A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on September 23 throughout history.
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Henry V (German: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the...
Fall of Tripolitsa: Greek forces massacre 6,000 to 15,000 Muslim and Jewish civilians during the Greek War of Independence
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and...
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support the integration of nine Black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas after a white mob forces them to withdraw
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare," a free healthcare program for 500 million people, the world's largest healthcare initiative
Nintendo Koppai (later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda
The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, on ABC, then later aired in reruns via...
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the...
The first baseball team, the New York Knickerbockers, organizes and adopts a rulebook, known as the Knickerbocker Rules
Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius, Earl of Simmeren
Russian novelist and author of "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy (34) marries Sophia Andreevna Behrs (18) daughter of a physician in Moscow, Russia until his death in 1910
American gangster Sam Giancana (25) weds Angeline DeTolve, until her death in 1954
Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (33) divorces first wife Blanche Lasky after 5 years of marriage
American actress Lisa Linde (39) divorces American "X-Men" actor James Marsden (38) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
King of Italy (Italian: Re d'Italia; Latin: Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire: an inferior Yorkist force defeats a larger Lancastrian force in a major battle of the English Wars of the Roses
John I Albert (Polish: Jan I Olbracht; 27 December 1459 – 17 June 1501) was King of Poland from 1492 to his death and Duke of Głogów from 1491 to 1498.
What was originally called Harvard Colledge (around which Harvard University eventually grew) held its first Commencement in September 1642, when nine degrees were conferred. Today some 1700...
Jacob Gilles is appointed Dutch pension advisor
The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cents) was the lower house of the legislature of the French First Republic under the Constitution of the Year III.
The Maratha army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in the Indian subcontinent.
Border demarcation markers for Neutral Moresnet, a small territory administered jointly by the Netherlands and Prussia, are installed
Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago
Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis...
Russian warship Leffort disappears in a storm in the Gulf of Finland; 826 die
The Chattanooga campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S.
The Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Comité Revolucionario de Puerto Rico, CRPR) was founded on January 8, 1867, by pro-independence Puerto Rican exiles such as Segundo Ruiz Belvis,...
Tom Allen defeats Mike McCale for the Heavyweight Boxing title
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded on September 19, 1876.
Hurricane strikes Curaçao and Bonaire, killing 200
The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia, from 1879 until 1961.
Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883...
Tongariro National Park forms in New Zealand after a proposal by local chief Ngāti Tūwharetoa, becoming the fourth national park in the world [1]
Ed Cartwright bats in seven RBIs in one inning
Vocational school Throop Institute, later California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is established in Pasadena, California
French labor union CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail) forms
Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the United States, held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
British Colonel Francis Younghusband and his expedition, along with an accompanying military force, leave Lhasa, Tibet
Siege of Fort Mahenge in German East Africa is broken
Proclamation sets the fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada
Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch second, causing the third out in the ninth and disallowing the winning run; the game ends tied, and the Cubs win the replay and pennant
United States Post Office Department designates Earl Ovington "Official Air Mail Pilot #1"
French aviator Roland Garros (24) is the first to fly over the Mediterranean Sea from Fréjus, France, to Bizerte, Tunisia, completing the non-stop flight in 7 hours and 53 minutes
Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
Alexandre Millerand10 February 1859 – (1943-04-06)6 April 1943) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1920 to 1924, having previously served as Prime Minister of France...
80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against the Fleet Law
George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man" premieres in NYC
German inventor Johann Ostermeyer receives a US patent for the flashbulb, initially marketed under the brand name Vacublitz
MLB New York Yankees commit five errors (three by shortstop Frankie Crosetti) but beat the Red Sox 16-12 at Fenway Park, Boston
Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Tigers
Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6 as the Dodgers get 27 hits and beat the Phillies 22-4
General de Gaulle forms a government in exile in London
The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a...
The Holocaust saw the ghettoization, robbery, deportation and mass murder of Jews in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany.
Proclamation No. 30 is issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom
The 1948 Boston Braves season was the 78th consecutive season of the Major League Baseball franchise, its 73rd in the National League.
Canada's first mountain rescue by helicopter of a forestry worker from a Wells Gray Park forestry lookout
KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
Great Britain performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
Australia's first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, the MS Princess of Tasmania, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait
Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
Martin Walser's play "Eiche und Angora" premieres in Berlin
Georgette Ciselet is the first woman on the Belgian Council of State
Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965).
WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes Prime Minister of Malaysia
BBC premieres the world's first teletext service, BBC Ceefax, allowing people to check the latest news without having to wait for the next news bulletin [1]
Preston Jones's "Texas Trilogy" play premieres in New York City
"I Just Fall in Love Again" is a song written by Larry Herbstritt, with co-writers Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov.
MLB St. Louis Cardinals legend Lou Brock steals his 938th and final base of his career
Amin Gemayel is sworn in as President of Lebanon
Argentine military regime grants amnesty to military and political assassins
MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher to win 300 games, beating the Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (45) announces his retirement after 22 seasons, with a career record of 314-265, a 3.11 ERA, and 3,534 strikeouts
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 23, 1984. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. The top shows of the night were Cheers and...
George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager.
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out the first 8 Dodgers of the game and ends with 10
José Canseco Capas Jr. is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in the 6th inning
PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on the Civil War
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Jackson Browne reportedly beats girlfriend Daryl Hannah
Paul Chu's group reports superconductivity at -123°C (a record high)
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (WZMT 97.9 FM) and in West Palm Beach, Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter
The project that became Firefox today began as an experimental branch of the Mozilla Suite called m browser).
Crime drama "NCIS," starring Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, and David McCallum, premieres on CBS in the US
At least 1,070 people in Haiti are reported killed by floods caused by Hurricane Jeanne
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (April 26, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Puerto Rican independence activist who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the...
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan, the Philippines, China, and Hong Kong in mid September 2013.
39-year-old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws a 17-yard pass to Michael Thomas to become the NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Chicago: Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World
-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide and prompting the largest postwar repatriation effort by the UK government
Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously thought [1]
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 2 home runs with 5 RBIs in an 11-0 win over the Dodgers in LA; becomes the fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career home runs
Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people [1]
Typhoon Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Nando, was an extremely powerful, large, and destructive tropical cyclone that severely affected the northernmost portions of Luzon island in...
Typhoid Mary is born
Walter Lippmann, American journalist, known for american journalist, was born on 1889-09-23.
Michel Temer is born
Mickey Rooney, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1920-09-23. Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was…
Hasan Minhaj, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1986-09-23.
John Coltrane, American musician, known for american jazz saxophonist, was born on 1926-09-23.
Bruce Springsteen, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1950-09-23. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Marty Schottenheimer, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1943-09-23.
Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine athlete, known for argentine tennis player, was born on 1989-09-23. Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No.
Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal, known for german field marshal, was born on 1890-09-23.
Aldo Moro is born
King of Italy (Italian: Re d'Italia; Latin: Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Henry V (German: Heinrich V.; probably 11 August 1081 or 1086 – 23 May 1125) was King of Germany (from 1099 to 1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (from 1111 to 1125), as the fourth and last ruler of the...
Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire: an inferior Yorkist force defeats a larger Lancastrian force in a major battle of the English Wars of the Roses
John I Albert (Polish: Jan I Olbracht; 27 December 1459 – 17 June 1501) was King of Poland from 1492 to his death and Duke of Głogów from 1491 to 1498.
What was originally called Harvard Colledge (around which Harvard University eventually grew) held its first Commencement in September 1642, when nine degrees were conferred. Today some 1700...
Princess Maria of Orange-Nassau marries Mauritius, Earl of Simmeren
Jacob Gilles is appointed Dutch pension advisor
The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cents) was the lower house of the legislature of the French First Republic under the Constitution of the Year III.
The Maratha army was the land-based armed forces of the Maratha Empire, which existed from the late 17th to the early 19th centuries in the Indian subcontinent.
Border demarcation markers for Neutral Moresnet, a small territory administered jointly by the Netherlands and Prussia, are installed
Fall of Tripolitsa: Greek forces massacre 6,000 to 15,000 Muslim and Jewish civilians during the Greek War of Independence
Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago
The first baseball team, the New York Knickerbockers, organizes and adopts a rulebook, known as the Knickerbocker Rules
Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis...
Russian warship Leffort disappears in a storm in the Gulf of Finland; 826 die
Otto Eduard Leopold, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and...
Russian novelist and author of "War and Peace" Leo Tolstoy (34) marries Sophia Andreevna Behrs (18) daughter of a physician in Moscow, Russia until his death in 1910
The Chattanooga campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in October and November 1863, during the American Civil War. Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S.
The Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Comité Revolucionario de Puerto Rico, CRPR) was founded on January 8, 1867, by pro-independence Puerto Rican exiles such as Segundo Ruiz Belvis,...
Typhoid Mary is born
Tom Allen defeats Mike McCale for the Heavyweight Boxing title
The Ottawa Rough Riders were a Canadian Football League team based in Ottawa, Ontario, founded on September 19, 1876.
Hurricane strikes Curaçao and Bonaire, killing 200
The Sydney tramway network served the inner suburbs of Sydney, Australia, from 1879 until 1961.
Jules François Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican philosopher. He was one of the leaders of the Moderate Republicans and served as Prime Minister of France from 1880 to 1881 and 1883...
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to...
Tongariro National Park forms in New Zealand after a proposal by local chief Ngāti Tūwharetoa, becoming the fourth national park in the world [1]
Nintendo Koppai (later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda
Walter Lippmann, American journalist, known for american journalist, was born on 1889-09-23.
Ed Cartwright bats in seven RBIs in one inning
Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal, known for german field marshal, was born on 1890-09-23.
Vocational school Throop Institute, later California Institute of Technology (Caltech), is established in Pasadena, California
French labor union CGT (Confédération Générale du Travail) forms
Cheyenne Frontier Days is an outdoor rodeo and western celebration in the United States, held annually since 1897 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
British Colonel Francis Younghusband and his expedition, along with an accompanying military force, leave Lhasa, Tibet
Siege of Fort Mahenge in German East Africa is broken
Proclamation sets the fineness and weight of silver and bronze coins of Canada
Giant Fred (Bonehead) Merkle fails to touch second, causing the third out in the ninth and disallowing the winning run; the game ends tied, and the Cubs win the replay and pennant
United States Post Office Department designates Earl Ovington "Official Air Mail Pilot #1"
French aviator Roland Garros (24) is the first to fly over the Mediterranean Sea from Fréjus, France, to Bizerte, Tunisia, completing the non-stop flight in 7 hours and 53 minutes
Reds drop their 19th straight game, then beat Boston Braves
Film producer Samuel Goldwyn (33) divorces first wife Blanche Lasky after 5 years of marriage
Aldo Moro is born
Alexandre Millerand10 February 1859 – (1943-04-06)6 April 1943) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1920 to 1924, having previously served as Prime Minister of France...
Mickey Rooney, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1920-09-23. Mickey Rooney (born Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was…
80,000 demonstrate in Amsterdam against the Fleet Law
George Kaufman's "Butter and Egg Man" premieres in NYC
John Coltrane, American musician, known for american jazz saxophonist, was born on 1926-09-23.
German inventor Johann Ostermeyer receives a US patent for the flashbulb, initially marketed under the brand name Vacublitz
American gangster Sam Giancana (25) weds Angeline DeTolve, until her death in 1954
MLB New York Yankees commit five errors (three by shortstop Frankie Crosetti) but beat the Red Sox 16-12 at Fenway Park, Boston
Yankees lose 9-5 but clinch pennant when Red Sox beat Tigers
Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6 as the Dodgers get 27 hits and beat the Phillies 22-4
General de Gaulle forms a government in exile in London
Michel Temer is born
The Battle of Stalingrad (17 July 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a...
The Holocaust saw the ghettoization, robbery, deportation and mass murder of Jews in occupied Poland by Nazi Germany.
Marty Schottenheimer, American athlete, known for american football player and coach, was born on 1943-09-23.
Proclamation No. 30 is issued, declaring the existence of a state of war between the Philippines and the United States and the United Kingdom
The 1948 Boston Braves season was the 78th consecutive season of the Major League Baseball franchise, its 73rd in the National League.
Canada's first mountain rescue by helicopter of a forestry worker from a Wells Gray Park forestry lookout
Bruce Springsteen, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1950-09-23. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders US troops to support the integration of nine Black students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas after a white mob forces them to withdraw
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the...
Great Britain performs an atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
Australia's first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, the MS Princess of Tasmania, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait
The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It originally aired in prime time from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, on ABC, then later aired in reruns via...
Maurice Morning Wills (October 2, 1932 – September 19, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and manager.
Martin Walser's play "Eiche und Angora" premieres in Berlin
Georgette Ciselet is the first woman on the Belgian Council of State
Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965).
WKAS TV channel 25 in Ashland, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes Prime Minister of Malaysia
BBC premieres the world's first teletext service, BBC Ceefax, allowing people to check the latest news without having to wait for the next news bulletin [1]
Preston Jones's "Texas Trilogy" play premieres in New York City
"I Just Fall in Love Again" is a song written by Larry Herbstritt, with co-writers Steve Dorff, Harry Lloyd, and Gloria Sklerov.
MLB St. Louis Cardinals legend Lou Brock steals his 938th and final base of his career
Amin Gemayel is sworn in as President of Lebanon
Argentine military regime grants amnesty to military and political assassins
MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher to win 300 games, beating the Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (45) announces his retirement after 22 seasons, with a career record of 314-265, a 3.11 ERA, and 3,534 strikeouts
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 23, 1984. The ceremony was broadcast on CBS, from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California. The top shows of the night were Cheers and...
George Lee "Sparky" Anderson (February 22, 1934 – November 4, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) player, coach, and manager.
The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out the first 8 Dodgers of the game and ends with 10
Hasan Minhaj, American comedian and actor, known for american comedian and actor, was born on 1986-09-23.
José Canseco Capas Jr. is a Cuban-American former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in the 6th inning
Juan Martín del Potro, Argentine athlete, known for argentine tennis player, was born on 1989-09-23. Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No.
PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on the Civil War
The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Jackson Browne reportedly beats girlfriend Daryl Hannah
Paul Chu's group reports superconductivity at -123°C (a record high)
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (WZMT 97.9 FM) and in West Palm Beach, Florida (WCLB 95.5 FM)
Seattle Mariners break record for most home runs in a year (258)
NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter
The project that became Firefox today began as an experimental branch of the Mozilla Suite called m browser).
Crime drama "NCIS," starring Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette, and David McCallum, premieres on CBS in the US
At least 1,070 people in Haiti are reported killed by floods caused by Hurricane Jeanne
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (April 26, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Puerto Rican independence activist who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the...
American actress Lisa Linde (39) divorces American "X-Men" actor James Marsden (38) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan, the Philippines, China, and Hong Kong in mid September 2013.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare," a free healthcare program for 500 million people, the world's largest healthcare initiative
39-year-old New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees throws a 17-yard pass to Michael Thomas to become the NFL career pass leader, breaking Brett Favre's record of 6,300 completions; Saints beat Falcons 43-37
Laver Cup Men's Tennis, Chicago: Alexander Zverev beats Kevin Anderson 6-7, 7-5, 10-7 to complete a 13-8 win for Team Europe over Team World
-year-old British travel company Thomas Cook goes into liquidation, stranding 600,000 travelers worldwide and prompting the largest postwar repatriation effort by the UK government
Fossilized footprints 23,000-21,000 years old from White Sands, New Mexico indicate settlement by humans of North and South America earlier than previously thought [1]
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols hits 2 home runs with 5 RBIs in an 11-0 win over the Dodgers in LA; becomes the fourth player in MLB history to hit 700 career home runs
Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people [1]
Typhoon Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Nando, was an extremely powerful, large, and destructive tropical cyclone that severely affected the northernmost portions of Luzon island in...