Tukuk-OS📅 September 23
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 23? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
- 2016 — Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.
- 2010 — Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed via lethal injection.
- 2008 — A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.
Kauhajoki school shootingSeinäjoki University of Applied SciencesKauhajoki
- 2002 — The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.
- 1997 — Irish rock band U2 performed in Sarajevo (pictured), the first major artist to hold a concert in the city since the end of the Bosnian War.
- 1983 — Flying from Pakistan, Gulf Air Flight 771 was bombed up by the Abu Nidal Organization while on approach over the United Arab Emirates (UAE), killing all 112 people on board.
Gulf Air Flight 771Abu Nidal OrganizationUnited Arab Emirates
- 1983 — Flying from Pakistan, Gulf Air Flight 771 was blown up by the Abu Nidal Organization while on approach over the United Arab Emirates, killing all 112 people on board.
- 1952 — U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech, one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.
- 1920 — The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.
- 1913 — The United Mine Workers of America began a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado Coalfield War.
United Mine Workers of AmericaJohn D. Rockefeller Jr.Colorado Fuel and Iron
- 1884 — The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego Gold Rush.
- 1803 — Maratha troops were defeated by forces of the British East India Company at the Battle of Assaye, one of the decisive battles of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.
- 1780 — American Revolutionary War: British officer John André was captured by Patriot forces, thereby revealing a plot by Continental Army general Benedict Arnold to hand over West Point, New York.
- 1642 — First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians, ended in a Royalist victory.
- 1122 — Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy.
Pope Callixtus IIHenry V, Holy Roman EmperorConcordat of Worms
Births
- 2001 — Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film director
- 1999 — Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer
- 1997 — John Collins, American basketball player
- 1996 — Napheesa Collier, American basketball player
- 1994 — Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer
- 1994 — Bai Lu, Chinese Actress
- 1993 — Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1992 — Angel Garza, Mexican wrestler
- 1991 — Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer
- 1991 — Key, South Korean singer and entertainer
- 1991 — Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
- 1989 — Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
Deaths
- 2026 — Bob Pettit, American basketball player and coach (born 1932)
- 2021 — John Elliott, Australian businessman (born 1941)
- 2021 — Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (born 1933)
- 2020 — Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (born 1927)
- 2018 — Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933)
- 2018 — Gary Kurtz, American film producer (born 1940)
- 2018 — Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born 1942)
- 2015 — Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930)
- 2014 — A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (born 1943)
- 2014 — Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (born 1934)
- 2014 — Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (born 1934)
- 2014 — Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (born 1913)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Adomnán
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska
- Christian feast day: Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Elena Duglioli
- Christian feast day:
Elisabeth and Zechariah
Elizabeth, mother of John the BaptistZechariah, father of John the Baptist
- Christian feast day: Blessed Émilie Gamelin
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francisco de Paula Victor
- Christian feast day: Padre Pio
- Christian feast day: Pope Linus
- Christian feast day: Sossius
- Christian feast day: Thecla (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)
- Haifa Day (Israel)
- Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)
- Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- National Day (Saudi Arabia)
- Teachers' Day (Brunei)
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day (bisexual community)
- International Day of Sign Languages
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