September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days left until the end of the year.
Events
- 1529 – Turkish pioneers repulse Austrian forces at the Battle of Leitha.
- 1821 – Tripolice massacre: Greeks captured the city of Tripolice in the Peloponnese Revolt, killing more than 10.000 Turks.
- 1846 - German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered Neptune, the eighth planet in the Solar System.
- 1856 – The Izmir-Aydin line railway concession was given to a British company. The concession of the 1866-kilometer railway line, which was put into operation in 612, was to expire on October 15, 1950. However, the Government of the young Republic purchased this line on May 30, 1935.
- 1924 – Shapsug National Rayon, based in Tuapse on the Black Sea coast, was established under the USSR, Russian SFSR.
- 1931 - The London Stock Exchange, which was closed for two days due to the economic crisis, was reopened.
- 1942 - Nazi Germany begins gassing massacres at Auschwitz.
- 1944 – Lille OSC, a French football club, was founded.
- 1947 – Nikola Petkov, leader of the Bulgarian Agrarian National Unity Party, is hanged.
- 1954 - East German police arrest 400 people for allegedly being agents of the United States.
- 1961 – THY made the Cyprus-Adana-Ankara flight. Tay The plane crashed into Kırmızıtepe near Etimesgut Airport, killing 28 people.
- 1973 – Juan Peron, who was overthrown by a coup 18 years ago, was re-elected President of Argentina.
- 1980 – The National Security Council accepted and declared 1981 the Year of Atatürk with the law it enacted.
- 1993 – Michael Jackson gave a concert in Turkey.
- 1996 – The Constitutional Court annulled the article of the Turkish Penal Code that privileges the adultery of a married man.
- 1997 – Village massacre in Algeria: 200 people were killed, 100 people were injured. It was claimed that Islamist radicals carried out the massacre.
- 1999 – Abdullah Öcalan made a statement and demanded that a group of PKK members come to Turkey and surrender.
- 2008 – The Kauhajoki school attack occurred in Kauhajoki, Finland.
Births
- 63 BC – Augustus, Roman Emperor (d. 14)
- 1215 – Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (d. 1294)
- 1713 – VI. Fernando ascended the throne on July 9, 1746 and was King of Spain until his death (d. 1759)
- 1740 – Go-Sakuramachi, 117th ruler of Japan in traditional succession (d. 1813)
- 1771 – Kōkaku, 119th emperor of Japan in traditional succession (d. 1840)
- 1791 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (d. 1865)
- 1819 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
- 1838 – Victoria Woodhull, US politician, activist, author, journalist, editor, and stockbroker (d. 1927)
- 1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
- 1861 – Robert Bosch, German industrialist (d. 1942)
- 1869 – Mary Mallon, American first healthy host of typhoid fever (d. 1938)
- 1880 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish teacher, biologist, and politician (d. 1971)
- 1882 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish soldier and politician (d. 1968)
- 1883 – Grigori Zinoviev, Ukrainian revolutionary and Soviet communist leader (d. 1936)
- 1889 – Walter Lippmann, American author, journalist, and political scholar (d. 1974)
- 1890 – Friedrich Paulus, Especially II. German Field Marshal who played an active role in World War II (d. 1957)
- 1897 – Paul Delvaux, Belgian surrealist painter (d. 1994)
- 1901 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech writer (d. 1986)
- 1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
- 1916 – Aldo Moro, Italian politician and Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
- 1920 – Mickey Rooney, American film director and actor (d. 2014)
- 1926 – John Coltrane, American jazz performer (d. 1967)
- 1930
- Çelik Gülersoy, Turkish art historian, lawyer, tourism professional and writer (d. 2003)
- Ray Charles, American pianist, musician, rhythm and blues master (d. 2004)
- 1931 – Fayina Petryakova, Ukrainian ethnographer and academic (d. 2002)
- 1940 – Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician
- 1943 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
- 1946
- Bernard Maris, French economist, journalist and author (d. 2015)
- Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer (d. 2001)
- 1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress, singer, and director
- 1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1950 – George Garzone, American jazz musician
- 1951 – Carlos Holmes Trujillo, Colombian politician, diplomat, scientist and lawyer (d. 2021)
- 1953 – Abdurrauf bin Azize, former Tunisian national football player
- 1955 – Cem Boyner, Turkish businessman and politician (Founder and first Chairman of the New Democracy Movement)
- 1956 – Paolo Rossi, Italian football player (d. 2020)
- 1957 – Rosalind Chao, Chinese-American actress
- 1958 - Larry Mize, American golfer
- 1959
- Jason Alexander, American actor, comedian, and singer
- Frank Cottrell-Boyce, British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor
- Elizabeth Pena, American actress (d. 2014)
- 1960 – Luis Moya, Spanish retired rally co-pilot
- 1961
- Ebrahim Khatamikiya, Iranian Azeri director, film producer, actor and screenwriter
- Pia Hallström, Swedish politician (d. 2016)
- 1962 – Cosimo Fusco, Italian film and television actor
- 1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
- 1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh football player and manager
- 1967 – Chris Wilder, English former football player and manager
- 1968 – Michelle Thomas, American actress
- 1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer
- 1971 – Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, Pakistani politician
- 1972 – Jermaine Mauldin Dupri, American record producer, songwriter, and rapper
- 1973 – Toshihiro Hattori, former Japanese international footballer
- 1974
- Cathy Godbold, Australian actress (1974 – 2018)
- Layzie Bone is an American-born rap artist.
- Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
- 1975
- Walid Regragui, Moroccan coach and former international footballer who played as a right back
- Sami Juhani Savio, Finnish politician
- 1976
- Zuhal Topal, Turkish presenter and actress
- Michael Wigge, German television reporter, presenter and author
- 1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
- 1978 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
- 1979
- Ricky Davis, American basketball player
- Fábio Simplício, Brazilian football player
- 1980 – Sahin Imranov, Azerbaijani boxer
- 1981
- Robert Doornbos, former Dutch Formula 1 driver
- Natalie Horler, German-British singer and songwriter
- 1982
- Aina Clotet, Spanish actress
- Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
- 1983
- Cholera, Turkish rap musician
- Lucas Prisor, German actor
- 1984 – Diogo Valente, Portuguese footballer
- 1986 – Emre Aktaş, Turkish football player
- 1987 – Yu Kobayashi, Japanese football player
- 1988
- Kairi Sane, Japanese wrestler and actress
- Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine professional tennis player
- 1989
- Brandon Jennings, American professional basketball player for the Shanxi Brave Dragons of Chinese teams
- Hira Tekindor, Turkish theater, short film director and translator
- 1990 – Çağatay Ulusoy, Turkish model and actor
- 1991 – Akhmed Bataev, Bulgarian wrestler
- 1992 – Oğuzhan Özyakup, Turkish national football player
- 1993 – Sarah Hildebrandt, American wrestler
- 1994
- Yerry Mina, Colombian footballer
- Yusuf Mersin, British-Turkish footballer
- Wilder Cartagena, Peruvian international footballer
- 1995 - Jack Aitken, British-Korean racing driver
- 1996
- Lee Hi, South Korean singer
- Kevork Pamukciyan, Turkish Armenian writer, history and biography researcher
- 1997
- Murat Firat, Turkish wrestler
- John Collins, American basketball player
Deaths
- 76 – Linus, Pope (second Christian martyr after Peter) (b. ?)
- 965 – Mütenebbî, poet who lived in the 10th century and is considered one of the most important names of Arabic poetry (b. 915)
- 1193 – Robert de Sablé, was the General Captain of the Knights Templar from 1191 to 1193 and Lord of Cyprus from 1191 to 1192 (b. 1150)
- 1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
- 1253 – Wenceslaus I, king of Bohemia who ruled from 1230 – 1253 (b. 1205)
- 1736 – Maria Pronchisheva, Russian female polar explorer (b. 1710).
- 1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
- 1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguay's national hero (b. 1764)
- 1870 – Prosper Merimee, French novelist (b. 1803)
- 1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
- 1877 – Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811)
- 1885 – Carl Spitzweg, German poet and painter (b. 1808)
- 1896 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet (b. 1813)
- 1911 – Henry Houssaye, French historian, academic, art and literary critic (b. 1848)
- 1929 – Richard Zsigmondy, German chemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry (b. 1865)
- 1936 – Meir Dizengoff, Israeli politician and first Mayor of Tel Aviv (b. 1861)
- 1939 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychologist and philosopher (b. 1856)
- 1944 – Jakob Schaffner, Swiss novelist (b. 1875)
- 1951 – Yörük Ali Efe, hero of the Turkish War of Independence (b. 1895)
- 1953 – Ernest Mamboury, Swiss teacher (b. 1878)
- 1967 – Ali Sami Boyar, Turkish painter (b. 1880)
- 1969 – Taylan Özgür, Turkish revolutionary and co-founder of THKO (b. 1948)
- 1970 – Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)
- 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- 1987 – Bob Fosse, American choreographer and film director (b. 1927)
- 1994 – Robert Bloch, American author (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Bülent Oran, Turkish film actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2005 – Filiberto Ojeda Rios, Puerto Rican musician and leader of the Boricua People's Army, fighting for the independence of the island of Puerto Rico (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Ali Kemal İskender, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actor (b. 1940)
- 2009 – Ertuğrul Osman Osmanoğlu, Head of the Ottoman Dynasty (b. 1912)
- 2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African heavyweight boxer (b. 1966)
- 2012 – Jean Taittinger, French politician and former minister (b. 1923)
- 2015 – Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Spanish theater director, writer and actor (b. 1940)
- 2015 – Denis Sonet, French Catholic clergyman, writer and educator (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Leyla Demiriş, Turkish soprano and opera singer (b. 1945)
- 2017 – Valeri Asapov, general in the Russian army (b. 1966)
- 2018 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese-American, British physicist and Nobel Prize laureate in Physics (b. 1933)
- 2018 – Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940)
- 2019 – Al Alvarez, English writer, critic and poet (b. 1929)
- 2019 – Curt Wittlin, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1941)
- 2020 – Vaha Agayev, Russian politician (b. 1953)
- 2020 – Juliette Gréco, French actress and singer (b. 1927)
- 2022 – Louise Fletcher, American film, television actress and Best Actress Academy Award winner (b. 1934)
Holidays and special occasions
- Sun enters Libra – Beginning of Autumn.
- Equinox (equality of day and night)
- Spring Equinox (Southern Hemisphere)
- Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere)
- Independence Day of Armenia
- Saudi Arabia's Independence Day
