September 23
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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.
Events
- 490 BC - Battle of Marathon; origin of marathon long-distance race (26.2 miles run by Phidippides)
- 1529 - Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.
- 1459 - The Battle of Blore Heath. The first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought at Blore Heath, in Staffordshire, England
- 1779 - USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England
- 1780 - British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers
- 1803 - Battle of Assaye
- 1806 - Lewis and Clark return
- 1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
- 1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time
- 1868 - Puerto Rico declares its independence from Spain
- 1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical adding machine
- 1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament
- 1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 1941 - First gas experiments at Auschwitz
- 1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech
- 1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois
- 1973 - Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina
- 1981 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder
- An equinox usually occurs on this date.
- 1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.
Births
- 480 BC - Euripides, playwright (d. 406 BC)
- 62 BC - Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar
- 1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain
- 1800 - William McGuffy, educator (McGuffy's Readers)
- 1838 - Victoria Woodhull, suffragist
- 1852 - William Stewart Halsted, surgeon (d. 1922)
- 1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy, novelist (The Scarlet Pimpernel) (d. 1947)
- 1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist
- 1897 - Walter Pidgeon, actor (d. 1984)
- 1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator Utah
- 1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician
- 1920 - Mickey Rooney, actor
- 1926 - John Coltrane, saxophonist, composer
- 1931 - Pat Suzuki, actor
- 1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, educator, statesman
- 1932 - Ray Charles, singer
- 1938 - Romy Schneider, actress (d. 1982)
- 1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
- 1942 - Sila Maria Calderon, Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1943 - Julio Iglesias, singer
- 1945 - Paul Petersen, actor
- 1949 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
- 1959 - Jason Alexander, actor
- 1959 - Lita Ford, singer, guitarist
- 1959 - Elizabeth Peña, actress
- 1970 - Ani Difranco, musician
Deaths
- 918 - King Conrad I of Germany
- 1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet and politician
- 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, composer (Norma)
- 1870 - Prosper Mérimée, author
- 1889 - Wilkie Collins, author (The Moonstone)
- 1900 - William Marsh Rice, philanthropist, university founder
- 1939 - Sigmund Freud, psychiatrist
- 1973 - Pablo Neruda, poet
- 1974 - Cliff Arquette, comedian, actor ("Charley Weaver")
- 1987 - Bob Fosse, dancer, choreographer, actor
- 1994 - Robert Bloch, author (Psycho)
- 1998 - Mary Frann, actress
Sports
- 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first boxing world heavyweight champion ever to come from Africa when he knocks out defending WBA champion Michael Dokes in Akron, Ohio.
Holidays
- Feast of Saint Adomnan of Iona
- In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
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