September 13

September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
• 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
• 335 – Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
• 533 – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
• 1229 – Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
• 1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
• 1504 – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
• 1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
• 1584 – San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
• 1609 – Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
• 1743 – Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
• 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
• 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 1788 – The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
• 1791 – King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• 1808 – Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
• 1812 – War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
• 1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
• 1843 – The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
• 1848 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
• 1850 – First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• 1882 – The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
• 1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• 1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• 1899 – Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 1900 – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
• 1906 – First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• 1914 – World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
• 1922 – The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
• 1923 – Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• 1933 – Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
• 1935 – Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York – Ontario).
• 1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• 1943 – The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe.
• 1948 – Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union.
• 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
• 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1956 – The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• 1964 – South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
• 1968 – Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• 1971 – State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt.
• 1971 – People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao. The plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• 1979 – South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
• 1987 – Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
• 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
• 1989 – Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• 1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
• 1994 – Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.
• 2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2006 – Kimveer Gill kills one student and injures 19 more in the Dawson College shooting.
• 2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
• 2008 – Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
• 2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.
• 2013 – Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.

Births

• 64 – Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (d. 91)
• 678 – K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab' III, Mayan ruler (d. 730)
• 1087 – John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)
• 1475 – Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (d. 1507)
• 1502 – John Leland, English poet and antiquarian (d. 1552)
• 1521 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1598)
• 1583 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1643)
• 1594 – Francesco Manelli, Italian composer (d. 1667)
• 1601 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
• 1604 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (d. 1661)
• 1676 – Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, French wife of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1741)
• 1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
• 1775 – Laura Secord, American-Canadian war heroine (d. 1868)
• 1802 – Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and author (d. 1880)
• 1813 – John Sedgwick, American general (d. 1864)
• 1819 – Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
• 1830 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (d. 1916)
• 1842 – John H. Bankhead, American politician (d. 1920)
• 1851 – Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
• 1857 – Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (d. 1937)
• 1857 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
• 1860 – John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
• 1863 – Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1865 – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Indian-English general (d. 1951)
• 1866 – Ole Østmo, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1923)
• 1872 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
• 1873 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Henry F. Ashurst, American politician (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Sherwood Anderson, American author (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
• 1877 – Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Famous Players-Lasky (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Marcel Van Crombrugge, Belgian rower (d. 1940)
• 1882 – Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (d. 1969)
• 1883 – LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)
• 1886 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Robert Robinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Antony Noghès, French auto-racing executive (d. 1978)
• 1891 – Max Pruss, German airship commander, most notably during the Hindenburg disaster (d. 1960)
• 1893 – Larry Shields, American musician (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (d. 1953)
• 1894 – J. B. Priestley, English author and playwright (d. 1984)
• 1894 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
• 1895 – Morris Kirksey, American rugby player (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Roger Désormière, French conductor (d. 1963)
• 1898 – C. Sittampalam, Ceylon politician (d. 1964)
• 1899 – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
• 1901 – James McCoubrey, Canadian-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1903 – Claudette Colbert, French-American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1904 – Gladys George, American actress and singer (d. 1954)
• 1908 – Chu Berry, American saxophonist (d. 1941)
• 1908 – Karolos Koun, Greek director (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Mae Questel, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist
• 1911 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Maurice K. Goddard, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Reta Shaw, American actress and singer (d. 1982)
• 1914 – Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Roald Dahl, English pilot, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Carol Kendall, American author (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Robert Ward, American composer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Dick Haymes, Argentinian-American actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author
• 1920 – Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Alexander Schmemann, American priest and educator (d. 1983)
• 1922 – Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Caroline Duby Glassman, American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian-American soprano (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Édouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Norman Alden, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Harold Blair, Australian tenor (d. 1976)
• 1924 – Scott Brady, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1924 – Maurice Jarre, French composer and conductor (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1926 – J. Frank Raley, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher
• 1931 – Barbara Bain, American actress
• 1931 – Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player
• 1931 – Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
• 1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1933 – Eileen Fulton, American actress
• 1933 – Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
• 1933 – Lewie Steinberg, American bass player (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
• 1936 – Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
• 1936 – Joe E. Tata, American actor
• 1937 – Don Bluth, American animator, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
• 1938 – Judith Martin, American journalist and author
• 1938 – John Smith, Scottish politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)
• 1939 – Arleen Auger, American soprano (d. 1993)
• 1939 – Richard Kiel, American actor
• 1939 – Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
• 1940 – Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 1941 – Tadao Ando, Japanese architect, designed Piccadilly Gardens
• 1941 – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish judge and politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
• 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, English-Canadian singer-songwriter (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1942 – Michel Côté, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1943 – Mildred D. Taylor, American author
• 1944 – Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2008)
• 1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
• 1944 – Peter Cetera, American singer and musician (Chicago)
• 1944 – Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer
• 1944 – Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (d. 1972)
• 1945 – Noël Godin, Belgian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1946 – Frank Marshall, American director and producer
• 1948 – Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
• 1948 – Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1949 – John W. Henry, American businessman
• 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist/songwriter (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (d. 1994)
• 1950 – Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1950 – Jacky Robert, French-American chef
• 1950 – Klaus Wunder, German footballer
• 1950 – Patsy Holland, English footballer
• 1951 – Jean Smart, American actress and singer
• 1952 – Randy Jones, American singer (Village People)
• 1952 – Iyanla Vanzant, American educator and author
• 1952 – Don Was, American bass player and producer (Was (Not Was))
• 1954 – Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer and musician (The Church and Jack Frost)
• 1955 – Joe Morris, American guitarist
• 1956 – Alain Ducasse, French chef
• 1956 – Anne Geddes, Australian-New Zealand photographer
• 1957 – Vinny Appice, American musician (Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell)
• 1957 – Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer
• 1957 – Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer
• 1957 – John G. Trueschler, American lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
• 1958 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor
• 1959 – Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
• 1960 – Greg Baldwin, American voice actor
• 1961 – Fiona, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1961 – Bobbie Cryner, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Metallica, Megadeth, and MD.45)
• 1961 – Peter Roskam, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian poet and author
• 1963 – Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek politician
• 1964 – Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
• 1965 – Annie Duke, American poker player
• 1965 – Jeff Ross, American comedian, actor, director, and author
• 1965 – Zak Starkey, English drummer (The Icicle Works The Semantics, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band)
• 1966 – Maria Furtwängler, German physician and actress
• 1966 – Louis Mandylor, Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Michael Johnson, American sprinter
• 1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Beyond Fear, and Charred Walls of the Damned)
• 1967 – Stephen Perkins, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, The Panic Channel, Banyan, Infectious Grooves, and Methods of Mayhem)
• 1968 – Roger Howarth, American actor
• 1968 – Brad Johnson, American football player
• 1968 – Emma Wiklund, Swedish model and actress
• 1968 – Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player and guitarist
• 1969 – Sirje Kingsepp, Estonian politician
• 1969 – Ilka Knickenberg, German actress
• 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1969 – Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
• 1970 – Lee Abramson, American bass player and composer
• 1970 – Martín Herrera, Argentinian footballer
• 1970 – Louise Lombard, English actress
• 1970 – Jason Scott Sadofsky, American historian and programmer, founded textfiles.com
• 1971 – Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
• 1971 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
• 1971 – Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
• 1973 – Christine Arron, French runner
• 1973 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
• 1973 – Mahima Chaudhry, Indian actress
• 1973 – Kelly Chen, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1973 – Olve Eikemo, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Immortal, I, and Old Funeral)
• 1973 – Carlo Nash, English footballer
• 1974 – Travis Knight, American basketball player
• 1974 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
• 1974 – Keith Murray, American rapper (Def Squad)
• 1974 – Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
• 1975 – Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rascal Flatts)
• 1976 – Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
• 1976 – Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer
• 1976 – Puma Swede, Swedish porn actress and dancer
• 1976 – José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1977 – Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1977 – Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
• 1978 – Megan Henning, American actress
• 1978 – Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman, co-founded Flattr and The Pirate Bay
• 1979 – Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
• 1979 – Catalina Cruz, American porn actress
• 1979 – Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
• 1980 – Han Chae-young, South Korean actress
• 1980 – Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
• 1980 – Ben Savage, American actor
• 1981 – Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
• 1981 – Angelina Love, Canadian-American wrestler
• 1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 – Lloyd Dyer, English footballer
• 1982 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1982 – Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
• 1983 – James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Busted, Son of Dork, and McBusted)
• 1983 – Ryan Del Monte, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Eduard Ratnikov, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1985 – David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Emi Suzuki, Chinese-Japanese model and actress
• 1986 – Derek Hardman, American football player
• 1986 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
• 1986 – Sean Williams, American basketball player
• 1987 – G.NA, Canadian-South Korean singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987 – Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Jonathan de Guzmán, Canadian-Dutch footballer
• 1987 – Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
• 1987 – Ai Kayano, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1987 – Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1988 – John Park, American singer
• 1988 – Keith Treacy, Irish footballer
• 1989 – Elysée Irié Bi Séhi, Ivorian footballer
• 1989 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1989 – Thomas Müller, German footballer
• 1990 – Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
• 1992 – Remy Põld, Estonian basketball player
• 1993 – Niall Horan, Irish singer (One Direction)
• 1994 – Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1995 – Robbie Kay, English actor

Deaths

• 81 – Titus, Roman emperor (b. 39)
• 1506 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter (b. 1431)
• 1557 – John Cheke, English scholar and politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1514)
• 1592 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher (b. 1533)
• 1598 – Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)
• 1624 – Ketevan the Martyr, Kakheti wife of David I of Kakheti (b. 1565)
• 1632 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (b. 1586)
• 1759 – James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
• 1766 – Benjamin Heath, English scholar (b. 1704)
• 1800 – Claude Martin, French-English general (b. 1735)
• 1806 – Charles James Fox, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1749)
• 1808 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1718)
• 1813 – Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor
• 1815 – Mihály Gáber, Slovene priest and author (b. 1753)
• 1847 – Nicolas Oudinot, French general (b. 1767)
• 1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (b. 1804)
• 1881 – Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
• 1885 – Friedrich Kiel, German composer and educator (b. 1821)
• 1894 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (b. 1841)
• 1905 – René Goblet, French politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 – Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 – Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
• 1912 – Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)
• 1915 – Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
• 1916 – Mary, Asian elephant
• 1928 – Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 – Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1937 – David Robertson, Scottish rugby player and golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 – Elias Disney, Canadian-American father of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1859)
• 1944 – W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1946 – Amon Goeth, Austrian captain (b. 1908)
• 1946 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter, sculptor, and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1946 – William Watt, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 – August Krogh, Danish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1960 – Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Robert George, English marshal and politician, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1967 – Leonard Lord, English businessman (b. 1896)
• 1971 – Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1907)
• 1973 – Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 – Sajjad Zaheer, Indian poet and philosopher (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer South Indian Musician (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
• 1977 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
• 1982 – Reed Crandall, American illustrator (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American author, composer, astrologer (b. 1895)
• 1987 – Mervyn LeRoy, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Robert Irving, English conductor (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Arcadia Lake, American porn actress (b. 1958)
• 1991 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)
• 1991 – Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American production manager and producer (b. 1901)
• 1993 – Carl Voss, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground and Outlawz) (b. 1971)
• 1997 – Georges Guétary, Egyptian-French actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (b. 1962)
• 1998 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
• 1998 – George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
• 1999 – Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Johnny Craig, American illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English ice hockey player and tennis player (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 – George Stanley, Canadian soldier, historian, and author, designed the Flag of Canada (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-invented the birth-control pill (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian lawyer and politician, 25th President of Colombia (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Clare Oliver, Australian activist (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand archbishop (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2011 – DJ Mehdi, French DJ and producer (Mafia K-1 Fry) (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Lehri, Indian-Pakistani actor and comedian (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Obo Addy, Ghanaian-American drummer and dancer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Aditya Dev, Indian bodybuilder (b. 1988)
• 2012 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Edgar Metcalfe, English-Australian actor and director (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Ranganath Misra, Indian jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Jack Pierce, American-Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Olusegun Agagu, Nigerian politician, 15th Governor of Ondo State (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Robert J. Behnke, American biologist (b. 1929)
• 2013 – James Bradford, American weightlifter (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Rick Casares, American football player (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Nora Daza, Filipino chef and author (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian union leader and politician (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Jimmy Herman, Canadian actor (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Dan Osinski, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Salustiano Sanchez, Spanish-American super-centenarian (b. 1901)
• 2013 – Patti Webster, American publicist (b. 1964)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aimé
  • Ame
  • John Chrysostom
  • September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
• Epulum Jovis, celebrated on the Ides of September, during the Ludi Romani. (Roman Empire)
• Programmers' Day, during a non-leap year. (Russia and programmers around the world)
• International Chocolate Day

External links

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