History of Today 01 September: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 01 September in History

• 01 Sep 2008: Iraq War: The United States Armed Forces transfers control of Anbar Province to the Iraqi Armed Forces. Read more
• 01 Sep 2004: The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege, three days later, more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists). Read more
• 01 Sep 1985: The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Central African President David Dacko is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General André Kolingba. Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). Read more
• 01 Sep 1973: A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman. Read more
• 01 Sep 1969: A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power. Read more
• 01 Sep 1967: Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel". Read more
• 01 Sep 1961: TWA Flight 529 crashed shortly after takeoff from Midway Airport in Chicago, killing all 78 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest single plane disaster in U.S. history. Read more
• 01 Sep 1944: World War II: Launch of Operation Ratweek, complicating German retreat. Read more
• 01 Sep 1939: World War II: Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. Read more
• 01 Sep 1939: J. Robert Oppenheimer and his student Hartland Snyder publish the Oppenheimer–Snyder model, proving for the first time in contemporary physics how black holes could develop. Read more
• 01 Sep 1923: The Great Kantō Earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people. Read more
• 01 Sep 1897: The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America. Read more
• 01 Sep 1894: Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota. Read more
• 01 Sep 1880: The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War. Read more
• 01 Sep 1878: Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company. Read more
• 01 Sep 1873: Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande. Read more
• 01 Sep 1870: Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory. Read more
• 01 Sep 1864: American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta. Read more
• 01 Sep 1862: American Civil War: Confederate forces under General Stonewall Jackson inflict heavy casualties in the Battle of Chantilly during the Union withdrawal from the Northern Virginia campaign. Read more
• 01 Sep 1859: Carrington Event started – the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history. Read more
• 01 Sep 1838: Saint Andrew's Scots School, the oldest school of British origin in South America, is established. Read more
• 01 Sep 1836: Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. Read more
• 01 Sep 1831: The Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic. Read more
• 01 Sep 1804: 3 Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. Read more

Famous Births on 01 September

• 01 Sep 2003: An Yu-jin, South Korean singer and actress An Yu-jin is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is the leader of the girl group Ive under Starship Entertainment and a former member of South Korean-Japanese girl group Iz*One. Read more
• 01 Sep 2002: Diane Parry, French tennis player Diane Parry is a French professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 31 achieved on 31 August 2026. On 4 December 2023, she peaked at No. 74 in the doubles rankings. Parry has won three WTA Tour titles, one in singles and two in doubles. As of August 2026, she is the French No. 1 singles player. Read more
• 01 Sep 2000: Mikhail Iakovlev, Israeli Olympic cyclist Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev, also known as Mikhail Iakovlev, is an Olympic Israeli unofficial world-record-holding racing cyclist. Born in Russia, he and his family moved to Israel, and he represents Israel internationally. He won the bronze medal in the keirin event at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and bronze medals in the Sprint at the 2021 European Championship, and in the 2024 European Championship. In 2022, Yakovlev set a new unofficial world record in the 200m flying trial in 9.099 seconds. Read more
• 01 Sep 2000: Pratika Rawal, Indian cricketer Pratika Rawal is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national cricket team. She represents Railways in domestic cricket. Rawal was an integral part of the Indian team that won the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup. Read more
• 01 Sep 1999: Cam Reddish, American basketball player Cameron Elijah Reddish is an American professional basketball player who last played for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was selected 10th overall by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Josh Battle, Australian rules footballer Josh Battle is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was originally drafted by St Kilda Football Club with their second selection and thirty-ninth overall in the 2016 national draft. He made his debut in the sixty-one point loss to Essendon at Etihad Stadium in round seventeen of the 2017 season. Battle joined Hawthorn as an unrestricted free agent following the 2024 AFL season and won an All Australian Blazer in his first year at Hawthorn. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Josh Okogie, Nigerian-American basketball player Joshua Aloiye Okogie is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and was selected 20th overall in the 2018 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, where he spent his first four seasons before signing with the Phoenix Suns in 2022. He also represents the Nigeria national team. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Salah Mohsen, Egyptian footballer Salah Mohsen Mohamed Shalaby is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Egypt national team and the Egyptian Premier League side Al Masry. Read more
• 01 Sep 1997: Jeon Jungkook, South Korean singer, songwriter and record producer Jeon Jung-kook, known professionally as Jung Kook, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of South Korean boy band BTS. He has performed three solo songs as part of BTS' discography—"Begin" in 2016, "Euphoria" in 2018, and "My Time" in 2020—all of which charted on South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart. He also recorded the soundtrack song "Stay Alive" for the BTS-based webtoon 7Fates: Chakho. Read more
• 01 Sep 1997: Joan Mir, Spanish motorcycle racer Joan Mir Mayrata is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer riding for the Honda HRC Castrol team in the MotoGP World Championship. Mir is best known for winning the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Suzuki. He is the fourth Spanish rider to win the premier class title after Àlex Crivillé, Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Márquez, and the second Mallorcan after Lorenzo. Mir also won the 2017 Moto3 World Championship title with Leopard Racing. Read more
• 01 Sep 1996: Zendaya, American actress and singer Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Known for her work in television and blockbusters, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $9.8 billion worldwide. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. In 2022, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Read more
• 01 Sep 1995: Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player Nathan Raymond MacKinnon is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). MacKinnon was selected first overall by the Avalanche in the 2013 NHL entry draft. Read more
• 01 Sep 1994: Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player Anna Arkadyevna Smolina is a Russian former tennis player. Read more
• 01 Sep 1994: Carlos Sainz Jr., Spanish racing driver Carlos Sainz Vázquez de Castro is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Williams. Sainz has won four Formula One Grands Prix across 12 seasons. Read more
• 01 Sep 1993: Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer Mario René Junior Lemina is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Gabon national team. Read more
• 01 Sep 1992: Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer Cristiano Biraghi is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Torino. Read more
• 01 Sep 1992: Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter Sir Kirani Zeno James GCNG COG is a Grenadian professional sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. He won the 400 m at the World Championships in 2011 and won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In the 400 metres, James also won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, thus becoming the first man to earn the full set of three medals in the centennial history of the event. He is Grenada's first Olympic medalist. He holds the Grenadian national record in both the 200 metres and 400 metres. Read more
• 01 Sep 1992: Tomáš Nosek, Czech ice hockey player Tomáš Nosek is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a forward and currently plays for HC Dynamo Pardubice of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). Nosek began his professional career with Pardubice before signing with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) as an undrafted free agent in 2014. After developing in the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Grand Rapids Griffins, he played a key role in their 2017 Calder Cup championship run. Read more
• 01 Sep 1992: Woo Hye-lim, South Korean singer-songwriter Woo Hye-rim, known professionally as Hyerim or Lim, is a South Korean singer, rapper, songwriter, and radio personality known for her work as a former member of South Korean girl group Wonder Girls. She has hosted Wonder Hours with Hyerim on KBS World Radio since January 2024. Read more
• 01 Sep 1991: Rhys Bennett, English footballer Rhys Gordon Bennett is an English professional footballer who is currently without a club. He plays as a central defender, although he has also been deployed in defensive midfield, and as a full-back. Read more
• 01 Sep 1990: Aisling Loftus, English actress Aisling Sinead Katie Loftus is a British actress. She began her career as a child actress and first gained prominence through her roles in the BBC dramas Five Daughters (2010) and Dive (2010), the play Spur of the Moment, and the film Death of a Superhero (2011). Read more
• 01 Sep 1990: Stanislav Tecl, Czech footballer Stanislav Tecl is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in the Czech First League for Slavia Prague, Jihlava, Viktoria Plzeň and Jablonec, winning two championships with Viktoria Plzeň and a further four with Slavia Prague. Tecl played internationally for the Czech Republic, making ten appearances for his nation between 2013 and 2022. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player Astrid Besser is an Italian tennis player of German and Venezuelan descent. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Bill Kaulitz, German singer and songwriter Bill Kaulitz, also known as Billy for his solo project, is a German singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Tokio Hotel. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer Jefferson Antonio Montero Vite is an Ecuadorian professional footballer who plays as a winger. He has represented the Ecuador national team at senior international level. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Gustav Nyquist, Swedish ice hockey player Gustav Nyquist is a Swedish professional ice hockey player who is a forward and an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nyquist was drafted 121st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2008 NHL entry draft, with whom he spent the first portion of his NHL career. He has also played for the San Jose Sharks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators. Read more
• 01 Sep 1988: Simona de Silvestro, Swiss racing driver Simona de Silvestro is a Swiss-Italian professional racing driver and bobsledder. She has raced in the IndyCar Series, Formula E and the Supercars Championship, having also served as test driver for the Sauber F1 Team and factory driver for Porsche. Since 2022 she has competed internationally in bobsleigh, where she reached the 2026 Winter Olympics. Read more
• 01 Sep 1988: Miles Plumlee, American basketball player Miles Christian Plumlee is an American former professional basketball player. He played four years of college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, winning a national championship in 2010. He was selected with the 26th overall pick in 2012 NBA draft by the Indiana Pacers and went on to have a seven-year NBA career. He won an NBL championship with the Perth Wildcats in 2020. Read more
• 01 Sep 1988: Chanel West Coast, American rapper-songwriter and model Chelsea Chanel Dudley, known professionally as Chanel West Coast, is an American television personality, rapper, singer, and actress. She came to prominence in pop culture for her roles in MTV's Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory and Ridiculousness. Read more
• 01 Sep 1987: Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete Leonel Suárez Fajardo is a decathlete from Cuba. He was a bronze medalist in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics and a silver medalist at the 2009 World Championships. He won a third consecutive global medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, taking bronze. Read more
• 01 Sep 1987: Mats Zuccarello, Norwegian ice hockey player Mats André Zuccarello Aasen is a Norwegian professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the New York Rangers, Dallas Stars, and Minnesota Wild. Prior to joining the NHL, Zuccarello previously played for Modo Hockey in the Swedish Elite League. In 2010, he won the Guldhjälmen, awarded annually to the most valuable player in the Swedish Hockey League. He is one of nine Norwegian players to have played in the NHL, and some regard him as one of the best Norwegians to have played in the league. Read more
• 01 Sep 1986: Anthony Allen, English rugby player Anthony Allen is a former England international rugby union player and coach. He played for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester 91 times between 2005 and 2009 then 126 times for Leicester Tigers as a centre before his retirement due to injury in 2015. He was a Premiership champion in 2010 and 2013, where he was named man of the match in the final. Read more
• 01 Sep 1986: Gaël Monfils, French tennis player Gaël Sébastien Monfils is a French professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 6, by the ATP, achieved in November 2016. Monfils has won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, out of 35 finals contested. His best singles results at the majors are two semifinals, at the 2008 French Open and the 2016 US Open. Read more
• 01 Sep 1986: Stella Mwangi, Kenyan-Norwegian singer-songwriter Stella Nyambura Mwangi is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper, and songwriter. Her work has been used in films such as American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile and Save the Last Dance 2, and also in TV-series such as CSI: NY, Scrubs and Survival of The Thickest. She represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf with the song "Haba Haba". Read more
• 01 Sep 1985: Larsen Jensen, American swimmer Larsen Alan Jensen is an American former competition swimmer and a two-time Olympic medalist. Read more
• 01 Sep 1984: Ludwig Göransson, Swedish film composer Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson is a Swedish musician, composer, and record producer. Based in the United States, he is often regarded as one of the most successful composers in Hollywood of the 21st century. For his work in music, film and television, he has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and six Grammy Awards. Read more
• 01 Sep 1984: László Köteles, Hungarian footballer László Köteles is a Hungarian former football goalkeeper. Read more
• 01 Sep 1984: Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player Rod Pelley is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. After his collegiate career, Pelley signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Devils, and was with the organization from 2006 to 2011. He was traded to the Anaheim Ducks on December 12, 2011. Read more
• 01 Sep 1984: Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Joseph Mark Trohman is an American musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist and backing vocalist of the rock band Fall Out Boy, as well as the lead guitarist for heavy metal supergroup the Damned Things. Fall Out Boy began in 2001 as Trohman and Pete Wentz's side project from the hardcore punk scene they were involved with, and the band has scored four number one albums on the US Billboard 200, as well as numerous platinum and multi platinum singles in the US and abroad. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Cameron Borgas, Australian cricketer Cameron James Borgas is an Australian former cricketer who played for the Southern Redbacks and Adelaide Strikers. He was a right-handed middle order batsman and has previously represented Australia at under 19 level. He also played A grade cricket for Sturt District Cricket Club. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (died 2012) Iñaki Lejarreta Errasti was a Spanish mountain biker. He was a junior world champion in 2001, and national mountain bike champion in 2007. He competed in the cross-country cycling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and was professionally part of the Orbea cycling team. In 2012, Lejarreta was killed in a crash while training when his bike was struck by a car. He was 29. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer (died 2019) José Antonio Reyes Calderón was a Spanish professional footballer who played mainly as a left winger and also as a forward. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player Jeffrey Woywitka is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Dallas Stars, and New York Rangers. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater Jeffrey Buttle is a Canadian figure skater and choreographer. He is the 2006 Winter Olympics bronze medalist, the 2008 World champion, the 2002 and 2004 Four Continents champion and the 2005–2007 Canadian champion. On March 22, 2008, Buttle became the first Canadian man since Elvis Stojko in 1997 to win the World Title. He announced his retirement from competitive skating on September 10, 2008. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver Paul Lakeland Dumbrell is an Australian business executive and retired racing driver. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Ryan Gomes, American basketball player Ryan Anthony Gomes is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who last served as an assistant coach for the Providence Friars. He was named a First Team All-American power forward at Providence College before being selected with the 50th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft by the Boston Celtics. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Zoe Lister-Jones, American actress and director Zoe Lister-Jones is an American actress and filmmaker who co-starred as Jen Collins Short in the CBS sitcom Life in Pieces from 2015 to 2019. She is also known for her roles in the television shows Delocated (2009–2010), Whitney (2011–2013), and New Girl (2015). Lister-Jones made her directorial debut with the 2017 comedy-drama film Band Aid. In 2020, she wrote and directed the horror film The Craft: Legacy. During the COVID-19 pandemic she co-wrote and co-directed the comedy-drama film How It Ends (2021) with Daryl Wein. In 2023 she produced, wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy series Slip for The Roku Channel, with Dakota Johnson as executive producer under her TeaTime Pictures banner. On December 5, 2023, it was announced that Slip was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Boyd Holbrook, American actor Robert Boyd Holbrook is an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 2008 Gus Van Sant film Milk and had his breakthrough portraying DEA agent Steve Murphy in the Netflix television series Narcos (2015–2016). Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Clinton Portis, American football player Clinton Earl Portis is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. For one season, he was the running backs coach at Delaware State University (DSU). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft. Portis was best known for being the starting running back for the Washington Redskins for seven seasons, in which he gained an average of 81.2 yards rushing per game, for which a select panel of celebrities included him as one of the 80 Greatest Redskins. Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Adam Quick, Australian basketball player Adam Steel Quick was an Australian professional basketball player, formally of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). Read more
• 01 Sep 1980: Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer Samuel Adjei is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
• 01 Sep 1980: Chris Riggott, English footballer Christopher Mark Riggott is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career at Derby County, before moving to Middlesbrough, with whom he won the League Cup in 2004. He also had spells with Stoke City, Cardiff City and Burton Albion and represented England nine times at under-21 level. Read more
• 01 Sep 1978: Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer Massimiliano Vieri is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a striker. He is in charge as assistant youth coach for Fiorentina Under-18. Born in Sydney to Italian parents, he won six caps for the Australia national team between 2004 and 2005. Read more
• 01 Sep 1977: David Albelda, Spanish footballer David Albelda Aliqués is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Villarreal B. Read more
• 01 Sep 1977: Raffaele Giammaria, Italian racing driver Raffaele Giammaria is an Italian racing car driver. Read more
• 01 Sep 1977: Arsalan Iftikhar, American lawyer and author Arsalan Iftikhar is an American human rights lawyer, global media commentator and author of the books including Fear of a Muslim Planet: Global Islamophobia in the New World Order and SCAPEGOATS: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our Freedoms. Read more
• 01 Sep 1977: Aaron Schobel, American football player Aaron Ross Schobel is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). Schobel played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs. He was selected by Buffalo in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft, and he played his entire nine-season career for the Bills. Schobel is notable for recording more sacks of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady than any other NFL player. Read more
• 01 Sep 1976: Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter and producer Scott Hoffman, known by his stage name Babydaddy, is an American musician and the Ivor Novello Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, backing vocalist and composer for the U.S. glam rock band Scissor Sisters. He is the brother of comedian and musician Ben Hoffman. Read more
• 01 Sep 1976: Marcos Ambrose, Australian racing driver Marcos Ross Ambrose is an Australian former racing driver and current Garry Rogers Motorsport competition director. He won the Australian V8 Supercar series' championship in 2003 and 2004. Read more
• 01 Sep 1976: Clare Connor, English cricketer Clare Joanne Connor is an English former cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled slow left arm spin. She held the presidency of Marylebone Cricket Club from 2021 until 2022. She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She achieved a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her retirement from international cricket in 2006. Read more
• 01 Sep 1976: Érik Morales, Mexican boxer Erik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican politician and former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He is the first Mexico-born boxer in history to win world championships in four weight classes, ranging from super bantamweight to light welterweight. Read more
• 01 Sep 1976: Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer Sebastián Rozental Igualt is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica, Colo-Colo (2001), and Unión Española (2003–04) in his native Chile, Rangers (1997–2000) in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the club, Independiente (2001) in Argentina, Grasshoppers (2003–04) in Switzerland, and Puerto Rico Islanders in the USL First Division (2005). Read more
• 01 Sep 1975: Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter Natalie Bassingthwaighte is an Australian singer, actress and television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an acting career in 1998 with guest appearances in television shows. Bassingthwaighte rose to prominence in 2003 on the Australian soap opera Neighbours for her role as Izzy Hoyland, which earned her three Logie Award nominations. Read more
• 01 Sep 1975: Ammon Bundy, American anti-government militant Ammon Edward Bundy is an American anti-government militant and activist who led the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. He is the son of rancher Cliven Bundy, who was the central figure in the 2014 Bundy standoff in Nevada regarding unpaid grazing fees on federally-owned public land. Read more
• 01 Sep 1975: Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player Cuttino Rashawn Mobley is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from 1998 to 2008. He played college basketball for the Rhode Island Rams, earning conference player of the year honors in the Atlantic 10 in 1998. Mobley was selected in the second round of the 1998 NBA draft by the Houston Rockets and was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. He has played in the 3×3 basketball in the Big3. Read more
• 01 Sep 1975: Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor Robert Scott Speedman is a Canadian actor and model. He is known for portraying Ben Covington in the coming-of-age drama television series Felicity, Lycan–Vampire hybrid Michael Corvin in the gothic horror–action Underworld films, and Barry "Baz" Blackwell in the TNT crime drama series Animal Kingdom. His other film work includes Duets, Dark Blue, XXX: State of the Union, The Strangers, Barney's Version, The Vow, and Crimes of the Future. In 2021, he returned to Grey's Anatomy as a main character following a guest role in season 14 as Dr. Nick Marsh. In 2026, he is the main character of same name in the drama series R.J. Decker. Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: Burn Gorman, American-born English actor and musician Burn Hugh Gorman is an American-born, English actor. He is known for his television roles as Owen Harper in the BBC series Torchwood (2006–2008), Karl Tanner in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2013–14), Major Edmund Hewlett in the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies (2014–2017), 'The Marshal' in the Prime Video series The Man in the High Castle (2015), and Adolphus Murtry in Prime Video series The Expanse (2019). His film roles include Phillip Stryver in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Hermann Gottlieb in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim (2013) and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Commander Hoff in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Father Damien in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024). Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: Jason Taylor, American football player and sportscaster Jason Paul Taylor is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL), spending the majority of his career with the Miami Dolphins. He is currently the defensive ends coach for the Miami Hurricanes. Over the course of his 15-year NFL career, Taylor played for the Dolphins for 13 years in three separate stints, and also played a season each for the Washington Redskins (2008) and the New York Jets (2010). Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese director and producer, founder of Ordet Animation Studio Yutaka Yamamoto is a Japanese anime director from Osaka Prefecture. He helped co-found Ordet. Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, director, cartoonist and comic illustrator Jhonen C. Vasquez is an American cartoonist and screenwriter. His work includes creating the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim and its namesake comic book series, creating the comic book series Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and its spin-offs like Squee! and I Feel Sick, and directing music videos for bands such as Mindless Self Indulgence. Read more
• 01 Sep 1973: J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter Jason Dean Bennison, better known by his stage name J.D. Fortune, is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He was the frontman of the Australian rock band INXS for six years after winning the first season of the CBS reality television series Rock Star: INXS; in 2005, replacing its late lead singer Michael Hutchence. After the show, Fortune fronted INXS through an extended 2+1⁄2-year world tour supporting the release of the album Switch, INXS's first studio album with Fortune, and the only album with new INXS material after Hutchence's death. Read more
• 01 Sep 1973: Simon Shaw, English rugby player Simon Dalton Shaw is an English former rugby union player. He played as a lock for Bristol, London Wasps and Toulon. He won 71 caps for England between 1996 and 2011 and two for the British & Irish Lions, with whom he toured three times. Read more
• 01 Sep 1973: Ram Kapoor, Indian actor Ram Kapoor is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi-language films and television. One of the highest-paid television actors in India, he is known for portraying Jai Walia in Kasamh Se and Ram Kapoor in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. He is a recipient of several awards including three ITA Awards and three Indian Telly Awards. Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira is an American actor. He is best known as Carlos Solis in Desperate Housewives (2004–12) and Abraham Quintanilla in Selena: The Series (2020). Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer Yoshitaka Hirota is a Japanese video game composer and bass guitarist, whose most notable works include the soundtracks to the Shadow Hearts series. Hirota was previously a sound effects programmer having worked on various Square titles. His first work as a video game composer was for the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Bomberman 64: The Second Attack. Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Maury Sterling, American actor Charles Maury Wallace Sterling is an American actor. He is known for playing Max Piotrowski in Homeland, Rafferty in the comedy film Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and Lester Tremor in the action film Smokin' Aces. Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician Hakan Şükür is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and Kral (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a three-time Gol Kralı, representing the club in three different spells and winning a total of 14 major titles. Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Rachel Zoe, American fashion designer Rachel Zoe Rosenzweig is an American fashion designer, businesswoman and author who rose to prominence as a celebrity wardrobe stylist. She has been credited with the creation of "the boho-meets-rock chic look that came to define a new breed of Hollywood ‘it’-girls who were as adept at setting trends as they were at causing trouble" in the mid-2000s. Describing her signature look to Vogue magazine, Zoe said: "It's very 60s to 70s glamour. It's Mod meets Grecian. A lot of gold and a lot of bronze, shimmer and glamour, but relaxed glamour, very unstructured, bold accessories." Zoe's clients as a stylist have included Cameron Diaz, Kate Hudson, Kate Beckinsale, Debra Messing, Demi Moore, Liv Tyler, Joy Bryant, Molly Sims, Beau Garett, Eva Mendes, Paula Patton, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Lawrence, Miley Cyrus, and Pauly Shore. Read more
• 01 Sep 1970: David Fairleigh, Australian rugby league player and coach David Fairleigh is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and current assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative forward, he played the majority of his club football in Australia for the North Sydney Bears, winning 1994's Rothmans Medal. This was followed by a season at the Newcastle Knights, and another in England at St. Helens, with whom he won the 2001 Challenge Cup Final before retiring. Since retiring in 2001 he has spent the last 19 years coaching in the NRL mainly as an Assistant Coach. Teams he has worked at include the Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels, New Zealand Warriors, Penrith Panthers and the Nth Queensland Cowboys. Read more
• 01 Sep 1970: Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor Hwang Jung-min is a South Korean actor. One of the highest-grossing actors in South Korea, Hwang is the second actor to join the "100 Million Viewer Club" in Chungmuro. He began his career in musical theatre and first established himself as a leading man in the romantic drama You Are My Sunshine (2005). Read more
• 01 Sep 1970: Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author Padma Parvati Lakshmi is an American television host, model, author, entrepreneur, and activist. She rose to prominence by hosting the Bravo cooking competition program Top Chef (2006–2023). Lakshmi is the creator, host, and executive producer of the docuseries Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi, which premiered in 2020 on Hulu. For her work with these two series, as an executive producer and as a host, she has received 16 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Read more
• 01 Sep 1969: Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer and manager Henning Stille Berg is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Omonia. Read more
• 01 Sep 1968: Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (died 2001) Mohamed Atta was an Egyptian engineer, architect, and the lead terrorist hijacker for al-Qaeda on American Airlines Flight 11. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he flew into the North Tower of the original World Trade Center as part of coordinated suicide attacks on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. Aged thirty-three years, he was the oldest of the 19 hijackers who took part in the mission. Before the attacks, he worked as a civil engineer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1967: Steve Pemberton, English actor, screenwriter and director Steven James Pemberton is a British actor, comedian, director and writer. He was a writer and actor for BBC Television's The League of Gentlemen with Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Jeremy Dyson. Pemberton and Shearsmith also co-wrote and starred in the television black comedy Psychoville and the anthology series Inside No. 9. His other notable television performance credits include Doctor Who, Benidorm, Blackpool, Shameless, Whitechapel, Happy Valley and Mapp & Lucia. He also appeared in feature films such as Lassie, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Mr. Bean's Holiday and Better Man. Read more
• 01 Sep 1966: Tim Hardaway, American basketball player and coach Timothy Duane Hardaway Sr. is an American former professional basketball player. Hardaway played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Golden State Warriors, Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA Team member. Hardaway won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was known for his crossover dribble which was dubbed the "UTEP two-step" by television analysts. In 2022 Hardaway was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Read more
• 01 Sep 1965: Craig McLachlan, Australian actor and singer Craig Dougall McLachlan is an Australian Gold Logie winning actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away and the BBC One spy drama Bugs. He has portrayed the title character in The Doctor Blake Mysteries, for which he was nominated for the Logie Award for Most Popular Actor; he has previously won the award in this category three times. Read more
• 01 Sep 1965: Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 2002) Tibor Simon was a Hungarian football player and football manager. Read more
• 01 Sep 1964: Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player Brian Edward Bellows is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played as a winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 17 seasons with the Minnesota North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Washington Capitals. Read more
• 01 Sep 1964: Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Charles Fitzgerald Robison was an American country music singer-songwriter. Read more
• 01 Sep 1963: Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer Stephen Scott Kernahan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He also played 16 State of Origin games for South Australia and gained selection as an All-Australian five times. He later served for six years as president of the Carlton Football Club. Read more
• 01 Sep 1963: Grant-Lee Phillips, American musician and actor Grant-Lee Phillips is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He led the group Grant Lee Buffalo in the 1990s before launching a solo career. He is also known for his recurring role as the town troubadour in the television series Gilmore Girls. Read more
• 01 Sep 1962: Tony Cascarino, English-Irish footballer Anthony Guy Cascarino is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro 1988 and two World Cups in 1990 and 1994. He was Aston Villa's record signing Read more
• 01 Sep 1962: Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer and manager Ruud Gullit is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager. Known for his ability to play multiple positions, he won the 1987 Ballon d'Or and was a long-time Netherlands national team captain, leading them to the UEFA Euro 1988 title. Read more
• 01 Sep 1961: Jeremy Farrar, British academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust Sir Jeremy James Farrar is a British biologist and medical researcher who has served as Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization since 2023. He was previously the director of The Wellcome Trust from 2013 to 2023 and a professor of tropical medicine at the University of Oxford. Read more
• 01 Sep 1961: Christopher Ferguson, American captain, pilot and astronaut Christopher J. "Fergy" Ferguson is a commercial astronaut and a retired United States Navy captain and NASA astronaut. He was the pilot of Space Shuttle Atlantis on his first mission to space, STS-115, which launched on September 9, 2006, and returned to Earth on September 21, 2006. He then commanded STS-126 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. In 2011, he was assigned as commander of STS-135, which was the final mission of the space shuttle program. Read more
• 01 Sep 1961: Boney James, American saxophonist, composer and producer Boney James is an American saxophonist, recording artist, songwriter and record producer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1960: Ralf Außem, German footballer and manager Ralf Außem is a German football manager and former player who is youth team manager of 1. FC Köln. Read more
• 01 Sep 1957: Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist[better source needed] Alexandra Yurievna "Sasha" Aikhenvald is a Soviet-born Australian-Brazilian linguist specialising in linguistic typology and the Arawakan language family of the Brazilian Amazon basin. She is a professorial research fellow at Central Queensland University. Read more
• 01 Sep 1957: Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a five-time Grammy Award winner and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Estefan's record sales exceed 120 million worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. Read more
• 01 Sep 1957: Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach Duško Ivanović is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. Read more
• 01 Sep 1956: Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster Vincent Johnson is an American former professional basketball player and a key player as sixth man for the Detroit Pistons during the team's National Basketball Association (NBA) championships of 1989 and 1990. He was nicknamed "the Microwave" in the NBA for his ability to score quickly off the bench. He also played for the Seattle SuperSonics and San Antonio Spurs. Read more
• 01 Sep 1956: Bernie Wagenblast, transportation journalist, founder of Transportation Communications Newsletter Bernadette Wagenblast is an American transportation journalist, radio personality and voice-over artist. She is the founder and editor of the Transportation Communications Newsletter. The newsletter originated as a discussion group in June 1998, evolving into its current format shortly thereafter. She also edits the AASHTO Daily Transportation Update, published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and hosts The Stream by AASHTO podcast and the ITE Talks Transportation podcast for the Institute of Transportation Engineers. She is known as the voice of automated announcements on the New York City Subway. Read more
• 01 Sep 1955: Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player Bruce Douglas Foxton is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Read more
• 01 Sep 1952: Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016) Michael Groo Massee was an American actor. Active on screen for three decades, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy The Crow (1994), Newton in the horror anthology Tales from the Hood (1995), Andy in the neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), and the Gentleman in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and its 2014 sequel. Massee also voiced Bruce Banner in the first two entries of Marvel Animated Features in 2006. On television, he played Ira Gaines on the first season of the Fox action drama 24 (2001–2002), Isaiah Haden on the NBC fantasy mystery Revelations (2005), Dyson Frost on the ABC science fiction drama FlashForward (2009–2010), and Charles Hoyt on the TNT police procedural Rizzoli & Isles (2010–2013). Read more
• 01 Sep 1952: Juan Cruz Martínez, Mexican politician (died 2026) Juan José Cruz Martínez was a Mexican politician. During his political career, he belonged to the Labour Party (PT), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and, finally, the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA). Read more
• 01 Sep 1950: Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An independent, he was the longest serving director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2007 to 2016. Since 4 January 2017, Fradkov has been Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies. Read more
• 01 Sep 1950: Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author and talk show host Phillip Calvin McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author who hosted the talk show Dr. Phil. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased renewing his license to practice psychology in 2006. Read more
• 01 Sep 1948: Greg Errico, American drummer and producer Greg Errico is an American musician and record producer, best known as the drummer for the popular and influential psychedelic soul/funk band Sly and the Family Stone. Read more
• 01 Sep 1948: Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher (died 2011) Józef Mirosław Życiński was a Polish philosopher, publicist, the Roman Catholic metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lublin and a professor of the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Rome, Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow and Catholic University of Lublin. Read more
• 01 Sep 1947: Al Green, American lawyer and politician Alexander N. Green is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 9th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Green served as the justice of the peace of Harris County, Texas from 1977 to 2004. Green is a member of the United States House Committee on Financial Services. Read more
• 01 Sep 1947: P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (died 2016) Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and the 4th Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. He served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Tura in Meghalaya from 2014 to 2016, 1991 to 2008 and from 1977 to 1989 and the Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Rao ministry from 1995 to 1996. He was the co-founder of the Nationalist Congress Party and founder of the National People's Party. Read more
• 01 Sep 1946: Barry Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb is a British musician. Along with his younger fraternal twin brothers, Robin and Maurice, he rose to global fame as a founder of the Bee Gees, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music. Gibb is well known for his wide vocal range, including a far-reaching high-pitched falsetto. Gibb's career has spanned over 70 years. Read more
• 01 Sep 1946: Shalom Hanoch, Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer Shalom Hanoch is an Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1946: Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean soldier and politician, 9th President of South Korea (died 2009) Roh Moo-hyun was a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the ninth president of South Korea from 2003 to 2008. Read more
• 01 Sep 1945: Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, Yemeni general and politician, 2nd President of Yemen (died 2026) Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi was a Yemeni politician and military officer who served as the second president of Yemen from 2012 until his resignation in 2022. He previously served as the second vice president of Yemen from 1994 to 2012 under President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Read more
• 01 Sep 1944: Archie Bell, American soul singer-songwriter and musician Archie Lee Bell is an American solo singer and former lead singer of Archie Bell & the Drells. Read more
• 01 Sep 1944: Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor, author and composer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1943: Don Stroud, American actor Donald Lee Stroud is an American actor, musician, and surfer. Stroud has appeared in over 100 films and 200 television shows. Read more
• 01 Sep 1942: C. J. Cherryh, American author and educator Carolyn Janice Cherry, better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award–winning novels Downbelow Station (1981) and Cyteen (1988), both set in her Alliance–Union universe, and her Foreigner series. She is known for worldbuilding, depicting fictional realms with great realism supported by vast research in history, language, psychology, and archeology. Read more
• 01 Sep 1940: Yaşar Büyükanıt, Turkish general (died 2019) General Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt was the 25th Chief of the Turkish General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, from 28 August 2006 to 28 August 2008. Read more
• 01 Sep 1940: Annie Ernaux, French author, Nobel Prize laureate Annie Thérèse Blanche Ernaux is a French writer who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory". Her literary work, mostly autobiographical, maintains close links with sociology. Read more
• 01 Sep 1939: Rico Carty, Dominican baseball player (died 2024) Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty was a Dominican professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an outfielder from 1963 to 1979, most prominently as a member of the Atlanta Braves where he helped the franchise win its first National League (NL) Western Division title in 1969. Carty was the 1970 National League batting champion and, became the first write-in candidate in MLB history to be elected as an All-Star starter in the 1970 All-Star Game. He also played for the Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers. Read more
• 01 Sep 1939: Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Tomlin started her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning her career to acting across stage and screen. In a career spanning more than fifty years, Tomlin has received numerous accolades, including seven Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, two Tony Awards, and a nomination for an Academy Award. She was also awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014 and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2017. Read more
• 01 Sep 1938: Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst. Read more
• 01 Sep 1938: Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor and poet (died 2018) Per Kirkeby was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. His works have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in many important public collections, including the Tate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Pompidou. Read more
• 01 Sep 1937: Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 2025) Francisco José Pereira Pinto Balsemão was a Portuguese businessman, journalist, and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1981 to 1983. Read more
• 01 Sep 1936: Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist, chief of the commission investigating the Chernobyl disaster (died 1988) Valery Alekseyevich Legasov was a Soviet inorganic chemist, professor at Moscow State University, first deputy director of the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. Read more
• 01 Sep 1935: Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor and director (died 2024) Seiji Ozawa was a Japanese conductor known internationally for his work as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, and especially the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), where he served from 1973 for 29 years. After conducting the Vienna New Year's Concert in 2002, he was director of the Vienna State Opera until 2010. In Japan, he founded the Saito Kinen Orchestra in 1984, their festival in 1992, and the Tokyo Opera Nomori in 2005. Read more
• 01 Sep 1935: Guy Rodgers, American basketball player (died 2001) Guy William Rodgers Jr. was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia. He spent twelve years (1958–1970) in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid-1960s. Rodgers led the NBA in assists twice, and placed second six times. Rodgers was inducted into Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014. Read more
• 01 Sep 1933: Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (died 2006) Dorothy Ann Richards was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners. Read more
• 01 Sep 1933: Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993) Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of Country Music Association awards for duets with Loretta Lynn. He was inducted into both the Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. Read more
• 01 Sep 1932: Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (died 2008) Derog Gioura was a Nauruan political figure. He was President of the Republic of Nauru (acting) in 2003. Read more
• 01 Sep 1931: Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (died 2012) Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari was an Islamic scholar from India. He was the Amir (president) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) from 2003 to 2007. He was the member of Central Advisory Council of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He was also the Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia, Shantapuram, Kerala. His book Sufism and Shariah is a synthesis of Sufi and Shariah thought, especially a Tatbiq of Shaikh Ahmed Sir Hindi and Shah Waliullah's thought. It grew out of his in-depth engagement with kalam, tasawwuf and fiqh in Islamic history. His other major contributions are a book on Mishkawah's philosophy and an English translation of Ibn Taymiyyah's fatwas with an introduction. He also wrote 'Learning the Language of Quran' it is one of the best English guides for the beginners learning to read the Qur'an. In New Delhi he established the Islami Academy, aimed at training graduates from secular educational background in Islamic Sciences based on the madrasa curriculum. Read more
• 01 Sep 1931: Cecil Parkinson, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Transport (died 2016) Cecil Edward Parkinson, Baron Parkinson, was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. A chartered accountant by training, he entered Parliament in November 1970, and was appointed a minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government in May 1979. He successfully managed the Conservative Party's 1983 election campaign, and was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, but was forced to resign following revelations that his former secretary, Sara Keays, was pregnant with his child, whom she later bore and named Flora Keays. Flora was born with severe cerebral palsy. Read more
• 01 Sep 1931: Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) Lecil Travis Martin, whose stage name was Boxcar Willie, was an American country music singer-songwriter, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with overalls and a floppy hat. "Boxcar Willie" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name. His early musical career was parallel to service as an enlisted flight engineer in the United States Air Force. Read more
• 01 Sep 1930: Turgut Özakman, Turkish lawyer and civil servant (died 2013) Turgut Özakman was a Turkish lawyer, a civil servant, a dramaturge and a writer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1930: Charles Correa, Indian architect (died 2015) Charles Mark Correa was an Indian architect and urban planner based in Mumbai, India. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent India, he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials. Read more
• 01 Sep 1929: Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (died 2013) Mava Lee Thomas [′′Tommie′′] was an infielder and catcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. Read more
• 01 Sep 1929: Maurice Vachon, Canadian wrestler (died 2013) Joseph Maurice Régis Vachon was a Canadian professional wrestler, best known by his ring name Mad Dog Vachon. He was the older brother of wrestlers Paul and Vivian Vachon, and the uncle of wrestler Luna Vachon. Read more
• 01 Sep 1928: George Maharis, American actor, singer, and artist (died 2023) George Maharis was an American actor, singer, and visual artist who portrayed Buz Murdock in the first three seasons of the TV series Route 66. Maharis also recorded several pop music albums at the height of his fame, and later starred in the TV series The Most Deadly Game. Read more
• 01 Sep 1927: Soshana Afroyim, Austrian painter (died 2015) Soshana Afroyim was an Austrian painter of the Modernism period. Soshana was a full-time artist and traveled frequently, exhibiting her work internationally. During her journeys, she portrayed many well known personalities and her art developed in different directions. Her early period artwork was largely naturalistic in nature, showing landscapes and portraits. Later her style developed towards abstract art, strongly influenced by Asian calligraphy. Read more
• 01 Sep 1926: Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi banker and politician, 10th President of Bangladesh (died 2017) Abdur Rahman Biswas was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 1991 to 1996. Biswas represented Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly, prior to the independence of Bangladesh. Read more
• 01 Sep 1926: Gene Colan, American illustrator (died 2011) Eugene Jules Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series. He co-created the Falcon, the first African-American superhero in mainstream comics; Carol Danvers, who would become Ms. Marvel and Captain Marvel; and the non-costumed, supernatural vampire hunter Blade. Read more
• 01 Sep 1925: Art Pepper, American saxophonist, clarinet player and composer (died 1982) Arthur Edward Pepper Jr. was an American jazz musician, mostly as an alto saxophonist. He occasionally performed and recorded on tenor saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet. Active primarily in West Coast jazz, Pepper first came to prominence in Stan Kenton's big band. He was known for his emotionally charged performances and several stylistic shifts throughout his career, and was described by critic Scott Yanow as having "attained his goal of becoming the world's greatest altoist" at the time of his death in 1982. Read more
• 01 Sep 1923: Rocky Marciano, American boxer (died 1969) Rocco Francis Marchegiano, better known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1952 to 1956, and remains the only heavyweight champion to finish his career undefeated. His six title defenses were against Jersey Joe Walcott, Roland La Starza, Ezzard Charles (twice), Don Cockell and Archie Moore. Read more
• 01 Sep 1923: Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (died 2006) Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Forbes as the richest person in Canada and the ninth richest person in the world, with a net worth of approximately US $19.6 billion. Read more
• 01 Sep 1922: Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007) Margaret Yvonne Middleton, known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s and 1950s, made several musical recordings, and later acted on television and stage. Read more
• 01 Sep 1922: Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor, director and screenwriter (died 2000) Vittorio Gassman, popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. Read more
• 01 Sep 1921: Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet and playwright (died 1995) Willem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The House of Refuge, The Darkroom of Damocles, and Beyond Sleep. Read more
• 01 Sep 1920: Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (died 2000) Richard William Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the second-oldest nominee for the award for the latter. Farnsworth was also known for his performances in The Grey Fox (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, as well as Anne of Green Gables (1985), Sylvester (1985), and Misery (1990). Read more
• 01 Sep 1919: Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (died 2008) Oswald Charles Dawson was a South African cricketer who played in 9 Test matches, all against England, in the 1947 and 1948–49 series. Read more
• 01 Sep 1919: Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic (died 2013) Hilda Hänchen was a German physicist. Read more
• 01 Sep 1916: Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player (died 2014) Dorothy "Dodo" May Sutton Bundy Cheney was an American tennis player from her youth into her 90s. In 1938, Bundy was the first American to win the women's singles title at the Australian National Championships, defeating Dorothy Stevenson in the final. Read more
• 01 Sep 1914: John H. Adams, American jockey (died 1995) John H. Adams was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1965. Read more
• 01 Sep 1913: Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1979) Ludwig Merwart was an influential Austrian painter and graphic artist. He is an important representative of Tachism and was a major force in graphic arts and prints, especially after World War II. His work belongs to the most significant and interesting contributions to graphic arts in Austria to this day. Read more
• 01 Sep 1909: E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (died 1957) Egerton Herbert Norman was a Canadian diplomat and historian. Born in Japan to missionary parents, he became a historian of modern Japan before joining the Canadian foreign service. His most influential book was Japan's Emergence as a Modern State (1940) where he argued that persisting feudal class relations were responsible for government oppression at home and the imperialistic expansion that led to World War II in Asia. During the Red Scare of the 1950s Norman was accused of being a communist or even a spy, though investigations found no corroboration and he was defended by Canadian authorities. He committed suicide in 1957. Read more
• 01 Sep 1908: Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (died 1980) Amir Elahi was one of the fifteen cricketers who have played Test cricket for more than one country. This honor was given to him because he had earlier played Tests for India against Australia in 1947. He played 6 Tests in his career representing Pakistan in 5 of theses Tests. He also played against India. In the first series for Pakistan, when he played in his last Test at Calcutta, he was 44 years old. After starting bowling as a medium pacer, he became a leg-spin bowler. Read more
• 01 Sep 1908: Lou Kenton, English social activist (died 2012) Lou Kenton was an English proofreader who served as a medical courier and ambulance driver with the International Brigade and was its oldest surviving member at the time of his death. Read more
• 01 Sep 1907: Walter Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (died 1970) Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor unions in American history. He considered labor movements not as narrow special interest groups but as instruments to advance social justice and human rights in democratic societies. He leveraged the UAW's resources and influence to advocate for workers' rights, civil rights, women's rights, universal health care, public education, affordable housing, environmental stewardship, profit-sharing for employees, and nuclear nonproliferation around the world. He believed in Swedish-style social democracy and societal change through nonviolent civil disobedience. He cofounded the AFL-CIO in 1955 with George Meany. He survived two attempted assassinations, including one at home where he was struck by a 12-gauge shotgun blast fired through his kitchen window. He was the fourth and longest serving president of the UAW, serving from 1946 until his death in 1970. Read more
• 01 Sep 1906: Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (died 2002) Joaquín Antonio Balaguer Ricardo was a Dominican politician, scholar, writer, and lawyer who was the 41st, 45th and 49th president of the Dominican Republic, serving three non-consecutive terms from 1960 to 1962, 1966 to 1978, and 1986 to 1996. He previously served as the 24th vice president under President Héctor Trujillo from 1957 to 1960. Read more
• 01 Sep 1906: Eleanor Alice Burford (Jean Plaidy), English author (died 1993) Eleanor Alice Hibbert was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate. Read more
• 01 Sep 1905: Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (died 1972) Wilhelmus Egbertus Antonius Janssen, better known as Father Chrysanthus OFMCap, was a Dutch priest and biology teacher. He was known for his studies in arachnology. Initially he was concerned with the spiders of the Netherlands but he became a specialist on New Guinea spiders. Two spider species were named in his honor following his death. Read more
• 01 Sep 1904: Johnny Mack Brown, American football player and actor (died 1974) John Brown was an American college football player and film actor billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career. He acted and starred mainly in Western films. Read more
• 01 Sep 1902: Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1980) Kazimierz Dąbrowski was a Polish psychologist, psychiatrist and physician. He is known for his theory of "positive disintegration" as a mechanism in personality development. He was also a poet who used the pen name "Paul Cienin, Paweł Cienin". Read more
• 01 Sep 1899: Richard Arlen, American actor (died 1976) Richard Arlen was an American actor of film and television. Read more
• 01 Sep 1898: Violet Carson, English actress and singer (died 1983) Violet Helen Carson was a British actress of radio, stage and television, and a singer and pianist, who had a long and celebrated career as an actress and performer during the early days of BBC Radio, and during the last two decades of her life as the matronly Christian widow, town gossip and elderly battle-axe Ena Sharples in the ITV television soap opera Coronation Street. She was one of the original characters from the series debut in 1960 and would feature in the role for twenty years. Read more
• 01 Sep 1897: Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (died 1963) Andrew Lynd Kennedy was an Irish footballer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1896: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (died 1977) Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was an Indian spiritual, philosophical, and religious teacher who spread the Hare Krishna mantra and the teachings of "Krishna consciousness" to the world. Born as Abhay Charan De and later legally named Abhay Charanaravinda Bhaktivedanta Swami, he is often referred to as "Bhaktivedanta Swami", "Srila Prabhupada", or simply "Prabhupada". Read more
• 01 Sep 1895: Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer and designer, invented the Human-powered aircraft (died 1955) Engelbert Zaschka was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor. Zaschka is one of the first German helicopter pioneers and he is a pioneer of flying with muscle power and the folding car. Zaschka devoted himself primarily to aviation and automotive topics, but his work was not limited to them. Read more
• 01 Sep 1893: Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese-American painter and photographer (died 1953) Yasuo Kuniyoshi was a Japanese-American painter, photographer and printmaker. Read more
• 01 Sep 1892: Leverett Saltonstall, American lieutenant and politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1979) Leverett Atholville Saltonstall was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy. Read more
• 01 Sep 1888: Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (died 1958) Andrija Štampar was a distinguished scholar in the field of social medicine from Croatia. Read more
• 01 Sep 1887: Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (died 1961) Frédéric-Louis Sauser, better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European modernist movement. Read more
• 01 Sep 1886: Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (died 1957) Othmar Schoeck was a Swiss Romantic composer and conductor. He was known for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles but also wrote operas, notably the one-act Penthesilea, premiered in Dresden in 1927, and instrumental works, including two string quartets and concertos for violin, cello and horn. Read more
• 01 Sep 1886: Shigeyasu Suzuki, Japanese general (died 1957) Shigeyasu Suzuki was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early part of the Second Sino-Japanese War. His elder brother, Suzuki Minoru was a major general in the Imperial Japanese Army Medical Corps. Read more
• 01 Sep 1884: Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (died 1961) Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian artist. Born in the Victorian city of Ballarat, she studied under a leading Australian Impressionist, Frederick McCubbin, at the National Gallery of Victoria Art School from 1902 to 1905 and was an early member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Following the death of her father in 1907, Rix, her only sibling Elsie and her mother travelled to Europe where she undertook further study, first in London and then Paris. Her teachers during the period included John Hassall, Richard Emil Miller and Théophile Steinlen. Read more
• 01 Sep 1884: Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (died 1947) Sigurd Richard Engelbrekt Wallén was a Swedish actor, film director, and singer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1883: Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1934) Joseph George Didier "Cannonball" Pitre was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Nicknamed "Cannonball," he was renowned for having one of the hardest shots during his playing career. One of the first players to join the Montreal Canadiens, Pitre and his teammates' French-Canadian heritage led to the team being nicknamed The Flying Frenchmen. His teammates on the Canadiens included Jack Laviolette and Newsy Lalonde. Read more
• 01 Sep 1878: Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (died 1942) Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was princess consort of Hohenlohe-Langenburg from her husband Ernst II's accession as prince in 1913 until her death in 1942. The fourth child and third daughter of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, she was also a granddaughter of both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Tsar Alexander II of Russia. Read more
• 01 Sep 1878: J. F. C. Fuller, English general and historian (died 1966) Major-General John Frederick Charles "Boney" Fuller was a senior British Army officer, a military historian and strategist, a fascist, and an occultist. Read more
• 01 Sep 1878: Tullio Serafin, Italian conductor and director (died 1968) Tullio Serafin was an Italian conductor who specialised in the operatic repertoire. He was Musical Director at La Scala on three occasions. Read more
• 01 Sep 1877: Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945) Francis William Aston FRS was a British chemist and physicist who won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements and for his enunciation of the whole number rule. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more
• 01 Sep 1877: Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (died 1949) Rex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. Many of his novels were adapted into films. Read more
• 01 Sep 1876: Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (died 1961) Harriet Shaw Weaver was an English political activist and a magazine editor. She was a significant patron of Irish writer James Joyce. Read more
• 01 Sep 1875: Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (died 1950) Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American writer, recognized for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he also wrote the Pellucidar series, the Amtor series, and the Caspak trilogy. Read more
• 01 Sep 1873: João Ferreira Sardo the founder of Gafanha da Nazaré (died 1925) João Ferreira Sardo, known as Prior Sardo, was a Portuguese presbyter, civic leader, and entrepreneur who founded the parish of Gafanha da Nazaré during the final years of the Kingdom of Portugal and the early Portuguese First Republic. His life intertwined devout religious service with social entrepreneurship, community development, and diplomatic engagement, spanning a transformative period in Portuguese history marked by the Republican Revolution of 1910, the regicide of King Carlos I in 1908, and the subsequent exile of King Manuel II. Read more
• 01 Sep 1871: J. Reuben Clark, American lawyer, civil servant, and religious leader (died 1961) Joshua Reuben Clark Jr. was an American attorney, civil servant, and a leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Grantsville, Utah Territory, he was an attorney in the Department of State and was Undersecretary of State for U.S. President Calvin Coolidge until 1930, when he was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico. In 1933, Clark was called to the LDS Church's First Presidency, serving as counselor to three of its presidents. Read more
• 01 Sep 1869: Frank Elbridge Webb, American engineer and presidential candidate (died 1949) Frank Elbridge Webb was an American engineer who served as the Farmer–Labor Party's presidential candidate in 1928. In the 1932 presidential election, he was initially renominated by the Farmer–Labor Party before being removed and running as the nominee for a wing of the Liberty Party. He also led many unsuccessful efforts to build bridges that spanned the San Francisco Bay. Read more
• 01 Sep 1868: Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (died 1952) Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a militia to fight for Britain in the Second Boer War. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's compromise was to send a volunteer force, but the seeds were sown for future conscription protests during the World Wars of the next half-century. Bourassa unsuccessfully challenged the proposal to build warships to help protect the empire. He led the opposition to conscription during World War I and argued that Canada's interests were not at stake. He opposed Catholic bishops who defended military support of Britain and its allies. Bourassa was an ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism. Bourassa was also a defining force in forging French Canada's attitude to the Canadian Confederation of 1867. Read more
• 01 Sep 1867: John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (died 1947) John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Gretton won two gold medals in the 1900 Olympic Games. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 46 years, representing three midlands-based constituencies in that period. Read more
• 01 Sep 1866: James J. Corbett, American boxer (died 1933) James John Corbett was an American professional boxer and a World Heavyweight Champion, best known as the only man who ever defeated John L. Sullivan. Despite a career spanning only 20 bouts, Corbett faced the best competition his era had to offer, squaring off with a total of nine fighters who would later be enshrined alongside him in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Read more
• 01 Sep 1864: Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (died 1919) Baron Akashi Motojiro was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 7th Governor-General of Taiwan from 6 June 1918 to 26 October 1919. Read more
• 01 Sep 1856: Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (died 1953) Sergei Nikolaevich Winogradsky (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Виноградский; Ukrainian: Сергій Миколайович Виноградський; 13 September [O.S. 1 September] 1856 – 24 February 1953), also published under the name Sergius Winogradsky, was a Ukrainian and Russian microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle-of-life concept. Winogradsky discovered the first known form of lithotrophy during his research with Beggiatoa in 1887. He reported that Beggiatoa oxidized hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as an energy source and formed intracellular sulfur droplets. This research provided the first example of lithotrophy, but not autotrophy. Born in the capital of present-day Ukraine, his legacy is also celebrated by this nation. Read more
• 01 Sep 1855: Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet and critic (died 1909) Innokenty Fyodorovich Annensky (Russian: Инноке́нтий Фёдорович А́нненский, IPA: [ɪnɐˈkʲenʲtʲɪj ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ ˈanʲɪnskʲɪj] ; was a poet, critic, scholar, and translator, representative of the first wave of Russian Symbolism, although he was not well known for his poetry until after his death. In fact, Annensky never wrote professionally; he made little to no income from writing. Instead, he spent his career in academia as a full-time professor and administrator, translator of classic Greek works, and writer of essays and reviews. Despite this, Annensky is considered to be one of the most significant Russian poets from the early 20th century. Critics have cited Annensky's connection to French Symbolism and to the French poet Stéphane Mallarmé for their shared use of "associative symbolism." Annensky was considered to be an under-recognized or neglected poet, but he later gained recognition, particularly in the West, because a number of later Russian poets, such as Mandelstam, Akhmatova, Pasternak, and Mayakovsky, were inspired and influenced by his work. Read more
• 01 Sep 1854: Engelbert Humperdinck, German playwright and composer (died 1921) Engelbert Humperdinck was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893). Read more
• 01 Sep 1853: Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (died 1926) Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov was a Russian and later Soviet general most noted for the development of new offensive tactics used in the 1916 Brusilov offensive, which was his greatest achievement. Read more
• 01 Sep 1851: John Clum, American journalist and agent (died 1932) John Philip Clum was an Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in the Arizona Territory. He implemented a limited form of self-government on the reservation that was so successful that other reservations were closed and their residents moved to San Carlos. Clum later became the first mayor of Tombstone, Arizona Territory, after its incorporation in 1881. He also founded the still-operating The Tombstone Epitaph on May 1, 1880. He later served in various postal service positions across the United States. Read more
• 01 Sep 1850: Jim O'Rourke, American baseball player and manager (died 1919) James Henry O'Rourke, nicknamed "Orator Jim", was an American professional baseball player in the National Association, the National League, and the Players' League who played primarily as a left fielder. For the period 1876–1892, he ranks behind only Cap Anson in career major league games played (1,644), hits (2,146), at-bats (6,884), doubles (392) and total bases (2,936), and behind only Harry Stovey in runs scored (1,370). In 1945, O'Rourke was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Read more
• 01 Sep 1849: Emil Zuckerkandl, Hungarian anatomist (died 1910) Emil Zuckerkandl was an Austrian-Hungarian anatomist who held the first chair for anatomy at the University of Vienna as of 1888. Read more
• 01 Sep 1848: Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (died 1931) Auguste-Henri Forel was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and former eugenicist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. He is considered a co-founder of the neuron theory. Forel is also known for his early contributions to sexology and psychology. From 1978 until 2000 Forel's image appeared on the 1000 Swiss franc banknote. Read more
• 01 Sep 1818: José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (died 1892) José María Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican intellectual and statesman who served as President of Costa Rica from 1847 to 1849 and from 1866 to 1868. Inaugurated at age 29, he was the youngest person to ever serve as President of Costa Rica. Over a public career spanning more than four decades, he held numerous offices of state and became the first person to preside over all three branches of the Costa Rican government. Read more
• 01 Sep 1811: James Montgomrey, Leader and important benefactor of his home town of Brentford, England (died 1883) James Montgomrey ran a large timber mill in Brentford, Middlesex, that was in the family for 120 years. He also led the development of considerable infrastructure in the town to enhance public amenity. Read more

Notable Deaths on 01 September

• 01 Sep 2025: Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor (born 1950) József Kreul Bugner was a Hungarian-born British–Australian professional boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division, and actor. He held triple nationality, originally being a citizen of Hungary and becoming a naturalised citizen of both the United Kingdom and Australia. Read more
• 01 Sep 2024: Linda Deutsch, American journalist (born 1943) Linda Deutsch was an American journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP) and covered court cases from 1967 until her retirement in 2014, including the high-profile trials of Charles Manson, Sirhan Sirhan, O. J. Simpson, and Michael Jackson. Read more
• 01 Sep 2023: Jimmy Buffett, American singer-songwriter, musician, author and businessman (born 1946) James William Buffett was an American singer-songwriter, author, and businessman. He was known for his tropical music sound blending country, rock, folk, calypso, and his persona, which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism." It promoted enjoying life and following passions. Buffett recorded many hit songs, including those known as "The Big 8": "Margaritaville" (1977), which is ranked 234th on the Recording Industry Association of America's list of "Songs of the Century"; "Come Monday" (1974); "Fins" (1979); "Volcano" (1979); "A Pirate Looks at Forty" (1974); "Cheeseburger in Paradise" (1978); "Why Don't We Get Drunk" (1973); and "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" (1977). His other popular songs include "Son of a Son of a Sailor" (1978), "One Particular Harbour" (1983), and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Alan Jackson (2003). Buffett formed the Coral Reefer Band in 1975. Read more
• 01 Sep 2022: Barbara Ehrenreich, American writer and journalist (born 1941) Barbara Ehrenreich was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Erasmus Prize. Read more
• 01 Sep 2022: Yang Yongsong, Chinese major general (born 1919) Yang Yongsong was a Chinese military officer, who was a founding major general in the People's Liberation Army. Born in Baihou in Dabu County, Guangdong, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and served in the Red Army from 1931. Yang fought in the fifth counter-encirclement campaign during the Chinese Civil War and was a participant in the Long March. He was present at the 1937 Battle of Pingxingguan and Battle of Xinkou during the Second Sino-Japanese War and was a representative at the 1945 7th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. After the war, he was promoted to major-general as one of the "founding generals" in 1955. He was the last surviving general appointed in that year. Read more
• 01 Sep 2020: Erick Morillo, American disc jockey and music producer (born 1971) Erick Morillo was an American house DJ, producer, and record label owner. He produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, the Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate, and Li'l Mo Ying Yang. Read more
• 01 Sep 2018: Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (born 1926) Randolph Edward "Randy" Weston was an American jazz pianist and composer whose creativity was inspired by his ancestral African connection. Read more
• 01 Sep 2015: Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Armenian general (born 1926) Gurgen Harutyun Dalibaltayan was an Armenian military commander. He was the Chief of General Staff of Armenian Armed Forces during the 1992 Battle of Shusha, a battle to capture the city from Azerbaijan. He is credited with devising a strategy to assault the strongly fortified town of Shusha using diversionary attacks against adjacent villages to draw out the defenders of the town while the commander of troops, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan, encircled the town and cut off reinforcements. His strategy is generally considered impossible, or at least implausible, as he was originally outnumbered. General military tactics suggest a force of three times the defender's size to successfully storm and win. Read more
• 01 Sep 2015: Dean Jones, American actor and singer (born 1931) Dean Carroll Jones was an American actor. He was best known as the Walt Disney Company's main leading man in the 1970s with his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat! (1965), Jim Douglas in the Herbie franchise (1969–1997), and with other film companies such as Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971). In 1995, he was inducted as a Disney Legend for his film work. Read more
• 01 Sep 2015: Richard G. Hewlett, American historian and author (born 1923) Richard Greening Hewlett was an American public historian best known for his work as the Chief Historian of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Read more
• 01 Sep 2015: Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (born 1917) Ben Kuroki was the only American of Japanese descent in the United States Army Air Forces to serve in combat operations in the Pacific theater of World War II. He flew a total of 58 combat missions over Europe, North Africa, and Japan during World War II. He was also an advocate for Japanese-Americans after World War II. Read more
• 01 Sep 2014: Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977) Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, who received training and fought in Afghanistan, was designated by the United States as a terrorist. The exact date of Godane's rise to al-Shabaab's Emir is debated, although it seems he ascended to this position in December 2007. Read more
• 01 Sep 2014: Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926) Roger Hornsby McKee was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1943–44 for the Philadelphia Phillies while still a teenager. Read more
• 01 Sep 2014: Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920) Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplastic elastomer, in the 1950s, while employed at DuPont. Read more
• 01 Sep 2013: Ignacio Eizaguirre, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1920) Ignacio Eizaguirre Arregui was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
• 01 Sep 2013: Tommy Morrison, American boxer and actor (born 1969) Tommy David Morrison was an American professional boxer and mixed martial artist who competed from 1988 to 2009. Best known for his left hook and formidable punching power, Morrison won the World Boxing Organization heavyweight world title in 1993 with a unanimous decision victory over George Foreman. He lost the title in his second defense to Michael Bentt that same year. Morrison's other boxing highlights include his fight with Ray Mercer in 1991. In 1995, he won the minor International Boxing Council heavyweight world title when he defeated Donovan Ruddock by technical knockout (TKO). He retired from boxing in 1996 after he tested positive for HIV. Morrison is also known for his acting career, having starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in the 1990 film Rocky V as Tommy Gunn. Read more
• 01 Sep 2013: Gordon Steege, Australian soldier (born 1917) Air Commodore Gordon Henry Steege, was a senior officer and pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He became a fighter ace in World War II, credited with eight aerial victories, and led combat formations at squadron and wing level. Read more
• 01 Sep 2013: Margaret Mary Vojtko, American linguist and academic (born 1930) Margaret Mary Vojtko was an American adjunct professor of French at Duquesne University. Her death caused controversy at Duquesne and prompted conversations about unions and the role of adjunct faculty at American universities. Read more
• 01 Sep 2013: Ken Wallis, English commander and pilot (born 1916) Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis was a British aviator, engineer, and inventor. During the Second World War, Wallis served in the Royal Air Force and flew 28 bomber missions over Germany; after the war, he moved on to research and development, before retiring in 1964. He later became one of the leading exponents of autogyros and earned 34 world records, still holding eight of them at the time of his death in 2013. Read more
• 01 Sep 2012: Sean Bergin, South African saxophonist, flute player, and composer (born 1948) Sean Bergin was an avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flautist from South Africa. Read more
• 01 Sep 2012: Hal David, American songwriter and composer (born 1921) Harold Lane David was an American lyricist. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick. Read more
• 01 Sep 2012: Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (born 1937) Georges Jean-Jacques Smarck Michel or Smarck Michel was appointed prime minister of Haiti on October 27, 1994, occupying the post from November 8, 1994 to October 16, 1995. Smarck was President Aristide's third prime minister, and the first to be named after the President's return from exile. Read more
• 01 Sep 2012: William Petzäll, Swedish politician (born 1988) William Nils Erich Petzäll was a Swedish politician, former member of the Sweden Democrats and Chairman of the Sweden Democratic Youth. At the 2010 Swedish general election he was elected to be the parliamentary representative for Dalarna County. Read more
• 01 Sep 2012: Arnaldo Putzu, Italian illustrator (born 1927) Arnaldo Putzu was an Italian artist renowned for his film posters for Italian and British films, such as Get Carter and the Carry On films. Read more
• 01 Sep 2010: Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (born 1928) Wakanohana Kanji was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 45th yokozuna. He was a popular wrestler and was nicknamed the "Devil of the Dohyō" due to his great fighting spirit and endurance. Read more
• 01 Sep 2008: Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (born 1914) Tomáš Jan Baťa,, also known as Thomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech and Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80s. Read more
• 01 Sep 2008: Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1937) Jerry Reed Hubbard, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included "Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", "A Thing Called Love", "Alabama Wild Man", "Amos Moses", "When You're Hot, You're Hot", "Ko-Ko Joe", "Lord, Mr. Ford", "East Bound and Down", "The Bird", and "She Got the Goldmine ". Read more
• 01 Sep 2007: Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse racer and philanthropist (born 1922) Sir Roy Allan McKenzie was a New Zealand horse breeder and racer, and was well known for his philanthropy. Read more
• 01 Sep 2006: György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (born 1910) György Faludy, sometimes anglicized as George Faludy, was a Hungarian poet, writer and translator. Read more
• 01 Sep 2006: Warren Mitofsky, American journalist (born 1934) Warren J. Mitofsky was an American political pollster. Read more
• 01 Sep 2006: Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1944) Robert E. O'Connor Jr. was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death. Read more
• 01 Sep 2006: Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter and educator (born 1918) Sir John Kyffin Williams, was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, on the Island of Anglesey. Williams is widely regarded as the defining artist of Wales during the 20th century. Read more
• 01 Sep 2005: R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1926) R. L. Burnside was an American hill country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He played music for most of his life but received little recognition until 1995 when Burnside recorded and toured with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fan base, particularly in the punk and garage rock scenes. Read more
• 01 Sep 2004: Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (born 1915) Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest officially appointed Sunni Muslim representative of the Fatwa-Administration in the Syrian Ministry of Auqaf in Syria. Kaftaro was a Sunni Muslim of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. Read more
• 01 Sep 2004: Alastair Morton, South African businessman (born 1938) Sir Robert Alastair Newton Morton was Chief Executive of Eurotunnel and Chairman of the Strategic Rail Authority, industrialist and the last chairman of the British Railways Board. Read more
• 01 Sep 2003: Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (born 1918) Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. was an American film and television actor. Read more
• 01 Sep 2003: Terry Frost, English painter and academic (born 1915) Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in England. He became a leading exponent of abstract art and a recognised figure of the British art establishment. Read more
• 01 Sep 1999: W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (born 1951) William Richard (Rich) Stevens was a Northern Rhodesia–born American author of computer science books, in particular books on Unix and TCP/IP. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (born 1930) Józef Krupiński was a Polish poet. He spent the last days of his life in Orzesze, Poland. Prizewinner of the Edward Stachura Award and member of the Association of Polish Writers in Katowice. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Cary Middlecoff, American golfer and sportscaster (born 1921) Emmett Cary Middlecoff was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour from 1947 to 1961. His 39 Tour wins place him tied for tenth all-time, and he won three major championships. Middlecoff graduated as a dentist, but gave up his practice at age 26 to become a full-time Tour golfer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1998: Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1924) Osman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Read more
• 01 Sep 1997: Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (born 1929) Zoltán Czibor was a Hungarian footballer who played for several Hungarian clubs, including Ferencváros and Budapest Honvéd, and the Hungary national team before joining CF Barcelona. Czibor played as a left-winger or striker and was notable for having a powerful shot, good pace and excellent ball control. During the 1950s he was part of the Magical Magyars, reaching the World Cup final with them in 1954. After the 1956 Hungarian Revolution he moved to Spain where he became a prominent member of the successful FC Barcelona team of the late 1950s. After three seasons at Barcelona, he joined their local rivals Español for the 1961–62 season. After brief spells at FC Basel, Austria Wien and Primo Hamilton FC, he retired as a professional footballer and returned to Hungary. He died there in 1997, aged 68. Read more
• 01 Sep 1991: Otl Aicher, German graphic designer and typographer (born 1922) Otto "Otl" Aicher was a German graphic designer and typographer. Aicher co-founded and taught at the influential Ulm School of Design. He is known for having led the design team of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and for overseeing the creation of its prominently used system of pictograms. Aicher also developed the Rotis typeface. Read more
• 01 Sep 1990: Edwin O. Reischauer, American scholar and diplomat (born 1910) Edwin Oldfather Reischauer was an American diplomat, educator, and professor at Harvard University. Born in Tokyo to American educational missionaries, he became a leading scholar of the history and culture of Japan and East Asia. Together with George M. McCune, a scholar of Korea and several Korean linguists, in 1939 he developed the McCune–Reischauer romanization of the Korean language. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: A. Bartlett Giamatti, American businessman and academic (born 1938) Angelo Bartlett "Bart" Giamatti was an American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh commissioner of Major League Baseball. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Kazimierz Deyna, Polish footballer (born 1947) Kazimierz Deyna was a Polish professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder in the playmaker role and was one of the most highly regarded players of his generation, due to his excellent vision. Throughout his career he played for such clubs as Legia Warsaw, Manchester City and San Diego Sockers. Read more
• 01 Sep 1989: Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer (born 1894) Tadeusz Sendzimir was a Polish engineer and inventor of international renown. He held 120 patents in mining and metallurgy, 73 of which were awarded to him in the United States. Read more
• 01 Sep 1988: Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911) Luis Walter Alvarez was an American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1968 for his discovery of resonance states in particle physics using the hydrogen bubble chamber. In 2007 the American Journal of Physics commented, "Luis Alvarez was one of the most brilliant and productive experimental physicists of the twentieth century." Read more
• 01 Sep 1986: Murray Hamilton, American actor (born 1923) Murray Hamilton was an American stage, screen and television character actor who appeared in such acclaimed films as The Spirit of St. Louis, Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, The Graduate, The Way We Were, Jaws and The Amityville Horror. Read more
• 01 Sep 1985: Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (born 1957) Stefan Bellof was a German racing driver. Bellof was the winner of the Drivers' Championship in the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, driving for the factory Rothmans Porsche team. His lap record on the Nordschleife configuration at the Nürburgring, set while qualifying for the 1000 km race in 1983, stood for 35 years, when it was beaten by Timo Bernhard in 2018. He also competed in Formula One with Tyrrell Racing during 1984 and 1985. Bellof was killed in an accident during the 1985 1000 km of Spa, a round of the 1985 World Sportscar Championship. Read more
• 01 Sep 1984: Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (born 1898) Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza was the titular Duchess of Parma and Piacenza and was also Carlist Queen of Spain as the wife of Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, the Carlist pretender to the Spanish throne. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Henry M. Jackson, American lawyer and politician (born 1912) Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative (1941–1953) and U.S. senator (1953–1983) from the state of Washington. A Cold War liberal and anti-Communist member of the Democratic Party, Jackson supported higher military spending and a hard line against the Soviet Union, while also supporting social welfare programs, civil rights, and labor unions. Read more
• 01 Sep 1983: Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (born 1935) Lawrence Patton McDonald was an American physician, politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he died as a passenger on board Korean Air Lines Flight 007 when it was shot down by Soviet interceptors. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Haskell Curry, American mathematician and academic (born 1900) Haskell Brooks Curry was an American mathematician and computer scientist. Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic. Although its initial concept was based on a paper by Moses Schönfinkel, Curry did much of the development. Curry is also known for Curry's paradox and the Curry–Howard correspondence. Named for him are the programming languages Haskell, Brook and Curry, and the concept of currying, a method to transform functions, used in mathematics and computer science. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Władysław Gomułka, Polish activist and politician (born 1905) Władysław Gomułka was a Polish communist politician. He was the de facto leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948, and again from 1956 to 1970. Read more
• 01 Sep 1982: Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos, Brazilian student; honored by the Catholicism (born 1962) Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos was a Brazilian Catholic laywoman. She served as a Vincentian in her parish, although she never formally joined the movement. In her spare time, she devoted herself to faith. She was often seen doing Eucharistic adoration and attending Mass. She wanted to study medicine and become a pediatrician to take care of underprivileged children, but was murdered in her apartment after an attempted rape. Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Ann Harding, American actress (born 1901) Ann Harding was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. Harding was a regular on Broadway and on tour in the 1920s. In the 1930s, Harding was one of the first actresses to gain fame in the new medium of "talking pictures," and she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1931 for her work in Holiday. Read more
• 01 Sep 1981: Albert Speer, German architect and author (born 1905) Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer was a German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II. A close friend and ally of Adolf Hitler, he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials and served 20 years in prison. Read more
• 01 Sep 1977: Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (born 1896) Ethel Waters was an American singer and actress. Waters frequently performed jazz, swing, and pop music on the Broadway stage and in concerts. She began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Her notable recordings include "Dinah", "Stormy Weather", "Taking a Chance on Love", "Chlo-e, "Heat Wave", "Supper Time", "Am I Blue?", "Birmingham Bertha", "Cabin in the Sky", "I'm Coming Virginia", and her version of "His Eye Is on the Sparrow". Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first African American to star on her own television show, and the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Read more
• 01 Sep 1974: Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (born 1891) Gerd Neggo was an Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She studied the musical response methods of É. Jaques-Dalcroze, trained under Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1924 established her own dance studio at Tallinn, Estonia, and promoted modern dance and mime based on classical ballet. During the Soviet occupation of Estonia, she and her husband Paul Olak migrated to Sweden. Her contributions to the cultural heritage of Estonia, as the founder of modern dance and mime in her country, is recognised via a scholarship, awarded annually since 2011. Read more
• 01 Sep 1971: Alan Brown, English soldier (born 1909) Brigadier Alan Ward Brown was a British Army tank officer of the Second World War. Read more
• 01 Sep 1970: François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885) François Charles Mauriac was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the Académie française, and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1952). He was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur in 1958. Read more
• 01 Sep 1969: Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (born 1897) Andrew Russell Pearson was an American columnist, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round". He also had a program on NBC Radio titled Drew Pearson Comments. He was known for his approach towards high-level politicians, such as senators, cabinet members, generals and American presidents. Read more
• 01 Sep 1967: Siegfried Sassoon, English soldier and writer (born 1886) Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both described the horrors of the trenches and satirized the patriotic pretensions of those who, in Sassoon's view, were responsible for a jingoism-fuelled war. Sassoon became a focal point for dissent within the armed forces when he made a lone protest against the continuation of the war with his "Soldier's Declaration" of July 1917, which resulted in his being sent to the Craiglockhart War Hospital. During this period, Sassoon met and formed a friendship with Wilfred Owen, who was greatly influenced by him. Sassoon later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume, fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the Sherston trilogy, which is made up of Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man (1928), Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (1930) and Sherston's Progress (1936). Sassoon is also known for his poetry collection The Old Huntsman (1917). Read more
• 01 Sep 1951: Nellie McClung, Canadian author and suffragist (born 1873) Nellie Letitia McClung was a Canadian author, politician, and social activist, who is regarded as one of Canada's most prominent suffragists. She began her career in writing with the 1908 book Sowing Seeds in Danny, and would eventually publish sixteen books, including two autobiographies. She played a leading role in the women's suffrage movement in Canada, helping to grant women the right to vote in Alberta and Manitoba in 1916. McClung was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in 1921, where she served until 1926. Read more
• 01 Sep 1947: Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (born 1861) Frederick Russell Burnham was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell in Rhodesia. Burnham helped inspire the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Read more
• 01 Sep 1943: Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (born 1880) Charles Atangana, also known by his birth name, Ntsama, and his German name, Karl, was the paramount chief of the Ewondo people. Read more
• 01 Sep 1930: Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (born 1878) Peeter Siegfried Nikolaus Põld was an Estonian pedagogy specialist, school director, and politician, and the first Estonian Minister of Education. He was born in Puru, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia. As the curator of the University of Tartu (1918–1925), he oversaw the university's transition to instruction in Estonian in the newly independent country. Read more
• 01 Sep 1924: Noe Khomeriki, Georgian Social Democrat politician (born 1883) Noe Khomeriki was a Georgian politician involved in the Social Democrat movement who was arrested for anti-soviet activity and shot during an uprising against the Soviet state. Read more
• 01 Sep 1922: Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (born 1854) Samu Pecz was a Hungarian architect and academic. Read more
• 01 Sep 1914: Martha, last known passenger pigeon (hatched 1885) Martha was a passenger pigeon, the last known of her species; she was named "Martha" in honor of Martha Washington, the first lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Read more
• 01 Sep 1868: Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (born 1799) Count Ferenc Gyulay de Marosnémethi et Nádaska, also known as Ferencz Gyulai, Ferencz Gyulaj, or Franz Gyulai, was a Hungarian nobleman who served as Austrian Governor of Lombardy-Venetia and commanded the losing Austrian army at the Battle of Magenta. Read more
• 01 Sep 1839: Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian and educator (born 1786) Izidor Guzmics was a Hungarian theologian Read more
• 01 Sep 1838: William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (born 1770) William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Missouri. Read more

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