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September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 9 – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
- 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans I succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
- 533 – A Byzantine army (15,000 men) under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada (modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.
- 1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
- 1087 – William II becomes King of England, taking the title King William II, (reigned until 1100)
- 1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao Dynasty general who founded the Qara-Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
- 1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
- 1493 – Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
- 1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
- 1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
- 1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
- 1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
- 1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
- 1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
- 1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
- 1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
- 1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
- 1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
- 1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
- 1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
- 1886 – The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works is finalized.
- 1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
- 1922 – The Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
- 1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
- 1924 – Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
- 1926 – The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.
- 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
- 1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
- 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
- 1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
- 1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
- 1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan formally surrenders to China.
- 1947 – First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
- 1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
- 1956 – Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
- 1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
- 1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
- 1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
- 1969 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 DC-9 collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 and crashes near Fairland, Indiana.
- 1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
- 1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
- 1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
- 1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
- 1990 – 1990 Batticaloa massacre, massacre of 184 minority Tamil civilians by Sri Lankan Army in the eastern Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka.
- 1991 – Tajikstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
- 2001 – Ahmed Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
- 2001 – Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
- 2001 – At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, the Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix timestamps.
- 2004 – 2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
- 2009 – At exactly 9:09:09 PM, the Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
- 2010 – A natural gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, California, creates a "wall of fire" more than 1,000 feet (300 m) high.
- 214 – Aurelian, Roman emperor (d. 275)
- 384 – Honorius, Roman emperor (d. 423)
- 1349 – Albert III, Duke of Austria (d. 1395)
- 1427 – Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464)
- 1466 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
- 1558 – Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur, French soldier (d. 1602)
- 1585 – Cardinal Richelieu, French clergyman and statesman (d. 1642)
- 1629 – Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
- 1656 – Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, German composer (d. 1746)
- 1700 – Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780)
- 1711 – Thomas Hutchinson, American historian and politician (d. 1780)
- 1721 – Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish shipbuilder, scientist, and admiral (d. 1808)
- 1731 – Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, scholar, and historian (d. 1787)
- 1737 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
- 1754 – William Bligh, English admiral and statesmen, 4th Governor of New South Wales (d. 1817)
- 1755 – Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808)
- 1777 – James Carr, American politician (d. 1818)
- 1778 – Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
- 1823 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist (d. 1891)
- 1828 – Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (d. 1910)
- 1834 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (d. 1903)
- 1839 – Devil Anse Hatfield, Patriarch of Hatfield Family (d. 1921)
- 1853 – Fred Spofforth, Australian cricketer (d. 1926)
- 1855 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German author (d. 1927)
- 1855 – Anthony Francis Lucas, Croatian-American engineer and explorer (d. 1921)
- 1863 – Herbert Henry Ball, Canadian politician and journalist (d. 1943)
- 1868 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author (d. 1934)
- 1872 – Phan Chu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (d. 1926)
- 1873 – Marcel Jacques Boulenger, French author and fencer (d. 1932)
- 1873 – Max Reinhardt, German director and actor (d. 1943)
- 1877 – James Agate, English journalist and critic (d. 1947)
- 1877 – Frank Chance, American baseball player (d. 1924)
- 1878 – Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914)
- 1878 – Arthur Fox, American fencer (d. 1958)
- 1878 – Sergio Osmeña, Filipino politician, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961)
- 1885 – Miriam Licette, English soprano (d. 1969)
- 1887 – Alf Landon, American politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (d. 1987)
- 1882 – Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
- 1890 – Colonel Sanders, American businessman, founded KFC (d. 1980)
- 1892 – Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (d. 1961)
- 1894 – Arthur Freed, American film producer and composer (d. 1973)
- 1894 – Humphrey Mitchell, Canadian politician (d. 1950)
- 1894 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)
- 1898 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1899 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984)
- 1899 – Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founder of the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
- 1900 – James Hilton, English novelist (d. 1954)
- 1901 – James Blades, English drummer (d. 1999)
- 1903 – Phyllis A. Whitney, American author (d. 2008)
- 1904 – Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005)
- 1904 – Arthur Laing, Canadian politician (d. 1975)
- 1905 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (d. 1987)
- 1905 – Brahmarishi Hussain Sha, Indian philosopher and poet (d. 1981)
- 1908 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (d. 1950)
- 1908 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral (d. 1945)
- 1911 – Paul Goodman, American poet, author, and playwright (d. 1972)
- 1911 – John Gorton, Australian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2002)
- 1914 – John Passmore, Australian philosopher (d. 2004)
- 1917 – Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (d. 1942)
- 1918 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian politician, 9th President of Italy (d. 2012)
- 1919 – Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (d. 1996)
- 1920 – Neil Chotem, Canadian pianist, conductor, and composer (d. 2008)
- 1920 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (d. 1993)
- 1920 – Robert Wood Johnson III, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
- 1922 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Hans Georg Dehmelt, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1922 – Manolis Glezos, Greek politician
- 1922 – Warwick Estevam Kerr, Brazilian geneticist and engineer
- 1923 – Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
- 1923 – Bertil Norström, Swedish actor (d. 2012)
- 1923 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1923 – Rosita Sokou, Greek journalist, author, playwright, and translator
- 1924 – Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1924 – Russell M. Nelson, American religious figure, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
- 1924 – Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003)
- 1926 – Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian theologian
- 1927 – Elvin Jones, American drummer (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Moses Anderson, American bishop (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Sol LeWitt, American painter and photographer (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Claude Nougaro, French singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
- 1930 – Francis Carroll, Australian archbishop
- 1930 – Frank Lucas, American drug trafficker
- 1931 – Zoltán Latinovits, Hungarian actor (d. 1976)
- 1931 – Margaret Tyzack, English actress (d. 2011)
- 1932 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Sylvia Miles, American actress
- 1935 – Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author
- 1935 – Chaim Topol, Israeli actor
- 1938 – Jay Ward, American baseball player
- 1939 – Arthur Dignam, Australian actor
- 1939 – Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican actor
- 1939 – Ron McDole, American football player
- 1939 – Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer
- 1940 – Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
- 1940 – Joe Negroni, American singer (d. 1978)
- 1941 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1967)
- 1941 – Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (d. 2011)
- 1942 – Inez Foxx, American singer (Inez and Charlie Foxx)
- 1942 – Danny Kalb, American guitarist (Blues Project)
- 1943 – Art LaFleur, American actor
- 1945 – Dee Dee Sharp, American singer
- 1946 – Doug Ingle, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Iron Butterfly)
- 1946 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian bass player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (d. 2004)
- 1946 – Hayato Tani, Japanese actor
- 1947 – David Rosenboom, American composer
- 1947 – Freddy Weller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
- 1948 – Pamela Des Barres, American author
- 1949 – John Curry, British figure skater (d. 1994)
- 1949 – Garry Maddox, American baseball player
- 1949 – Alain Mosconi, French swimmer
- 1949 – Daniel Pipes, American historian and writer
- 1949 – Joe Theismann, American football player and sportscaster
- 1949 – Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian general and politician, 6th President of Indonesia
- 1950 – Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani squash player
- 1950 – John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific)
- 1951 – Robert Desiderio, American actor
- 1951 – Alexander Downer, Australian politician
- 1951 – Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
- 1952 – Angela Cartwright, American actress
- 1952 – Manuel Göttsching, German gutarist and songwriter (Ash Ra Tempel and Ashra)
- 1952 – David A. Stewart, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Eurythmics, The Tourists, Vegas, Platinum Weird, and SuperHeavy)
- 1954 – Jeffrey Combs, American actor
- 1955 – John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator
- 1957 – Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist
- 1957 – Gabriele Tredozi, Italian engineer
- 1958 – Colin Murdock, Canadian voice actor
- 1959 – Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
- 1959 – Éric Serra, French composer
- 1960 – Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
- 1960 – Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1960 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
- 1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
- 1963 – Chris Coons, American politician
- 1963 – Roberto Donadoni, Italian football player and manager
- 1964 – Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American writer
- 1965 – Chip Esten, American actor and singer
- 1965 – Michelle Johnson, American actress
- 1965 – Dan Majerle, American basketball player
- 1965 – Constance Marie, American actress
- 1965 – Todd Zeile, American baseball player
- 1966 – Georg Hackl, German luger
- 1966 – Kevin Hatcher, American ice hockey player
- 1966 – Adam Sandler, American actor, singer, guitarist, screenwriter, and producer
- 1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1967 – Chris Caffery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and Metalium)
- 1967 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor
- 1967 – Anna Malle, American porn actress (d. 2006)
- 1968 – Francois Botha, South African boxer
- 1968 – Jon Drummond, American sprinter
- 1968 – Clive Mendonca, English footballer
- 1968 – Julia Sawalha, English actress
- 1969 – Rachel Hunter, New Zealand model and actress
- 1969 – Natasha Stott Despoja, Australian politician
- 1970 – Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress
- 1971 – Eric Stonestreet, American actor
- 1971 – Henry Thomas, American actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
- 1972 – Mike Hampton, American baseball player
- 1972 – Natasha Kaplinsky, English journalist
- 1972 – Félix Rodríguez, Dominican baseball player
- 1972 – Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
- 1973 – Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player
- 1974 – Vikram Batra, Indian soldier (d. 1999)
- 1974 – Divine Brown, Canadian singer
- 1974 – Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1974 – Shane Crawford, Australian footballer
- 1974 – Marcos Curiel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (P.O.D. and Daylight Division)
- 1974 – Mathias Färm, Swedish singer and guitarist (Millencolin and Franky Lee)
- 1975 – Michael Bublé, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1976 – Chace Ambrose, American actor and screenwriter
- 1976 – Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor
- 1976 – Emma de Caunes, French actress
- 1976 – Joey Newman, American composer
- 1976 – Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer
- 1976 – Hanno Möttölä, Finnish basketball player
- 1976 – Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (Ulver, Borknagar, and Head Control System)
- 1977 – Chae Jung-An, South Korean actress and singer
- 1977 – Lambros Lambrou, Greek footballer
- 1977 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003)
- 1977 – Kyle Snyder, American baseball player
- 1977 – Stuart Price, English DJ, songwriter, and producer (Zoot Woman)
- 1978 – Kurt Ainsworth, American baseball player
- 1978 – Shane Battier, American basketball player
- 1978 – Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player
- 1979 – Wayne Carlisle, Irish footballer
- 1979 – Nikki DeLoach, American actress and singer (Innosense)
- 1980 – Todd Coffey, American baseball player
- 1980 – Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (d. 2012)
- 1980 – Michelle Williams, American actress
- 1981 – Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress
- 1981 – Nancy Wu, Hong Kong actress
- 1982 – John Kuhn, American football player
- 1982 – Graham Onions, English cricketer
- 1982 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
- 1982 – Rômulo Eugênio Togni, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Vitolo, Spanish footballer
- 1983 – Kyle Davies, American baseball player
- 1983 – Kristine Hermosa, Filipino actress
- 1983 – Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
- 1983 – Kim Jung-hwa, South Korean actress and model
- 1983 – Katy Steele, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Little Birdy)
- 1983 – Cleveland Taylor, English footballer
- 1984 – Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (d. 2012)
- 1984 – Brad Guzan, American soccer player
- 1984 – James Hildreth, English cricketer
- 1984 – Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
- 1985 – Yung Berg, American rapper and producer
- 1985 – Martin Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Boys Like Girls)
- 1985 – Sacha Kljestan, American soccer player
- 1985 – Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
- 1985 – Lilyana Natsir, Indonesian badminton player
- 1985 – J. R. Smith, American basketball player
- 1986 – Michael Bowden, American baseball player
- 1986 – Chamu Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1986 – Helen Kurup, English actress
- 1986 – Luc Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player
- 1986 – Jamielee McPherson, Scottish actress
- 1987 – Afrojack, Dutch DJ and producer
- 1987 – Joshua Herdman, English actor
- 1987 – Alexis Palisson, French rugby player
- 1987 – Andrea Petkovic, German tennis player
- 1987 – Clayton Snyder, American actor
- 1987 – Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer
- 1987 – Milan Stanković, Serbian singer
- 1988 – Manuela Arbeláez, Colombian-American model and actress
- 1988 – Danilo D'Ambrosio, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Jo Woodcock, English actress
- 1988 – Will Middlebrooks, American baseball player
- 1989 – Alfonzo Dennard, American football player
- 1990 – Melody Klaver, Dutch actress
- 1990 – Haley Reinhart, American singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Oscar, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Kelsey Chow, American actress
- 1991 – Hunter Hayes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1991 – Danilo Luís Hélio Pereira, Bissauan-Portuguese footballer
- 1992 – Frencheska Farr, Filipino singer
- 1992 – Zeki Fryers, English footballer
- 1992 – Damian McGinty, Irish singer and actor (Celtic Thunder)
- 1993 – Lauren Clinton, American actress
- 1993 – Ryohei Kato, Japanese gymnast
- 1993 – Charlie Stewart, American actor
- 2000 – Victoria Federica de Marichalar y Borbón, Spanish daughter of Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
- 1000 – Olaf I of Norway (b. 960)
- 1087 – William the Conqueror, King of England and Duke of Normandy (b. 1028)
- 1398 – James I of Cyprus (b. 1334)
- 1438 – Edward, King of Portugal (b. 1391)
- 1487 – Chenghua Emperor of China (b. 1447)
- 1488 – Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
- 1513 – James IV of Scotland (b. 1473)
- 1569 – Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1525)
- 1583 – Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer, adventurer, and politician (b. 1539)
- 1596 – Anna Jagiellon, Polish queen (b. 1523)
- 1612 – Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
- 1676 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French army officer, founder of Montreal (b. 1612)
- 1680 – Henry Marten, English lawyer and politician (b. 1602)
- 1755 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian (b. 1694)
- 1806 – William Paterson, American politician and judge, 2nd Governor of New Jersey (b. 1745)
- 1815 – John Singleton Copley, American painter (b. 1738)
- 1834 – James Weddell, English sailor and explorer (b. 1787)
- 1841 – Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist (b. 1778)
- 1891 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (b. 1813)
- 1898 – Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
- 1901 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (b. 1864)
- 1907 – Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
- 1909 – E. H. Harriman, American businessman (b. 1848)
- 1910 – Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American lawyer (b. 1859)
- 1914 – Carl Goßler, German rower (b. 1885)
- 1915 – Albert Spalding, American baseball player and businessman, co-founded Spalding (b. 1850)
- 1934 – Roger Fry, English artist and critic (b. 1866)
- 1941 – Hans Spemann, German embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
- 1943 – Charles McLean Andrews, American historian (b. 1863)
- 1943 – Carlo Bergamini, Italian admiral (b. 1888)
- 1945 – Max Ehrmann, American poet (b. 1872)
- 1945 – Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (b. 1869)
- 1955 – Carl Friedberg, German pianist (b. 1872)
- 1958 – Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer (b. 1886)
- 1959 – Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
- 1960 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
- 1969 – Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (b. 1928)
- 1975 – John McGiver, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1976 – Yehezkel Abramsky, Russian rabbi (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Mao Zedong, Chinese politician (b. 1893)
- 1978 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (b. 1892)
- 1978 – Jack Warner, Canadian-American film executive (b. 1892)
- 1979 – Norrie Paramor, English conductor, composer, and producer (b. 1914)
- 1980 – John Howard Griffin, American journalist and author (b. 1920)
- 1981 – Robert Askin, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1907)
- 1981 – Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
- 1984 – Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor and director (b. 1937)
- 1985 – Neil Davis, Australian photographer and journalist (b. 1934)
- 1985 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
- 1985 – Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (b. 1896)
- 1986 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist (b. 1893)
- 1990 – Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
- 1990 – Doc Cramer, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 1990 – Samuel Doe, Liberian politician, 21st President of Liberia (b. 1951)
- 1990 – Alexander Men, Russian priest (b. 1930)
- 1992 – Willie Fennell, Australian comedian and actor (b. 1920)
- 1993 – Helen O'Connell, American singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1920)
- 1994 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
- 1996 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (b. 1911)
- 1997 – Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1997 – John Hackett, Australian-English soldier and author (b. 1910)
- 1997 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
- 1998 – Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
- 1999 – Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (b. 1946)
- 1999 – Chan Parker, American author (b. 1925)
- 1999 – Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
- 2000 – Julian Critchley, English politician (b. 1930)
- 2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan military officer (b. 1953)
- 2003 – Larry Hovis, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2003 – Edward Teller, Hungarian physicist (b. 1908)
- 2003 – Don Willesee, Australian politician (b. 1916)
- 2004 – Ernie Ball, American guitarist and businessman (b. 1930)
- 2005 – John Wayne Glover, Australian serial killer (b. 1932)
- 2006 – Gérard Brach, French screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 2006 – Richard Burmer, American composer (b. 1955)
- 2006 – Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)
- 2006 – Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (b. 1981)
- 2006 – William Bernard Ziff, Jr., American businessman (b. 1930)
- 2007 – Vasyl Kuk, Ukrainian nationalist (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Outlaws) (b. 1952)
- 2008 – Richard Monette, Canadian actor and director (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Warith Deen Mohammed, American religious leader (b. 1933)
- 2011 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Abdul Rahman Abu Baka, Malaysian super-centenarian (b. 1907)
- 2012 – Larry Gibson, American environmentalist (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman (b. 1921)
- 2012 – Désiré Letort, French cyclist (b. 1943)
- 2012 – John McCarthy, Australian footballer (b. 1989)
- 2012 – Mike Scarry, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Ron Taylor, Australian oceanographer (b. 1934)
- 2012 – Ron Tindall, English footballer (b. 1935)
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Indians.com
Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:13:26 -0700
The Cleveland Indians invite all four-legged and two-legged friends to the return of Puppypalooza at Progressive Field on Monday, June 17 and September 9. Fans can bring their dogs to the ballpark and cheer on the home team as the Indians play host to ...
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Zap2it.com (blog)
Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:08:03 -0700
million-second-quiz-nbc.jpg NBC's oddball game show stunt "The Million Second Quiz" officially kicks off Sept. 9 at 8 p.m., the network announced today. The competition involves a round-the-clock trivia contest with cash prizes. Reigning champs are ...
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Economic Times
Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:47:08 -0700
LONDON: The high-profile trial of Rebekah Brooks, a key aide to media mogul Rupert Murdoch, on charges stemming from Britain's phone hacking scandal, will start on September 9, it was decided on Friday. She will stand trial in London with Prime ...
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eTurboNews
Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:56:55 -0700
Since Moscow is a truly amazing place in the world, an attractive and dynamic city with new standards reflecting the booming economy, Europe Congress is presenting the first MeetingPlanners Russia forum in Moscow on September 9 and 10. Up to 60 ...
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Chessbase News
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:10:55 -0700
It is rumored a 2700+ player will be brought to provide live commentary. The opening ceremony will take place on September 8, and round one will begin at 1 p.m. CT on Monday, September 9. The Sinquefield Cup, which will feature a prize fund of $170,000 ...
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The Sun
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:34:37 -0700
But the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association revealed yesterday that the Sport Resolutions hearing will finally take place on September 9. The governing body blamed Lee, 38, for the long delay, claiming he had failed to meet ...
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Yorkshire Post
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:32 -0700
Mr Coffey will become CEO designate on September 9 and is set to take over full operational responsibility from outgoing CEO Graham Holden on October 10 after a month of intensive induction. Analysts responded positively to the news. Gavin Jago, of ...
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KCET
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:29:04 -0700
The September 9, 2010, explosion, which destroyed 38 homes and damaged 108 more in the San Francisco suburb, was traced to an aging, insufficiently maintained 30-inch buried gas pipeline. The explosion left a 30-foot crater, and flames lept 1,000 feet ...
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