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Events
=Pre-1600=
- 70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spence C.|title=Great Sieges in World History: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2021|isbn=9781440868023|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwPHEAAAQBAJ|page=26}}
- 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
- 1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric.
- 1198 – Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)
- 1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II.
- 1264 – The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
- 1276 – Pope John XXI is elected Pope.
- 1331 – Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
- 1334 – The Battle of Adramyttion begins in which a Christian naval league defeats a Turkish fleet in several encounters.{{cite book |last1=Carr |first1=Mike |title=Merchant Crusaders in the Aegean, 1291–1352 |date=2015 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-84383-990-3 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAU3CwAAQBAJ |access-date=2 September 2024 |language=en}}
- 1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
- 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
- 1514 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
- 1522 – Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, completing the first circumnavigation.
- 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
=1601–1900=
- 1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
- 1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- 1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Harold Faber Special to The New York |date=1975-03-23 |title=Lake George War Breaks Out Between Residents and Army |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/23/archives/lake-george-war-breaks-out-between-residents-and-army.html |access-date=2021-10-05 |issn=0362-4331}}
- 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
- 1760 – French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.{{cite book |last1=Atherton |first1=William Henry |title=Under British rule, 1760–1914 Volume 2 of Montreal, 1535–1914 |date=1914 |publisher=S. J. Clarke |pages=3–4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=80E4AQAAMAAJ}}
- 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
- 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
- 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
- 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- 1808 – The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the French military occupation of Prussia.Broers, Michael, Hicks, Peter & Guimera, Agustin. The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. P.187
- 1810 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board.
- 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.{{cite book |last1=Watson |first1=Bruce |title=When Soldiers Quit: Studies in Military Disintegration |date=1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-95223-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S6rbyJajMowC |page=80}}
- 1819 – 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park.{{cite journal |last1=Jackson |first1=Joseph |title=Vauxhall Garden |journal=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography |date=1933 |volume=LVII |issue=4 |page=294 |url=https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/download/28291/28047/0 |access-date=10 April 2024}}
- 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
- 1855 – Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.[https://books.google.com/books?id=aORoAAAAMAAJ The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires by Ian Fletcher & Natalia Ishchenko]
- 1860 – The steamship {{ship|PS|Lady Elgin}} sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
- 1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
- 1863 – American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
- 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.
- 1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
- 1888 – The Great Herding ({{langx|es|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.{{Cite news|title=Rincón gaucho. Un arreo que extendió la frontera ganadera|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/campo/un-arreo-que-extendio-la-frontera-ganadera-nid888030/|last=Guzmán|first=Yuyú|date=March 3, 2007|access-date=January 20, 2021|work=La Nación}}
- 1888 – In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
- 1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
- 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- 1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob.{{cite book|last1=Rodogno|first1=Davide|title=Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815–1914|date=2012|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0691151335|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FgVlwtgT2QoC&pg=PA332|language=en}}
- 1900 – Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
=1901–present=
- 1905 – The 7.2 {{M|w}} Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
- 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1923 – Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
- 1925 – Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
- 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
- 1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner {{SS|Morro Castle|1930|6}} kills 137 people.
- 1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
- 1941 – World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
- 1943 – World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
- 1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
- 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.
- 1946 – A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
- 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- 1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
- 1970 – Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700908-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF N4863T New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-06}}
- 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.
- 1973 – World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.{{cite report |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7406.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report, World Airways, Inc., DC-8-63F, N802WA, King Cove, Alaska, September 8, 1973 |date=May 8, 1974 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB-AAR-74-6 |access-date=11 November 2016 |accessdate=}}
- 1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1986 – Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/09/08/daniloff-is-indicted-as-spy-by-soviets/bcb6e0be-da93-41d4-a9b6-484b2b3f49af/| title = Daniloff Is Indicted As Spy by Soviets| newspaper = The Washington Post}}
- 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2000 – NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.{{Cite web |title=STS-106 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-106/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=NASA}}
- 2004 – NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
- 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.
- 2016 – NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.
- 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.{{cite web |url=http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |title=MDC declared "al-Jazeera Tempest" campaign |work=Hawar News Agency |date=9 September 2017 |access-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111213405/http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/29622.html |title=U.S.-backed SDF launches operation in Deir al-Zor: statement |author=John Davison |work=Zaman al-Wasl |date=9 September 2017|access-date=12 September 2017}}
- 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.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567928275913121792 |date=8 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022|title=The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.|website=Twitter|author=The Royal Family}}{{cite news |author1=Daniel Capurro & Hannah Furness |title=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |author1-link=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/08/king-charles-iii-history-behind-regnal-name/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=10 September 2022 |date=9 September 2022}}
- 2023 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.{{cite news |last1=Cordall |first1=Simon Speakman |title=Morocco's Marrakesh is awakening slowly from the earthquake damage |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/14/moroccos-marrakech-is-awakening-slowly-from-the-earthquake-damage |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 March 2024}}
- 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.{{cite news|title=France beat 'beautiful and fabulous' New Zealand 27-13 in opener |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/855533/post-match-review-report-flash-potm-coach |access-date=9 September 2023}}
Births
=Pre-1600=
- 685 – Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762)
- 801 – Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (d. 865)
- 828 – Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (d. 868)
- 1157 – Richard I of England (d. 1199){{cite web |title=Richard I |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/richard-i |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=5 October 2022 |language=en}}
- 1209 – Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
- 1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295)
- 1380 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444)
- 1413 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (d. 1463){{cite web |title=Saint Catherine of Bologna | Italian mystic |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Catherine-of-Bologna |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 February 2020 |language=en}}
- 1442 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1513)
- 1462 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
- 1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (d. 1533)
- 1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (d. 1585)
- 1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1648)
- 1593 – Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615)
=1601–1900=
- 1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (d. 1671)
- 1621 – Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686){{cite web |title=Louis II de Bourbon, 4e prince de Condé | French general and prince |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-II-de-Bourbon-4e-prince-de-Conde |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=en}}
- 1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654)
- 1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
- 1698 – François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (d. 1787)
- 1742 – Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (d. 1810){{cite web |title=Ozias Humphry 1742–1810 |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/ozias-humphry-284 |website=Tate |access-date=5 February 2020}}
- 1749 – Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793)
- 1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
- 1752 – Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
- 1767 – August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1845)
- 1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d. 1824)
- 1779 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
- 1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (d. 1872)
- 1804 – Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (d. 1875)
- 1814 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874)
- 1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (d. 1897)
- 1822 – Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
- 1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908)
- 1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
- 1828 – Clarence Cook, American author and critic (d. 1900)
- 1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
- 1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
- 1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (d. 1904)
- 1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of president James A. Garfield (d. 1882){{Cite web |date=2016-11-07 |title=A Stalwart of Stalwarts |url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2016/fall/guiteau |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=National Archives |language=en}}
- 1846 – Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926)
- 1851 – John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
- 1852 – Gojong of Korea, 26th Emperor of the Joseon Kingdom and first emperor of Korea (d. 1919)
- 1857 – Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
- 1863 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (d. 1899)
- 1863 – W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (d. 1943)
- 1867 – Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (d. 1924)
- 1868 – Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1953)
- 1869 – José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (d. 1913)
- 1871 – Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972)
- 1872 – James William McCarthy, American judge (d. 1939)
- 1873 – Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
- 1873 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
- 1876 – Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (d. 1937)
- 1881 – Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (d. 1945)
- 1881 – Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1942)
- 1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921)
- 1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (d. 1967)
- 1886 – Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (d. 1961)
- 1887 – Sivananda Saraswati, Hindu monk, spiritual leader, physician, proponent of Vedanta, etc. (d. 1963){{cite web | url=https://www.dlshq.org/download/autobiography-of-swami-sivananda/#_VPID_21 | title=Autobiography of Swami Sivananda – the Divine Life Society }}
- 1888 – Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (d. 1974){{cite journal |title=Dakota Images: Ida Anding McNeil |journal=South Dakota History |date=1981 |volume=11 |issue=2 |url=https://www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-11-2/dakota-images-ida-anding-mcneil/vol-11-no-2-dakota-images-ida-anding-mcneil.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2024 |publisher=South Dakota State Historical Society}}
- 1889 – Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
- 1894 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (d. 1974)
- 1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
- 1896 – Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)
- 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
- 1900 – Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970)
- 1900 – Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
=1901–present=
- 1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)
- 1903 – Jane Arbor, English author (d. 1994)
- 1905 – Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (d. 1970){{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Eino Tainio |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911584.aspx |publisher=Parliament of Finland |access-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190314074348/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911584.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}
- 1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1990)
- 1907 – William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (d. 2003)
- 1909 – Józef Noji, Polish runner (d. 1943)
- 1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
- 1914 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001)
- 1915 – N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
- 1919 – Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (d. 2001)
- 1921 – Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (d. 2008){{cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 July 2008|title=Dinko Sakic, Who Led WWII Death Camp, Dies at 86|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/world/europe/23sakic.html?_r=0}}
- 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (d. 2014){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 8: Gaten Matarazzo, David Arquette |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-8-Gaten-Matarazzo-David-Arquette/7341662591562/#:~:text=8%3A%20Gaten%20Matarazzo%2C%20David%20Arquette,-By%20UPI%20Staff&text=3%3A00%20AM-,Sept.,under%20the%20sign%20of%20Virgo. |publisher=UPI |access-date=6 September 2023 |date=8 September 2022}}
- 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (d. 2019)
- 1923 – Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (d. 2003)
- 1923 – Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (d. 1979)
- 1924 – Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
- 1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2016)
- 1924 – Grace Metalious, American author (d. 1964)
- 1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
- 1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (d. 1980)
- 1926 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011)
- 1927 – Harlan Howard, American songwriter (d. 2002)
- 1927 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician (d. 2024)
- 1929 – Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
- 1930 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010)
- 1931 – John Garrett, English politician (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963)
- 1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian singer {{Cite web|title=Asha Bhosle | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/asha-bhosle-mn0000615026|access-date=2020-08-21|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
- 1933 – Michael Frayn, English author and playwright
- 1933 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (d. 2017)
- 1933 – Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (d. 1999)
- 1934 – Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
- 1934 – Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2014)
- 1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (d. 2016)
- 1934 – Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician
- 1936 – Roy Newman, English admiral
- 1937 – Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician and activist{{Cite book|title=Women political leaders in Africa|last=Rosemarie.|first=Skaine|date=2008|publisher=McFarland & Co|isbn=9780786432998|location=Jefferson, N.C.|pages=54|oclc=173502800}}
- 1937 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (d. 1992)
- 1937 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
- 1938 – Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host (d. 2018)
- 1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor
- 1938 – Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician
- 1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach
- 1939 – Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist (d. 2022)
- 1940 – Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader
- 1940 – Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist
- 1940 – Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
- 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician{{cite web |title=Bernie Sanders | Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernie-Sanders |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=en}}
- 1942 – Brian Cole, American bass player (d. 1972)
- 1942 – Judith Hann, English journalist and author
- 1942 – Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician
- 1944 – Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
- 1944 – Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician
- 1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2011)
- 1945 – Lem Barney, American football player
- 1945 – Kelly Groucutt, English bass player (d. 2009)
- 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 1973)
- 1945 – Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
- 1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1946 – Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1946 – Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore{{Cite web|title=Wong Kan Seng – Biographical Summaries of Notable People |url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-86721/wong-kan-seng-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|access-date=2020-07-27|website=MyHeritage}}
- 1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
- 1947 – Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015)
- 1947 – Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer
- 1947 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000)
- 1947 – Marianne Wiggins, American author
- 1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
- 1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
- 1949 – Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic
- 1950 – Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician
- 1950 – Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
- 1950 – Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
- 1951 – Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (d. 1996)
- 1951 – Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach
- 1951 – John McDonnell, English politician
- 1951 – Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
- 1952 – Will Lee, American bass player
- 1952 – Geoff Miller, English cricketer
- 1952 – Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player
- 1953 – Pascal Greggory, French actor
- 1953 – Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist
- 1954 – Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor
- 1954 – Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist
- 1954 – Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Johan Harmenberg |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23416 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=9 September 2024}}
- 1954 – Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society
- 1955 – David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
- 1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author
- 1956 – Mick Brown, American drummer
- 1956 – David Carr, American journalist and author (d. 2015)
- 1956 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
- 1956 – Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
- 1957 – Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress and activist
- 1958 – Bart Batten, American wrestler
- 1958 – Brad Batten, American wrestler (d. 2014)
- 1958 – Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1960 – Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1960 – David Steele, English bass player and songwriter
- 1960 – Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
- 1961 – Timothy Well, American wrestler (d. 2017)
- 1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
- 1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
- 1963 – Daniel Wolpert, American scientist
- 1964 – Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist
- 1964 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
- 1964 – Raven, American wrestler
- 1965 – Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot
- 1965 – Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor
- 1966 – Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1967 – Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
- 1967 – James Packer, Australian businessman
- 1967 – Kimberly Peirce, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1968 – Wolfram Klein, German footballer
- 1968 – Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1969 – Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1969 – Chris Powell, English footballer and manager
- 1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2011)
- 1970 – Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970 – Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
- 1970 – Nidal Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist, and mass murderer
- 1970 – Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
- 1970 – Lodi, American wrestler
- 1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach
- 1970 – John Welborn, Australian rugby player
- 1971 – David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler
- 1971 – Brooke Burke, American actress and television personality{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 8, 2022 includes celebrities Pink, Martin Freeman |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-8-2022-includes-celebrities-pink-martin-freeman.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=6 September 2023 |date=8 September 2022}}
- 1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor{{cite web |title=Martin Freeman |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530033210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}
- 1971 – Lachlan Murdoch, English-Australian businessman
- 1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
- 1971 – Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
- 1971 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager
- 1972 – Os du Randt, South African rugby player and coach
- 1972 – Kennedy, American radio and television host
- 1973 – Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (d. 2020)
- 1973 – Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer
- 1973 – Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1973 – Matteo Strukul, Italian writer and journalist
- 1974 – Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer
- 1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer
- 1974 – Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
- 1974 – Rick Michaels, American wrestler
- 1975 – Lee Eul-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
- 1975 – Richard Hughes, English drummer
- 1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
- 1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
- 1975 – Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer
- 1976 – Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1977 – Jason Collier, American basketball player (d. 2005){{cite web |title=Jason Collier |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2044 |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1977 – Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian
- 1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1978 – Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1978 – Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Gil Meche, American baseball player
- 1978 – Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet
- 1978 – Rebel, American wrestler
- 1978 – Marco Sturm, German ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Marco Sturm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/marco-sturm-8464979 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1979 – Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1980 – Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter
- 1981 – Kate Abdo, English journalist
- 1981 – Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer
- 1981 – Māris Ļaksa, Latvian basketball player
- 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
- 1982 – Travis Daniels, American football player
- 1983 – Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist
- 1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1983 – Will Blalock, American basketball player
- 1983 – Nick Hundley, American baseball player{{cite web|title=Nick Hundley|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sdut-nick-hundley-2008may20-story.html|publisher=Chicago Tribune}}
- 1983 – Chris Judd, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Wali Lundy, American football player
- 1983 – Jason Mattera, American writer and conservative activist{{cite web|title=Tentative May 2005 Commencement List|url=http://www2.rwu.edu/depository/old_pdfs/registrar/GraduationList3-24-05.pdf|publisher=Roger Williams University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728011154/http://www.rwu.edu/depository/old_pdfs/registrar/GraduationList3-24-05.pdf|archive-date=July 28, 2011|date=March 24, 2005}}{{cite web|title=Jason Mattera Info|url=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Mattera/213903444710?v=info|publisher=Facebook}}
- 1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Sarah Stup, American writer and autism activist{{Cite news|url=http://sarahstup.com/2017/09/sarahs-big-day/|title=Sarah's big day! |date=2017-09-08|work=Sarah Stup|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-stup-51b570a5|title=Sarah Stup |last=Stup|first=Sarah|website=LinkedIn}}
- 1984 – Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
- 1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver
- 1984 – Jürgen Säumel, Austrian footballer
- 1984 – Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
- 1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer (d. 2020)
- 1985 – Tomasz Jodłowiec, Polish footballer
- 1986 – Brett Anderson, Australian rugby league player
- 1986 – Carlos Bacca, Colombian footballer
- 1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player
- 1986 – Dan Hunt, Australian rugby league player
- 1986 – João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Kirill Nababkin, Russian footballer
- 1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
- 1987 – Derrick Brown, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Derrick Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201974/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1987 – Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
- 1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and actor
- 1987 – Illya Marchenko, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1987 – Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
- 1988 – Arrelious Benn, American football player
- 1988 – Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer
- 1989 – Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1989 – Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (d. 2018)
- 1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
- 1990 – Jos Buttler, English cricketer
- 1990 – Gerrit Cole, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Gerrit Cole |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/gerrit-cole-543037 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1990 – Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player{{cite web |title=Matthew Dellavedova |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203521/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1990 – Dianne Doan, Canadian actress
- 1990 – Michal Kempný, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Michal Kempny |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/michal-kempny-8479482 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1990 – Musa Nizam, Turkish footballer
- 1990 – Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer
- 1991 – Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
- 1991 – Joe Sugg, British vlogger
- 1992 – Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1992 – Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
- 1992 – Za'Darius Smith, American football player{{cite web |title=Za'Darius Smith |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3043168/za'darius-smith |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 September 2023}}
- 1993 – Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer
- 1993 – Yoshikazu Fujita, Japanese rugby union player{{cite web |title=Yoshikazu Fujita |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/163769.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=23 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623114836/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/163769.html |url-status=dead }}
- 1994 – Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
- 1994 – Cameron Dallas, American internet personality
- 1994 – Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/23396/Bruno-Fernandes/overview|title=Bruno Fernandes|website=Premier League|access-date=10 December 2020}}
- 1994 – Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/ZXTFJ70ONxeXjT7OZ2y0tw/camila-micijevic/|title=Camila Micijevic|website=European Handball Federation|access-date=14 July 2021}}
- 1995 – Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast{{cite web |title=Ellie Black |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/ellie-black/ |website=Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=23 June 2020 |date=30 June 2012}}
- 1996 – Tim Gajser, Slovenian motocross racer{{cite news | url= http://siol.net/sportal/avtomotosport/gajser-bo-v-dvorcu-statenberg-strnil-sezono-425833 | title = Tim Gajser po rdeči preprogi v domačih Makolah: Ostajam v Evropi |trans-title=Tim Gajser on the red carpet in hometown Makole: I remain in Europe | author = Alenka Teran Košir | publisher = Siol | date = 15 September 2016 | access-date = 1 November 2023 | language = Slovenian }}
- 1997 – Jorrit Bosch, German politician{{cite web |title=Abgeordnete - Jorrit Bosch |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/bosch_jorrit-1043776 |publisher=Bundestag |access-date=2 March 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Berlin, Germany |language=de}}
- 1997 – Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Lars Nootbaar|website=MLB.com |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/lars-nootbaar-663457}}
- 1998 – Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver
- 1999 – Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer{{Cite news |title=The Importance Of Being Shubman Gill – by Mukul Kesavan |work=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/the-importance-of-being-shubman-gill-by-mukul-kesavan-2346039 |quote=Batting aside, Gill's presence might signal a significant aesthetic shift. It'll be a nice irony if the ascension of a clean-shaven Sikh ends the trend of Kohli-bearded clones.}}
- 2000 – Zak Butters, Australian footballer{{cite web|title=Zak Butters|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/Z/Zak_Butters.html|work=AFLTables|access-date=9 August 2021}}
- 2000 – Miles McBride, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Miles McBride | New York Knicks |website=NBA.com |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630540/miles-mcbride}}
- 2001 – Bill Mamadou, Singaporean footballer{{Soccerway|bill-mamadou/619947|accessdate=14 January 2020}}
- 2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer{{Cite web|title=How old is Dustin from 'Stranger Things'?|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/stranger-things/how-old-are-the-cast/gaten-matarazzo/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=PopBuzz|language=en}}
- 2003 – Nicolas Cantu, American actor and internet personality{{cite web |last1=Martinez |first1=Kiko |title=Actor Nicolas Cantu returns home to San Antonio to start new chapter |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/san-antonio-actor-nicolas-cantu-17441476.php |website=mysanantonio.com |access-date=September 6, 2024}}
- 2003 – Yousef Majid, English cricketer{{Cite web|url= https://www.kiaoval.com/our-squad/yousef-majid|title=Yousef Majidl|website=kiaoval.com |access-date=31 October 2023}}
- 2004 – Lewis Hall, English footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.lechpoznan.pl/aktualnosci,2,relacja-live-lech-cup-dzien-pierwszy,1688.html |title=Relacja Live: Lech Cup – dzień pierwszy |trans-title=Live coverage: Lech Cup – first day |publisher=Lech Poznań |date=5 December 2015 |access-date=1 November 2023 |language=pl}}
Deaths
=Pre-1600=
- 394 – Arbogast, Frankish general
- 701 – Pope Sergius I (b. 650){{cite web |title=Saint Sergius I | pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Sergius-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
- 869 – Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier
- 1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)
- 1306 – Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and quartered by the English
- 1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355)
- 1425 – Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1539 – John Stokesley, English bishop (b. 1475){{cite ODNB |title=Stokesley, John (1475–1539), bishop of London |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-26563 |year=2004 |access-date=26 October 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/26563|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}
- 1555 – Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint (b. 1488)
- 1560 – Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (b. 1536)
=1601–1900=
- 1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1566)
- 1637 – Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574)
- 1644 – John Coke, English civil servant and politician (b. 1563)
- 1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet and author (b. 1592)
- 1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
- 1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)
- 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
- 1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
- 1755 – Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
- 1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
- 1780 – Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
- 1784 – Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
- 1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
- 1814 – Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily (b. 1752){{Cite web |url= https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Carolina |publisher=Britannica |access-date=13 February 2024 |title= Maria Carolina | Austrian Archduchess, Bourbon Dynasty, Reformer }}
- 1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
- 1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
- 1873 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (b. 1832)[http://www.kirjastovirma.fi/henkilogalleria/St%C3%A5hlberg_Johan_Gabriel Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg – KirjastoVirma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624160714/https://www.kirjastovirma.fi/henkilogalleria/St%C3%A5hlberg_Johan_Gabriel |date=2021-06-24 }} (in Finnish)
- 1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
- 1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
- 1895 – Adam Opel, German entrepreneur, founded Opel (b. 1837){{Cite web |title=Hessian Biography : Extended Search : LAGIS Hessen |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/11931049X |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=www.lagis-hessen.de}}
=1901–present=
- 1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
- 1912 – Eddie Hasha, American motorcycle racer (b. 1890){{cite news |title=Six killed by motor cyclist jumping track |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/09/09/100375718.pdf |work=The New York Times |date=September 12, 1912 |access-date=2007-12-05 }}
- 1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
- 1923 – Ugo Sivocci Italian race car driver (b. 1885){{Cite web|url=http://www.targaflorio.info/ugosivocci.htm|title=Ugo Sivocci|access-date=2012-06-23|work=targaflorio.info|language=it}}
- 1933 – Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
- 1935 – Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
- 1940 – Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (b. 1863)
- 1942 – Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879)
- 1943 – Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
- 1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
- 1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (b. 1864)
- 1954 – André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1963 – Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (b. 1904)
- 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922){{cite web |last1=Robinson |first1=Louie |title=Dorothy Dandridge – Hollywood's Tragic Enigma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjAJ7Wl1voUC&q=September+8+1965&pg=PA70 |website=Ebony |access-date=22 August 2020 |page=71 |language=en |date=March 1966}}
- 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
- 1966 – John Taylor, American race car driver (b. 1933){{cite book|title=The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who|author=Steve Small|date=1994 |pages=378–379|publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |isbn=0851127029}}
- 1969 – Bud Collyer, American game show host (b. 1908)
- 1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
- 1970 – Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
- 1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
- 1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (b. 1915)
- 1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
- 1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1984 – Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (b. 1918){{Cite web |title=Johnnie Parsons |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/ParsonsJohnnie.htm |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}
- 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887){{cite journal |last1=Tyrrell |first1=David Arthur John |title=John Franklin Enders, 10 February 1897 – 8 September 1985 |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1987.0008 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |access-date=13 February 2021 |pages=211–233 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1987.0008 |date=1 December 1987|volume=33 |pmid=11621434 |s2cid=42188390 }}
- 1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
- 1991 – Alex North, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
- 1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949){{cite news|last=Collins|first=Glenn|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 September 1991|title=Brad Davis, 41, a Leading Actor In 'Normal Heart' and 'Querelle'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/10/arts/brad-davis-41-a-leading-actor-in-normal-heart-and-querelle.html}}
- 1997 – Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (b. 1932)
- 1999 – Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
- 2001 – Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
- 2002 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
- 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
- 2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945)
- 2007 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
- 2008 – Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)
- 2009 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
- 2009 – Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955)
- 2014 – Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (b. 1952)
- 2014 – S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971)
- 2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (b. 1910){{cite web |title=Magda Olivero obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/14/magda-olivero |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 September 2014}}
- 2014 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918)
- 2014 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2015 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952)
- 2015 – Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988)
- 2015 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (b. 1963)
- 2016 – Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967)
- 2016 – Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954)
- 2016 – Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)
- 2017 – Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936)
- 2017 – Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939)
- 2018 – Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
- 2018 – Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
- 2019 – S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (b. 1957){{Cite web |last=Winters |first=Bryce J. |date=8 September 2019 |title=Saravanan Meenakshi Fame Actor Rajashekar Passes Away at The Age of 62 |url=https://thenewscrunch.com/saravanan-meenakshi-fame-actor-rajashekar-passes-away-at-the-age-of-62/3874/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927015003/https://thenewscrunch.com/saravanan-meenakshi-fame-actor-rajashekar-passes-away-at-the-age-of-62/3874/ |archive-date=27 September 2020 |access-date=28 September 2019 |website=TheNewsCrunch}}
- 2022 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (b. 1926){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61585886|title=Queen Elizabeth II has died|work=BBC News|date=8 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}
- 2022 – Gwyneth Powell, English actress (b. 1946){{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62879845|title=Grange Hill's Mrs McClusky actress Gwyneth Powell dies aged 76|work=BBC News|date=8 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}}
- 2024 – Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, Salvadoran police officer (b. 1964){{Cite web |date=2024-09-09 |title=El Salvador: quién era Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, figura clave de la guerra de Bukele contra las pandillas y quien murió en un accidente de helicóptero |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/cx28wpqrly0o |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=BBC News Mundo |language=es}}
- 2024 – Ed Kranepool, American baseball player (b. 1944){{Cite web |title=Ed Kranepool, longest-tenured Met and 1969 WS champ, dies at 79 |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/ed-kranepool-dies-at-79 |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=MLB.com |language=en}}
- 2024 – Henny Moan, Norwegian actress (b. 1936){{Cite web |last=Thrane |first=Kristin |date=2024-09-08 |title=Skuespiller Henny Moan er død |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/skuespiller-henny-moan-er-dod-1.17035149 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=NRK |language=nb-NO}}
- 2024 – Zoot Money, English musician (b. 1942){{Cite web |last1=Interviews |first1=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |last2=Murray |first2=Robin |date=2024-09-08 |title=Zoot Money Has Died | News |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/zoot-money-has-died/ |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}
- 2024 – Peter Renaday, American voice actor (b. 1935){{cite news |last=Stedman |first=Alex |title=Peter Renaday, the Original Voice of Master Splinter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/peter-renaday-the-original-voice-of-master-splinter-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-dies-at-89 |access-date=10 September 2024 |publisher=IGN |date=10 September 2024}}
- 2024 – Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (b. 1963){{Cite news |last=Cayanan |first=Joanna |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Sailor Jupiter Voice Actress Emi Shinohara Dies at 61 |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-10/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-dies-at-61/.215306 |access-date=September 10, 2024 |work=Anime News Network |language=en |archive-date=September 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910120742/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-09-10/sailor-jupiter-voice-actress-emi-shinohara-dies-at-61/.215306 |url-status=live }}
Holidays and observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Corbinian
- Disibod
- Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism)
- Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)
- Our Lady of Charity
- Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias)
- Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni
- Pope Sergius I
- September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)
- Accession Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms) (during the reign of Charles III){{cite web|first= Victoria|last=Ward|title=King follows late Queen by spending first anniversary of his accession in Scotland|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2023/07/21/king-spends-first-accession-anniversary-balmoral-scotland/|date=21 July 2023|website=The Telegraph}}
- Independence Day (North Macedonia)
- International Literacy Day (International){{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}
- Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)
- National Day (Andorra), also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell
- National Day (Asturias), also the feast of Our Lady of Covadonga
- National Day (Extremadura), also the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Victory Day (Pakistan)
- Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)
- World Physical Therapy Day
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- {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/8 |title=Historical Events on September 8 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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