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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 96Nerva, suspected of complicity of the death of Domitian, is declared emperor by Senate. The Senate then annuls laws passed by Domitian and orders his statues to be destroyed.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=222|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
  • 634Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.{{Citation|last=Pierkins|first=Russell S.|editor-last=Shaw|editor-first=Jeffrey M.|title=War and Religion: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict|volume=1|chapter=Damascus, Arab Conquest of (634 CE)|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KDlFDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA227|editor-last2=Demy|editor-first2=Timothy J.|pages=227–228|date=2017|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-61069-517-6|language=en}}
  • 1356Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures King John II.{{cite book | last = Patourel | first = John | title = Feudal empires : Norman and Plantagenet | publisher = Hambledon Press | location = London | year = 1984 | isbn = 9780907628224 | page=70}}
  • 1410 – End of the Siege of Marienburg: The State of the Teutonic Order repulses the joint PolishLithuanian forces.{{citation | first=William |last=Urban |authorlink=William Urban |title=Tannenberg and After: Lithuania, Poland and the Teutonic Order in Search of Immortality |publisher=Lithuanian Research and Studies Center |location=Chicago | year=2003 |edition = Revised | isbn=0-929700-25-2}}{{citation | first=Stephen |last=Turnbull |authorlink=Stephen Turnbull (historian) |title=Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights |year=2003 |location=London |publisher=Osprey |series=Campaign Series |volume=122 |isbn=978-1-84176-561-7}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
  • 1777American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
  • 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
  • 1796George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
  • 1799French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
  • 1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.{{cite book|author=John WYSE|title=Manual of the confraternity of La Salette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KhdAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA59|year=1855|pages=59}}
  • 1852Annibale de Gasparis discovers the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte.{{cite book|title=The Journal of Education for Lower Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=57QwiIAz6nQC&pg=PA25|year=1861|publisher=Department of Education|pages=25}}
  • 1862American Civil War: Union troops under William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Sterling Price.{{cite book|author=Francis Samuel Drake|title=Dictionary of American Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFpKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA375|year=1874|publisher=J.R. Osgood and Company|pages=375|isbn=9780608426914 }}
  • 1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • 1864 – American Civil War: Union troops under Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged, it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley.
  • 1868La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
  • 1870Franco-Prussian War: The siege of Paris begins. The city held out for over four months before surrendering.
  • 1893 – In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

=1901–present=

  • 1902 – A stampede at Shiloh Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, leads to the death of 115 attendees.{{citation|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19020920&id=wYU-AAAAIBAJ&pg=6271,2347342|publisher=Boston Evening Transcript|title=Hundred Fifteen Killed|date=September 20, 1902|accessdate=January 6, 2015}}
  • 1916World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
  • 1939World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
  • 1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.{{cite web |title=Meet The Man Who Sneaked Into Auschwitz |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129956107 |website=NPR |access-date=17 September 2020 |language=en |date=18 September 2010 |quote=Pilecki was eventually cleared to insert himself into a street round-up of Poles in Warsaw on Sept. 19, 1940. Upon arrival, he learned Auschwitz was far from anything the Resistance had imagined.}}{{cite magazine |last1=Ackerman |first1=Elliot |title=The Remarkable Story of the Man Who Volunteered to Enter Auschwitz and Try to Tell the World About It |url=https://time.com/5635746/the-remarkable-story-of-the-man-who-volunteered-to-enter-auschwitz-and-tell-the-world-about-it/ |magazine=Time |access-date=17 September 2020 |date=26 July 2019 |quote=Witold Pilecki, a Polish cavalry officer turned resistance fighter, undertook the most audacious of missions: to get himself arrested by the Germans and sent to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. On September 19, 1940, he went out during a Warsaw street round up and was arrested. He was also successful in the mission that followed: to sabotage the camp and smuggle news to the world through Polish resistance networks of the atrocities occurring within. Only the world wasn't ready to listen.}}
  • 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.{{cite book|last=Regan|first=Geoffrey|title=The Guinness Book of More Military Blunders|location=Enfield, UK|publisher=Guiness Books|date=1993|isbn=9780851127286|page=178}}
  • 1944 – World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.{{cite book| author= Silvo Hietanen | title=Kansakunta sodassa, 3. osa Kuilun yli | page=106 | publisher= Valtion painatuskeskus, Opetusministeriö | location= Helsinki | year= 1992 | isbn= 951-861-384-2 | language = fi}}
  • 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
  • 1950Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.{{citation|last1=Bowers |first1=William T. |first2=William M.|last2=Hammong|first3=George L.|last3=MacGarrigle |title=Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea |year=2005 |publisher=University Press of the Pacific |isbn=978-1-4102-2467-5 |pages=179–180}}
  • 1960 – Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/up-front/story/20240819-indus-waters-treaty-bridging-the-divide-2579669-2024-08-09|title=Indus Waters Treaty – Bridging the divide|last=Mohammad|first=Moazum|date=9 August 2024|magazine=India Today|issue=34|volume=49|pages=18–19|access-date=23 August 2024}}
  • 1970Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
  • 1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
  • 1976Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
  • 1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object.
  • 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
  • 1982Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
  • 1983Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.{{cite book |title=Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States in Force on .. |date=2006 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=277 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KunY5Mu_zhMC&pg=PA277 |language=en}}
  • 1985A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
  • 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
  • 1989 – A bomb destroys UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
  • 1991Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
  • 1995The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber Manifesto.
  • 1997 – The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
  • 2006 – The Thai army stages a coup. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
  • 2008 – A Learjet 60 carrying musicians Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein crashes during a rejected takeoff from Colombia Metropolitan Airport in West Columbia, South Carolina, killing four of the six people on board. Barker and Goldstein both survive.{{cite news |last1=Boucher |first1=Geoff |last2=Oldham |first2=Jennifer |date=2008-09-20 |title=Former Blink-182 drummer, popular DJ survive plane crash that killed 4 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-learcrash21-2008sep21,0,6334171.story |url-status=live |access-date=2008-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921062055/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-me-learcrash21-2008sep21%2C0%2C6334171.story |archive-date=21 September 2008}}
  • 2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
  • 2011Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career saves leader with 602.
  • 2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
  • 2017 – The 2017 Puebla earthquake strikes Mexico, causing 370 deaths and over 6,000 injuries, as well as extensive damage.
  • 2019 – A drone strike by the United States kills 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan.{{citation|website=Common Dreams|date=September 20, 2019|access-date=September 20, 2019|title='How Could They Do This to Us?' Ask Afghan Farmers After Reporting Reveals Officials Knew Civilians Were in Area of Lethal US Drone Strike|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/20/how-could-they-do-us-ask-afghan-farmers-after-reporting-reveals-officials-knew|author=Eoin Higgins}}
  • 2021 – The Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, erupts. The eruption lasts for almost three months, ending on December 13.{{Cite news|last=Suarez|first=Borja|date=2021-09-20|title=Lava pours out of volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/people-evacuated-spanish-island-la-palma-after-volcano-eruption-warning-2021-09-19/|access-date=2021-12-14}}
  • 2022 – The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is held at Westminster Abbey, London.{{citation |date=19 September 2022 |title=Family say final goodbye as Queen buried next to Philip |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62892350 |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}; {{Cite news |date=19 September 2022 |title=Your complete guide to the Queen's funeral |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60617519 |access-date=19 September 2022}}; {{citation |date=2022-09-19 |title=The State Funeral for Her Majesty The Queen |url=https://www.royal.uk/state-funeral-her-majesty-queen-0 |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=royal.uk|language=en}}; {{citation |publisher=The Royal Family|title=State Funeral for Her Majesty The Queen |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN2vT_jpW1o |website=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2022-09-19}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

  • AD 86Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161){{cite book|title=The Reign of Antoninus Pius|date = 19 October 2017|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7v88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA7|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=7}}
  • 866Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912){{cite book|author=Theodora Antonopoulou|title=The Homilies of the Emperor Leo VI|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9SzVoeMgpMC&pg=PA4|year=1997|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-10814-9|pages=4}}
  • 931Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 969)
  • 1377Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404){{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
  • 1426Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans, French noble (d. 1487){{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
  • 1477Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)
  • 1551Henry III of France (d. 1589){{cite book|title=McCarty's Annual Statistician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wHoZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA57|year=1879|publisher=L.P. McCarty|pages=57}}
  • 1560Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1592){{cite book|author=David F. Marley|title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere, 2nd Edition [2 volumes]: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DkgGVTOr2EsC&pg=PA118|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-101-5|pages=118}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1905Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (d. 1944){{Cite web|url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/judith-auer/?no_cache=1|title=Judith Auer|website=German Resistance Memorial Center|access-date=2019-08-03}}
  • 1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 19: Jimmy Fallon, Jeremy Irons |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/19/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-19-Jimmy-Fallon-Jeremy-Irons/2661663432686/#:~:text=Sept.,-19%20(UPI)%20%2D%2D |publisher=UPI |access-date=18 September 2023 |date=19 September 2022}}
  • 1907Lewis F. Powell Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)
  • 1908Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)
  • 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)
  • 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)
  • 1909Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)
  • 1910Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
  • 1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1911William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
  • 1912Reuben David, Indian veterinarian and zoo founder (d. 1989)
  • 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011)
  • 1913Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
  • 1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)
  • 1915Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)
  • 1918Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)
  • 1919Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1919 – Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (d. 2000)
  • 1920Roger Angell, American journalist, author, and editor (d. 2022) [https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/article/Longtime-New-Yorker-writer-editor-Roger-Angell-17187964.php Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies]
  • 1921Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)
  • 1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1922Damon Knight, American author and critic (d. 2002)
  • 1922 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006)
  • 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)
  • 1924Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
  • 1924 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
  • 1925W. Reece Smith Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1926Victoria Barbă, Moldovan animated film director (d. 2020){{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/EnciclopediaIdentitatiiRomanesti.Personalitati/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater|title=Enciclopedia Identității Românești|first=Ecaterina|last=Țarălungă|publisher=Litera|page=60|year=2011|language=ro|isbn=978-606-600-246-2}}
  • 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020)
  • 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020){{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-lipton-host-of-inside-the-actors-studio-dies-at-93/2020/03/02/ba014f06-5cb0-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html |title=James Lipton, host of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' dies at 93 |first=Adam |last=Bernstein |date=March 2, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
  • 1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
  • 1927Helen Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
  • 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
  • 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
  • 1927 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (d. 2000)
  • 1928Adam West, American actor and businessman (d. 2017)
  • 1929Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1930Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
  • 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
  • 1931Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
  • 1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)
  • 1932Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
  • 1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (d. 2014)
  • 1933Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author
  • 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor (d. 2023)
  • 1934Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (d. 1967)
  • 1934 – Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (d. 2021){{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/18/austin-mitchell-obituary|title = Austin Mitchell obituary|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 18 August 2021|access-date = 22 August 2021|archive-date = 22 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210822133932/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/18/austin-mitchell-obituary|url-status = live}}
  • 1935Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (d. 2003)
  • 1936Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (d. 2012)
  • 1936 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
  • 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)
  • 1937Abner Haynes, American football player{{cite book | last = Cohen | first = Robert | title = The 50 Greatest Players in Kansas City Chiefs History | publisher = Lyons Press | location = Blue Ridge Summit | year = 2020 | isbn = 9781493047864 | page=137}} (d. 2024){{Cite web |date=2024-07-19 |title=Ex-AFL MVP, Chiefs star RB Haynes dies at 86 |url=https://www.espn.ph/nfl/story/_/id/40593994/chiefs-hall-famer-abner-haynes-1960-afl-mvp-dies-86 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
  • 1939Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1940Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
  • 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
  • 1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1941Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
  • 1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)
  • 1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete (d. 2023)
  • 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
  • 1942Freda Payne, American singer and actress
  • 1943André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2019)
  • 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player (d. 2020){{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Joe Morgan, Hall of Fame Second Baseman, Is Dead at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/sports/joe-morgan-reds-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=30 October 2022 |date=13 October 2020}}
  • 1944Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
  • 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
  • 1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
  • 1945Kate Adie, English journalist and author{{cite news |title=Media horoscope: Kate Adie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2001/oct/29/comment |access-date=5 August 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=29 October 2001 |language=en}}
  • 1945 – David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
  • 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
  • 1947Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1947 – Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
  • 1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015){{cite web |title=Tanith Lee obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/01/tanith-lee |website=the Guardian |access-date=26 July 2022 |language=en |date=1 June 2015}}
  • 1948Jim Ard, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jim Ard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76055/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2024)
  • 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 19, 2022 includes celebrities Jeremy Irons, Jimmy Fallon |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-19-2022-includes-celebrities-jeremy-irons-jimmy-fallon.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=18 September 2023 |date=19 September 2022}}
  • 1949Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
  • 1949 – Ringo Mendoza, Mexican wrestler
  • 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
  • 1949 – Sidney Wicks, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Sidney Wicks |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/78520/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1950Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
  • 1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
  • 1951Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1952Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
  • 1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
  • 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
  • 1952 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 2007)
  • 1953Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer
  • 1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
  • 1954Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
  • 1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
  • 1955Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (d. 2006)
  • 1957Dan Hampton, American football player{{cite web |title=Dan Hampton |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/dan-hampton/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player
  • 1958Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1960Mario Batali, American chef and author
  • 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
  • 1960 – Yolanda Saldívar, American convicted murderer
  • 1961Artur Ekert, Polish-British physicist and academic{{cite web|url=https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/system/files/users/cvs/CVRS2015_0.pdf|title=Artur Ekert|website=University of Oxford|access-date=20 September 2020}}
  • 1962Randy Myers, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Randy Myers |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/randy-myers-119626 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
  • 1963Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
  • 1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer
  • 1964Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1965Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach
  • 1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1966Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
  • 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1967Jim Abbott, American baseball player
  • 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician
  • 1969Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
  • 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
  • 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author
  • 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
  • 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter
  • 1970Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
  • 1971Sanaa Lathan, American actress
  • 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
  • 1972Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web |title=Ryan Girdler – Career Stats & Summary |url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ryan-girdler/summary.html |access-date=30 July 2018 |website=Rugby League Project}}
  • 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
  • 1973Jacinta Allan, Australian politician, 49th Premier of Victoria{{cite news|url=https://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1293b.htm|title=Allan, Jacinta Marie (1973– )|publisher=The Australian Women's Register|access-date=27 September 2023}}
  • 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
  • 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian racing driver
  • 1973 – Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
  • 1973 – David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
  • 1974Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
  • 1974 – Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive{{cite tweet |number=1704119212229447817 |last=Nakamura |first=Ikumi |authorlink=Ikumi Nakamura |user=nakamura193 |title=Hidetaka Miyazaki-san Happy birthday |date=September 19, 2023 |accessdate=September 21, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921040939/https://twitter.com/nakamura193/status/1704119212229447817 |archivedate=September 21, 2023 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/bloodborne-designer-wants-to-challenge-not-coddle-players/ |title='Bloodborne' designer wants to challenge, not coddle, players |last=Martens |first=Todd |work=Los Angeles Times |date=January 10, 2015 |accessdate=September 21, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110213044/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/games/bloodborne-designer-wants-to-challenge-not-coddle-players/ |archivedate=January 10, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
  • 1975Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
  • 1976Raja Bell, American basketball player{{basketballstats|nba=1952}}
  • 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
  • 1976 – Sergey Tsinkevich, Belarusian footballer and referee
  • 1977Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
  • 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
  • 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American musician and record producer
  • 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
  • 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player
  • 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
  • 1978Nick Johnson, American baseball player
  • 1978 – Brett Keisel, American football player{{cite web |title=Brett Keisel |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3743/brett-keisel |publisher=ESPN |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
  • 1979Mikael Tellqvist, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mikael Tellqvist |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mikael-tellqvist-8468550 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1980J. R. Bremer, American-Bosnian basketball player{{cite web |title=J.R. Bremer |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2452/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
  • 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
  • 1981Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
  • 1982Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
  • 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
  • 1982 – Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
  • 1983Eamon, American singer and songwriter
  • 1983 – Katharina Kucharowits, Austrian politician{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Katharina Kucharowits |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/35908 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=23 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929173712/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/35908 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}
  • 1983 – Carl Landry, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Carl Landry |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201171/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1983 – Joni Pitkänen, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Joni Pitkanen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joni-pitkanen-8470137 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1984Eva Marie, American wrestler
  • 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
  • 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
  • 1985Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/raiseyourgame/sites/inspiration/heroes/pages/alun_wyn_jones.shtml|title=Alun Wyn Jones, rugby player|website=BBC Wales|access-date=16 December 2019}}
  • 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
  • 1985 – Nathanael Liminski, German politician{{Cite web|title=Nathanael Liminski|url=https://www.land.nrw/de/nathanael-liminski|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.land.nrw|language=de}}
  • 1985 – Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality{{cite web |title=This Day in Wrestling History (Sept. 19): Happy Birthday Renee Young! |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2016/9/19/12903910/this-day-in-wrestling-history-sept-19-happy-birthday-renee-young |publisher=CageSide Seats |access-date=18 September 2023 |date=19 September 2016}}
  • 1986Leon Best, English footballer
  • 1986 – Sally Pearson, Australian athlete{{cite web|title=Sally Pearson|url=https://www.olympic.org/sally-pearson|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=5 March 2020}}
  • 1987Nicolas Pallois, French footballer{{cite web |title=Nicolas Pallois |url= https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=187 |publisher= FC Nantes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725164751/https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=187 |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}
  • 1987 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress
  • 1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
  • 1988Katrina Bowden, American actress
  • 1989George Springer, American baseball player{{cite web |title=George Springer |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/george-springer-543807 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=30 October 2022}}
  • 1990Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
  • 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
  • 1990 – Stephon Gilmore, American football player{{cite web |title=Stephon Gilmore |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14942/stephon-gilmore |publisher=ESPN |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
  • 1991CJ McCollum, American basketball player{{cite web |title=CJ McCollum |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203468/cj-mccollum |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1992Jiro Kuroshio, Japanese wrestler{{cite web |url=http://www.w-1.co.jp/player/kuroshiojiro.php |title=黒潮"イケメン"二郎 Kuroshio Ikemen Jiro – W-1 Official Website |access-date=December 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208141244/http://www.w-1.co.jp/player/kuroshiojiro.php |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status=dead }}
  • 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer
  • 1993Pi'erre Bourne, American record producer and rapper{{cite web |title=Pi'erre Bourne |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/pierre-bourne/920962158 |website=Apple Music |access-date=September 19, 2024}}
  • 1995Brent Faiyaz, American singer{{cite web |title=Brent Faiyaz |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/brent-faiyaz/960127446 |website=Apple Music |access-date=September 19, 2024}}
  • 1995 – Rachel Sennott, American actress{{cite web |title=25! The perfect age |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CFVfcU0AfwN/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/treaclychild/2401964262206602253 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|access-date=November 21, 2020 |website=Instagram |date=September 19, 2020}}{{cbignore}}
  • 1996Brandon Clarke, Canadian-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Brandon Clarke |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629634/brandon-clarke |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1996 – Pia Mia, American singer, songwriter, model, and actress
  • 1996 – Dejounte Murray, American basketball player{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Pat |title=Trae Young & Dejounte Murray Celebrate Birthdays |url=https://www.si.com/nba/hawks/news/trae-young-dejounte-murray-celebrate-birthdays |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=30 October 2022 |date=19 September 2022}}
  • 1996 – Chris Silva, Gabonese basketball player{{cite web |title=Chris Silva |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629735/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1998Nolan Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Nolan Patrick |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nolan-patrick-8479974 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 1998 – Trae Young, American basketball player
  • 1999Precious Achiuwa, Nigerian basketball player{{cite web |title=Precious Achiuwa |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630173/precious-achiuwa |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=18 September 2023}}
  • 2001Ghina Raihanah, Indonesian advocate, model, and influencer{{Cite web |last=Liputan6.com |date=2019-09-06 |title=Potret Ghina Raihanah, Adik Tsania Marwa yang Cantik dan Berprestasi |url=https://www.liputan6.com/hot/read/4055999/potret-ghina-raihanah-adik-tsania-marwa-yang-cantik-dan-berprestasi |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=liputan6.com |language=id}}

Deaths

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Holidays and observances

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