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Acontecimientos
- 394Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
- 1492Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
- 1522The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
- 1620The Pilgrim Fathers sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- 1622The Spanish treasure galleon Atocha sinks during a hurricane off Key West in the Straits of Florida, taking of gold and silver and 260 of its 265 passengers and crew to the bottom.
- 1628Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 1634Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
- 1781American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
- 1803British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
- 1859Imam Shamil surrenders to the Russians, bringing the Caucasian Imamate to an end.
- 1861American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
- 1863American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
- 1870Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
- 1885Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
- 1901Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US president William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
- 1914World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins.
- 1915World War I: The first tank prototype, developed by William Foster & Co. for the British army, is completed and given its first test drive.
- 1930Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
- 1936Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
- 1939World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire.
- 1939World War II: Union of South Africa declares war on Germany.
- 1940King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania.
- 1943The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.
- 1943Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
- 1944World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
- 1944World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
- 1946United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
- 1952A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
- 1955Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
- 1962The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill.
- 1962Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
- 1965India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
- 1966Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
- 1968Swaziland becomes independent.
- 1970Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
- 1971Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22.
- 1972Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
- 1976Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
- 1983The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
- 1985Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board.
- 1986In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
- 1988End of the last stage of the Anfal campaign of Ba'athist Iraq against its Kurdish population, which resulted in major destructions and major civilian losses.
- 1991The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
- 1991The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1.
- 1992A group of hunters at the Stampede trail near Healy, Alaska come across a male corpse in abandoned bus, later identified as Christopher McCandless.
- 1995Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
- 1997The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people line the streets and 2 billion watch around the world on television.
- 1997Royal Brunei Airlines Flight 839 crashes in the Lambir Hills National Park while on approach to Miri Airport in Malaysia, killing 10.
- 2003Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister.
- 2007Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
- 2009The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
- 2012Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
- 2013Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park.
- 2013The first Minotaur V rocket is launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, carrying NASA's LADEE spacecraft.
- 2018Supreme Court of India decriminalises all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.
- 2018Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro survives a stabbing at a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
- 2022Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later.
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week.
- 202621 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon Air, overruns the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport, striking multiple ground vehicles, killing at least five people, and injuring five others.
Nacimientos
- 1475Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (died 1519) fecha discutida
- 1475Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (died 1554)
- 1610Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Italian noble (died 1658)
- 1620Isabella Leonarda, Italian composer and educator (died 1704)
- 1631Charles Porter, English-born judge (died 1696)
- 1633Sebastian Knüpfer, German cantor and composer (died 1676)
- 1656Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (died 1723)
- 1666Ivan V of Russia, Russian tsar (died 1696)
- 1711Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (died 1787)
- 1729Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (died 1786)
- 1732Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1796)
- 1757Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (died 1834)
- 1766John Dalton, English chemist, meteorologist, and physicist (died 1844)
- 1781Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (died 1861)
- 1795Frances Wright, Scottish-American author and activist (died 1852)
- 1800Catharine Beecher, American educator and activist (died 1878)
- 1802Alcide d'Orbigny, French zoologist, palaeontologist, and geologist (died 1857)
- 1808Emir Abdelkader, Algerian religious and military leader (died 1883)
- 1814George-Étienne Cartier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of East Canada (died 1873)
- 1817Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian businessman and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (died 1893)
- 1819William Rosecrans, American general, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Mexico (died 1898)
- 1838Samuel Arnold, American conspirator (died 1906) las demás fuentes: 6 sep 1834
- 1852Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (died 1918)
- 1855Ferdinand Hummel, German pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1928)
- 1857Zelia Nuttall, American archeologist and historian (died 1933)
- 1859Macpherson Robertson, Australian businessman and philanthropist, founded MacRobertson's (died 1945)
- 1860Jane Addams, American sociologist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)
- 1860May Jordan McConnel, Australian trade unionist and suffragist (died 1929)
- 1861William Lane, English-Australian journalist, founded New Australia (died 1917)
- 1863Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (died 1935)
- 1868Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (died 1947)
- 1869Walford Davies, English organist and composer (died 1941)
- 1869Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (died 1945)
- 1876John Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1935)
- 1879Max Schreck, German actor (died 1936)
- 1879Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (died 1956)
- 1885Otto Kruger, American actor (died 1974)
- 1888Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (died 1969)
- 1889Louis Silvers, American composer (died 1954)
- 1890Clara Kimball Young, American actress and producer (died 1960)
- 1892Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
- 1893Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (died 1958)
- 1899Billy Rose, American composer and manager (died 1966)
- 1900W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (died 1979)
- 1900Julien Green, French-American author (died 1998)
- 1900Nguyễn An Ninh, Vietnamese political journalist (died 1943)
- 1906Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentine physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)
- 1908Anthony Wagner, English genealogist and academic (died 1995)
- 1908Korczak Ziolkowski, American sculptor, designed the Crazy Horse Memorial (died 1982)
- 1909Michael Gordon, American actor and director (died 1993)
- 1910Walter Giesler, American soccer player, referee, and coach (died 1976)
- 1911Harry Danning, American baseball player and coach (died 2004)
- 1911Charles Deutsch, French aerodynamics engineer and automobile maker, co-founder of the brand "DB (died 1980)
- 1912Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet, Scottish nobleman (died 1991)
- 1912Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director (died 1996)
- 1913Julie Gibson, American actress and singer (died 2019)
- 1913Leônidas, Brazilian footballer (died 2004)
- 1915Ed Oliver, American golfer (died 1961)
- 1915Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria (died 1988)
- 1917John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1999)
- 1917George Mann, English cricketer (died 2001)
- 1917Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist (died 2008)
- 1919Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist (died 2011)
- 1920Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author (died 2003)
- 1921Carmen Laforet, Spanish author (died 2004)
- 1921Norman Joseph Woodland, American inventor, co-created the bar code (died 2012)
- 1922Adriano Moreira, Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the CDS – People's Party (died 2022)
- 1923Peter II of Yugoslavia (died 1970)
- 1924John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician (died 2018)
- 1925Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (died 2019)
- 1925Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
- 1926Prince Claus of the Netherlands (died 2002)
- 1926Jack English Hightower, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
- 1926Arthur Oldham, English composer and conductor (died 2003)
- 1926Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (died 2001)
- 1928Fumihiko Maki, Japanese architect and academic, designed the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and Makuhari Messe (died 2024)
- 1928Robert M. Pirsig, American novelist and philosopher (died 2017)
- 1928Yevgeny Svetlanov, Russian conductor and composer (died 2002)
- 1928Sid Watkins, English neurosurgeon and academic (died 2012)
- 1929Yash Johar, Indian film producer, founded Dharma Productions (died 2005)
- 1929Ljubov Rebane, Estonian physicist and mathematician (died 1991)
- 1930Charles Foley, American game designer, co-created Twister (died 2013)
- 1930Helmut Piirimäe, Estonian historian and academic (died 2017) fecha discutida
- 1931Bud Shrake, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2009)
- 1932Colin McColl, English intelligence officer
- 1932Gilles Tremblay, Canadian composer and educator (died 2017)
- 1935Isabelle Collin Dufresne, French actress and author (died 2014)
- 1935Jock Wallace Jr., Scottish footballer and coach (died 1996)
- 1937Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-Mexican author and illustrator
- 1937Janusz Kurczab, Polish fencer and mountaineer (died 2015)
- 1937Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer
- 1938Joan Tower, American pianist, composer, and conductor
- 1939Brigid Berlin, American actress, painter, and photographer (died 2020)
- 1939David Allan Coe, American outlaw country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2026)
- 1939Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
- 1940John M. Hayes, American scientist (died 2017)
- 1940Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (died 2007)
- 1940Jackie Trent, English-Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2015)
- 1941Roger Law, English illustrator
- 1941Monica Mason, South African ballerina and director
- 1942Dave Bargeron, American trombonist and tuba player (died 2025)
- 1942Richard Hutton, English cricketer
- 1942Mel McDaniel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)
- 1943Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician
- 1943Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1943Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1944Donna Haraway, American author, academic, and activist
- 1944Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
- 1946Ron Boone, American basketball player and commentator
- 1946Roger Knight, English cricketer and educator
- 1946Shirley M. Malcom, American scientist, academic and educator
- 1947Jane Curtin, American actress and comedian
- 1947Bruce Rioch, English footballer and manager
- 1947Jacob Rubinovitz, Polish-Israeli engineer and academic (died 2018)
- 1947Sylvester, American singer-songwriter (died 1988)
- 1948Claydes Charles Smith, American guitarist (died 2006)
- 1949Iris Robinson, Northern Irish politician
- 1951Melih Kibar, Turkish composer (died 2005)
- 1952Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport
- 1952Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2017)
- 1952Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and activist
- 1954Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer las demás fuentes: 6 sep 1953
- 1954Patrick O'Hearn, American bassist and composer
- 1954John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
- 1955Raymond Benson, American author and playwright
- 1956Bill Ritter, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Colorado
- 1956Steven Yearley, English sociologist and academic
- 1957Ali Divandari, Iranian painter, sculptor, and journalist
- 1957Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Governor General of Canada
- 1957José Sócrates, Portuguese engineer and politician, 119th Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1958Buster Bloodvessel, English singer-songwriter
- 1958Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1958Nigel Westlake, Australian composer and conductor
- 1958Michael Winslow, American actor
- 1958The Barbarian, Tongan wrestler las demás fuentes: 8 sep 1958
- 1959Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961Simon Reeve, Australian journalist and game show host
- 1961Wendi Richter, American wrestler
- 1961Scott Travis, American rock drummer
- 1961Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian musician and songwriter
- 1962Chris Christie, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New Jersey
- 1962Marina Kaljurand, Estonian badminton player and diplomat, Estonia Ambassador to Russia
- 1962Elizabeth Vargas, American journalist
- 1962Kevin Willis, American basketball player and fashion designer
- 1963Mark Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1963Pat Nevin, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
- 1963Betsy Russell, American actress
- 1963Alice Sebold, American author
- 1963Bryan Simonaire, American engineer and politician
- 1963Geert Wilders, Dutch lawyer and politician
- 1964Rosie Perez, American actress, dancer, and director
- 1965Terry Bickers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1965Darren Clark, Australian sprinter
- 1965Tony Fleet, Australian darts player
- 1965Christopher Nolan, Irish author and poet (died 2009)
- 1965Van Tiffin, American football player
- 1967William DuVall, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967Macy Gray, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1967Kalli Kalde, Estonian painter and illustrator
- 1967Milan Lukić, Bosnian Serb convicted of war crimes by the ICTY
- 1967Igor Štimac, Croatian footballer and manager
- 1968Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
- 1968Christopher Brookmyre, Scottish author
- 1968Paul Rea, American journalist
- 1969Tony DiTerlizzi, American author and illustrator
- 1969Ben Finegold, American chess player and educator
- 1969Michellie Jones, Australian-American triathlete
- 1969CeCe Peniston, American singer-songwriter, actress, and former beauty pageant winner
- 1970Cheyne Coates, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1970Igor Korolev, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011)
- 1970Emily Maitlis, Canadian-English journalist
- 1970Rhett Miller, American alternative country singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970DJ Spooky, American electronic and experimental hip hop musician
- 1971Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
- 1971Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator
- 1971Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer-songwriter (died 2018)
- 1972Dylan Bruno, American actor and model
- 1972Idris Elba, English actor
- 1972Justina Machado, American actress
- 1972Saulius Mikalajūnas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1972Anika Noni Rose, American actress and singer
- 1973Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer
- 1973Greg Rusedski, Canadian-English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1973Alessandro Troncon, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1974Tim Henman, English tennis player and sportscaster
- 1974Nina Persson, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician
- 1974Justin Whalin, American actor
- 1975Derrek Lee, American baseball player and coach
- 1975Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka and politician
- 1976Rodrigo Amarante, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976Naomie Harris, English actress
- 1976Jon Ander López, Spanish footballer (died 2013)
- 1976Tom Pappas, American decathlete and coach
- 1978Cisco Adler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1978Foxy Brown, American rapper
- 1978Alex Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1978Mathew Horne, English actor and screenwriter
- 1978Homare Sawa, Japanese footballer
- 1979Mike Arnaoutis, Greek boxer
- 1979Massimo Maccarone, Italian footballer
- 1979Carlos Adrián Morales, Mexican footballer
- 1979Low Ki, American wrestler
- 1980Jillian Hall, American wrestler and singer
- 1980Kerry Katona, English singer and actress
- 1980Samuel Peter, Nigerian boxer
- 1980Joseph Yobo, Nigerian footballer
- 1981Yuki Abe, Japanese footballer
- 1981Yumiko Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1981Andrew Richardson, Jamaican cricketer
- 1981Mark Teahen, American baseball player
- 1982Temeka Johnson, American basketball player
- 1983Jerry Blevins, American baseball player
- 1983Pippa Middleton, English socialite and author
- 1983Braun Strowman, American wrestler and strongman
- 1984Helena Ekholm, Swedish skier
- 1984William Porterfield, Northern Irish cricketer
- 1985Lauren Lapkus, American actress and comedian
- 1985Mitch Moreland, American baseball player
- 1985Małgorzata Rejmer, Polish novelist
- 1987Emir Preldžić, Turkish basketball player
- 1988Max George, English singer-songwriter and actor
- 1988Denis Tonucci, Italian footballer
- 1989Kim So-eun, South Korean actress
- 1990John Wall, American basketball player
- 1991Brian Dumoulin, American ice hockey player
- 1991Joe Harris, American basketball player
- 1992Ryan Shazier, American football player
- 1992Young Tonumaipea, Samoan rugby league player
- 1993Famous Dex, American rapper
- 1993Alex Poythress, American basketball player
- 1993Mattia Valoti, Italian footballer
- 1994Maddie Phillips, Canadian actress
- 1994Emilly Micaela Marcondes, Brazilian professional futsal player
- 1994Elif Doğan, Turkish actress
- 1995Mark Andrews, American football player
- 1995Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer
- 1996Andrés Tello, Colombian footballer
- 1996Lil Xan, American rapper
- 1997Mallory Comerford, American swimmer
- 1997Tsukushi, Japanese wrestler
- 1998Michele Perniola, Italian singer
- 2000David Kushner, American singer-songwriter
- 2001Freya Allan, English actress
- 2001Terrence Clarke, American basketball player (died 2021)
- 2002Asher Angel, American actor
- 2002Leylah Fernandez, Canadian tennis player
- 2005Elzhana Taniyeva, Kazakh rhythmic gymnast
- 2006Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Japanese prince
Fallecimientos
- 394Eugenius, Roman usurper
- 926Taizu of Liao, Khitan ruler (born 872)
- 952Suzaku, emperor of Japan (born 923)
- 957Liudolf, duke of Swabia (born 930)
- 972John XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (born 930)
- 1178Ioveta, Latin princess
- 1276Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Italian cardinal (born 1210)
- 1431Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
- 1511Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shōgun (born 1481)
- 1553Juan de Homedes y Coscon, 47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1477)
- 1566Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (born 1494)
- 1625Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1579)
- 1635Adriaan Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (born 1571)
- 1649Robert Dudley, English geographer and explorer (born 1574)
- 1683Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (born 1619)
- 1708Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (born 1623)
- 1783Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and author (born 1710)
- 1808Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (born 1723) fecha discutida
- 1836Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three-term mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (born 1781)
- 1868Pierre Adolphe Rost, American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1797)
- 1885Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (born 1819)
- 1891Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (born 1815)
- 1902Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (born 1827)
- 1907Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1839)
- 1919Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (born 1846)
- 1927William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (born 1855)
- 1938John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (born 1907)
- 1939Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (born 1867)
- 1940Thomas Harte, executed Irish Republican (born 1915)
- 1940Patrick McGrath, executed Irish Republican (born 1894)
- 1944James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (born 1864)
- 1945John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (born 1884)
- 1949Song Qiyun, Chinese communist activist (born 1904)
- 1949Song Zhenzhong, Chinese child internee (born 1941)
- 1949Xu Linxia, Chinese communist activist (born 1904/1905)
- 1949Yang Hucheng, Chinese general (born 1893)
- 1950Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (born 1886)
- 1951James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (born 1867)
- 1952Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1898)
- 1956Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (born 1904)
- 1956Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (born 1916)
- 1959Edmund Gwenn, English actor (born 1877)
- 1959Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (born 1927)
- 1962Hanns Eisler, German-Austrian composer (born 1898)
- 1962Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (born 1892)
- 1966Margaret Sanger, American nurse, educator, and activist (born 1879)
- 1966Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1901)
- 1969Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (born 1892)
- 1972Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
- 1972Luttif Afif, Palestinian terrorist (born 1945)
- 1972David Berger, American-Israeli weightlifter (born 1944)
- 1972Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (born 1944)
- 1972Yossef Gutfreund, Israeli wrestling judge (born 1931)
- 1972Eliezer Halfin, Russian-Israeli wrestler (born 1948)
- 1972Amitzur Shapira, Russian-Israeli runner and coach (born 1932)
- 1972Kehat Shorr, Romanian shooting coach (born 1919)
- 1972Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (born 1954)
- 1972Andre Spitzer, Romanian-Israeli fencer and coach (born 1945)
- 1972Yakov Springer, Polish-Israeli wrestler and coach (born 1921)
- 1974Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (born 1896)
- 1974Otto Kruger, American actor (born 1885)
- 1978Max Decugis, French tennis player (born 1882)
- 1978Tom Wilson, American record producer (born 1931)
- 1978Adolf Dassler, German cobbler and entrepreneur, founded Adidas (born 1900)
- 1979Ronald Binge, English organist and composer (born 1910)
- 1982Azra Erhat, Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (born 1915)
- 1984Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
- 1985Franco Ferrara, Italian conductor and composer (born 1911)
- 1986Blanche Sweet, American actress (born 1896)
- 1990Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
- 1990Len Hutton, English cricketer (born 1916)
- 1994Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (born 1944)
- 1997P. H. Newby, English author and broadcaster (born 1918)
- 1998Akira Kurosawa, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
- 1998Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Swedish actor (born 1928)
- 2000Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general (born 1918) las demás fuentes: 5 sep 2000
- 2005Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and poet (born 1929)
- 2005Eugenia Charles, Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1919)
- 2007Madeleine L'Engle, American author and poet (born 1918)
- 2007Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (born 1935)
- 2008Anita Page, American actress (born 1910)
- 2009Catherine Gaskin, Irish-Australian author (born 1929)
- 2010Boris Chetkov, Russian painter (born 1926)
- 2010Clive Donner, English director and editor (born 1926)
- 2011Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg (born 1947)
- 2012Elisabeth Böhm, German architect (born 1921)
- 2012Lawrie Dring, Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)
- 2012Oscar Rossi, Argentine footballer and manager (born 1930)
- 2013Ann C. Crispin, American author (born 1950)
- 2014Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (born 1941)
- 2014Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
- 2014Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (born 1919)
- 2015Martin Milner, American actor (born 1931)
- 2017Peter Luck, Australian journalist and television host (born 1944)
- 2017Kate Millett, American feminist author and activist (born 1934)
- 2018Richard DeVos, American billionaire businessman (born 1926)
- 2018Liz Fraser, English actress (born 1930)
- 2018Burt Reynolds, American actor, director and producer (born 1936)
- 2019Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)
- 2020Lou Brock, American baseball player (born 1939)
- 2021Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor (born 1933)
- 2021Michael K. Williams, American actor (born 1966)
- 2024Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, Turkish-American activist (born 1998)
- 2024Rebecca Horn, German visual artist (born 1944)
- 2024Will Jennings, American songwriter (born 1944)
- 2024Cathy Merrick, Canadian First Nations leader (born 1961/1962)
- 2024Ron Yeats, Scottish footballer (born 1937)
- 2025Rick Davies, English musician (born 1944)
Celebraciones
- The earliest date on which the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is performed
- Armed Forces Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Defence Day or Army Day (Pakistan)
- Flag Day (Bonaire)
- Independence Day (Swaziland), celebrates the independence of Eswatini from the United Kingdom in 1968
- Unification Day (Bulgaria)
Santoral
- Begga
- Chagnoald
- Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
- Gondulphus of Metz
- Blessed Jan Franciszek Czartoryski
- Magnus of Füssen
- Onesiphorus
- Zechariah (Hebrew prophet) (Catholic church)
- September 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)