Events in History
- Sep 19 Beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic when Dr.Acacio Gabriel Viegas detects the first case in Mandvi. Goes on to spread and kill 12 million in India.
Event of Interest
Sep 21 British General Kitchener's army occupies Dongola, Sudan
Event of Interest
Sep 22 Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the (then) longest reigning monarch in British history
Birthdays in History
- Sep 1 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian guru, founder of International Society for Krishna Consciousness, born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1977)
- Sep 6 Mario Praz, Italian literary critic and scholar (La carne, la morte, e il diavolo), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1982)
- Sep 10 Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
- Sep 10 Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
- Sep 12 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe), born in Broglio, Switzerland (d. 1952)
- Sep 20 Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga), born in Pavlovka, Russia (d. 1960) [NS=Oct 2]
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Sep 24 American author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Sep 25 Elsa Triolet [Ella Kagan], Russian-French writer and Resistance fighter, born in Moscow (d. 1970)
- Sep 25 Sandro Pertini, 7th President of Italy (1978-85), born in Rome (d. 1990)
- Sep 27 Sam Ervin, American politician (U.S. Senator from North Carolina) and Watergate committee chairman, born in Morganton, North Carolina (d. 1985)
- Sep 30 Jolie Gabor [Janka Tilleman], Hungarian-American jeweler and mother of Magda, Zsa Zsa, & Eva, born in Budapest, Hungary (birth date disputed)
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