23 September
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
Births
- 480 BC - Euripides, playwright († 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 († 1922)
- 1865 - Baroness Emmuska Orczy, novelist (The Scarlet Pimpernel) († 1947)
- 1889 - Walter Lippmann, journalist
- 1897 - Walter Pidgeon, actor († 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 († 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
Holidays
September 22 · September 24 · August 23 · October 23 · more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries
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