September 23: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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 autumn.

Events

• 1122 - Concordat of Worms
• 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
• 1529 - The Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.
• 1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
• 1779 - American Revolution; 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 - American Revolution; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's treason.
• 1803 - Battle of Assaye
• 1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
• 1845 - The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
• 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
• 1868 - Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
• 1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.
• 1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
• 1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", officially ending the Union between the two countries peacfully.
• 1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.
• 1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.
• 1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• 1941 - The first gas experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
• 1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech".
• 1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.
• 1962 - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall home of the New York Philharmonic.
• 1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois
• 1973 - Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
• 1980 - Bob Marley's last concert
• 1981 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder.
• 1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
• 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
• 1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.
• 1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
• 2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1.
• 2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.
• 2005 - FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.

• 480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
• 63 BC - Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. AD 14)
• AD 1158 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
• 1161 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181)
• 1215 - Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294)
• 1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
• 1647 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
• 1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
• 1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
• 1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
• 1771 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
• 1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
• 1838 - Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
• 1852 - William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
• 1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer and social reformer (d. 1954)
• 1865 - Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
• 1880 - John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1971)
• 1889 - Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
• 1895 - Johnny Mokan, baseball player (d. 1985)
• 1897 - Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
• 1900 - Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-born American sculptor (d. 1988)
• 1901 - Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
• 1915 - Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
• 1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
• 1920 - Mickey Rooney, American actor
• 1924 - Pedro Chamorro, Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978)
• 1926 - John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
• 1930 - Ray Charles, American musician and singer (d. 2004)
• 1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator and statesman (d. 2004)
• 1936 - Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician, interim president in 2000–01
• 1938 - Tom Lester, American actor
• 1938 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (d. 1982)
• 1939 - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
• 1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
• 1942 - Sila María Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico
• 1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
• 1943 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
• 1945 - Paul Petersen, American actor
• 1946 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
• 1947 - Mary Kay Place, American actress
• 1949 - Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
• 1954 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
• 1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
• 1959 - Jason Alexander, American actor
• 1959 - Elizabeth Peña, American actress
• 1961 - Willie McCool, American astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
• 1969 - Michelle Thomas, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1970 - Ani DiFranco, American musician
• 1974 - Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
• 1974 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
• 1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
• 1975 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality and disk jockey
• 1979 - Ricky Davis, American basketball player
• 1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch actress

• 79 - Pope Linus
• 1241 - Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
• 1390 - John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
• 1535 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1513)
• 1571 - John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
• 1573 - Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
• 1605 - Pontus de Tyard, French poet
• 1675 - Valentin Conrart, founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603)
• 1728 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
• 1738 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
• 1773 - Johann Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 - John Rogers, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
• 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1850 - José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan hero (b. 1764)
• 1870 - Prosper Mérimée, French author (b. 1803)
• 1873 - Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
• 1889 - Wilkie Collins, British author (b. 1824)
• 1900 - William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
• 1917 - Werner Voss German World War I pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1943 - Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
• 1950 - Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1968 - Padre Pio, saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 - Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1974 - Cliff Arquette, American comedian and actor (b. 1905)
• 1978 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950)
• 1981 - Chief Dan George, Canadian actor (b. 1899)
• 1987 - Bob Fosse, American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927)
• 1988 - Tibor Sekelj, Croatian explorer (b. 1912)
• 1992 - James Van Fleet, U.S. Army general (b. 1892)
• 1994 - Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
• 1998 - Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
• 2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
• 2000 - Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
• 2002 - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
• 2004 - André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
• 2004 - Robert Goldman, WWII Veteran, Golfer, and Zayda (b. 1944)
• 2005 - Filiberto Ojeda, Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933)

• Astrology: Usually the first day of sun sign Libra
• In ancient Latvia, the second day of Mikeli
• RC Saints - Feast day of Saint Adomnan of Iona, Saint Constantius, Saint Thecla.

Also see September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Traditional New Year's Day in Constantinople and Eastern Orthodox churches — because of the birthday of August, not because of the equinox.
• Japanese Autumnal equinox Day (秋分の日/Shūbun no hi)
• Saudi Arabia - National Day (unification 1932)

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