire Deirdre Fahey is an Irish singer whose vocal range is a light contralto. She was a founding member of the British girl group Bananarama, who have had ten top-10 hits including the US number one hit single "Venus". She later formed the musical act Shakespears Sister, who had a UK number one hit with the 1992 single "Stay". Fahey joined the other original members of Bananarama for a 2017 UK tour, and, in 2018, a North America and Europe tour. Read more
10 Sep 1957: Kate Burton, British-American actress Katherine Burton is an American actress, the daughter of actors Richard Burton and Sybil Christopher. On television, Burton received critical acclaim as Dr. Ellis Grey in the drama series Grey's Anatomy, and as Vice President Sally Langston on Scandal. She has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Tony Awards. Read more
10 Sep 1957: Carol Decker, English singer-songwriter Carol Ann Decker is an English singer. She is the lead vocalist of the pop band T'Pau, which had international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although Decker is mainly associated with the group, she also released "One Heart", a solo single, in 1995, and sometimes performs solo at shows and festivals. Read more
10 Sep 1956: Johnnie Fingers, Irish keyboard player and songwriter John Peter Moylett, known professionally as Johnnie Fingers, is an Irish keyboardist and co-founding member of the new wave band the Boomtown Rats. He was notable for his attire of striped pyjamas on stage and his melodic piano style. Though uncredited as such for decades, Fingers was the co-author of Boomtown Rats' 1979 hit "I Don't Like Mondays"; in 2019 Fingers received a financial settlement and credit for having co-written the song. Read more
10 Sep 1955: Pat Mastelotto, American rock drummer Lee Patrick Mastelotto is an American rock drummer and record producer. He has been a member of King Crimson, Stick Men, Mr. Mister and O.R.k., as well as working as a session drummer with XTC, The Pointer Sisters and The Rembrandts, among others. In addition, he has led or co-led other projects including Mastica, Tuner, TU and The Mastelottos. Read more
10 Sep 1954: Jackie Ashley, English journalist Jacqueline Ashley is an English journalist and broadcaster. Read more
10 Sep 1954: Lorely Burt, English politician Lorely Jane Burt, Baroness Burt of Solihull, is a British politician, who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Solihull from 2005 to 2015. She received a life peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours. She is a patron of Humanists UK. Read more
10 Sep 1954: Clark Johnson, American-Canadian actor Clark Johnson is an American-Canadian actor and director, who has worked in both television and film. He is best known for his roles as David Jefferson on Night Heat (1985–88), Clark Roberts on E.N.G. (1989–94), Meldrick Lewis in Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99), Augustus Haynes in The Wire (2008), and Cherry Pitts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present). Read more
10 Sep 1954: Don Wilson, American kickboxer and actor Donald Glen Wilson, nicknamed "the Dragon", is an American former professional kickboxer, boxer, actor, and martial artist. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR System Ratings as "perhaps the greatest kickboxer in American history. He has disposed of more quality competition than anyone we've ever ranked". In 2015, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Sep 1953: Pat Cadigan, American science fiction author Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human mind and technology. Her debut novel, Mindplayers, was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 1988. Read more
10 Sep 1953: Amy Irving, American actress Amy Irving is an American actress and singer, who has worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Read more
10 Sep 1953: John Thurso, Scottish businessman and politician John Archibald Sinclair, 3rd Viscount Thurso, known also as John Thurso, is a Scottish businessman, Liberal Democrat politician and hereditary peer who is notable for having served in the House of Lords both before and after a period in the House of Commons. Read more
10 Sep 1952: Medea Benjamin, American activist, founder of Code Pink Medea Benjamin is an American political activist who, along with Jodie Evans and others, co-founded Code Pink. She also co-founded, along with her then husband Kevin Danaher, the fair trade advocacy group Global Exchange. Benjamin was the Green Party nominee in the 2000 United States Senate election in California, running under the name Medea Susan Benjamin. She finished in third place with 326,828 votes (3.1%). Read more
10 Sep 1952: Vic Toews, Paraguayan-Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Canadian Minister of Justice Victor Toews is a Canadian politician and jurist. Toews is a justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba. He represented Provencher in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 until his resignation on July 9, 2013, and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, most recently as Minister of Public Safety. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1995 to 1999, and was a senior cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon. Prior to his appointment to the judiciary, Toews was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Read more
10 Sep 1951: Sarah Coakley, English philosopher, theologian, and academic Sarah Anne Coakley is an English Anglican priest, systematic theologian, and philosopher of religion with interdisciplinary interests. She became an honorary professor at the Logos Institute, the University of St Andrews, after retiring from the position of Norris–Hulse Professor of Divinity (2007–2018) at the University of Cambridge. She was a visiting professorial fellow (2019-22) then honorary professor at the Australian Catholic University, and an honorary fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Read more
10 Sep 1951: Steve Keirn, American wrestler Stephen Paul Keirn is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in multiple National Wrestling Alliance territories as Steve Keirn as one-half of the tag team The Fabulous Ones, as well as his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation under the ring name Skinner. Read more
10 Sep 1951: Bill Rogers, American golfer William Charles Rogers is an American professional golfer who is best known as the winner of the 1981 Open Championship. Read more
10 Sep 1950: Rosie Flores, American singer and guitarist Rosie Flores is an American rockabilly, blues and country musician who has been writing and performing since the 1970s. She currently resides in Austin, Texas, where August 31 was declared Rosie Flores Day by the Austin City Council in 2006. Read more
10 Sep 1950: Tom Lund, Norwegian football player Tom Arne Lund was a Norwegian football coach and player. A forward, he played his entire career at Norwegian club Lillestrøm, taking them from the third division to the first and winning the Double. He never played abroad, despite receiving offers from big international clubs. He is widely considered one of the greatest Norwegian football players of all time. Read more
10 Sep 1950: Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Joseph Anthony Pereira, professionally known as Joe Perry, is an American musician best known as a founding member, guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Aerosmith and has appeared on every studio album except Rock in a Hard Place. Perry also has his own solo band called the Joe Perry Project, and is a member of the all-star band Hollywood Vampires with Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp. Read more
10 Sep 1949: Barriemore Barlow, English rock drummer and songwriter Barrie "Barriemore" Barlow is an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the rock band Jethro Tull, from May 1971 to June 1980. Read more
10 Sep 1949: Babette Cole, English author and illustrator (died 2017) Babette Cole was an English children's writer and illustrator. Read more
10 Sep 1949: Don Muraco, American wrestler Donald Thomas Muraco is an American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation from 1981 to 1988, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship on two occasions and was crowned the inaugural winner of the King of the Ring tournament in 1985. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2004 and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2014. Read more
10 Sep 1949: Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and author William James O'Reilly Jr. is an American conservative commentator, journalist, author, and television host. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese historian and author Zhang Chengzhi is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. Often named as the most influential Muslim writer in China, his historical narrative History of the Soul, about the rise of the Jahriyya (哲合忍耶) Sufi order, was the second-most popular book in China in 1994. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Brian Donohoe, Scottish politician Sir Brian Harold Donohoe is a former British Labour Party politician and former trade union official, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Ayrshire from 2005 until losing his seat in 2015. Prior to constituency boundary changes in 2005, he was MP for Cunninghame South and was first elected in 1992. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Judy Geeson, English actress Judith Amanda Geeson is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on The Newcomers from 1965 to 1967, before making her major film debut in To Sir, with Love (1967). She starred in a range of films throughout the 1970s, from crime pictures to thriller and horror films, including The Executioner (1970), 10 Rillington Place (1970), Fear in the Night (1972), Brannigan (1975), and The Eagle Has Landed (1976). She played heiress Caroline Penvenen from 1975-1977 in the BBC series Poldark. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Bob Lanier, American basketball player and coach (died 2022) Robert Jerry Lanier Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played center for the Detroit Pistons and the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Lanier was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Margaret Trudeau, Canadian actress and talk show host, 12th Spouse of the Prime Minister of Canada Margaret Joan Trudeau is a Canadian activist and the mother of Justin Trudeau, the 23rd prime minister of Canada. She married Pierre Trudeau, the 15th prime minister of Canada, in 1971, three years after he became prime minister. They divorced in 1984, during his final months in office. She is also the mother of the journalist and author Alexandre "Sacha" Trudeau, and Michel Trudeau with Trudeau, and of son Kyle, and daughter Alicia, with Ottawa real-estate developer Fried Kemper. She is the first woman in Canadian history to have been both the wife and the mother of prime ministers. Trudeau is an advocate for people with bipolar disorder, with which she has been diagnosed. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Charlie Waters, American football player, coach, and radio host Charlie Tutan Waters is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 12-year career as a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Clemson Tigers. Read more
10 Sep 1947: Larry Nelson, American golfer Larry Gene Nelson is an American professional golfer. He has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level. Read more
10 Sep 1947: David Pountney, English director and manager Sir David Willoughby Pountney is a British-Polish theatre and opera director and librettist internationally known for his productions of rarely performed operas and new productions of classic works. He has directed over ten world premières, including three by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies for whom he wrote the librettos of The Doctor of Myddfai, Mr Emmet Takes a Walk and Kommilitonen! Read more
10 Sep 1946: Michèle Alliot-Marie, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the Republicans, part of the European People's Party. A member of all right-wing governments formed in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense (2002–2007), the Interior (2007–2009) and Foreign Affairs (2010–2011); she has also been in charge of Youth and Sports (1993–1995) and Justice (2009–2010), and was granted the honorary rank of Minister of State in her last two offices. Read more
10 Sep 1946: Jim Hines, American sprinter and football player (died 2023) James Ray Hines was an American track and field athlete and National Football League (NFL) player, who held the 100-meter world record for 15 years. In 1968, he became the first man to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, and won individual and relay gold at the Mexico City Olympics. Read more
10 Sep 1946: Don Powell, English rock drummer Donald George Powell is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years, from 1966 until he was dismissed by Dave Hill in 2020. Read more
10 Sep 1946: Patrick Norman, Canadian singer-songwriter Yvon Éthier better known as Patrick Norman is a Canadian country musician. He sings both in French and English and has had hits in Quebec and in the rest of Canada. Read more
10 Sep 1945: José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter and guitarist José Montserrate Feliciano García is a Puerto Rican musician. He recorded many international hits, including his rendition of the Doors' "Light My Fire" and his self-penned Christmas song "Feliz Navidad". Music genres he explores consist of a fusion of many styles, such as Latin, blues, jazz, soul and rock music, created primarily with the help of his signature acoustic guitar sound. Read more
10 Sep 1945: Gerard Henderson, Australian journalist and author Gerard Henderson is an Australian author, columnist and political commentator noted for his right-wing Catholic and conservative views. He founded and is the executive director of The Sydney Institute, a privately funded Australian current affairs forum. Read more
10 Sep 1945: Mike Mullane, American colonel and astronaut Richard Michael Mullane is an engineer and weapon systems officer, a retired USAF officer, and a former NASA astronaut. During his career, he flew as a mission specialist on STS-41-D, STS-27, and STS-36. Read more
10 Sep 1944: Thomas Allen, English actor, singer, and academic Sir Thomas Boaz Allen is an English operatic baritone. He is widely admired in the opera world for his voice, the versatility of his repertoire, and his acting—leading many to regard him as one of the best lyric baritones of the late 20th century. From 2012 to 2022 he served as Chancellor of Durham University. Read more
10 Sep 1942: Danny Hutton, Irish-American singer Daniel Anthony Hutton is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera Records from 1965 to 1966. Hutton had a modest national hit, "Roses and Rainbows", during his tenure as a recording artist for Hanna-Barbera Records. Hutton is the father of two sons, Dash Hutton, the former drummer in the American rock band Haim and Timothy V. Hutton, a bassist and producer. The sons co-own a recording studio called The Canyon Hut. Read more
10 Sep 1941: Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, biologist, and author (died 2002) Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard. Read more
10 Sep 1941: Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (died 2014) Christopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist. Founder of the early music ensemble the Academy of Ancient Music, he was an authority on historically informed performance and a leading figure in the early music revival of the late 20th century. Read more
10 Sep 1941: Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game designer, invented Game Boy (died 1997) Gunpei Yokoi , sometimes transliterated as Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese toy maker and video game designer. As a long-time Nintendo employee, he was best known as the original designer of several notable Nintendo products, including the Ultra Hand toy, the Game & Watch and Game Boy handheld game systems, as well as the producer of a few critically acclaimed franchises such as Donkey Kong, Metroid, and Kid Icarus. The modern Nintendo philosophy called the "Blue Ocean Theory," or focusing on interactive gameplay with black-and-white graphics over cutting-edge technology was espoused by Yokoi and still applied today. Read more
10 Sep 1940: Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer (died 2025) Roy Edward Ayers Jr. was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure at Polydor Records beginning in the 1970s, during which he helped to pioneer jazz-funk. He was a key figure in the acid jazz movement, and has been described as "The Godfather of Neo Soul". He was best known for his compositions "Everybody Loves the Sunshine", "Running Away", and "Freaky Deaky" and others that charted in the 1970s. At one time, Ayers was listed among the performers whose music was most often sampled by rappers. Read more
10 Sep 1940: Buck Buchanan, American football player (died 1992)[citation needed] Junious "Buck" Buchanan was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). Buchanan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. He was selected to the NFL 100th Anniversary Team. His was the first African American taken as the first selection in an AFL or NFL draft. Buchanan was massive for his era, standing at 6 ft 7 in, and weighing 270 lbs.. His height gave him an advantage against linemen in the trenches. Read more
10 Sep 1940: Bob Chance, American baseball player (died 2013) Robert Chance was an American first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and California Angels in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969. Listed at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 215 pounds (98 kg), Chance batted left handed and threw right handed. He was born in Statesboro, Georgia. Read more
10 Sep 1938: David Hamilton, English radio and television host David Hamilton is an English radio and television presenter. Read more
10 Sep 1937: Jared Diamond, American biologist, geographer, and author Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards, including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. Read more
10 Sep 1937: Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2015) Thomas Cary Overstreet was an American country music singer. Often referred to as "T.O." by fans and radio disc jockeys, Overstreet had five top-five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top-10 singles. His popularity peaked in the 1970s. He lived in Hillsboro, Oregon. Read more
10 Sep 1936: Peter Lovesey, British writer (died 2025) Peter Harmer Lovesey, also known by his pen name Peter Lear, was a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath. He was also one of the world's leading track and field statisticians. Read more
10 Sep 1935: Mary Oliver, American poet (died 2019) Mary Jane Oliver was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by wonderment at the natural environment, vivid imagery, spirituality, and unadorned language. Oliver is one of the best-selling poets in American history. Read more
10 Sep 1934: Charles Kuralt, American journalist (died 1997)[citation needed] Charles Bishop Kuralt was an American television, newspaper and radio journalist and author. He is most widely known for his long career with CBS, first for his "On the Road" segments on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, and later as the first anchor of CBS News Sunday Morning, a position he held for fifteen years. In 1996, Kuralt was inducted into Television Hall of Fame of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Read more
10 Sep 1934: Roger Maris, American baseball player and coach (died 1985)[citation needed] Roger Eugene Maris was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is best known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record with 61 home runs in 1961. Read more
10 Sep 1934: Jim Oberstar, American educator and politician (died 2014) James Louis Oberstar was an American politician and congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2011. Hailing from Minnesota and a member of the state's local Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he represented the northeastern eighth congressional district, which included the cities of Duluth, Brainerd, Grand Rapids, International Falls, and Hibbing, within an area of Minnesota known as the Iron Range. He chaired the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2007 until his departure, having been the ranking minority member since 1995. In November 2010, he was defeated by a margin of 4,407 votes by Republican Chip Cravaack. He had the longest tenure of any member of Congress from Minnesota. Read more
10 Sep 1934: Larry Sitsky, Australian pianist, composer, and educator Lazar "Larry" Sitsky is an Australian composer, pianist, and music educator and scholar. Read more
10 Sep 1934: Mr. Wrestling II, American wrestler (died 2020) John Francis Walker, better known by the ring name Mr. Wrestling II, was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with Championship Wrestling from Florida and Georgia Championship Wrestling in the 1970s and early 1980s. Read more
10 Sep 1933: Yevgeny Khrunov, Russian colonel and cosmonaut (died 2000) Yevgeny Vasilyevich Khrunov was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5/Soyuz 4 mission. Read more
10 Sep 1933: Karl Lagerfeld, German-French fashion designer and photographer (died 2019)[citation needed] Karl Otto Lagerfeld, 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, photographer, and creative director. Read more
10 Sep 1932: Bo Goldman, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (died 2023) Bo Goldman was an American screenwriter and playwright. He received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Writers Guild of America Awards, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. He also received two BAFTA Award nominations. Read more
10 Sep 1931: Isabel Colegate, English author and agent (died 2023) Isabel Diana Colegate was a British author and literary agent. Read more
10 Sep 1931: Philip Baker Hall, American actor (died 2022) Philip Baker Hall was an American character actor. He is known for his collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson, including Hard Eight (1996), Boogie Nights (1997), and Magnolia (1999). He also starred in leading roles in films, such as Secret Honor (1984) and Duck (2005). Hall had supporting roles in many films, including Midnight Run (1988), Say Anything… (1989), The Truman Show (1998), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Insider (1999), The Contender (2000), Bruce Almighty (2003), Dogville (2003), Zodiac (2007), 50/50 (2011), and Argo (2012). He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead for his role in Hard Eight and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture for Boogie Nights and Magnolia. Read more
10 Sep 1930: Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player and engineer (died 2006) Aino Kukk was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Women's Chess Championship in 1955. Read more
10 Sep 1929: Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (died 1997) Michel Bélanger, was a Canadian businessman and banker. Read more
10 Sep 1929: John Golding, English historian, scholar, and curator (died 2012) Harold John Golding was a British artist, art scholar, and curator. Born in East Sussex, Golding spent most of his childhood in Mexico, where both his parents were settled. There, he met several artistic and cultural figures, including Leonora Carrington, Diego Rivera, Juan O'Gorman and José Orozco, who influenced his later artistic practice. He was sent to board at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Canada, and – despite wishing to train as an artist – subsequently read art and archaeology at the University of Toronto. While at Toronto he made frequent visits to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and on the encouragement of his professor, Peter H. Brieger, he moved in 1951 to the Courtauld Institute of Art in London for postgraduate study. Read more
10 Sep 1929: Arnold Palmer, American golfer and businessman (died 2016) Arnold Daniel Palmer was an American professional golfer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Since embarking on a professional career in 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed "the King", Palmer was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Read more
10 Sep 1928: Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and politician Roch Bolduc is a former Canadian civil servant and Senator from the province of Quebec. Read more
10 Sep 1928: Walter Ralston Martin, American minister and author, founded the Christian Research Institute (died 1989) Walter Ralston Martin was an American Baptist Christian minister and author who founded the Christian Research Institute in 1960 as a parachurch ministry specializing as a clearing-house of information in both general Christian apologetics and in countercult apologetics. As the author of the influential The Kingdom of the Cults (1965), he has been dubbed by the conservative Christian columnist Michael J. McManus, the "godfather of the anti-cult movement". Read more
10 Sep 1928: Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher and humanitarian, founded L'Arche (died 2019) Jean Vanier was a Canadian Catholic philosopher and theologian. In 1964, he founded L'Arche, an international federation of communities spread over 37 countries for people with developmental disabilities and those who assist them. In 1971, he co-founded Faith and Light with Marie-Hélène Mathieu, which also works for people with developmental disabilities, their families, and friends in over 80 countries. He continued to live as a member of the original L'Arche community in Trosly-Breuil, France, until his death. Read more
10 Sep 1927: Johnny Keating, Scottish trombonist, composer, and producer (died 2015) John Keating was a Scottish musician, songwriter, arranger and trombonist. Read more
10 Sep 1926: Beryl Cook, English painter and illustrator (died 2008) Beryl Cook, OBE was a British painter best known for her original and instantly recognisable paintings. Often comical, her works pictured people whom she encountered in everyday life, including people enjoying themselves in pubs, girls shopping or out on a hen night, drag queen shows or a family picnicking by the seaside or abroad. She had no formal training and did not take up painting until her thirties. She was a shy and private person, and in her work often depicted flamboyant and extrovert characters very different from herself. Read more
10 Sep 1925: Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (died 1981) Roy James Brown was an American blues singer who had a significant influence on the early development of rock and roll and the direction of R&B. His original song and hit recording "Good Rockin' Tonight" has been covered by many artists including Wynonie Harris, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Joe Ely, Ricky Nelson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pat Boone, James Brown, the Doors, the Treniers, and the rock group Montrose. Brown was one of the first popular R&B singers to perform songs with a gospel-steeped delivery, which was then considered taboo by many churches. In addition, his melismatic, pleading vocal style influenced notable artists such as Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Jackie Wilson, James Brown and Little Richard. Read more
10 Sep 1925: Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric Richard Charles Lucas is an Anglican cleric, best known for his long ministry at St Helen's Bishopsgate, a conservative evangelical church in London, England, and for his work as founder of the Proclamation Trust and the Cornhill Training Course. Read more
10 Sep 1925: Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (died 1996) Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music, and film music. He is considered as part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and especially Mussorgsky. Read more
10 Sep 1924: Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (died 1988) Theodore Bernard Kluszewski, nicknamed "Big Klu", was an American professional baseball player, best known as a power-hitting first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds teams of the 1950s. He played from 1947 through 1961 with four teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), spending 11 of those 15 seasons with the Reds, and became famous for his bulging biceps and mammoth home runs. Read more
10 Sep 1924: Boyd K. Packer, American educator and religious leader, 26th President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (died 2015) Boyd Kenneth Packer was an American religious leader and educator who served as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2008 until his death. He also served as the quorum's acting president from 1994 to 2008 and was an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve from 1970 until his death. He served as a general authority of the church from 1961 until his death. Read more
10 Sep 1923: Glen P. Robinson, American businessman, founded Scientific Atlanta (died 2013) Glen Parmelee Robinson Jr., called the "father of high-tech industry in Georgia", was an American businessman and founder of Scientific Atlanta, formerly a subsidiary of Cisco Systems. Robinson was the first employee of Scientific Atlanta, where he remained CEO then Chairman of the company until he retired. Read more
10 Sep 1921: Joann Lõssov, Estonian basketball player and coach (died 2000) Joann Lõssov, also known as Ioann Fyodorovich Lysov, was an Estonian basketball player. Lõssov trained at VSS Kalev, in Tallinn. He was named MVP of the 1947 EuroBasket. Member of the Soviet Union basketball team in 1947–52, from 1949, the captain and points guard. After his career as a player, worked as the head coach of the Soviet Union women's team in 1953–58 and helped to organise special trainings of the Soviet Union team. Elected to the Hall of fame of Estonian basketball in 2010. Read more
10 Sep 1921: John W. Morris, American general (died 2013) John Woodland Morris was an American lieutenant general who became Chief of Engineers. Read more
10 Sep 1920: Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (died 2001) Fabio Taglioni was an Italian engineer. He is known for creating the Ducati 125 Desmo engine. Read more
10 Sep 1919: Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988) Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden. Read more
10 Sep 1917: Miguel Serrano, Chilean poet and diplomat (died 2009) Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández was a Chilean diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist. A Nazi sympathiser in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he later became a prominent figure in the neo-Nazi movement as an exponent of Esoteric Hitlerism. Read more
10 Sep 1915: Edmond O'Brien, American actor (died 1985) Eamon Joseph O'Brien, known professionally as Edmond O'Brien, was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he won an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, two Photoplay Awards, and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more
10 Sep 1914: Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, Anglo-Irish captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (died 1990) Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist who sought to reconcile sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society and met with his counterpart in the Irish Republic, he was a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his resignation in January 1970. Read more
10 Sep 1914: Robert Wise, American director and producer (died 2005) Robert Earl Wise was an American filmmaker. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and directed and produced The Sand Pebbles (1966), which was nominated for Best Picture. Read more
10 Sep 1913: Lincoln Gordon, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Brazil (died 2009) Abraham Lincoln Gordon was the 9th President of the Johns Hopkins University (1967–1971) and a United States Ambassador to Brazil (1961–1966). Gordon had a career both in government and in academia, becoming a Professor of International Economic Relations at Harvard University in the 1950s, before turning his attention to foreign affairs. Gordon had a career in business after his resignation as president of Johns Hopkins University, but remained active at institutions such as the Brookings Institution until his death. Read more
10 Sep 1912: Basappa Danappa Jatti, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Vice President of India (died 2002) Basappa Danappa Jatti was the vice president of India, serving from 1974 to 1979. He was the acting president of India from 11 February to 25 July 1977. He also served as the chief minister of Karnataka. Jatti rose from a being a Municipality member to India's second-highest office during a five-decade-long chequered political career. Read more
10 Sep 1908: Angus Bethune, Australian soldier and politician, 33rd Premier of Tasmania (died 2004) Sir Walter Angus Bethune was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 26 May 1969 to 3 May 1972. Read more
10 Sep 1908: Raymond Scott, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 1994) Raymond Scott was an American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer, audio engineer, and inventor. In his lifetime he was primarily recognized as a composer of production music and the leader of the Raymond Scott Quintette, but he has since become better known as a pioneer of popular electronic music. Read more
10 Sep 1908: Waldo Rudolph Wedel, American archaeologist and author (died 1996) Waldo Rudolph Wedel was an American archaeologist and a central figure in the study of the prehistory of the Great Plains. He was born in Newton, Kansas to a family of Mennonites. Read more
10 Sep 1907: Alva R. Fitch, American general (died 1989) Alva Revista Fitch was a lieutenant general in the United States Army and was deputy director of Defense Intelligence Agency from 1964 to 1966. He commanded an artillery battalion during the Battle of Bataan and was a prisoner of war from 1942 to 1945. From October 16, 1961, to January 5, 1964, Fitch served as the assistant chief of staff for intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army. Read more
10 Sep 1907: Dorothy Hill, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (died 1997) Dorothy Hill was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist, the first female professor at an Australian university, and the first female president of the Australian Academy of Science. Read more
10 Sep 1906: Karl Wien, German geographer, academic, and mountaineer (died 1937) Karl ("Carlo") Wien was a German mountaineer. Read more
10 Sep 1904: Honey Craven, American horse rider and manager (died 2003) Clarence Leo "Honey" Craven, was an American equestrian, ringmaster and manager of the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, the Devon Horse Show in Pennsylvania, and ringmaster at nearly every prominent horse show in the United States. He also managed the Eastern States Show, the Children's Services Show and the North Shore Horse Show. Read more
10 Sep 1904: Max Shachtman, American theorist and politician (died 1972) Max Shachtman was an American Marxist theorist. He went from being an associate of Leon Trotsky to a social democrat and mentor of senior assistants to AFL–CIO President George Meany. The Marxist tendency associated with his beliefs is known as Shachtmanism. Read more
10 Sep 1903: Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (died 1974) Cyril Vernon Connolly was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of fiction that he aspired to be in his youth. Read more
10 Sep 1898: Bessie Love, American actress (died 1986) Bessie Love was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned nearly seven decades—from silent film to sound film, including theatre, radio, and television—and her performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Read more
10 Sep 1898: Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (died 1999) Waldo Lonsbury Semon was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful. Read more
10 Sep 1897: Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (died 1962) Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French writer, essayist, librarian and theorist whose work crossed the boundaries of literature, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, political economy, religious studies and art history. His writings include novels, erotic fiction, poetry, philosophical essays, art criticism, lectures, diaries and fragmentary meditations. Although frequently described as a philosopher, Bataille resisted treating his work as a conventional philosophical system. He conceived writing as an exploration of the limits of human experience in which theoretical reflection, literary form and personal exposure could not be cleanly separated. Read more
10 Sep 1897: Hilde Hildebrand, German actress and singer (died 1976) Emma Minna Hilde Hildebrand was a German actress born in Hanover, Germany on 10 September 1897. She died at the age of 78 in Grunewald, Berlin, on 27 May 1976. Read more
10 Sep 1896: Adele Astaire, American actress and dancer (died 1981) Adele Astaire Douglass was an American dancer, stage actress, and singer. After beginning work as a dancer and vaudeville performer at the age of nine, Astaire built a successful performance career with her younger brother, Fred Astaire. Read more
10 Sep 1896: Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1970) Robert Taschereau was a lawyer who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Canada from 1963 to 1967, as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1940 to 1963, and briefly as the Administrator of the Government of Canada for one month from March to April 1967 following the death of Governor General of Canada Georges Vanier. Read more
10 Sep 1896: Ye Ting, Chinese general (died 1946) Ye Ting was a Chinese military officer and figure who played a key role in the Northern Expedition to reunify China after the 1911 Revolution. After serving with the Kuomintang, Ye later joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Read more
10 Sep 1895: Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (died 1976) Viswanatha Satyanarayana was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy, religion, sociology, political science, linguistics, psychology and consciousness studies, epistemology, aesthetics and spiritualism. He was a student of the illustrious Telugu writer Chellapilla Venkata Sastry, of the Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo. Viswanatha's wrote in both a modern and classical style, in complex modes. His popular works include Ramayana Kalpavrukshamu, Kinnersani Patalu and the novel Veyipadagalu. Among many awards, he was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1970, the first for a Telugu writer, and Padma Bhushan in 1971. Read more
10 Sep 1894: Alexander Dovzhenko, Soviet screenwriter/producer/director of Ukrainian origin (died 1956) Alexander or Aleksandr Petrovich Dovzhenko, also known as Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko, was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei Eisenstein, Dziga Vertov, and Vsevolod Pudovkin, as well as being a pioneer of Soviet montage theory. Read more
10 Sep 1892: Arthur Compton, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962) Arthur Holly Compton was an American physicist who shared the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics with C. T. R. Wilson for his discovery of the Compton effect, which demonstrated the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. It was a significant discovery at the time; the wave nature of light had been well-demonstrated, but the idea that light had both wave and particle properties was not easily accepted. Read more
10 Sep 1890: Bob Heffron, New Zealand-Australian miner and politician, 30th Premier of New South Wales (died 1978) Robert James Heffron, also known as Bob Heffron or R. J. Heffron, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, union organiser and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Premier of New South Wales from 1959 to 1964. Born in New Zealand, Heffron became involved in various Socialist and labour movements in New Zealand and later Australia before joining the Australian Labor Party. A prominent unionist organiser, he was gaoled for "conspiracy to strike action". He was later elected to the Parliament of New South Wales for Botany in 1930. However his disputes with party leader Jack Lang led to his expulsion from the ALP in 1936 and Heffron formed his own party from disgruntled Labor MPs known as the Industrial Labor Party. The success of his party enabled his readmission to the party and his prominence in a post-Lang NSW Branch which won office in 1941. Read more
10 Sep 1890: Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian-French fashion designer (died 1973) Elsa Luisa Giovanna Maria Schiaparelli was an Italian fashion designer from an aristocratic background. She created Maison Schiaparelli in Paris in 1927, which she managed from the 1930s to the 1950s. Starting with knitwear, Schiaparelli's designs celebrated Surrealism and eccentric fashions. Her collections were famous for unconventional and artistic themes like the human body, insects, or trompe-l'œil, and for the use of bright colors like her "shocking pink". Read more
10 Sep 1890: Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian author, poet, and playwright (died 1945) Franz Viktor Werfel was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, a novel based on events that took place during the Armenian genocide of 1915, and The Song of Bernadette (1941), a novel about the life and visions of the French Catholic saint Bernadette Soubirous, which was made into a Hollywood film of the same name. Read more
10 Sep 1890: Mortimer Wheeler, British archaeologist and officer (died 1976) Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army. Over the course of his career, he served as director of both the National Museum of Wales and London Museum, director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India, and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of Archaeology in London, in addition to writing twenty-four books on archaeological subjects. Read more
10 Sep 1889: Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (died 1929) Ivar Theodor Böhling was a Finnish wrestler who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. Read more
10 Sep 1888: Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (died 1976) Israel Abramofsky, was a Russian-born artist, who trained in Paris and settled in the United States, known for his landscape works, and works depicting Jewish life in Eastern Europe. Read more
10 Sep 1887: Giovanni Gronchi, Italian soldier and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (died 1978) Giovanni Gronchi was an Italian politician from Christian Democracy who served as the president of Italy from 1955 to 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an "opening to the left" in Italian politics. He was reputed the real holder of the executive power in Italy from 1955 to 1962, behind the various Prime Ministers of this time. During his term he saw the fall of the Italian Empire in 1960, with the independence of the Somali Republic. Read more
10 Sep 1887: Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (died 1976) Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Himalayas was rewarded in 1927 with a Royal Geographical Society Founder's Medal, the citation reading for his connection between the surveys of India and Russian Turkestan, and his leadership of the Shaksgam Expedition. Read more
10 Sep 1887: Govind Ballabh Pant, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (died 1961) Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian independence activist and politician who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Alongside Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel, Pant was a key figure in the Indian independence movement and later a pivotal figure in the Indian government. He was one of the foremost political leaders of Uttar Pradesh and a key player in the successful movement to establish Hindi as the official language of Indian Union.. Read more
10 Sep 1886: H.D., American poet, novelist, and memoirist (died 1961) Hilda Doolittle was an American modernist poet, novelist, and memoirist who wrote under the name H.D. throughout her life. Her career began in 1911 after she moved to London and co-founded the avant-garde Imagist group of poets with American expatriate poet and critic Ezra Pound. During this early period, her minimalist free verse poems depicting Classical motifs drew international attention. Eventually distancing herself from the Imagist movement, she experimented with a wider variety of forms, including fiction, memoir, and verse drama. Reflecting the trauma she experienced in London during the Blitz, H.D.'s poetic style from World War II until her death pivoted towards complex long poems on esoteric and pacifist themes. Read more
10 Sep 1885: Johannes de Jong, Dutch cardinal (died 1955) Johannes de Jong was a Dutch Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Utrecht from 1936 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII. Read more
10 Sep 1885: Carl Clinton Van Doren, American critic and biographer (died 1950) Carl Clinton Van Doren was an American critic and biographer. He was the brother of critic and teacher Mark Van Doren and the uncle of Charles Van Doren. Read more
10 Sep 1884: Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (died 1964) Herbert Voldemar Johanson was an Estonian architect. Read more
10 Sep 1880: Georgia Douglas Johnson, American poet and playwright (died 1966) Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson, was an American poet and playwright. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights, and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Read more
10 Sep 1880: Laura Cornelius Kellogg, Native American activist (died 1947) Laura Cornelius Kellogg was an Oneida leader, author, orator, activist and visionary. Kellogg, a descendant of distinguished Oneida leaders, was a founder of the Society of American Indians. Kellogg was an advocate for the renaissance and sovereignty of the Six Nations of the Iroquois, and fought for communal tribal lands, tribal autonomy and self-government. Popularly known as "Indian Princess Wynnogene," Kellogg was the voice of the Oneidas and Haudenosaunee people in national and international forums. During the 1920s and 1930s, Kellogg and her husband, Orrin J. Kellogg, pursued land claims in New York on behalf of the Six Nations people. Kellogg's "Lolomi Plan" was a Progressive Era alternative to Bureau of Indian Affairs control emphasizing indigenous American self-sufficiency, cooperative labor and organization, and capitalization of labor. According to historian Laurence Hauptman, "Kellogg helped transform the modern Iroquois, not back into their ancient League, but into major actors, activists and litigants in the modern world of the 20th century Indian politics." Read more
10 Sep 1876: Hugh D. McIntosh, Australian businessman (died 1942) Hugh Donald "Huge Deal" McIntosh was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur, sporting promoter and newspaper proprietor Read more
10 Sep 1875: George Hewitt Myers, American forester and philanthropist (died 1957) George Hewitt Myers was an American forester and philanthropist. Read more
10 Sep 1874: Mamie Dillard, African American educator, clubwoman and suffragist (died 1954) Mary "Mamie" J. Dillard was an American educator, clubwoman and suffragist. Read more
10 Sep 1872: Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (died 1933) Colonel Kumar Sri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was an Indian cricketer who later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar, from 1907 to 1933. The main part of his cricket career was from 1893 to 1904 when, as one of the greatest batsmen of his time, he played for Cambridge University, Sussex, London County and, in 15 Test matches, for England. Read more
10 Sep 1871: Charles Collett, English engineer (died 1952) Charles Benjamin Collett was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway from 1922 to 1941. He designed the GWR's 4-6-0 Castle and King Class express passenger locomotives. Read more
10 Sep 1866: Jeppe Aakjær, Danish author and poet (died 1930) Jeppe Aakjær was a Danish poet and novelist, a member of the 'Jutland Movement' in Danish literature". A regionalist, much of his writings was about his native Jutland. He was known for writings that reflected his concern for the impoverished and for describing rural existence. Read more
10 Sep 1864: Carl Correns, German botanist and geneticist (died 1933) Carl Erich Correns was a German botanist and geneticist notable primarily for his independent discovery of the principles of heredity, which he achieved simultaneously but independently of the botanist Hugo de Vries, and for his acknowledgment of Gregor Mendel's earlier paper on that subject. Read more
10 Sep 1860: Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (died 1938) Mariamna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, commonly known as Marianne von Werefkin, was a Russian-born painter, active in Germany and Switzerland during the late Belle Époque and interwar periods. She is particularly known for her Expressionist works. Read more
10 Sep 1852: Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founded the East Asiatic Company (died 1937) Hans Niels Andersen was a Danish shipping magnate, businessman, diplomat and founder of the East Asiatic Company. Read more
10 Sep 1852: Alice Brown Davis, American tribal chief (died 1935) Alice Brown Davis was the first female Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, and served from 1922 to 1935, appointed by President Warren G. Harding. She was of Seminole and Scots descent. Her older brother John Frippo Brown had served as chief of the tribe and their brother Andrew Jackson Brown as treasurer. Read more
10 Sep 1844: Abel Hoadley, English-Australian candy maker, created the Violet Crumble (died 1918) Abel Hoadley was an English-born Australian businessman, confectioner, orchardist and manufacturer of jams and sauces, remembered today as establishing the company's that bear his name A. Hoadley and Company and the Hoadley Chocolate Company and inventing of the popular Australian chocolate honeycomb bar the Violet Crumble. Read more
10 Sep 1839: Isaac K. Funk, American minister and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (died 1912) Isaac Kaufmann Funk was an American Lutheran minister, editor, lexicographer, publisher, and spelling reformer. He was the co-founder of Funk & Wagnalls Company, the father of author Wilfred J. Funk, and the grandfather of author Peter Funk, who continued his father's authorship of Word Power until 2003. Funk & Wagnalls Company published The Literary Digest, The Standard Dictionary of the English Language, and Funk & Wagnalls Standard Encyclopedia. Read more
10 Sep 1839: Charles Sanders Peirce, American mathematician, statistician, and philosopher (died 1914) Charles Sanders Peirce was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is sometimes known as "the father of pragmatism". According to philosopher Paul Weiss, writing in 1934, Peirce was "the most original and versatile of America's philosophers and America's greatest logician". Bertrand Russell wrote in 1959, "he was one of the most original minds of the later nineteenth century and certainly the greatest American thinker ever". Read more
10 Sep 1836: Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (died 1906) Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler was an American military officer and politician. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and then a general in the United States Army during both the Spanish-American and Philippine–American Wars near the turn of the twentieth century. For much of the Civil War, he was the senior cavalry general in the Army of Tennessee and fought in most of its battles in the Western Theater. Read more
10 Sep 1821: William Jervois, English captain, engineer, and politician, 10th Governor of South Australia (died 1897) Lieutenant-General Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois was a British military engineer and diplomat. After joining the British Army in 1839, he saw service, as a second captain, in South Africa. In 1858, as a major, he was appointed Secretary of a Royal Commission set up to examine the state and efficiency of British land-based fortifications against naval attack; and this led to further work in Canada and South Australia. From 1875 to 1888 he was, consecutively, Governor of the Straits Settlements, Governor of South Australia and Governor of New Zealand. Read more
10 Sep 1801: Marie Laveau, American voodoo practitioner (died 1881) Marie Catherine Laveau was a Louisiana Creole practitioner of Voodoo, a herbalist, and a midwife who was renowned in New Orleans. Her daughter, Marie Laveau II, also practiced rootwork, conjure, and Native American and African spiritualism, as well as Louisiana Voodoo and traditional Roman Catholicism. An alternate spelling of her name, Laveaux, is considered by historians to be from the original French spelling. Read more

Notable Deaths on 10 September

10 Sep 2025: Charlie Kirk, American right-wing political activist (born 1993) Charles James Kirk was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co‑founded the conservative student organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and served as its executive director until his assassination in 2025. A key ally of Donald Trump, he became one of the most prominent voices of the MAGA movement within the Republican Party, publishing several books and hosting The Charlie Kirk Show. Read more
10 Sep 2024: Frankie Beverly, American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (born 1946) Howard Stanley Beverly, known as Frankie Beverly, was an American singer, songwriter, and producer known primarily for his recordings with Maze, the soul and funk band. He formed Maze, originally called Raw Soul, in his hometown of Philadelphia in 1970. After Maze moved to San Francisco and was introduced to Marvin Gaye, they released nine gold albums creating a large and devoted following. Read more
10 Sep 2024: Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (born 1936) James Ralph Sasser was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served three terms as a member of the United States Senate from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget. From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China. To date, he is the most recent Democratic U.S. senator from Tennessee. Read more
10 Sep 2023: Ian Wilmut, British embryologist (born 1944) Sir Ian Wilmut was an English embryologist and the chair of the Scottish Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He was the leader of the research group that in 1996 first cloned a mammal from an adult somatic cell, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly. Read more
10 Sep 2020: Diana Rigg, British actress (born 1938) Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017); and the title role in Medea in the West End in 1993 followed by Broadway a year later. Read more
10 Sep 2015: Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (born 1918) Norman Louis Farberow was an American psychologist, and one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. He was among the three founders in 1958 of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which became a base of research into the causes and prevention of suicide. Read more
10 Sep 2015: Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (born 1928) Adrian Johann Frutiger was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital typesetting eras. Until his death, he lived in Bremgarten bei Bern. Read more
10 Sep 2015: Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (born 1927) Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese Army Major General, and subsequently the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until 2000, when the SLA withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved. Read more
10 Sep 2014: Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934) Emilio Botín-Sanz de Sautuola y García de los Ríos, iure uxoris Marquess of O'Shea was a Spanish banker. He was the executive chairman of Spain's Grupo Santander. In 1993 his bank absorbed Banco Español de Crédito (Banesto), and in 1999 it merged with Banco Central Hispano creating Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH), which became Spain's largest bank, of which he was co-president with Central Hispano's José María Amusategui, until Amusategui retired in 2002. In 2004, BSCH acquired the British bank Abbey National, making BSCH the second largest bank in Europe by market capitalisation. He was known for his obsession with growth and performance as well as regularly visiting branches. Read more
10 Sep 2014: Richard Kiel, American actor (born 1939) Richard Dawson Kiel was an American actor. Standing 7 feet 1.5 inches (2.17 m) tall, he was notable for portraying Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore (1996). Other notable films include The Longest Yard (1974), Silver Streak (1976), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), Cannonball Run II (1984), Pale Rider (1985) and Tangled (2010). On television, he portrayed the giant alien in the highly regarded 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Read more
10 Sep 2014: Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (born 1932) Edward Nelson was an American mathematician known for his work on mathematical physics and mathematical logic. In mathematical logic, he was noted especially for his internal set theory, and views on ultrafinitism and the consistency of arithmetic. In philosophy of mathematics he advocated the view of formalism rather than platonism or intuitionism. He also wrote on the relationship between religion and mathematics. He was professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University. Read more
10 Sep 2014: George Spencer, American baseball player (born 1926) George Elwell Spencer was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. A right-hander, he was primarily a relief pitcher for the New York Giants and the Detroit Tigers. Spencer stood 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) tall and weighed 200 pounds (91 kg). Read more
10 Sep 2014: Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (born 1944) Paul Kay Sybrowsky was the president of Southern Virginia University (SVU) from June 1, 2012 until August 31, 2014. He was a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 2005 until 2011. He also served as a commissioner of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and chairman of the board of trustees of Utah Valley University. Read more
10 Sep 2013: John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (born 1940) John James Hambrick was an American broadcast journalist, reporter, actor, voice over announcer and TV documentary producer. Read more
10 Sep 2013: Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1925) Ibrahim Makhous, was a Syrian Baathist politician who sat on the Regional Command from 1966 to 1970. He served as foreign minister during Salah Jadid's rule. Read more
10 Sep 2013: Josef Němec, Czech boxer (born 1933) Josef Němec was a boxer from Czechoslovakia. Read more
10 Sep 2013: Clay Shaw, American accountant and politician (born 1939) Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. was an American jurist and Republican politician who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale and represented South Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 2007. He was defeated for re-election by Ron Klein in 2006. Read more
10 Sep 2013: Jack Vance, Canadian general (born 1933) Lieutenant-General John Elwood "Jack" Vance, was a Canadian Forces officer who became Vice Chief of the Defence Staff in Canada. Read more
10 Sep 2012: Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (born 1934) Raquel Teresa Correa was a Chilean journalist who spent the main part of her career with the newspaper El Mercurio. She was well known for her interviews and reporting, and was the recipient of Chile's National Prize for Journalism in 1991. Read more
10 Sep 2012: Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1938) Robert Alton Gammage was an American politician, having served as a Democrat in the Texas House of Representatives, the Texas State Senate, and the United States House of Representatives. Read more
10 Sep 2012: Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (born 1935) William Lance LeGault Sr. was an American actor and musician. He was best known as U.S. Army Colonel Roderick Decker in the 1980s American television series The A-Team. Read more
10 Sep 2012: Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1933) Stanley A. Long was an English exploitation cinema and sexploitation filmmaker. He was also a driving force behind the VistaScreen stereoscopic (3D) photographic company. He was a writer, cinematographer, editor, and eventually, producer/director of low-budget exploitation movies. Read more
10 Sep 2012: John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (born 1922) Albert John Moffatt was an English character actor and playwright, known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot on BBC Radio in twenty-five productions and for a wide range of stage roles in the West End from the 1950s to the 1980s. Read more
10 Sep 2011: Cliff Robertson, American actor (born 1923) Clifford Parker Robertson III was an American actor whose career in film and television spanned over six decades. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film PT 109, and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Charly. Read more
10 Sep 2008: Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1929) Gérald A. Beaudoin was a Canadian lawyer and Senator. Read more
10 Sep 2008: Vernon Handley, English conductor (born 1930) Vernon George "Tod" Handley was a British conductor, known in particular for his support of British composers. Read more
10 Sep 2007: Anita Roddick, English businesswoman, founded The Body Shop (born 1942) Dame Anita Lucia Roddick was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of products being tested on animals in some of its products and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries. Read more
10 Sep 2007: Joe Sherlock, Irish politician (born 1930) Joe Sherlock was an Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2002 to 2007, 1987 to 1992 and 1981 to 1982. He was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1993 to 1997. Read more
10 Sep 2007: Ted Stepien, American businessman (born 1925) Theodore John Stepien was an American businessman who owned the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1983. Born in Pittsburgh in 1925, he became wealthy as the founder of Nationwide Advertising Service and purchased an interest in the Cavaliers on April 12, 1980. His tenure as owner of the Cavs was highly controversial, resulting in multiple coaching changes and poor performances by the team, and his management decisions ultimately led the NBA to create what is known as the "Ted Stepien rule" to restrict how teams can trade draft picks. A December 6, 1982, article in The New York Times described the Cavaliers during Stepien's ownership as "the worst club and most poorly run franchise in professional basketball." After selling his interest in the Cavaliers in 1983, he continued to be involved in professional basketball, owning teams in the Continental Basketball Association and the Global Basketball Association. Later in life he founded the United Pro Basketball League, along other business ventures in the Cleveland area. He died in 2007. Read more
10 Sep 2007: Jane Wyman, American actress (born 1917) Jane Wyman, TOSD was an American actress. A star of both movies and television, she received an Academy Award for Best Actress, four Golden Globe Awards and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. In 1960 she received stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for both motion pictures and television. She was the first wife of actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Read more
10 Sep 2006: Patty Berg, American golfer (born 1918) Patricia Jane Berg was an American professional golfer. She was a founding member and the first president of the LPGA. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Read more
10 Sep 2006: Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Tongan king (born 1918) Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV was King of Tonga from 1965 until his death in 2006. He was previously Prime Minister of Tonga from 1949 to 1965. Read more
10 Sep 2005: Hermann Bondi, Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (born 1919) Sir Hermann Bondi was an Austrian-British mathematician and cosmologist. Read more
10 Sep 2005: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, American singer and guitarist (born 1924) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was an American singer and multi-instrumentalist from Louisiana. He was best-known as a blues performer, but his music was often eclectic and also touched on genres including country, jazz and rock and roll. Brown won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1983 for his album, Alright Again! Read more
10 Sep 2004: Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (born 1927) Brockman Adams was an American lawyer and politician. A Democratic Party member from the state of Washington, Adams served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington for U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 to 1964, a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Washington's 7th congressional district from 1965 to 1977, the 5th United States Secretary of Transportation from 1977 to 1979, and a member of the United States Senate. He was forced to retire in January 1993 due to public and widespread sexual harassment, sexual assault and rape allegations. Read more
10 Sep 2000: Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Indian-Pakistani journalist and author (born 1921) Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah was a Pakistani writer and journalist. Begum Hamidullah was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also of feminism in Pakistan. She was Pakistan's first female editor and publisher, and the country's first female columnist writing in English. Zaibunnisa Street in Karachi was named after her. Read more
10 Sep 1996: Joanne Dru, American actress (born 1922) Joanne Dru was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master. Read more
10 Sep 1996: Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (born 1896) Hans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur. Read more
10 Sep 1994: Charles Drake, American actor (born 1917) Charles Drake was an American actor. Read more
10 Sep 1991: Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (born 1908) John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the U.S. Open in five sets, thus missing the Grand Slam by one set that year. He also won the Australian Open in 1931, 1932, and 1935. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979. Read more
10 Sep 1988: Virginia Satir, American psychotherapist and author (born 1916) Virginia Satir was an American author, clinical social worker and psychotherapist, recognized for her approach to family therapy. Her pioneering work in the field of family reconstruction therapy honored her with the title "Mother of Family Therapy". Her best known books are Conjoint Family Therapy, 1964, Peoplemaking, 1972, and The New Peoplemaking, 1988. Read more
10 Sep 1987: Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (born 1937) Boris Rõtov was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978). Read more
10 Sep 1985: Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1893) Ernst Julius Öpik was an Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist who spent the second half of his career (1948–1981) at the Armagh Observatory in Northern Ireland. He is best known for his pioneering work on solar system dynamics, particularly of the Oort cloud and the Yarkovsky effect. Read more
10 Sep 1985: Jock Stein, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1922) John Stein was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the first manager of a club from a Northern European country to win the European Cup, with Celtic in 1967. Stein also guided Celtic to nine successive Scottish League championships between 1966 and 1974. Read more
10 Sep 1983: Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905) Felix Bloch was a Swiss–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith." Read more
10 Sep 1983: Norah Lofts, English author (born 1904) Norah Ethel Lofts was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books. Although specializing in historical fiction and "known for her effective use of English history" in her work, she also wrote some mysteries, short stories and non-fiction. Many of her novels, including her Suffolk Trilogy, follow the history of specific houses and their residents over several generations. Read more
10 Sep 1983: Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (born 1941) Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb during his adult years. He owned a taxi company and worked as a driver around his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Read more
10 Sep 1983: B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (born 1915) Balthazar Johannes Vorster was a South African politician who served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth State President of South Africa from 1978 to 1979. Known as B. J. Vorster during much of his career, he came to prefer the anglicized name John in the 1970s. He was interned in 1942 by the South African government for his involvement in the pro-Nazi Ossewabrandwag, but Vorster denied this and said the official reason given to him was for being “anti-British”. Read more
10 Sep 1979: Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician, 1st President of Angola (born 1922) António Agostinho Neto Kilamba was an Angolan communist revolutionary, politician and poet. He served as the first president of Angola from 1975 to 1979, after leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during the war for independence. He led the MPLA during the beginning of the Angolan Civil War, which began in 1975 and lasted until 2002. An author of several books, he is considered Angola's preeminent poet. His birthday is celebrated as National Heroes' Day, a public holiday in Angola. Read more
10 Sep 1976: Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905) James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exodus (1960). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of Communist influences in the motion picture industry. Read more
10 Sep 1975: Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (born 1899) Hans Swarowsky was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth. Read more
10 Sep 1975: George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1892) Sir George Paget Thomson was a British experimental physicist who shared the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physics with Clinton Davisson "for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals." His father, J. J. Thomson, won the Nobel Prize in 1906 "for his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases". It has been said that the elder Thomson won the Nobel for showing the electron is a particle, the younger for showing it is a wave. Read more
10 Sep 1973: Cornelia Meigs, American author and playwright (born 1884) Cornelia Lynde Meigs (1884–1973) was an American writer of fiction and biography for children, teacher of English and writing, historian and critic of children's literature. She won the Newbery Medal for her 1933 biography of Louisa May Alcott, entitled Invincible Louisa. She also wrote three Newbery Honor Books. Read more
10 Sep 1971: Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932) Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut role in the 1950 film Tomorrow Is Too Late, and subsequently won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in the American film Teresa (1951). Read more
10 Sep 1968: Erna Mohr, German zoologist (born 1894) Erna W. Mohr was a German zoologist who made contributions to ichthyology and mammalogy. Mohr was long associated with the Zoological Museum Hamburg, where she was successively head of the Fish Biology Department, Department of Higher Vertebrates, and Curator of the Vertebrate Department. She was a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and held an honorary doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Read more
10 Sep 1966: Emil Julius Gumbel, German mathematician and statistician (born 1891) Emil Julius Gumbel was a German mathematician and political writer. Read more
10 Sep 1965: Father Divine, American spiritual leader (born 1880) Father Divine, also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was also known as "the Messenger" early in his life. He founded the International Peace Mission movement, formed its doctrine and oversaw its growth from a small and predominantly black congregation into a multiracial and international church. He also engaged in anti-lynching activism. His organization had a few tens of thousands of adherents and was the largest property owner in Harlem at one time. Many consider him to be a cult leader, since he claimed to be God. Read more
10 Sep 1961: Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (born 1880) Leopoldo Antonio Carrillo was an American actor, vaudevillian, political cartoonist, and conservationist.
He was notable for playing Pancho in the television series The Cisco Kid (1950–1956) and in several films. Read more
10 Sep 1961: Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (born 1928) Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips, also known as Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, was a German racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1956 to 1961. Nicknamed "Taffy", von Trips was posthumously runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won two Grands Prix across six seasons. Read more
10 Sep 1954: Peter Anders, German tenor and actor (born 1908) Peter Anders was a German operatic tenor who sang a wide range of parts in the German, Italian, and French repertories. He began by singing lyric roles and later took dramatic roles with equal success. He was also a prominent lieder singer. Read more
10 Sep 1952: Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (born 1866) Youssef Aftimus was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the first half of the twentieth century, he is the author of many of Beirut's well known landmarks such as the Beirut Municipality Building, the Grand Serail's Hamidiyyeh clock tower, the Hamidiyyeh Fountain and the Barakat Building. Aftimus was also an urban planner, and politician and philanthropist. Read more
10 Sep 1948: Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (born 1861) Ferdinand I was the monarch of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1918, reigning as Prince of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1908 and Tsar of Bulgaria from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule, Bulgaria began rapidly modernising its industry, military, infrastructure and culture. It achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire and fought in the Balkan Wars and World War I, the latter of which ended with the catastrophic Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine and prompted Ferdinand's abdication. Read more
10 Sep 1940: Issy Smith, British-Australian soldier and Jewish recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1890) Issy Smith was a British-Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to eligible forces of the Commonwealth and United Kingdom. Read more
10 Sep 1939: Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German general (born 1888) Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig was a German police official and SS officer. He held the rank of Generalmajor der Ordnungspolizei and served as General Inspector of the Gendarmerie and Municipal Schutzpolizei in the Ordnungspolizei. His rank of SS-Brigadeführer was posthumous. Read more
10 Sep 1938: Charles Cruft, English businessman, founded Crufts (born 1852) Charles Alfred Cruft was a British showman who founded the Crufts dog show. Cruft first became involved with dogs when he began to work at Spratt's, a manufacturer of dog biscuits. He rose to the position of general manager, and whilst working for Spratt's in France he was invited to run his first dog show at the 1878 Exposition Universelle. After running dog shows in London for four years, he ran his first Cruft's dog show in 1891, and continued to run a further 45 shows until his death in 1938, as well as running two cat shows in 1894 and 1895. He was involved in a range of dog breed clubs, including that for Schipperkes, Pugs and Borzois. He and his wife upheld a story that they never owned a dog, and instead owned a cat, however Cruft admitted to owning at least one Saint Bernard in his memoirs, published posthumously. Read more
10 Sep 1937: Sergei Tretyakov, Russian author and playwright (born 1892) Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was a Soviet Russian constructivist writer, playwright, poet, and special correspondent for Pravda. Read more
10 Sep 1935: Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (born 1893) Huey Pierce Long Jr., nicknamed "The Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and often took forceful action. A controversial figure, Long is celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or, in contrast, denounced as a fascistic demagogue. Read more
10 Sep 1934: George Henschel, German-English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1850) Sir Isidor George Henschel was a German-born British baritone, pianist, conductor, composer and academic teacher. First trained as a pianist, he was a concert singer who sometimes sang to his own accompaniment. He was a close friend of Johannes Brahms. His first wife Lillian was also a singer. He was the first conductor of both the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He taught at the Institute of Musical Art in New York City. Read more
10 Sep 1933: Giuseppe Campari, Italian race car driver (born 1892) Giuseppe Campari was an Italian opera singer and Grand Prix motor racing driver. Read more
10 Sep 1933: Baconin Borzacchini, Italian race car driver (born 1898) Baconin Borzacchini was an Italian racing driver who often competed under the nom de course Mario Umberto Borzacchini. Read more
10 Sep 1933: Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (born 1899) Count Stanisław Michel Frederic Marie Czaykowski, also known as Stanislas Czaykowski and Stanislaus Czaykowski was a Polish Grand Prix motor racing driver. Read more
10 Sep 1931: Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1869) Dmitri Fyodorovich Egorov was a Russian and Soviet mathematician known for contributions to the areas of differential geometry and mathematical analysis. He was President of the Moscow Mathematical Society (1923–1930). Read more
10 Sep 1931: Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American gangster (born 1886) Salvatore Maranzano, nicknamed Little Caesar, was an Italian-American mobster from the town of Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, and an early Cosa Nostra boss who led what later would become the Bonanno crime family in New York City. He instigated the Castellammarese War in 1930 to seize control of the American Mafia, winning the war after the murder of rival faction head Joe Masseria in April 1931. He then briefly became the Mafia's capo di tutti capi and formed the Five Families in New York City but was murdered on September 10, 1931, on the orders of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, who established the Commission, in which families shared power to prevent future turf wars. Read more
10 Sep 1923: Sukumar Ray, Indian poet and playwright (born 1887) Sukumar Ray was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury and the father of Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Read more
10 Sep 1922: Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (born 1840) Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, sometimes spelt Wilfred, was an English poet and writer. He and his wife Lady Anne Blunt travelled in the Middle East and were instrumental in preserving the Arabian horse bloodlines through their farm, the Crabbet Arabian Stud. Read more
10 Sep 1919: J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, founded the Archibald Prize (born 1856) Jules François Archibald was an Australian journalist and publisher, best known for co-founding and editing The Bulletin, Australia's most popular magazine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was also the founder and namesake of the annual Archibald Prize, Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture. Read more
10 Sep 1915: Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec (born 1822) Sir Charles-Eugène-Napoléon Boucher de Boucherville was a Canadian politician and medical doctor. He twice served as the premier of Quebec. Read more
10 Sep 1915: Bagha Jatin, Indian philosopher and author (born 1879) Bagha Jatin or Baghajatin, born Jatindranath Mukherjee ; 7 December 1879 – 10 September 1915) was an Indian independence activist. Read more
10 Sep 1905: Pete Browning, American baseball player (born 1861) Louis Rogers "Pete" Browning, nicknamed "Gladiator" and "the Louisville Slugger", was an American professional baseball center fielder and left fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1882 to 1894. He played primarily for the Louisville Eclipse/Colonels, becoming one of the sport's most accomplished batters of the 1880s. Read more
10 Sep 1898: Empress Elisabeth of Austria (born 1837) Elisabeth, nicknamed Sisi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898. Read more
10 Sep 1891: David Humphreys Storer, American physician and naturalist (born 1804) David Humphreys Storer was an American physician and naturalist. He served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard Medical School from 1855 to 1864. Read more
10 Sep 1889: Charles III, Prince of Monaco (born 1818) Charles III was Prince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of the famous casino in Monte Carlo, as his name in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris, the only son of Florestan, Prince of Monaco, and Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Read more
10 Sep 1867: Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (born 1788) Simon Sechter was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton Bruckner, Sigismond Thalberg, and Henri Vieuxtemps. In 1851, he was professor of composition at the Vienna Conservatory; after Sechter's death, his student Bruckner would succeed him and continue teaching his approach to harmony and counterpoint. Read more
10 Sep 1851: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American minister and educator (born 1787) Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was an American educator. Along with Laurent Clerc and Mason Cogswell, he co-founded the first permanent institution for the education of the deaf in North America, and he became its first principal. When opened on April 15, 1817, it was called the "Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons", but it is now known as the American School for the Deaf. Read more
10 Sep 1845: Joseph Story, American lawyer, politician, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (born 1779) Joseph Story was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad, and especially for his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833. Dominating the field in the 19th century, this work is a cornerstone of early American jurisprudence. It is the second comprehensive treatise on the provisions of the U.S. Constitution and remains a critical source of historical information about the forming of the American republic and the early struggles to define its law. Read more
10 Sep 1842: William Hobson, Irish-New Zealand soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Zealand (born 1792) Captain William Hobson was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of New Zealand from 1841 to 1842. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi which he, as Crown representative, and several Maori chiefs signed on 6 February 1840. On 3 May 1840, he proclaimed British sovereignty over New Zealand. He also selected the site for a new capital, which he named Auckland. In May 1841, New Zealand was constituted as a separate Crown colony with Hobson promoted to governor and commander-in-chief. In his final months, Hobson was dogged by poor health which left him detached from political affairs. He died in office in September 1842. Read more
10 Sep 1842: Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States (born 1790) Letitia Christian Tyler was the first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842 as the first wife of President John Tyler. After meeting in 1808, the two married in 1813. Tyler managed their plantation in Virginia while her husband progressed his political career at the state capital and in Washington, D.C., accompanying him only while he was governor of Virginia. She had a stroke in 1839 that left her permanently disabled. Read more

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