275 In Rome, (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.
1237 England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
1513 Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
1525 Steven Borough (born), English explorer and navigator (died 1584)
1534 Pope Clement VII (died) (born 1478)
1690 Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
1703 Archibald Campbell (died), 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish captain (born 1658)
1744 Frederick William II of Prussia (born) (died 1797)
1764 Fletcher Christian (born), English navy officer (died 1793)
1773 Agostino Bassi (born), Italian entomologist (died 1856)
1775 American Revolutionary War: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City.
1777 Johann Heinrich Lambert (died), Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (born 1728)
1789 The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
1791 William Bradford (died), American soldier and publisher (born 1719)
1804 The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
1828 Charlotta Seuerling (died), Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (born 1783)
1846 U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
1849 Johann Strauss I (died), Austrian composer (born 1804)
1866 Thomas Hunt Morgan (born), American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1945)
1890 The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
1897 William Faulkner (born), American author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)
1911 Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston
1912 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
1915 Ethel Rosenberg (born), American spy (died 1953)
1917 Phil Rizzuto (born), American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2007)
1926 Aldo Ray (born), American actor (died 1991)
1926 The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
1928 Richard F. Outcault (died), American cartoonist, created The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown (born 1863)
1929 Barbara Walters (born), American journalist, producer, and author
1929 Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
1930 Nino Cerruti (born), Italian fashion designer, founded Cerruti
1930 Shel Silverstein (born), American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (died 1999)
1931 Bryan John Birch (born), English mathematician
1932 Glenn Gould (born), Canadian pianist and composer (died 1982)
1933 Ring Lardner (died), American journalist and author (born 1885)
1936 Juliet Prowse (born), Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (died 1996)
1942 Henri Pescarolo (born), French race car driver
1943 Aram Saroyan (born), American author, poet, and playwright
1943 John Locke (born), American keyboard player (Spirit and Nazareth) (died 2006)
1944 Michael Douglas (born), American actor and producer
1946 Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Love) (died 1998)
1947 Cecil Womack (born), American singer-songwriter and producer (The Valentinos and Womack & Womack) (died 2013)
1947 Cheryl Tiegs (born), American model and actress
1951 Mark Hamill (born), American actor, singer, and producer
1952 Christopher Reeve (born), American actor, producer, and activist (died 2004)
1955 The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
1956 Jamie Hyneman (born), American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries
1956 TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
1956 W. Daniel Hillis (born), American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation
1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
1958 John B. Watson (died), American psychologist (born 1878)
1960 – Emily Post (died), American author (born 1873)
1961 Heather Locklear (born), American actress and producer
1968 Cornell Woolrich (died), American author (born 1903)
1968 Hans F. K. Günther (died), German eugenicist (born 1891)
1968 Will Smith (born), American actor, producer, and rapper (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones (born), Welsh-American actress and singer
1969 Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (born), American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Guns N’ Roses)
1970 Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9.
1971 – Hugo Black (died), American captain, jurist, and politician (born 1886)
1972 In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.
1974 Frank Leder (born), German fashion designer
1974 The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.
1977 About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
1979 Kyle Bennett (born), American BMX rider (died 2012)
1980 – John Bonham (died), English drummer and songwriter (Led Zeppelin and Band of Joy) (born 1948)
1981 Belize joins the United Nations.
1983 – Leopold III of Belgium (died) (born 1901)
1983 Maze Prison escape: 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
1984 – Walter Pidgeon (died), Canadian-American actor and singer (born 1897)
1986 – Nikolay Semyonov (died), Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
1986 Greg Mighall (born), English drummer (The Rascals and The Little Flames)
1987 Mary Astor (died), American actress and singer (born 1906)
1988 Billy Carter (died), American businessman (born 1937)
1991 Klaus Barbie (died), German captain (born 1913)
1992 NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
2003 George Plimpton (died), American journalist, author, and actor (born 1927)
2003 Herb Gardner (died), American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
2005 M. Scott Peck (died), American psychiatrist and author (born 1936)
2006 John M. Ford (died), American author and poet (born 1957)
2008 China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
2009 U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a joint TV appearance for a G-20 summit, accused Iran of building a secret nuclear enrichment facility.
2011 Wangari Maathai (died), Kenyan environmentalist (born 1940)
2012 Andy Williams (died), American singer and actor (The Williams Brothers) (born 1927)
2012 Billy Barnes (died), American composer and songwriter (born 1927)
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