History of Today 08 September: Important Events, Births and Deaths

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Important Events on 08 September in History

08 Sep 2025: Balçova police station shooting: 4 people, including the perpetrator are killed an attack on a police station in Turkey. Read more
08 Sep 2023: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh. Read more
08 Sep 2023: The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13. Read more
08 Sep 2022: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III. Read more
08 Sep 2017: Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates. Read more
08 Sep 2016: NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023. Read more
08 Sep 2005: Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. Read more
08 Sep 2004: NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. Read more
08 Sep 2000: NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station. Read more
08 Sep 1994: USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. Read more
08 Sep 1989: Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade. Read more
08 Sep 1988: Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. Read more
08 Sep 1986: Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. Read more
08 Sep 1974: Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. Read more
08 Sep 1973: World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. Read more
08 Sep 1971: In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard. Read more
08 Sep 1966: The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap". Read more
08 Sep 1962: Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star. Read more
08 Sep 1960: In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). Read more
08 Sep 1954: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. Read more
08 Sep 1952: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. Read more
08 Sep 1948: The flag of North Korea is adopted with the passing of the country's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly. Read more
08 Sep 1946: A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria. Read more
08 Sep 1945: The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. Read more
08 Sep 1944: World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time. Read more
08 Sep 1943: World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces. Read more
08 Sep 1941: World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad. Read more
08 Sep 1935: US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. Read more
08 Sep 1934: Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq. Read more
08 Sep 1926: Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. Read more
08 Sep 1925: Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco. Read more
08 Sep 1923: Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. Read more
08 Sep 1921: Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. Read more
08 Sep 1916: In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles. Read more
08 Sep 1914: World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. Read more
08 Sep 1905: The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people. Read more
08 Sep 1900: Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. Read more
08 Sep 1898: Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob. Read more
08 Sep 1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. Read more
08 Sep 1888: Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested. Read more
08 Sep 1888: The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan. Read more
08 Sep 1888: In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. Read more
08 Sep 1888: In England, the first six Football League matches are played. Read more
08 Sep 1883: The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. Read more
08 Sep 1863: American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. Read more
08 Sep 1862: Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod. Read more
08 Sep 1860: The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. Read more
08 Sep 1855: Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol. Read more
08 Sep 1831: William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Read more
08 Sep 1831: November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection. Read more
08 Sep 1819: 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park. Read more
08 Sep 1813: At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town. Read more
08 Sep 1810: The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. Read more
08 Sep 1808: The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the French military occupation of Prussia. Read more

Famous Births on 08 September

08 Sep 2004: Lewis Hall, English footballer Lewis Kieran Hall is an English professional footballer who plays as a left-back or midfielder for Premier League club Newcastle United and the England national team. Read more
08 Sep 2003: Nicolas Cantu, American actor and internet personality Nicolas Cantu, also known by his internet pseudonyms Junky Janker and TheCAN2Network, is a Mexican-born American actor and former YouTuber and animator. Read more
08 Sep 2002: Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer Gaetano John "Gaten" Matarazzo III is an American actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage as Benjamin in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (2011–12), followed by Gavroche in Les Misérables (2014–15). Matarazzo gained international recognition for playing Dustin Henderson in the Netflix science-fiction-horror drama series Stranger Things (2016–2025). He also hosted the Netflix show Prank Encounters (2019–2021). In 2022, he co-starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Honor Society and voiced Boris the Dragon on the animated fantasy comedy film My Father's Dragon. In 2025, he starred in the animated film Animal Farm, in which he voiced the character Lucky. In 2026, he starred in and was the executive producer for the stoner comedy Pizza Movie. Read more
08 Sep 2001: Bill Mamadou, Singaporean footballer Bah Bill Abuzar Mamadou is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a defender for Singapore Premier League club Balesier Khalsa. Read more
08 Sep 2000: Zak Butters, Australian footballer Zak James Butters is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Butters won the AFLCA champion player of the year award in 2023, and is a three-time All-Australian, three-time John Cahill Medallist and dual Robert Rose Award winner. Read more
08 Sep 2000: Miles McBride, American basketball player Miles James "Deuce" McBride is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Read more
08 Sep 1999: Ellie Kildunne, English rugby player Ellie Tea Kildunne is an English rugby player. She is a member of the Red Roses and Bristol Bears of Premiership Women's Rugby at the club level, while also playing sevens in the past. Kildunne was the recipient of the World Rugby Women's 15s Player of the Year at the 2024 World Rugby Awards. She was a 2025 World Cup winner, scoring the opening try in the final for England, and was voted runner-up for the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award. Read more
08 Sep 1999: Vivianne Härri, Swiss alpine skier Vivianne Härri is a retired Swiss alpine skier. Read more
08 Sep 1999: Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer Shubman Gill is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the India national team. Gill captains India in Tests and ODIs, the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League and Punjab when he plays first-class cricket. He has also captained India in T20I. A right-handed batsman, Gill represents Punjab in domestic cricket. Read more
08 Sep 1998: Sierra Capri, American actress Sierra Capri is an American actress. She is known for starring in the Netflix series On My Block as Monse Finnie. Read more
08 Sep 1998: Chelsea Gubecka, Australian swimmer Chelsea Lea Douyere is an Australian swimmer. In 2023, she finished in second, claiming the silver in the 10km Women’s World Championship open water, also alongside Australian teammates clinched the bronze in the 4×1500 open water mixed event in Fukuoka. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she finished in 7th place in the women's 10 kilometre open water at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Read more
08 Sep 1998: Emma Laird, English actress Emma Laird is an English actress. On television, she is known for her role in the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown (2021–2024). Her films include A Haunting in Venice (2023), The Brutalist (2024) and Satisfaction (2025). She was named a 2025 Screen International Star of Tomorrow. Read more
08 Sep 1998: Georgie Gleeson, Australian representative Georgie Gleeson is an Australian representative sweep-oar rower. She is an Australian national champion and has represented and medalled at senior World Championships. Read more
08 Sep 1998: Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver Matheus Tobias Leist is a Brazilian racing driver who last raced for JDC-Miller MotorSports in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He has previously competed in the IndyCar Series, the BRDC British Formula 3 Championship, and Indy Lights. Read more
08 Sep 1997: Tessa, Danish rapper Theresa Ann Fallesen, known professionally as Tessa, is a Danish rapper. Read more
08 Sep 1997: Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player Lars Taylor-Tatsuji Nootbaar is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals. On the international level, he represents the Japan national baseball team. Read more
08 Sep 1996: Tim Gajser, Slovenian motocross racer Tim Gajser is a Slovenian professional motocross racer. He has competed in the FIM Motocross World Championships since 2012. Gajser is a four-time MXGP & a MX2 World Champion. Gajser ranks fifth on the all-time list of FIM Motocross World Championship Grand Prix wins. Read more
08 Sep 1995: Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast Elsabeth Ann Black is a Canadian artistic gymnast. She is a four-time Olympian, having represented her country at the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic games. She is the 2017 World all-around silver medallist, making her the first Canadian gymnast to win a world all-around medal, and she led the Canadian women's gymnastics team to a bronze medal in the 2022 World Championships team final, the first world team medal won by a Canadian gymnastics team. She won a silver medal on the balance beam at the 2022 World Championships. She is a two-time Commonwealth Games all-around champion, a two-time Pan American Games all-around champion, and a six-time Canadian national all-around champion. At the 2020 Olympic Games, Black placed fourth in the balance beam final, the highest placement in the Olympics for a female Canadian gymnast. Read more
08 Sep 1995: Kimberley Woods, British slalom canoeist Kimberley Woods is a British slalom canoeist who has competed in C1, K1 and KX1 at the international level since 2011. A six time world and eight time European champion, she won the bronze medal in both the K1 event and the first ever women's kayak-cross (KX1) event in Paris at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1995: Celya AB, French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England Celya AB is a French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England. She won the Best Newcomer Chortle Award in 2022. Read more
08 Sep 1995: Maya Kingma, Dutch triathlete Maya Kingma is a Dutch triathlete. She represented the Netherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in triathlon. She competed in the women's and mixed relay events. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player[citation needed] Ćamila Mičijević is a Croatian handball player who plays for SCM Craiova and the Croatian national team. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Alayna Treene, American journalist Alayna Treene is an American journalist. She is currently a White House Correspondent for CNN, and is known for her coverage of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. Prior to working for CNN, Treene was a reporter for Axios, where she covered Trump's first presidency, including his impeachment hearings, as well as the January 6th Committee hearings, and Congress under the Biden administration. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Azumi Waki, Japanese voice actress and singer Azumi Waki is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Tokyo, Japan. She debuted in 2015, playing the role of Sanae Katagiri in the video game The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls. She is also known for her roles as Lapis Rosenberg in The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie, Galko in Please Tell Me! Galko-chan, Steyr AUG in Girls' Frontline, Maika Sakuranomiya in Blend S, Special Week in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, and Senko in The Helpful Fox Senko-san. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Cameron Dallas, American internet personality Cameron Alexander Dallas is an American social media personality, actor, and singer. He is best known for his prominence on the video applications Vine and YouTube. Dallas starred in two films in 2014 and 2015, Expelled and The Outfield. In 2016, Cameron starred on his Netflix reality show, Chasing Cameron, which followed him on his singing tour of Europe. In 2020, he assumed the role of Aaron Samuels in the musical adaptation of Mean Girls. In September 2020, he released Dear Scarlett, his first album. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Paula Nicart, Spanish former footballer Paula Nicart Mejías is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Oleksandr Korpan, Ukrainian military pilot Oleksandr Bohdanovych Korpan was a Ukrainian military pilot (captain) of the Ukrainian Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a participant in the Russo-Ukrainian war. He is Hero of Ukraine (2022). Read more
08 Sep 1994: Gonzalo Piovi, American internet personality Gonzalo Rubén Piovi is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Cruz Azul. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Ghayas Zahid, Irish professional footballer Ghayas Zahid is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vålerenga. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Shane Griffin, Norwegian professional footballer Shane Griffin is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent his entire senior career playing in the League of Ireland, for Cork City, St Patrick's Athletic, Shelbourne and Cobh Ramblers. Read more
08 Sep 1994: George Honeyman, American professional basketball player George Christopher Honeyman is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Blackpool. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Karan Kaila, Indian cricketer Karan Kaila is an Indian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batsman for Punjab. He made his List A debut on 10 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Punjab in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 27 February 2019. He made his first-class debut on 17 December 2019, for Punjab in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Ivan Ntege, Ugandan professional footballer Ivan Ntege is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays for KF Tirana in Albania and the Ugandan national team. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Alan Techer, French champion solo motorcycle racer Alan Techer is an endurance world champion solo motorcycle racer from France, competing in the EWC championship with Tati Team Beringer Racing. Techer has competed in the French 125 cc Championship, the Spanish 125GP Championship, the FIM CEV Moto2 European Championship and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Dennis Slamar, German footballer Dennis Slamar is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Chemnitzer FC. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Valeriy Boldenkov, Ukrainian footballer Valeriy Ihorovych Boldenkov is a Moldovan-born Ukrainian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Feniks-Mariupol. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Rigoberto Sanchez, American professional football punter and kickoff specialist Rigoberto Jovany Sanchez is an American professional football punter and kickoff specialist for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Sebastian Stasiak, Polish modern pentathlete Sebastian Stasiak is a Polish modern pentathlete. He competed in the men's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Yassine Benzia, Algeria professional footballer Yassine Benzia is a professional footballer. He currently represents the Algeria national team. He mainly plays as an attacking or a central midfielder but can also play as a winger or striker. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Daiya Maekawa, Japanese professional footballer Daiya Maekawa is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Vissel Kobe and the Japan national team. His father is the former Japan national team goalkeeper Kazuya Maekawa. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Stuart Moore, English professional footballer Stuart John Moore is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Wycombe Wanderers. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Ye Chugui, Chinese football player Ye Chugui is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Chinese Super League side Yunnan Yukun. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Jorge Eduardo, Brazilian professional footballer Jorge Eduardo Pedro Júnior, known as Jorge Eduardo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Cambodian Visakha in the Cambodian Premier League. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Dujon Mario Edwards, Jamaican and dancehall artist Jahvillani, born Dujon Mario Edwards, is a Jamaican and dancehall artist from Great Pond, St. Ann, a parish in Jamaica. He has two sisters and was raised by a single parent. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Timotheos Pavlou, Cypriot footballer Timotheos Pavlou is a Cypriot footballer who plays as a right-back for Ethnikos Achna FC. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Taro Kondo, Japanese speed skater Taro Kondo is a Japanese speed skater. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Jeff-Denis Fehr, German footballer Jeff-Denis Fehr is a German footballer who plays as a midfielder for Wuppertaler SV. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Nicky Walker, English professional footballer Nicholas Thomas Walker is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liversedge. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Premier League club Manchester United, which he captains, and the Portugal national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best attacking midfielders in the world. Read more
08 Sep 1994: Jillian Alleyne, American professional basketball player Jillian Chantel Alleyne is an American professional basketball player for the Tarsus Belediyesi Basketball of the Turkish Super League. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Lily Sullivan, Australian cricketer Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress. She played Coral in the 2012 film Mental and Miranda in the 2018 television series Picnic at Hanging Rock. She plays leading roles in two 2023 feature films, the Australian sci-fi thriller Monolith and the American horror film Evil Dead Rise. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Amanda Zahui B., Swedish basketball player Amanda Agnes Sofia Zahui Bazoukou, known professionally as Amanda Zahui B., is a Swedish basketball player for BK Žabiny Brno of the Czech Women's Basketball League. After playing basketball both in Sweden and collegiately with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Zahui was drafted by the Tulsa Shock with the second overall pick in the 2015 WNBA draft. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer William Giles Bosisto is an Australian cricketer. He captained Australia in the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, where he was named the player of the tournament, and later played domestic cricket for Western Australia and South Australia cricket team. He also played franchise Twenty20 cricket for the Perth Scorchers in the Big Bash League in Australia and for the Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Nathalie Lesage, Mauritian beauty pageant titleholder Nathalie Lesage is a Mauritian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Mauritius 2013 during the Miss Mauritius 2013 contest. Nathalie represented her country at the Miss World 2013 international beauty pageant where she vied to succeed Wen Xia Wu but was unplaced. She later competed in Miss Intercontinental 2014 where she placed among the top 16 semi-finalists. Nathalie has a brother, Yann and a sister, Melissa. She loves scuba diving and spending time with her dogs. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Tamara de Sousa, Brazilian heptathlete Tamara Alexandrino de Sousa is a Brazilian heptathlete. She competed in the women's heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, in London, England. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Elena Di Liddo, Italian swimmer Elena di Liddo is an Italian swimmer. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 100 m butterfly. Read more
08 Sep 1993: Magdalena Eriksson, Swedish professional footballer Magdalena "Magda" Lilly Eriksson is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Frauen-Bundesliga side Bayern Munich. Primarily a centre-back, she can also play as a left-back. She represented Sweden at international level, and earned 123 caps between 2014 and 2025. Read more
08 Sep 1992: Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player Nino Niederreiter is a Swiss professional ice hockey player who is a winger for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 2010 NHL entry draft, making him the highest-drafted Swiss hockey player in NHL history at the time. Niederreiter made his NHL debut with the Islanders early in the 2010–11 season before being returned to his junior club, the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL). Prior to coming to North America, Niederreiter had played in the junior system of the Swiss team HC Davos and appeared in three playoff games for the senior club in 2010. Read more
08 Sep 1992: Marianna Liik, Estonian composer Marianna Liik is an Estonian composer. Since 2014, she has been a member of the Estonian Composers' Union. Read more
08 Sep 1992: Temi Fagbenle, British professional basketball player Tèmítọ́pẹ́ Títílọlá "Temi" Fágbénlé is an American-born Nigerian-British professional basketball player who has, most recently, featured for the Toronto Tempo of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Chinese League side Henan. She has represented the Great Britain women's team since 2012, making her competitive debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1992: Za'Darius Smith, American football player Za'Darius Smith is an American professional football defensive end for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the East Mississippi Lions and Kentucky Wildcats. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He also played for the Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles. Read more
08 Sep 1991: Joe Sugg, British vlogger Joseph Graham Sugg is an English YouTuber, vlogger, actor, author and businessman. In 2012, he began posting videos on the YouTube channel ThatcherJoe, which peaked at over 8 million subscribers. In 2018, he was a finalist on the sixteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and in 2019, he portrayed Ogie Anhorn in the West End production of Waitress. He is the younger brother of fellow YouTuber Zoe Sugg. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Matt Barkley, American football player Matthew Montgomery Barkley is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, setting the Pac-12 Conference season record for touchdown passes as a junior. Due to suffering a shoulder injury as a senior, Barkley was not selected until the fourth round of the 2013 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles. He has been a member of 11 different NFL teams, mostly as a backup. Barkley had his most notable stint with the Chicago Bears in 2016 where he served as the team's starter. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Jos Buttler, English cricketer Joseph Charles Buttler is an English international cricketer and the former captain of the England cricket team. He plays for Lancashire in domestic cricket and has played in multiple T20 leagues. Widely considered England's greatest-ever white-ball cricketer, he is known for his innovative and aggressive batting style. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 ODI World Cup and led the team to victory at the 2022 T20 World Cup. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Gerrit Cole, American baseball player Gerrit Alan Cole is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros. Cole played for the baseball team at Orange Lutheran High School and was selected by the Yankees in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft. Cole opted not to sign and instead attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he played college baseball for the UCLA Bruins. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player Matthew William "Delly" Dellavedova is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Saint Mary's College. In 2016, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. As a member of the Australian national team, he won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Dianne Doan, Canadian actress Dianne Doan is a Canadian actress. She first came to attention in 2015, with her first of four appearances as Lonnie in the Descendants franchise, and is also known for her main role as Mai Ling, sister of the title character in the series Warrior (2021–2023). Read more
08 Sep 1990: Michal Kempný, Czech ice hockey player Michal Kempný is a Czech professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Kempný formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Washington Capitals in 2018. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer Tokelo Anthony Rantie is a former South African professional soccer player who played as a striker for the South Africa national team. Read more
08 Sep 1989: Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Besta deild karla club Víkingur Reykjavík and the Iceland national team. Read more
08 Sep 1989: Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (died 2018) Tim Bergling, known professionally as Avicii, was a Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer. His music consisted primarily of pop-oriented house music, often blended with other genres such as folk, country, bluegrass, soul, and blues. He is considered one of the most popular and successful electronic dance music (EDM) artists of all time and is credited with "leading EDM into the mainstream". Read more
08 Sep 1988: Ekaterina Smirnova, Russian female sprinter Ekaterina Alexandrovna Smirnova is a female sprinter from Russia. She competed in the Women's 200 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China. Read more
08 Sep 1988: Agustina Lepore, Argentine tennis player Agustina Lepore is a retired Argentine tennis player. Read more
08 Sep 1988: Arrelious Benn, American football player Arrelious Markus Benn is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2010 NFL draft. Read more
08 Sep 1988: Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer Rie Kaneto is a Japanese competitive swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events. She won the gold medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier Alexandre Bilodeau is a Canadian retired freestyle skier from Rosemère, Quebec, who currently resides in Montreal. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Derrick Brown, American basketball player Derrick Paul Brown is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played at the power forward position. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper Danielle Frenkel is an Israeli high jumper. She was the first female Israeli to clear 1.90 meters, and the only woman who cleared more than 1.90 meters in international competition. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and actor Cameron Jibril Thomaz, known professionally as Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and actor. Raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he signed with the local independent label Rostrum Records to release his debut studio album, Show and Prove (2006). His contract entered a short-lived joint venture with Warner Bros. Records the following year. His Eurodance-influenced 2008 single "Say Yeah" received urban radio airplay and entered both the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Songs charts, becoming his first minor hit. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Illya Marchenko, Ukrainian tennis player Illya Vasylovych Marchenko is a Ukrainian tennis player. He has a career high in singles of World No. 49 achieved on 26 September 2016 and of No. 268 in doubles achieved on 25 August 2014. On the ATP Tour, Marchenko reached the semifinals of Moscow in 2009, the 2010 St. Petersburg Open and Doha in 2016. Read more
08 Sep 1987: Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen is a retired German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and on parallel bars as well as the 2011 and 2012 European Champion on the latter. He has been a soldier in the Bundeswehr since July 2007, beginning when he was training in the Bundeswehr Sports Development Group in Munich. Read more
08 Sep 1986: Carlos Bacca, Colombian footballer Carlos Arturo Bacca Ahumada is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Categoría Primera A club Deportivo Cali. Read more
08 Sep 1986: Matt Grothe, American football player Matt Grothe is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the South Florida Bulls. Read more
08 Sep 1986: João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga. He is considered as one of the best players to have ever played for Portugal. Read more
08 Sep 1984: Bobby Parnell, American baseball player Robert Allen Parnell is an American former baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers. He was drafted by the Mets in the ninth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft after attending Charleston Southern University. Read more
08 Sep 1984: Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov is a Russian racing driver, who currently competes in the 2025 Middle East Trophy for SMP Racing, He previously competed in Formula One from 2010 to 2012. Read more
08 Sep 1984: Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer Tiago Treichel Moraes da Silva known as Tiago Treichel or just Tiago is a Brazilian footballer Read more
08 Sep 1984: Peter Whittingham, English footballer (died 2020) Peter Michael Whittingham was an English professional footballer. His primary position was as a central midfielder, although he also sometimes operated as a wide midfielder on both the left and right. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist Kathryn Moira Beaton is a Canadian comics artist who created the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant, which ran from 2007 to 2018. Her other works include the children's books The Princess and the Pony (2015) and King Baby (2016), and the memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (2022). Publishers Weekly named Ducks one of their top ten books of the year. In 2022, The Princess and the Pony was adapted into the Apple TV+ series Pinecone & Pony, on which Beaton worked as an executive producer. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Elena Semikina, Moldovan Canadian actress, model, producer and beauty pageant titleholder Elena Semikina is a Moldovan Canadian actress, model, producer and beauty pageant titleholder. Semikina was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She represented Canada at the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. Semikina conceived and executive-produced the feature documentary film Our Man in Tehran about the Iran Hostage Crisis. It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival a year after Ben Affleck's feature film, Argo, a scripted drama about the same events, premiered at the same festival. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Anastasia Phillips, Canadian actress Anastasia Phillips is a Canadian actress. She appeared in films Don't Talk to Irene (2017), Ghostland (2018) and Tammy's Always Dying (2019), and the TV series Bomb Girls and Reign. In 2021, she began starring in the CBC drama series, Moonshine. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Toni Street, New Zealand television presenter and sports commentator Toni Street is a New Zealand television presenter and sports commentator. She is best known for co-hosting the New Zealand current affairs programme Seven Sharp alongside Mike Hosking, as well as presenting morning shows and sports reporting for One News. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Melissa St. Vil, American professional boxer Melissa St. Vil is an American professional boxer. She has challenged twice for world titles; the WBC super featherweight title in 2018 and the WBC lightweight title in March 2019. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer Diego Orlando Benaglio is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Will Blalock, American basketball player William Anthony Blalock is an American former professional basketball player. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Nick Hundley, American baseball player Nicholas John Hundley is an American former professional baseball catcher and current front office executive. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics. He was drafted in 2005 by the Padres in the second round, and made his major-league debut in 2008. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Chris Judd, Australian footballer Christopher Dylan Judd is a former professional Australian rules footballer and investment manager. He captained both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Jason Mattera, American writer and conservative activist Jason Joseph Mattera is an American writer, conservative activist, radio host, and Emmy-nominated journalist. Originally from New York City, Mattera started in conservative political activism as a student at Roger Williams University. In 2010, Mattera released his first New York Times bestseller, Obama Zombies. Mattera's second book, Hollywood Hypocrites, was published in 2012, and his third book, Crapitalism, was published in 2014, all by Simon & Schuster. Mattera was editor of Human Events magazine from 2010–12, and from 2010–13 hosted a weekend talk show on the New York City radio station 77 WABC. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer Lewis Roberts-Thomson is a former Australian Rules Football player, who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. He has been colloquially known to fans and commentators as either "LRT" or the "Hyphenator". Read more
08 Sep 1983: Sarah Stup, American writer and autism activist Sarah Stup is an American writer and advocate. She writes about community inclusion, education, and her experience in the world as an autistic woman. Her work includes the children's book Do-Si-Do with Autism, a set of gift books, the poetry and essay collection Are Your Eyes Listening? Collected Works, and the novel Paul and His Beast. Read more
08 Sep 1982: Travis Daniels, American football player Travis Antwon Daniels is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the fourth round of the 2005 NFL draft. He played college football for the LSU Tigers. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Kate Abdo, English journalist Kate Scott is an English sports broadcaster who works primarily for CBS Sports. She is noted for her coverage of association football, and has anchored CBS's coverage of the UEFA Champions League since August 2020. Throughout her career, she has worked internationally in the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany, and the United States. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer Selim Benachour is a French born Tunisian football coach and former professional player who played as an attacking midfielder. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer Morten Gamst Pedersen is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his spell for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League he was known for his skill and long range goals. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Randy Taylor on Home Improvement (1991–1998) and Pinocchio in the film The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996), and voicing young Simba in the animated film The Lion King (1994). Read more
08 Sep 1980: Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson is an American singer-songwriter best known for his songs "Rock & Roll", "OK, It's Alright with Me", "Not There Yet", "Watching You Watch Him", and "Tell the World". Hutchinson was named an AOL "About to Pop" artist, Yahoo! Who's Next Artist, MSN "One to Watch" Artist and a "VH1 You Oughta Know" Artist. Hutchinson also wrote and performed the theme song for ESPN's Fantasy Focus podcast. Read more
08 Sep 1979: Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Alecia Beth Moore-Hart, known professionally as Pink, is an American singer and songwriter. She is known for her acrobatic stage presence and activism. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Lucilla Agosti, Italian radio and television presenter and actress Lucilla Agosti is an Italian radio and television presenter and actress. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager Gerard Autet Serrabasa is a Spanish former footballer who played as a central defender. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer Emanuele Ferraro is an Italian football coach and former player. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Gil Meche, American baseball player Gilbert Allen Meche is an American former right-handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He pitched for the Seattle Mariners for six seasons between 1999 and 2006. He also made three straight Opening Day starts with the Kansas City Royals and was an All-Star with them in 2007. Shoulder and back problems caused him to retire in 2011 at just 32 years old. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet Angela Snæfellsjökuls Rawlings or Angela Marie Rawlings is a Canadian-Icelandic interdisciplinary artist-researcher who works with languages as dominant exploratory material. Their practice seeks and interrogates relationality between bodies—be they human, more-than-human, other-than, non. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Rebel, American wrestler Tanea Brooks, better known by the ring name Rebel, is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, model, actress, dancer, and cosmetologist. As of 2019, she is signed to All Elite Wrestling. She is also known for her work in Impact Wrestling. Read more
08 Sep 1978: Marco Sturm, German ice hockey player and coach Marco Johann Sturm is a German professional ice hockey coach and former player who is the head coach for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). As a forward, he played in the National Hockey League and Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1995 to 2013. Read more
08 Sep 1977: Daphné Collignon, French comic book author Daphné Collignon is a French comic book author. She also illustrates children's books. Read more
08 Sep 1977: Asami Sanada, Japanese actress Asami Sanada is a Japanese actress from Nagano Prefecture. She voiced the role of Vita in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series, Dejiko in Di Gi Charat, Jun Sakurada in the Rozen Maiden series, Kurumi Tokisaki in the Date A Live series, and Sawako Yamanaka in the K-On! series,. Read more
08 Sep 1977: Jason Collier, American basketball player (died 2005) Jason Jeffrey Collier was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Read more
08 Sep 1977: Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian Nathan Harris Corddry is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Adam Branch in the NBC drama series Harry's Law and for his role as Gabriel in the first two seasons of the CBS sitcom Mom. He has guest starred on series such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Daily Show, United States of Tara, 30 Rock, and New Girl. He played Private First-Class Loudmouth in the HBO miniseries The Pacific and Tom Jeter in the NBC comedy-drama series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. From 2019 to 2022, Corddry played engineer Larry Wilson in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. In 2021, Corddry had a recurring role in the TV adaptation of Paper Girls playing Larry Radakowski. Read more
08 Sep 1977: Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Jay McKee is a Canadian coach of the Hamilton Hammers of the American Hockey League and former professional ice hockey defenceman. He spent the majority of his career with the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL), and has also played for the St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins. Throughout his career, he has been noted among the NHL's best shot-blockers. McKee was born in Kingston, Ontario, but grew up in Loyalist, Ontario. Read more
08 Sep 1976: Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer Gerald George Drummond Johnson is a Costa Rican former football player who played as a forward. Read more
08 Sep 1976: Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer Jervis Éarlson Drummond Johnson is a Costa Rican former footballer who played as a right-back. Read more
08 Sep 1976: Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player Sjeng Schalken is a coach and a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Lee Eul-yong, South Korean footballer and manager Lee Eul-yong is a South Korean football manager and former professional player. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Richard Hughes, English drummer Keane are an English alternative rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995. The band comprises Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley, Richard Hughes and Jesse Quin. Their original line-up included guitarist Dominic Scott, who left in 2001. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Chris Latham, Australian rugby player Chris Latham is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He is currently head coach of Major League Rugby team the Chicago Hounds and was previously head coach of the Utah Warriors. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Read more
08 Sep 1975: Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer Larenz Tate is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as O-Dog in Menace II Society (1993), Anthony Curtis in Dead Presidents (1995), Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall In Love, and as Councilman Rashad Tate in Power (2017–20) and Power Book II: Ghost (2020–24). Read more
08 Sep 1974: Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer Marios Agathokleous is a retired Cypriot football striker. Read more
08 Sep 1974: Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer Tanaz Eshaghian is an Iranian-born American documentary filmmaker. She resides in New York City. Read more
08 Sep 1974: Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer Braulio Mauricio Luna Guzmán is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Read more
08 Sep 1974: Rick Michaels, American wrestler Rick Michaels is an American retired professional wrestler. Read more
08 Sep 1973: Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (died 2020) Khamis Al-Owairan Al-Dossari was a Saudi Arabian footballer. He played most of his career for Al-Hilal and Al Ittihad. Read more
08 Sep 1973: Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer Gabrial McNair is a musician and composer, most famous for his work in No Doubt since 1993 as a trombonist, keyboardist, and backing vocalist. He recorded and toured with Green Day during the Nimrod and Warning tours, playing trombone and tenor saxophone. In 2003, he was one of the co-founders of the California-based rock band Oslo where he plays the guitar. Read more
08 Sep 1973: Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player Troy Jayson Sanders is an American musician, best known as the bassist and one of the vocalists of heavy metal band Mastodon. He is also active in the supergroups Killer Be Killed and Gone Is Gone and is the current touring bassist for rock band Thin Lizzy. Read more
08 Sep 1973: Matteo Strukul, Italian writer and journalist Matteo Strukul is an Italian writer and journalist. Read more
08 Sep 1972: Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager Markus Babbel is a German professional football coach and former player who most recently managed Western Sydney Wanderers FC. He played as a defender for clubs in Germany and England. Babbel won the UEFA Cup twice: in 1996 with Bayern Munich and in 2001 with Liverpool. He was also a member of the Germany squad that won UEFA Euro 96. Read more
08 Sep 1972: Os du Randt, South African rugby player and coach Jacobus Petrus "Os" du Randt is a South African former rugby union player. A loosehead prop, he retired as the most-capped forward in the history of the South Africa national team, and won two Rugby World Cups, in 1995 and 2007. He ended his career as one of the last remaining international players from the amateur era of the sport and the last active member of the 1995 World Cup-winning squad. His final match was the 2007 Rugby World Cup final, which the Springboks won, with Du Randt playing the entire 80 minutes. He is one of 43 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions. Read more
08 Sep 1972: Kennedy, American radio and television host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, referred to mononymously as Kennedy, is an American libertarian political commentator, radio personality, author, and former MTV VJ. She is a commentator on Fox News Channel, a primary guest host of Fox's Outnumbered and The Five, host of the podcast Kennedy Saves The World on Fox News Radio and a columnist for The Daily Mail. Kennedy was the host of MTV's now-defunct daily late-night alternative-rock program Alternative Nation throughout much of the 1990s. She hosted Kennedy on the Fox Business Network from 2015 to 2023. Read more
08 Sep 1971: David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler David Arquette is an American actor, producer, and retired professional wrestler. He began his acting career with a main role as Keith "Two-Bit" Matthews on the Fox drama television series The Outsiders (1990), and he made his film debut with a supporting role in Where the Day Takes You (1992). Arquette continued acting in television during the early-to-mid 1990s, with main roles as Tod Hawks on the NBC sitcom Parenthood (1990–1991) and Hunter on the CBS sitcom Double Rush (1995), and had starring roles in the films Wild Bill (1995) and Johns (1996). Read more
08 Sep 1971: Brooke Burke, American actress and television personality Brooke Lisa Burke is an American television and fitness personality, model, author, actress, and businesswoman. She is known for hosting the E! Network travel show Wild On! (1999–2002), CBS's Rock Star (2005–2006), and TV Land's She's Got the Look (2010). After winning the seventh season of Dancing with the Stars, Burke served as co-hostess of the show from seasons 10 to 17 (2010–2013). In 2017, Burke launched "Brooke Burke Body," a fitness app with workout videos featuring her. Since 2023, Brooke has served as the host of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, joining the series in its 10th season. Read more
08 Sep 1971: Martin Freeman, English actor Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014), and Chris Carson in The Responder (2022–2024). Read more
08 Sep 1971: Lachlan Murdoch, English-Australian businessman Lachlan Keith Murdoch is a businessman and mass media heir. He is the son of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation. In 2025, Murdoch's net worth was estimated at A$3.21 billion, as published in the Financial Review Rich List. Read more
08 Sep 1971: Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer Dustin O'Halloran is an American composer and pianist. Aside from releasing music as a recording artist, O'Halloran is a film and TV composer, as well as one half of ambient act A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Read more
08 Sep 1971: Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer Daniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian former boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the Light Flyweight category. Read more
08 Sep 1971: Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Joseph Jean Pierre Sévigny is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more
08 Sep 1970: Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Neko Richelle Case is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", her "powerhouse [voice] seems like it might level buildings," "a 120-mph fastball," and a "vocal tornado". Critics also note her idiosyncratic, "cryptic," "imagistic" lyrics, and credit her as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar. Case's body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop and is frequently described as resisting classification. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player Paul Anthony DiPietro is a Canadian-born Swiss former professional ice hockey player. A Stanley Cup champion with the Montreal Canadiens, he played forward and made the roster for the Swiss national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Nidal Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist, and mass murderer Nidal Malik Hasan is an American former United States Army major, physician, and mass murderer convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting on November 5, 2009. Hasan, an Army Medical Corps psychiatrist, admitted to the shootings at his court-martial in August 2013. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player Latrell Fontaine Sprewell is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves during his 13-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career. During his career, Sprewell received four NBA All-Star selections, an All-NBA First Team selection, and an NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection. He helped the Knicks reach the 1999 NBA Finals and the Timberwolves to the 2004 Western Conference finals. Sprewell's career was overshadowed by a 1997 incident in which he choked and punched then-Warriors coach P. J. Carlesimo during practice, which resulted in a 68-game suspension. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Lodi, American wrestler Bradley Cain is an American author, personal trainer and professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Lodi. Cain is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) between 1997 and 2000, where he was a member of Raven's Flock stable and the tag team The West Hollywood Blondes. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach Andy Ward is a New Zealand-born former rugby union player, who played flanker professionally for Ulster and internationally for Ireland. Read more
08 Sep 1970: John Welborn, Australian rugby player John Welborn is a former Australian rugby union player, who played at the lock position. He is a former Wallaby. He was the first Western Australian-born player to represent Australia in rugby union, and played six matches for the Wallabies. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager Lars Roar Bohinen is a Norwegian football manager and former professional footballer. His last job was as the manager of Jerv. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer Oswaldo Johvani Ibarra Carabalí is an Ecuadorian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Chris Powell, English footballer and manager Christopher George Robin Powell is an English football manager and former player who is currently assistant manager at EFL League One club Luton Town. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2011) Gary Andrew Speed was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, he was often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting the pathway to future successes. Read more
08 Sep 1968: Wolfram Klein, German footballer Wolfram Klein is a former German footballer. Read more
08 Sep 1968: Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Raymond Wilson is a Scottish singer and guitarist, vocalist in the post-grunge band Stiltskin and in Genesis from 1996 to approximately 1999. Read more
08 Sep 1967: Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat Eerik-Niiles Kross is an Estonian politician, diplomat, former chief of intelligence and entrepreneur. He is a member of parliament (Riigikogu). During the 1980s, Kross was a prominent figure in the anti-Soviet non-violent resistance movement in Soviet Estonia. After re-independence, in 1991, he joined Estonia's Foreign Ministry. He served as the head of intelligence from 1995 to 2000; and as national security advisor to former President Lennart Meri in 2000 and 2001. Read more
08 Sep 1967: James Packer, Australian businessman James Douglas Packer is an Australian billionaire businessman and investor. Packer is the son of Kerry Packer, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer. He is the grandson of Frank Packer. He inherited control of the family company, Consolidated Press Holdings Limited, as well as investments in Crown Resorts and other companies. He is the former executive chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and Consolidated Media Holdings, which predominantly owned media interests across a range of platforms, and a former executive chairman of Crown Resorts. Read more
08 Sep 1967: Kimberly Peirce, American director, producer, and screenwriter Kimberly Ane Peirce is an American filmmaker, best known for her debut feature film, Boys Don't Cry (1999). Peirce's second feature, Stop-Loss, was released by Paramount Pictures in 2008. Her third film Carrie was released on October 18, 2013. In addition to directing and writing, she is a governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and a National Board member of the Directors Guild of America. Read more
08 Sep 1966: Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Peter Andrew Furler is an Australian musician, songwriter, producer and record executive, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of the Christian rock band Newsboys from 1986 to 2009. Read more
08 Sep 1965: Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot Tutilo Burger OSB is a German Benedictine. He took as his monastic name Tutilo, after the saint, monk and composer Tuotilo. Since 2011 he has been the eleventh archabbot of Beuron Archabbey, whilst his elder brother Stephan Burger is Archbishop of Freiburg. Read more
08 Sep 1965: Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor Darlene Joyce Zschech is an Australian Pentecostal Christian worship leader and singer who primarily writes praise and worship songs. Described as a pioneer of the modern worship movement, she is the former worship pastor of Hillsong Church. Zschech is currently a contributing songwriter with CompassionArt, a charity founded by Christian songwriter Martin Smith. Along with her husband, Zschech is the lead pastor of Hope Unlimited Church in New South Wales. Read more
08 Sep 1964: Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist Michael Johns is an American conservative commentator, policy analyst, writer, a former speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush. He is a leader and spokesman in the Tea Party movement. He was also a health care executive. Read more
08 Sep 1964: Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000) Joachim Nielsen, better known as Jokke, was a Norwegian rock musician and poet. He was the frontman of Norwegian rock band Jokke & Valentinerne, the brother of cartoonist Christopher Nielsen, and son of the artist John David Nielsen. He is considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in Norway. Read more
08 Sep 1964: Raven, American wrestler Scott Levy, also known as Raven, is an American professional wrestler who historically competed for Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). Besides ECW, he is best known for his appearances with other professional wrestling promotions such as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) / World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and NWA Total Nonstop Action (TNA). Read more
08 Sep 1963: Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer Alexandros "Alexis" Alexiou is a Greek former footballer and manager. Read more
08 Sep 1963: Daniel Wolpert, American scientist Daniel Mark Wolpert is a British medical doctor, neuroscientist and engineer, who has made important contributions in computational biology. He was Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 2005, and also became the Royal Society Noreen Murray Research Professorship in Neurobiology from 2013. He is now Professor of Neurobiology at Columbia University. Read more
08 Sep 1962: Thomas Kretschmann, German actor Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor who has appeared in many European and American films. Best known for portraying historical or fictional military officers, his notable roles include Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993), Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist (2002), Hermann Fegelein in Downfall (2004), Captain Englehorn in King Kong (2005), Major Otto Remer in Valkyrie (2008), the voice of Professor Z in Cars 2 (2011), and the journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter in A Taxi Driver (2017). He also portrayed Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Read more
08 Sep 1961: Timothy Well, American wrestler (died 2017) Timothy Alan Smith was an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring names Rex King and Timothy Well. He wrestled in several promotions, including All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Much of his career was spent wrestling as a tag team with Steve Doll throughout his career. While in WWF, they were known as Well Dunn. Read more
08 Sep 1960: Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress Aimee Elizabeth Mann is an American singer-songwriter. She is noted for her sardonic and literate lyrics about dark subjects, often describing underdog characters. She has released ten albums as a solo artist. Read more
08 Sep 1960: David Steele, English bass player and songwriter David "Shuffle" Steele is a British musician who was a member of the Beat and Fine Young Cannibals. Read more
08 Sep 1960: Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver Aguri Suzuki is a Japanese former racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1988 to 1995. Read more
08 Sep 1958: Brad Batten, American wrestler (died 2014) The Batten Twins were an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of twin brothers Bart and Brad Batten. They performed under the "Batten Twins" name in Central States Wrestling, Continental Wrestling Association, International Championship Wrestling, Jim Crockett Promotions, Southern Championship Wrestling, Texas All-Star Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Council, and the name U.S. Express in World Class Championship Wrestling. The team also appeared in various independent promotions during the 1990s including, most notably, Atlantic Coast Championship Wrestling, IWA Mid-South, Smoky Mountain Wrestling and Southern States Wrestling. Read more
08 Sep 1958: Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer Michael Lardie is an American musician and record producer known for his memberships in the rock bands Great White and Night Ranger. Read more
08 Sep 1957: Walt Easley, American football player (died 2013) Walter Edward Easley was a fullback in the NFL and USFL. Read more
08 Sep 1957: Heather Thomas, American actress and activist Heather Thomas is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jody Banks on The Fall Guy TV series opposite Lee Majors. She retired from acting in 1998 to avoid stalkers, to focus on her family, and to pursue writing. Since her retirement from acting, she has had some minor film appearances and has participated in political activism. She returned to acting in 2013. Read more
08 Sep 1956: Mick Brown, American drummer Michael J. Brown, also known as "Wild" Mick Brown, is an American retired drummer who played in the rock bands Dokken, Lynch Mob, The End Machine, and Xciter, as well as in Ted Nugent's band. Read more
08 Sep 1956: David Carr, American journalist and author (died 2015) David Michael Carr was an American columnist, author, and newspaper editor. He wrote a column, Media Equation and covered culture for The New York Times. Read more
08 Sep 1956: Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach Maurice Edward Cheeks is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Detroit Pistons. Cheeks was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. He was the first player with 2,000 steals solely in the NBA. Read more
08 Sep 1956: Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson is a Swedish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between 1980 and 1991. In endurance racing, Johansson won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1997 with Joest. Read more
08 Sep 1955: David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (died 2013) David Neil O'Halloran was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Read more
08 Sep 1955: Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author Terry Tempest Williams is an American writer, educator, conservationist, and activist. Williams' writing is rooted in the American West and has been significantly influenced by the arid landscape of Utah. Her work focuses on social and environmental justice ranging from issues of ecology and the protection of public lands and wildness, to women's health, to exploring humanity's relationship to culture and nature. She writes in the genre of creative nonfiction and the lyrical essay. Read more
08 Sep 1954: Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor Markus Lindsay Chapman is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Chief Officer Henry Wilde in the film Titanic (1997), as John Lennon in the film Chapter 27 (2007) and as Dr. Anton Arcane on the USA Network TV series Swamp Thing from 1990 to 1993. Read more
08 Sep 1954: Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist Ruby Nell Bridges Hall is an American civil rights activist. She was the first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960. She is the subject of a 1964 painting, The Problem We All Live With, by Norman Rockwell. Read more
08 Sep 1954: Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman is a Swedish former Olympic gold medalist and a World champion épée fencer. Read more
08 Sep 1954: Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, executive director of The Skeptics Society, and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine, a publication focused on investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. The author of over a dozen books, Shermer is known for engaging in debates on pseudoscience and religion in which he emphasizes scientific skepticism. Read more
08 Sep 1953: Pascal Greggory, French actor Pascal Greggory is a French actor. Read more
08 Sep 1953: Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist Stein-Erik Olsen is a Norwegian classical guitarist and professor of guitar at the University of Bergen, known from collaborations with such as Gro Sandvik, Roar Engelberg and St Martin in the Fields and a series of recordings. Read more
08 Sep 1952: Will Lee, American bass player Will Lee is an American jazz fusion bassist known for his work on the Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra and Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band during Letterman’s tenure as host of NBC's Late Night with David Letterman. Read more
08 Sep 1952: Geoff Miller, English cricketer Geoffrey Miller, is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. Nicknamed "Dusty", he played for Derbyshire from 1973 to 1986, captaining the team from 1979 to 1981, and returned in 1990 after playing for Essex between 1987 and 1989. He was an England selector from 2008 to 2013 and was appointed President of Derbyshire C.C.C. in March 2014. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup. Read more
08 Sep 1952: Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a New Zealand former rugby union player and coach. Read more
08 Sep 1951: Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (died 1996) Timothy Ernest Gullikson was a tennis player and coach who was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and grew up in Onalaska, Wisconsin in the United States. Read more
08 Sep 1951: Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach Tom Gullikson is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player born in La Crosse, Wisconsin and raised in Onalaska, Wisconsin in the United States. Read more
08 Sep 1951: John McDonnell, English politician John Martin McDonnell is a British Labour Party politician who served as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2015 to 2020. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hayes and Harlington since 1997. Read more
08 Sep 1951: Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist Dezső Ránki is a Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist with a broad repertoire and a significant discography of solo, duo and concerto works. Read more
08 Sep 1950: Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician Ian Graham Davidson is a Scottish politician who served as chair of the Scottish Affairs Select Committee from 2010 to 2015. A member of the Scottish Labour Party and Co-operative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West, formerly Glasgow Pollok, from 1992 to 2015. Read more
08 Sep 1950: Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet Ralph Zachary Richard is an American singer-songwriter and poet. His music is a combination of Cajun and Zydeco musical styles. Read more
08 Sep 1950: Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician Michael Keith Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise. He is a member of the Republican Party. Read more
08 Sep 1949: Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic Edward Allen Hinds FInstP FAPS FRS is a British physicist noted for his work with cold matter. Read more
08 Sep 1948: Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler Akihisa Mera , better known as The Great Kabuki , is a Japanese retired professional wrestler. He is famous as the first to blow Asian mist in his opponents' faces. Read more
08 Sep 1948: Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (died 1971) Jean-Pierre "Jempi" Monseré was a Belgian road racing cyclist who died while champion of the world. Read more
08 Sep 1947: Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor Valery Pavlovich Afanassiev is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. Read more
08 Sep 1947: Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2015) Halldór Ásgrímsson was an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 15 September 2004 to 15 June 2006 and was the leader of the Progressive Party from 1994 to 2006. Read more
08 Sep 1947: Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer Ann Beattie is an American novelist and short story writer. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Read more
08 Sep 1947: Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000) Benjamin Orr was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their hits, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", "Moving in Stereo", and "Drive". He also had the solo hit "Stay the Night". Read more
08 Sep 1947: Marianne Wiggins, American author Marianne Wiggins is an American author. According to The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English, Wiggins writes with "a bold intelligence and an ear for hidden comedy." She has won a Whiting Award, an National Endowment for the Arts award and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2004 for her novel Evidence of Things Unseen. Read more
08 Sep 1946: L. C. Greenwood, American football player (died 2013) L. C. Henderson Greenwood was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arkansas AM&N Golden Lions. Read more
08 Sep 1946: Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Aziz Sancar is a Turkish-American molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field. Read more
08 Sep 1946: Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Wong Kan Seng is a Singaporean former politician who served as the fifth Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, from 2005 to 2011. Currently, he is the chairman of both UOB Bank and CapitaLand Group. Read more
08 Sep 1945: Lem Barney, American football player Lemuel Jackson Barney is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback and return specialist for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) from 1967 to 1977, playing occasionally as a punter as well. He played college football for the Jackson State Tigers from 1964 to 1966. He was selected by the Lions in the 1967 NFL/AFL draft. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year in 1967, played in seven Pro Bowls, and was selected as a first-team All-Pro player in 1968 and 1969. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992. He has also been inducted into the Detroit Lions Hall of Fame, the Jackson State Sports Hall of Fame, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. Read more
08 Sep 1945: Kelly Groucutt, English bass player (died 2009) Kelly Groucutt was an English musician best known as the bassist and secondary vocalist for the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1974 and 1982. Read more
08 Sep 1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1973) Ronald Charles McKernan, known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972. Read more
08 Sep 1945: Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal Vinko Puljić is a Bosnian Croat prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 1994. He was the archbishop of Vrhbosna from 1991 to 2022. Read more
08 Sep 1945: Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Rogatien Rosaire Vachon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 16 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League from 1967 to 1982. Read more
08 Sep 1944: Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (died 1991) Peter Franklyn Bellamy was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition and also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He is noted for his ballad-opera The Transports, and has been acknowledged as a major influence by performers of later generations including Damien Barber, Oli Steadman, and Jon Boden. Read more
08 Sep 1944: Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician Margaret Eve Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking, is a British politician and life peer, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015. Read more
08 Sep 1944: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2011) Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman. In his latter years he was a leg-spin coach to many players around the world, and a great influence on Shane Warne. He was also a radio cricket commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Read more
08 Sep 1943: Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician Adelaide C. Eckardt is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland Senate, representing District 37. Read more
08 Sep 1942: Brian Cole, American bass player (died 1972) Brian Leslie Cole was an American musician. He was the bass guitarist, bass vocalist and one of the founding members of the 1960s folk rock band the Association. Read more
08 Sep 1942: Judith Hann, English journalist and author Judith Hann is a broadcaster and writer specialising in science, food and the environment. Read more
08 Sep 1942: Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Sal Valentino is an American rock musician, singer and songwriter, best known as lead singer of The Beau Brummels, subsequently becoming a songwriter as well. The band released a pair of top 20 U.S. hit singles in 1965, "Laugh, Laugh" and "Just a Little". He later fronted another band, Stoneground, which produced three albums in the early 1970s. After reuniting on numerous occasions with the Beau Brummels, Valentino began a solo career, releasing his latest album, Every Now and Then, in 2008. Read more
08 Sep 1941: Bernie Sanders, American politician Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. Ideologically a democratic socialist, Sanders is regarded as one of the main leaders of the 21st-century American progressive movement. Read more
08 Sep 1940: Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader Quentin LaMar Cook is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Currently, he is the fifth most senior apostle in the church. Prior to his calling as an Apostle, he worked as a lawyer and business executive. Read more
08 Sep 1940: Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist Jerzy Robert Nowak is a Polish historian, and former columnist in right-wing Catholic media outlets including Nasz Dziennik, Telewizja Trwam, Radio Maryja. Read more
08 Sep 1940: Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet Jack Prelutsky is an American writer of children's poetry who has published over 50 poetry collections. He served as the first U.S. Children's Poet Laureate from 2006 to 2008 when the Poetry Foundation established the award. Read more
08 Sep 1939: Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach Carsten Keller is a former field hockey player from West-Germany, who won a gold medal for his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played 133 international matches for Germany, and retired after the Munich Games. Keller then became a hockey coach. Read more
08 Sep 1939: Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist (died 2022) David William Kearney, known as Guitar Shorty, was an American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics. Credited with influencing both Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Guy, Guitar Shorty recorded and toured from the 1950s until the 2020s. In 2017, Billboard magazine said, "his galvanizing guitar work defines modern, top-of-the-line blues-rock. His vocals remain as forceful as ever. Righteous shuffles…blistering, sinuous guitar solos." Read more
08 Sep 1938: Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host (died 2018) Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam starring Robin Williams as Cronauer. Read more
08 Sep 1938: Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor Kenichi Horie is a Japanese solo yachtsman. In 1962 he became the first person to sail solo and non-stop across the Pacific Ocean. He has made other significant solo voyages, usually involving boats exhibiting some sort of environmentally friendly theme, including his 2008 voyage across the Western Pacific Ocean in a wave-powered boat, the Suntory Mermaid II. Read more
08 Sep 1938: Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party. While in the Senate, Nunn was involved in the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program, which aims to dismantle weapons of mass destruction, originally in the former Soviet Union. Nunn was also involved in the Goldwater–Nichols Act, which reformed the Department of Defense. Read more
08 Sep 1937: Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician and activist Edna Adan Ismail is a nurse midwife, activist, and was the first female Foreign Minister of Somaliland from 2003 to 2006. Read more
08 Sep 1937: Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (died 1992) Barbara Frum, OC was an American-born Canadian radio and television journalist, acclaimed for her interviews for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Read more
08 Sep 1937: Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (died 1998) Archie Goodwin was an American comic book writer, editor, and artist. He worked on a number of comic strips in addition to comic books, and is known for his Warren and Marvel Comics work. For Warren he was chief writer and editor of landmark horror anthology titles Creepy and Eerie between 1964 and 1967. At Marvel, he served as the company's editor-in-chief from 1976 to the end of 1977. In the 1980s, he edited the publisher's anthology magazine Epic Illustrated and its Epic Comics imprint. He is also known for his work on Star Wars in both comic books and newspaper strips. He is regularly cited as the "best-loved comic book editor, ever." Read more
08 Sep 1937: Les Wexner, American businessman Leslie Herbert Wexner is an American billionaire businessman and political activist. He is the co-founder and chair emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. He has been the principal in Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and La Senza, amongst several other retail corporations. Read more
08 Sep 1936: Roy Newman, English admiral Vice-admiral Sir Roy Thomas Newman, is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Plymouth. Read more
08 Sep 1934: Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician (died 2025) Rodrigue Biron was a Canadian politician in Quebec. He was leader of the Union Nationale political party from 1976 to 1980, when he joined the Parti Québécois (PQ). He served as Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism in the PQ government. Read more
08 Sep 1934: Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014) Ross Handley Brown was a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He played 16 test matches, most frequently in the first-five back position, for New Zealand's national rugby team, the All Blacks, from 1955 until 1962. Read more
08 Sep 1934: Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (died 2016) Sir Peter Maxwell Davies was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. Read more
08 Sep 1934: Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue is a British politician, academic, businessman and author. He is a member of the Labour Party. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (died 2026) Asha Bhosle was an Indian playback singer and actress who predominantly worked in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she was described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over eight decades, she recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and won several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Michael Frayn, English author and playwright Michael Frayn, FRSL is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (died 2012) Jeffrey Koo Sr. was a Taiwanese billionaire banker and the third-generation of the Koo Family who served as honorary chairman and governor of CTBC Financial Holding, and co-founded the Koos Group. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (died 2017) Eric Salzman was an American composer, scholar, author, impresario, music critic, and record producer. He is best known for his contributions to 'New Music Theater,' a concept he advanced through both his compositions and writings. He established it as an independent art form, distinct from grand opera and popular musicals, both aesthetically and economically. He co-founded the American Music Theater Festival and was, at the time of his death in 2017, Composer-in-Residence at the Center for Contemporary Opera. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (died 1999) Maigonis Valdmanis was a Soviet and Latvian basketball player and coach. He was born in Riga. Read more
08 Sep 1932: Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1963) Patsy Cline was an American singer. One of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she was known as one of the first country music artists to successfully cross over into pop music. Cline had several major hits during her eight-year recording career, including two number-one hits on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart. Read more
08 Sep 1931: Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010) Marion Brown was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, writer, visual artist, and ethnomusicologist. He was a member of the avant-garde jazz scene in New York City during the 1960s, playing alongside musicians such as John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, and John Tchicai. He performed on Coltrane's landmark 1965 album Ascension. AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow described him as "one of the brightest and most lyrical voices of the 1960s avant-garde." Read more
08 Sep 1931: John Garrett, English politician (died 2007) John Laurence Garrett was a British management consultant and Labour Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Norwich South for 19 years in two non-consecutive terms, from 1974 to 1983, and later from 1987 to 1997. Read more
08 Sep 1930: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2011) Nguyễn Cao Kỳ was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who served as the chief of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force in the 1960s, before leading the nation as the prime minister of South Vietnam in a military junta from 1965 to 1967. Then, until his retirement from politics in 1971, he served as vice president to bitter rival General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, in a nominally civilian administration. Read more
08 Sep 1929: Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor (died 2025) Christoph von Dohnányi was a German conductor. He was music director and later artistic director at the Oper Frankfurt until 1977, establishing innovative opera. He was music director of the Cleveland Orchestra from 1984 to 2002, leading the orchestra in recordings with various labels and on international tours to Europe and Asia. He was principal conductor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra from 1997 to 2008, touring Europe including a series of opera performances at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. He was chief conductor of the NDR Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2010. Read more
08 Sep 1927: Harlan Howard, American songwriter (died 2002) Harlan Perry Howard was an American songwriter, principally in country music. In a career spanning six decades, Howard is credited with writing more than 4,000 songs, over 100 of which reached country music's Top 10. Read more
08 Sep 1927: Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (died 2013) Robert Lee Rock was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1965 to 1969 and as the Mayor of Anderson, Indiana, from 1972 to 1980. He was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Indiana in 1968, but lost to Republican Edgar Whitcomb. Read more
08 Sep 1927: Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician (died 2024) Marguerite Straus Frank was a French-American mathematician who was a pioneer in convex optimization theory and mathematical programming. Read more
08 Sep 1926: Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 2011) Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika, widely known as Bhupen Hazarika, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He wrote songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood. His songs have been translated into many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. Read more
08 Sep 1925: Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America Jacqueline Michot Ceballos is an American feminist and activist. Ceballos is the former president of New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women and founder of the Veteran Feminists of America organization which documents the history of second-wave feminism and pioneer feminists. Ceballos' 1971 debate on sexual politics with Norman Mailer and Germaine Greer is recorded in the 1979 film Town Bloody Hall. Ceballos is also featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry. Read more
08 Sep 1925: Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (died 1980) Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of hit comic songs and became internationally acclaimed for his film roles, most notably as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series. Read more
08 Sep 1924: Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (died 2015) Wendell Hampton Ford was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 53rd governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of the United States Senate from 1974 to 1999. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky, governor, and United States Senate member in Kentucky history. He was the Senate Democratic whip from 1991 to 1999, and was considered the leader of the state's Democratic Party from his election as governor in 1971 until he retired from the Senate in 1999. At the time of his retirement he was the longest-serving senator in Kentucky's history, a mark which was then surpassed by Mitch McConnell, in 2009. Ford is the last Democrat to have served as a U.S. Senate member from the state of Kentucky. Read more
08 Sep 1924: Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2016) Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to serve in the Quebec Provincial Court. Read more
08 Sep 1924: Grace Metalious, American author (died 1964) Marie Grace Metalious was an American author known for her novel Peyton Place, one of the best selling works in publishing history. Read more
08 Sep 1924: Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (died 2005) Mimi Parent was a Canadian surrealist artist. For many years she lived and worked in Paris, France. Her art is known for its symbolism, and the metaphorical use of existing objects, including human hair. Read more
08 Sep 1923: Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (died 2003) Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov was a Soviet and Russian poet who wrote in Avar. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song. Read more
08 Sep 1923: Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (died 1979) Wilbur Bernard Ware was an American jazz double bassist. He was a regular bassist for the Riverside record label in the 1950s, and he recorded regularly in that decade with Johnny Griffin, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, and Thelonious Monk. He also appeared on records released by J.R. Monterose, Toots Thielemans, Sonny Clark, Tina Brooks, Zoot Sims, Archie Shepp, and Grant Green, among others. Read more
08 Sep 1922: Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (died 2014) Isaac Sidney Caesar was an American comic actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954–1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in films; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997). Read more
08 Sep 1922: Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (died 2019) Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche Jr. was an American political activist who founded the LaRouche movement and its main organization, the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). He was a prominent conspiracy theorist and perennial presidential candidate. He began in far-left politics in the 1940s and later supported the civil rights movement; however, in the 1970s, he moved to the far-right. His movement is sometimes described as, or likened to, a cult. Convicted of fraud, he served five years in prison from 1989 to 1994. Read more
08 Sep 1921: Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (died 2001) Sir Harry Donald Secombe was a Welsh actor, comedian, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show (1951–1960), playing many characters, most notably Neddie Seagoon. An accomplished tenor, he also appeared in musicals and films – notably as Mr Bumble in Oliver! (1968) – and, in his later years, was a presenter of television shows incorporating hymns and other devotional songs. Read more
08 Sep 1921: Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (died 2008) Dinko Šakić was a Croatian Ustaše official, and convicted war criminal, who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to November 1944, during World War II. Read more
08 Sep 1919: Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992) Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera was an Italian sports journalist and novelist. Read more
08 Sep 1919: Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014) Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". In 1980, she became a professor for Painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she taught until her death. She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1988 and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005. Read more
08 Sep 1918: Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998) Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was an English organic chemist and Nobel Prize laureate for 1969. Read more
08 Sep 1917: Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (died 2009) Jan Boleslav Sedivka, Czech-born, was one of Australia's foremost violinists and teachers. Read more
08 Sep 1915: N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (died 1999) Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez was a Filipino novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. Conferred as the National Artist of the Philippines for Literature in 1997. Read more
08 Sep 1914: Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (died 1991) Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople, also Dimitrios I or Demetrius I, born Demetrios Papadopoulos, was the 269th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 16 July 1972, until his death in October 1991, serving as the primus inter pares and spiritual leader of 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians. Read more
08 Sep 1914: Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (died 2001) Sir Denys Louis Lasdun, was an English architect. Hailed as "the greatest English architect of the early heroic modern period", his most known work is the Royal National Theatre, on London's South Bank of the Thames, which is a Grade II* listed building and one of the most notable examples of Brutalist design in the United Kingdom. Read more
08 Sep 1910: Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (died 1994) Jean-Louis Bernard Barrault was a French actor, director and mime artist who worked on both screen and stage. Read more
08 Sep 1909: Józef Noji, Polish runner (died 1943) Józef Noji was a Polish long-distance runner who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1907: William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003) William Charles Wentworth, usually known as Bill Wentworth and sometimes referred to as William Charles Wentworth IV, was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party for most of his career and held ministerial office in the governments of John Gorton and William McMahon, serving as Minister for Social Services (1968–1972) and Minister in charge of Aboriginal Affairs (1968–1971). Wentworth served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1977, representing the New South Wales seat of Mackellar. He frequently crossed the floor and served his final months in parliament as an independent. Read more
08 Sep 1906: Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (died 1990) Andrei Pavlovich Kirilenko was a Soviet politician, and a member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was one of the most loyal politicians to Leonid Brezhnev. Read more
08 Sep 1905: Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (died 1970) Eino Alfred Tainio was a Finnish printer, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP) and the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), he represented Lapland Province between April 1945 and March 1970. Prior to being elected, he was imprisoned for twelve years for political reasons. Read more
08 Sep 1903: Jane Arbor, English author (died 1994) Eileen Norah Owbridge was a British writer who under the pseudonym Jane Arbor wrote 57 romances for Mills & Boon from 1948 to 1985. Read more
08 Sep 1901: Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1966) Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966. Read more
08 Sep 1900: Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (died 1970) Matilda Mary Devine, also known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian organised crime boss. She was involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog, razor gangs, and prostitution, and became a famous folk figure in Sydney during the interwar years. Read more
08 Sep 1900: Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (died 1989) Claude Denson Pepper was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1936 to 1951, and the Miami area in the United States House of Representatives from 1963 until his death in 1989. He was considered a spokesman for left-liberalism and the elderly. Read more
08 Sep 1897: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1933) James Charles Rodgers was an American singer, songwriter, and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Known as Jimmie Rodgers and widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as an inspiration by many artists, and he has been inducted into multiple halls of fame. Read more
08 Sep 1896: Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (died 1983) Howard Dietz was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz. According to historian Stanley Green, Dietz and Schwartz were "most closely identified with the revue form of musical theatre." Read more
08 Sep 1894: John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (died 1974) John Samuel Bourque was a Quebec politician, Cabinet Minister, military member and businessman. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sherbrooke for 25 years. Read more
08 Sep 1894: Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (died 1947) Willem Frederik Johannes Pijper was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher. Pijper is considered to be among the most important Dutch composers of the first half of the 20th century. Read more
08 Sep 1889: Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (died 1953) Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 1939 until his death in 1953. A member of the Republican Party, he briefly served as Senate majority leader and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who blocked expansion of the New Deal. Often referred to as "Mr. Republican", he co-sponsored the Taft–Hartley Act of 1947, which banned closed shops, created the framework of right-to-work states, and tightened other regulations on labor unions and practices. Read more
08 Sep 1888: Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (died 1974) Ida McNeil was an American broadcaster and the designer of the first state flag of South Dakota. She and her husband, Dana McNeil, founded KGFX, in Pierre, South Dakota, one of the first radio stations in South Dakota, in 1927. She continued to run the station after his death in 1936 until her retirement in 1962. She has been nicknamed "Mrs. Pierre" for her work in broadcasting and "the Betsy Ross of South Dakota" for her state flag design. Read more
08 Sep 1887: Sivananda Saraswati, Hindu monk, spiritual leader, physician, proponent of Vedanta, etc. (died 1963) Swami Sivananda Saraswati, also called Swami Sivananda, was a yoga guru, a Hindu spiritual teacher, and a proponent of Vedanta. Sivananda was born in Pattamadai, in the Tirunelveli district of modern Tamil Nadu, and was named Kuppuswami. He studied medicine and served in British Malaya as a physician for several years before taking up monasticism. Read more
08 Sep 1886: Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (died 1967) 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
08 Sep 1886: Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (died 1961) Eugénie "Ninon" Vallin was a French lyric soprano who achieved considerable popularity in opera, operetta and classical song recitals during an international career that lasted for more than four decades. Read more
08 Sep 1884: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (died 1921) Théodore Eugène Pilette was a Belgian racing driver and businessman. He started racing in 1903. Read more
08 Sep 1881: Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (died 1945) Harry Livingston Hillman Jr. was one of the longest serving Dartmouth Track and Field Coaches from 1910–45, and an American track and field athlete who won three gold medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Read more
08 Sep 1881: Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1942) İbrahim Refik Saydam was a Turkish physician, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Turkey, serving from 25 January 1939 until his death on 8 July 1942. Read more
08 Sep 1876: Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (died 1937) Amanda Inez Knight Allen was a Mormon missionary and a Utah politician. In 1898, she became one of the first two single women to be missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more
08 Sep 1873: Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (died 1907) Alfred Jarry was a French symbolist writer who is best known for his play Ubu Roi (1896), often cited as a forerunner of the Dada, Surrealist, and Futurist movements of the 1920s and 1930s and later the theatre of the absurd in the 1950s and 1960s. He also coined the term and philosophical concept of 'pataphysics. Read more
08 Sep 1873: David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1970) David Oman McKay was an American religious leader and educator who served as the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1951 until his death in 1970. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was an active general authority for nearly 64 years, longer than anyone else in LDS Church history. Read more
08 Sep 1872: James William McCarthy, American judge (died 1939) James William McCarthy was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Read more
08 Sep 1871: Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (died 1972) Colonel Robert Samuel McLaughlin, was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He started the McLaughlin Motor Car Company in 1907, one of the first major automobile manufacturers in Canada, which evolved into General Motors of Canada. McLaughlin lived to the age of 100. Read more
08 Sep 1869: José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913) José María Pino Suárez was a Mexican lawyer, statesman, politician, and journalist who served as the 7th and last Vice President of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination during the Ten Tragic Days coup in 1913. A close ally of President Francisco I. Madero and a prominent figure of the Mexican Revolution, he is considered a national hero for championing democratic reforms and advocating social justice. Between 1910 and 1913, he also served as President of the Senate, Secretary of Education, Governor of Yucatán, and Secretary of Justice in Madero's provisional government. He was the great-grandson of Pedro Sáinz de Baranda y Borreyro, the naval commander who founded the Mexican Navy and expelled the last Spanish forces from national territory during the Mexican War of Independence. Read more
08 Sep 1868: Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (died 1953) Silas Seth Weeks was an American composer who played mandolin, violin, banjo and guitar. Although he played many instruments he concentrated professionally on the mandolin. He is considered to be the first African American to play mandolin during its golden period and was considered instrumental in bringing the mandolin to the prominent national standing that it had in the early 1900s. He was the first American known to write a mandolin concerto and led a mandolin and guitar orchestra in Tacoma, Washington. Read more
08 Sep 1867: Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (died 1924) Alexander Israel Helphand, better known as Alexander Parvus, was a Russian-born Marxist theorist, journalist, and activist who became a prominent figure in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Read more
08 Sep 1863: Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (died 1899) Mary of the Divine Heart, born Maria Droste zu Vischering, was a German religious sister of the Catholic Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd. The former noblewoman is best known for having influenced Pope Leo XIII to consecrate the world to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Leo XIII called the solemn consecration "the greatest act of my pontificate". Read more
08 Sep 1863: W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (died 1943) William Wymark Jacobs was an English author of short fiction and drama. He is best known for his story "The Monkey's Paw". Read more
08 Sep 1857: Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (died 1936) Georg Michaelis was the imperial chancellor of the German Empire for a few months in 1917 during the First World War. He was the first commoner to hold the post, though the Supreme Army Command under Paul von Hindenburg had de facto control over the country. Read more
08 Sep 1852: Gojong of Korea, 26th Emperor of the Joseon Kingdom and first emperor of Korea (died 1919) Gojong, personal name Yi Jaehwang, later changed to Yi Hui, also known as the Gwangmu Emperor, was the penultimate Korean monarch. He ruled Korea for 43 years, from 1864 until his forced abdication in 1907, initially as the 26th king of Joseon, and then as the first emperor of the Korean Empire. His wife, Queen Min, played an active role in politics until her assassination carried out by the Japanese. Read more
08 Sep 1851: John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (died 1923) John Greeley Jenkins was an American-Australian politician. He was Premier of South Australia from 1901 to 1905. He had previously served as Minister for Education and the Northern Territory and Commissioner for Public Works under Thomas Playford II, Commissioner of Public Works under Charles Kingston and Chief Secretary under Frederick Holder. He was subsequently Agent-General for South Australia from 1905 to 1908. He also played a major role in an agreement between the States about the River Murray, and in continuing attempts to develop the Northern Territory. Read more
08 Sep 1846: Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (died 1926) Sir Catchick Paul Chater was a prominent British businessman of Armenian descent in colonial Hong Kong, whose family roots were in Calcutta, India. Read more
08 Sep 1841: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (died 1904) Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them", and Dvořák has been described as "arguably the most versatile… composer of his time". Read more
08 Sep 1841: Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of president James A. Garfield (died 1882) Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusionally believed he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a consulship. Guiteau felt frustrated and offended by the Garfield administration's rejections of his applications to serve in Vienna or Paris to such a degree that he shot Garfield in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Garfield died on September 19 from infections related to the wounds. Caught immediately after shooting Garfield, Guiteau was tried, convicted, and publicly executed by hanging on June 30, 1882. Read more
08 Sep 1831: Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (died 1910) Wilhelm Raabe was a German novelist. His early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus. Read more
08 Sep 1830: Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914) Joseph Étienne Frédéric Mistral was an Occitan writer and lexicographer of the Provençal form of the language. He received the 1904 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist". Mistral was a founding member of the Félibrige and member of the Académie de Marseille. Read more
08 Sep 1828: Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (died 1914) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was an American college professor and politician from Maine who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. He became a highly respected and decorated Union officer, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He is best known for his gallantry at the Battle of Gettysburg, leading a bayonet charge, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Read more
08 Sep 1828: Clarence Cook, American author and critic (died 1900) Clarence Chatham Cook was a 19th-century American author and art critic. Read more
08 Sep 1824: Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (died 1908) Jaime Nunó Roca was a Spanish composer from Catalonia who composed the music for the Mexican national anthem. Read more
08 Sep 1822: Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (died 1892) Karl Bernhard Woldemar Ferdinand von Ditmar was a Baltic German geologist and explorer, who travelled in and contributed to the scientific understanding of Kamchatka. Read more
08 Sep 1815: Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (died 1897) Clelia Maria Giuseppa (Giuseppina) Strepponi was a nineteenth-century Italian operatic soprano of great renown and the second wife of composer Giuseppe Verdi. Read more
08 Sep 1814: Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (died 1874) Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg was a noted French writer, ethnographer, historian, archaeologist, and Catholic priest. He became a specialist in Mesoamerican studies, travelling extensively in the region.
His writings, publications, and recovery of historical documents contributed much to knowledge of the region's languages, writing, history and culture, particularly those of the Maya and Aztec civilizations. However, his speculations concerning relationships between the ancient Maya and the lost continent of Atlantis inspired Ignatius L. Donnelly and encouraged the pseudo-science of Mayanism. Read more
08 Sep 1804: Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (died 1875) Eduard Friedrich Mörike was a German Lutheran pastor who was also a Romantic poet and writer of novellas and novels. Many of his poems were set to music and became established folk songs, while others were used by composers Hugo Wolf and Ignaz Lachner in their symphonic works. Read more

Notable Deaths on 08 September

08 Sep 2024: Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, Salvadoran police officer (born 1964) Mauricio Antonio Arriaza Chicas was a Salvadoran police officer who served as the director of the National Civil Police (PNC) of El Salvador from 2019 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. Read more
08 Sep 2024: Ed Kranepool, American baseball player (born 1944) Edward Emil Kranepool III was an American professional baseball player. He spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Mets. He was predominantly a first baseman, but he also played in the outfield. Read more
08 Sep 2024: Henny Moan, Norwegian actress (born 1936) Henny Elisabeth Moan was a Norwegian actress. She had a long career in theatre, but is best known for her roles in certain classics of Norwegian cinema, such as the Oscar-nominated Nine Lives (1957) and Lake of the Dead (1958). Moan was married to the author André Bjerke and later lived with singer Ole Paus. Read more
08 Sep 2024: Zoot Money, English musician (born 1942) George Bruno "Zoot" Money was an English vocalist, keyboardist and bandleader. A Hammond organ player, he was the leader of the Big Roll Band. Inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles, Money was drawn to rock and roll music and became involved in the music scenes of Bournemouth and Soho during the 1960s. He took his stage name "Zoot" from Zoot Sims after seeing him perform in concert. Read more
08 Sep 2024: Peter Renaday, American voice actor (born 1935) Peter Renaday was an American actor. During a career spanning some six decades, Renaday worked in television, film, theme parks, radio, and theatre. He is best known for providing the voice of Splinter in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated television series, as well as voicing Abraham Lincoln in The Hall of Presidents, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Evil Con Carne, Henry and Max in Country Bear Jamboree at Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, and Easy Pete in Fallout: New Vegas. Read more
08 Sep 2024: Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1963) Emiko Shinohara , known professionally as Emi Shinohara , was a Japanese voice actress from Fukushima Prefecture. At the time of her death, she was affiliated with 81 Produce. She was best known for voicing Sailor Jupiter in the first anime adaptation of Sailor Moon, Kaho Mizuki in Cardcaptor Sakura and its sequel Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Kushina Uzumaki in Naruto: Shippuden. She was married to tokusatsu actor Hiroshi Watari, best known for playing the titular hero in Space Sheriff Sharivan. Read more
08 Sep 2022: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (born 1926) Elizabeth II was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime and was the monarch of 15 realms at her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days is the longest of any British monarch, the second-longest of any sovereign state, and the longest of any queen regnant in history. Read more
08 Sep 2022: Gwyneth Powell, English actress (born 1946) Gwyneth Leith, known professionally as Gwyneth Powell, was an English actress. She was best known for her portrayal of headmistress Bridget McClusky in the BBC television series Grange Hill for eleven series between 1981 and 1991. Read more
08 Sep 2021: Luis Villafuerte, Filipino politician, former congressman and governor of Camarines Sur (born 1935) Luis Robredo Villafuerte Sr., often referred to by his initials LRV, was a Filipino politician, lawyer and businessman who served as Governor of Camarines Sur for 15 years and as a member of the House of Representatives from 2004 to 2013. He represented Camarines Sur's 2nd district from 2004 to 2010, and the 3rd district from 2010 to 2013. Read more
08 Sep 2019: S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (born 1957) S. Rajasekar was an Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor. He collaborated with director Robert under the name Robert–Rajasekar. Read more
08 Sep 2018: Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (born 1948) Gennadi Leonid-ipa Gagulia was an Abkhazian politician who was three-time prime minister of Abkhazia and the head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He served as the first prime minister of Abkhazia after the post was established by the constitution in 1995, holding it until 1997. He returned to the post in 2002 and remained for several months into 2003, and held it for a final time in 2018 for a little over four months until he was killed in a car crash. Read more
08 Sep 2018: Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (born 1973) Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith was an American actress, singer, TV host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995. Smith was the third Miss USA of African-American origin, after Carole Gist (1990) and Kenya Moore (1993), in addition to being the sixth American woman to win Miss Universe and the first since Shawn Weatherly was crowned Miss Universe 1980. Read more
08 Sep 2017: Pierre Bergé, French businessman (born 1930) Pierre Vital Georges Bergé was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and was a longtime business partner—and onetime partner—of its namesake designer. Read more
08 Sep 2017: Blake Heron, American actor (born 1982) Blake Christopher Heron was an American actor. He was best known for his starring role as Marty Preston in the 1996 film Shiloh. He died of an accidental drug overdose, aged 35. Read more
08 Sep 2017: Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (born 1933) Jerry Eugene Pournelle was an American scientist in the area of operations research and human factors research, a science fiction writer, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in Gizmodo, he was described as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Read more
08 Sep 2017: Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (born 1936) Ljubiša Samardžić, nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa Petlovog brda and film of the same name. Read more
08 Sep 2017: Don Williams, American musician (born 1939) Donald Ray Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number-one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname "The Gentle Giant". In 1975, Williams starred in a movie with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed called W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings. Read more
08 Sep 2016: Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (born 1967) Hannes Arch was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season. Read more
08 Sep 2016: Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1954) Dragiša Pešić was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Read more
08 Sep 2016: Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938) Cecil Bustamente Campbell, known professionally as Prince Buster, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer. The records he released in the 1960s influenced and shaped the course of Jamaican contemporary music and created a legacy of work that would be drawn upon later by reggae and ska artists. Read more
08 Sep 2015: Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (born 1952) Joaquín Andújar was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, and Oakland Athletics from 1976 through 1988. Andújar was a four-time MLB All-Star and a Gold Glove Award winner. Read more
08 Sep 2015: Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (born 1942) Andrew Kohut was an American pollster and nonpartisan news commentator about public affairs topics. He was the founding director of the Pew Research Center. Read more
08 Sep 2015: Tyler Sash, American football player (born 1988) Tyler Jordan Sash was an American professional football safety for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Giants in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL draft. Read more
08 Sep 2015: Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (born 1963) Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong. Read more
08 Sep 2014: Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (born 1952) Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College, and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA). Read more
08 Sep 2014: S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A (born 1921) Samuel Truett Cathy was an American businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in 1946. Read more
08 Sep 2014: Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (born 1971) Sean Christopher Haire was an American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer, better known by his ring name Sean O'Haire. Read more
08 Sep 2014: Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (born 1910) Magda Olivero was an Italian operatic soprano. Her career started in 1932 when she was 22, and spanned five decades, establishing her "as an important link between the era of the verismo composers and the modern opera stage". She has been regarded as "one of the greatest singers of the twentieth century". Read more
08 Sep 2014: Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (born 1918) Gerald Stanley Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson. Read more
08 Sep 2014: George Zuverink, American baseball player (born 1924) George Zuverink was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of eight Major League Baseball seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Redlegs, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles. For his career, he compiled a 32–36 record in 265 appearances, mostly as a relief pitcher, with a 3.54 earned run average and 223 strikeouts. Read more
08 Sep 2013: Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (born 1938) Austin William "Goose" Gonsoulin was an American professional football player who was a safety in the American Football League (AFL) for the Denver Broncos and in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Francisco 49ers. He had the first interception in AFL history, and was named to five of the AFL's first six All-Star Teams. Read more
08 Sep 2013: Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (born 1932) Don Karl Reichert was a Canadian artist. While primarily a painter in the abstract expressionist tradition, he was also notable for his work as a photographer and in digital media. Read more
08 Sep 2013: Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (born 1955) Jean Véronis was a French linguist, computer scientist and blogger, and a research professor at Aix-Marseille University. His research interests included natural language processing, text mining and standardisation. He was a founder of the field that is now called digital humanities. Read more
08 Sep 2013: Radoslav Rotković, Montenegrin historian (born 1928) Radoslav Rotković was a Montenegrin historian, philologist and academician. He is known for his works in Montenegrin history and literature. Read more
08 Sep 2012: Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (born 1937) Ronald Hamowy was a Canadian academic, known primarily for his contributions to political and social academic fields. At the time of his death, he was professor emeritus of intellectual history at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Hamowy was closely associated with the political ideology of libertarianism and his writings and scholarship place particular emphasis on individual liberty and the limits of state action in a free society. He is associated with a number of prominent American libertarian organizations. Read more
08 Sep 2012: Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (born 1943) William Grant Moggridge, RDI was an English designer, author and educator who cofounded the design company IDEO and was director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. He was a pioneer in adopting a human-centred approach in design, and championed interaction design as a mainstream design discipline. Read more
08 Sep 2012: Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1920) Thomas Stephen Szasz was a Hungarian-American academic and psychiatrist. He served for most of his career as professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University. A distinguished lifetime fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, he was best known as a social critic of the moral and scientific foundations of psychiatry, as what he saw as the social control aims of medicine in modern society, as well as scientism. Read more
08 Sep 2009: Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922) Aage Niels Bohr was a Danish nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Roy Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection". His father was Niels Bohr. Read more
08 Sep 2009: Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (born 1924) Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno was an American Italian television presenter. After a few experiences in the U.S., he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy. He was also known by the nickname il Re del Quiz, and the peculiarity of starting all his shows with his trademark greeting: Allegria!. Read more
08 Sep 2008: Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (born 1927) Ralph Summers Plaisted was an American explorer who, with his three companions, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean-Luc Bombardier, are regarded by most polar authorities to be the first to succeed in a surface traverse across the ice to the North Pole on April 19, 1968, making the first confirmed surface conquest of the Pole. Read more
08 Sep 2007: Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (born 1916) Vincent Noel Serventy AM was an Australian author, ornithologist and conservationist. Read more
08 Sep 2006: Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (born 1915) Hilda Bernstein OLG was a British-born author, artist, and an activist against apartheid and for women's rights. Read more
08 Sep 2006: Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (born 1945) Peter Geoffrey Brock, known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for over 35 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars. Read more
08 Sep 2005: Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (born 1932) Noel Euchuria Cornelius Cantwell was an Irish football player and sometime cricketer. Read more
08 Sep 2005: Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (born 1921) Donald Richmond Horne was an Australian journalist, writer, social critic, and academic who became one of Australia's best known public intellectuals, from the 1960s until his death. Read more
08 Sep 2004: Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913) Franklin Rosborough Thomas was an American animator and pianist. He was one of Walt Disney's leading team of animators known as the Nine Old Men. Read more
08 Sep 2003: Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902) Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German filmmaker, photographer, and actress. She is considered one of the most controversial personalities in film history. Regarded by many critics as an "innovative filmmaker and creative aesthete", she is also criticized for her works in the service of propaganda during the Nazi era. Read more
08 Sep 2002: Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (born 1968) Laurie Rohan Williams was a West Indian cricketer. Williams was 33 years old when he died; a car he was driving crashed into an oncoming bus. Read more
08 Sep 2001: Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (born 1908) William Edwin Ricker, was a Canadian entomologist and important founder of fisheries science. He is best known for the Ricker model, which he developed in his studies of stock and recruitment in fisheries. The model can be used to predict the number of fish that will be present in a fishery. He also had an international standing as an entomologist and a scientific editor. He published 296 papers and books, 238 translations, and 148 scientific or literary manuscripts. His 1958 publication, "Handbook of computation for biological statistics of fish populations" and later updates were the standard books on the subject for decades. Read more
08 Sep 1999: Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (born 1916) Louis Thomas Hardin, known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taught as a composer, his prolific work widely drew inspiration from jazz, classical, Native American music which he had become familiar with as a child, and Latin American music. His strongly rhythmic, contrapuntal pieces and arrangements later influenced composers of minimal music, in particular American composers Steve Reich and Philip Glass. Read more
08 Sep 1997: Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (born 1932) Derek Wyn Taylor was a British journalist, writer, publicist and record producer. He is best known for his role as press officer to the Beatles, with whom he worked in 1964 and then from 1968 to 1970, and was one of several associates to earn the moniker "the Fifth Beatle". Before returning to London to head the publicity for the Beatles' Apple Corps organisation in 1968, he worked as the publicist for California-based bands such as the Byrds, the Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas. Taylor was known for his forward-thinking and extravagant promotional campaigns, exemplified in taglines such as "The Beatles Are Coming" and "Brian Wilson Is a Genius". He was equally dedicated to the 1967 Summer of Love ethos and helped stage that year's Monterey Pop Festival. Read more
08 Sep 1991: Alex North, American composer and conductor (born 1910) Alex North was an American composer best known for his many film scores, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata!, Spartacus, Cleopatra, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. He received fifteen Academy Award nominations for his work as a composer; while he did not win for any of his nominations, he received an Honorary Academy Award in 1986, the first for a composer. Read more
08 Sep 1991: Brad Davis, American actor (born 1949) Robert Creel Davis, known professionally as Brad Davis, was an American actor. For his debut film role as Billy Hayes in the 1978 film Midnight Express, he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor and was nominated for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, along with BAFTA Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles. Read more
08 Sep 1990: Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (born 1905) Denys James Watkins-Pitchford MBE was an English naturalist, artist and author under the pen name 'BB'. He won the 1942 Carnegie Medal for The Little Grey Men. Read more
08 Sep 1985: John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887) John Franklin Enders was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel Laureate. Enders has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines." Read more
08 Sep 1984: Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (born 1918) John Woodrow Parsons was an American racing driver in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series. He was the 1949 AAA national champion, and won the 1950 Indianapolis 500. Read more
08 Sep 1983: Antonin Magne, French cyclist (born 1904) Antonin Magne was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1931 and 1934. He raced as a professional from 1927 to 1939 and then became a team manager. The French rider and then journalist, Jean Bobet, described him in Sporting Cyclist as "a most uninterviewable character" and "a man who withdraws into a shell as soon as he meets a journalist." His taciturn character earned him the nickname of The Monk when he was racing. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (born 1897) Nisargadatta Maharaj (pronounced [nisəɾgəd̪ɑːt̪t̪ə məɦaːɾaːd͡ʒ] ; was an Indian guru of nonduality, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sampradaya. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (born 1901) Roy Ottoway Wilkins was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins's most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), in which he held the title of Executive Secretary from 1955 to 1963 and Executive Director from 1964 to 1977. Wilkins was a central figure in many notable marches of the civil rights movement and made contributions to African-American literature. He controversially advocated for African Americans to join the military. Read more
08 Sep 1981: Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907) Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces." Read more
08 Sep 1980: Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908) Willard Frank Libby was an American physical chemist noted for his role in the 1949 development of radiocarbon dating, a process which revolutionized archaeology and palaeontology. For his contributions to the team that developed this process, Libby was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1960. Read more
08 Sep 1977: Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (born 1915) Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel was an American actor, comedian, and singer. Mostel received three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. He is also a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, inducted posthumously in 1979. Read more
08 Sep 1974: Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (born 1914) Wolfgang Windgassen was a German heldentenor internationally known for his performances in Wagner operas. Read more
08 Sep 1970: Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (born 1894) Percy LaBaron Spencer was an American physicist, electrical engineer, and inventor of the microwave oven. As a boy he was twice orphaned and began work at a young age, never finishing grammar school. During the night shift, he taught himself topics such as calculus, trigonometry, physics, and chemistry, establishing a lifelong habit of self-education or "solving my own situation" as he called it. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Bud Collyer, American game show host (born 1908) Bud Collyer was an American radio actor, announcer and game show host who became one of the nation's first major television game show stars. He is best remembered for his work as the first host of the TV game shows Beat the Clock and To Tell the Truth, alongside the roles of Clark Kent / Superman on radio and in animated cartoons, initially in theatrical short subjects and later on television. Read more
08 Sep 1969: Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (born 1868) Alexandra David-Néel was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer. She is most known for her 1924 visit to Lhasa, Tibet, when it was forbidden to foreigners. David-Néel wrote over 30 books about Eastern religion, philosophy, and her travels, including Magic and Mystery in Tibet, which was published in 1929. Her teachings influenced the beat writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, the popularisers of Eastern philosophy Alan Watts and Ram Dass, and the esotericist Benjamin Creme. Read more
08 Sep 1966: John Taylor, American race car driver (born 1933) John Malcolm Taylor was a racing driver from England. He participated in five World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, and also participated in several non-championship Formula One races. His Formula One debut was on 11 July 1964, at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch driving the Formula One/Formula Two hybrid Cooper–Ford T71/T73. He finished fourteenth, 24 laps down, after an extended pit–stop due to a gearbox problem. Taylor did not compete in the Formula One World Championship in 1965, but continued to drive in non–championship races. He returned to Grand Prix racing in 1966, driving a two-litre Brabham–BRM for privateer David Bridges. His first race that season was the French Grand Prix at Reims, where he scored his one championship point. There followed eighth places at both the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. Read more
08 Sep 1965: Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (born 1922) Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American actress and singer. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954), a performance which also earned her a nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress. Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles. Read more
08 Sep 1965: Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881) Hermann Staudinger was a German organic chemist who demonstrated the existence of macromolecules, which he characterized as polymers. For this work he received the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read more
08 Sep 1963: Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (born 1904) Maurice Fernand Cary Wilks was an English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and by the time of his death in 1963, was the chairman of the Rover Company. He was the founder of the Land Rover marque and responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the first Land Rover off-road utility vehicle. Read more
08 Sep 1954: André Derain, French painter and sculptor (born 1880) André Derain was a French artist, painter, sculptor and co-founder, with Henri Matisse, of Fauvism. His paintings of 1905–1906 are characterized by riotous colourism in the Fauve style. By 1910, however, his work had become more austere as a result of his study of Cézanne and the old masters. After the First World War, Derain became one of the leaders of the new classicism in the arts known as the Return to order. Read more
08 Sep 1949: Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (born 1864) Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. He was a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era. Read more
08 Sep 1944: Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (born 1881) Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was a Dutch conductor and composer. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl (1940). Read more
08 Sep 1943: Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (born 1903) Julius Fučík was a Czech journalist, critic, writer, and active member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. For his part at the forefront of the anti-Nazi resistance during the Second World War, he was imprisoned and tortured by the Gestapo in Prague, and executed in Berlin. Read more
08 Sep 1942: Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (born 1879) Rıza Nur was a Turkish surgeon, politician and writer. He was prominent in the years immediately after the First World War, where he served as a cabinet minister but was subsequently marginalised, and became a critic of Atatürk. His acclaimed autobiography Hayat ve Hatıratım was written from exile in France and Egypt as an alternative narrative to Atatürk's famous speech Nutuk that has dominated the historiography of Turkey. Like Halide Edib and Rauf Orbay, Rıza Nur's work is part of a body of early Republican literature that sought plurality in the increasingly authoritarian Turkish Republic. Read more
08 Sep 1940: Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (born 1863) Herman "Hemmo" Kallio was a Finnish stage and film actor and playwright. Read more
08 Sep 1935: Carl Weiss, American physician (born 1906) Carl Austin Weiss Sr. was an American physician who is suspected in the assassination of U.S. Senator and former Governor Huey Long at the Louisiana State Capitol on September 8, 1935. Read more
08 Sep 1933: Faisal I of Iraq (born 1883) Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi was a Hejazi statesman who served as the King of Iraq from 23 August 1921 until his death in 1933. A member of the Hashemite family, he was a leader of the Great Arab Revolt during the First World War, and ruled as the unrecognized King of the Arab Kingdom of Syria from March to July 1920 when he was expelled by the French. Read more
08 Sep 1923: Ugo Sivocci, Italian race car driver (born 1885) Ugo Sivocci was an Italian racing driver. Read more
08 Sep 1916: Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1836) Friedrich August Wilhelm Baumfelder was a German composer of classical music, conductor, and pianist. He started in the Leipzig Conservatory, and went on to become a well-known composer of his time. His many works were mostly solo salon music, but also included symphonies, piano concertos, operas, and choral works. Though many publishers published his work, they have since fallen into obscurity. Read more
08 Sep 1912: Eddie Hasha, American motorcycle racer (born 1890) William Edward Hasha was an American motorcycle racer on board tracks early in the twentieth century. His death contributed to the demise of the board tracks. He was nicknamed the "Texas Cyclone" since he was from Waco, Texas, United States. Read more
08 Sep 1909: Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (born 1853) Vere Thomas "St. Leger" Goold was an Irish tennis player who competed for the 1879 Wimbledon All Comers' final. That year he became the first singles champion of the Irish Championships. He quickly faded from the game and in 1907 was sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island for the murder of a Swedish widow in Monte Carlo. In 1909 he died there by suicide. Read more
08 Sep 1895: Adam Opel, German entrepreneur, founded Opel (born 1837) Adam Opel was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines. Read more
08 Sep 1894: Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (born 1821) Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz was a German physicist and physician who made significant contributions in several scientific fields, particularly hydrodynamic stability. The Helmholtz Association, the largest German association of research institutions, was named in his honour. Helmholtz is remembered for at the time groundbreaking work in natural science linking theory and practical research work. He was given the von in his surname by Emperor William II. Read more
08 Sep 1882: Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (born 1809) Joseph Liouville was a French mathematician who worked on a number of different fields in mathematics, including number theory, complex analysis, and mathematical physics. Many mathematical concepts are named after him, including Liouville's theorem in Hamiltonian mechanics and Liouville's theorem for complex numbers. Read more
08 Sep 1873: Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832) Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg was a Finnish priest, who worked as a chaplain in Alavieska and as a deputy pastor in Haapajärvi. He is best known as the father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first president of the Republic of Finland. Read more
08 Sep 1853: Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (born 1813) Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam was a French Catholic literary scholar, lawyer, journalist and equal rights advocate. He founded with fellow students the Conference of Charity, later known as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris in 1997. His feast day is 9 September. Read more
08 Sep 1831: John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (born 1745) John Aitken was a Scottish-American music publisher. For a period of over six years, he was the only publisher of sheet music in the United States and may have been the first American publisher of secular music as well. Read more
08 Sep 1814: Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily (born 1752) Maria Carolina of Austria was Queen of Naples and Sicily as the wife of King Ferdinand IV and III, who later became King of the Two Sicilies. As de facto ruler of her husband's kingdoms, Maria Carolina oversaw the promulgation of many reforms, including the revocation of the ban on Freemasonry, the enlargement of the navy under her favourite, Sir John Acton, and the expulsion of Spanish influence. She was a proponent of enlightened absolutism until the advent of the French Revolution, when, in order to prevent its ideas gaining currency, she made Naples a police state. Read more
08 Sep 1811: Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (born 1741) Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist. He studied natural sciences at various universities in early modern Germany and worked primarily in the Russian Empire between 1767 and 1810. Read more

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