Events in History
- Sep 3 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula
- Sep 3 Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion
- Sep 6 20 people are killed by Islamist militants in villages in northeast Nigeria
- Sep 7 14 Syrian rebels and 2 civilians are killed by heavy government shelling of Damascus
- Sep 7 15 people are killed by a restaurant car bombing by Al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia
Event of Interest
Sep 7 Chinese President Xi Jinping announces plans to develop a new 'Silk Road Economic Belt' (part of Belt and Road Initiative) during visit to Kazakhstan
- Sep 7 Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister of Australia after a Liberal-National Coalitions wins the election
- Sep 8 11 people are killed after a minibus collides with a train in Lasi, Romania
- Sep 8 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City
- Sep 8 6 people are killed and 9 are injured after a minibus collides with a car in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Sep 9 18 people are killed in conflict between government and Boko Harem troops in Borno State, Nigeria
- Sep 9 44 people are killed and 45 are injured after a bus crashes into a ravine in Northern Guatemala
- Sep 9 60 people are killed in conflict between rebels and loyalists in the Central African Republic
- Sep 9 Erna Solberg is elected Prime Minister of Norway after a centre-right coalition wins a majority in their elections
- Sep 10 16 people are killed after a series of bomb attacks across Iraq
- Sep 10 Three people are killed after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashes in the Arctic Ocean
- Sep 11 12 Alawite sect members are killed by rebel fighters in central Syria
- Sep 13 30 people are killed by a mosque bombing attack in Baghdad, Iraq
- Sep 13 9 people are killed after massive floods in Galati County, Romania
- Sep 15 21 people are killed in a series of bombings in Baghdad and Shia provinces, Iraq
- Sep 15 27 people are killed after a coal mine collapses in Afghanistan
- Sep 15 Edi Rama is elected Prime Minister of Albania
- Sep 15 Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor
- Sep 16 12 people are killed after a gunman opens fire at a naval yard in Washington, D.C.
- Sep 16 21 people are killed by Hurricane Ingrid in Mexico
Election of Interest
Sep 16 Paul Kagame wins re-election to the Rwandan presidency in a landslide
- Sep 17 6 people are killed after a train and double-decker bus collide in Ottawa, Canada
- Sep 20 46 soldiers are killed in army-base attacks in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen
- Sep 20 Grand Theft Auto becomes the fastest entertainment product to reach $1 Billion in sales
- Sep 20 Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is boarded by Russian military
- Sep 21 100 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq
- Sep 21 59 people are killed and 175 wounded in a shopping mall gun battle in Nairobi, Kenya
- Sep 21 6 people are killed in military and insurgent conflict in Zamboanga City, Philippines
- Sep 22 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
Election of Interest
Sep 22 Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats win a third term with their best result since 1990 in German Federal elections
- Sep 23 25 people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China
- Sep 24 515 people are killed by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Balochistan, Pakistan
- Sep 27 19 people are killed and 45 are injured in a bus bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
- Sep 27 60 people are killed after a building collapses in Mumbai, India
- Sep 27 7 people are killed in mosque bombings in Baghdad, Iraq
- Sep 27 At least 22 people are killed after a refugee ship capsizes off the island of Java
- Sep 28 27 villagers are killed by Boko Harem in northeast Nigeria
- Sep 28 Hawthorn defeats Fremantle to win the 2013 Australian Rules Premiership
- Sep 29 16 people are killed by a Syrian Army air strike that hit a secondary school in Raqqa, Syria
- Sep 29 42 people are killed by Boko Harem in a college attack in Gujba, Nigeria
- Sep 30 54 people are killed by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
Weddings in History
George Soros
Sep 21 US billionaire investor and active supporter of liberal political causes George Soros (83) weds health care and education consultant Tamiko Bolton (42) at his estate in Bedford, New York
Deaths in History
- Sep 2 Frederik Pohl, American sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl), dies at 93
- Sep 2 Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician (2nd Governor-General of Grenada (1978-92)), dies at 78
- Sep 2 Ronald Coase, British economist (Nobel Prize in Economics 1991), dies at 102
- Sep 3 Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-born American criminal famous for kidnapping 3 women between 2002-4, commits suicide 1 month into his life sentence at 53
- Sep 3 Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer, dies at 95
- Sep 10 Clay Shaw, American politician (Rep-R-FL, 1981-2007), dies from lung cancer at 74
Ray Dolby (1933-2013)
Sep 12 American engineer, sound expert, and inventor (Dolby noise reduction system), dies of leukemia at 80
- Sep 14 Stefan Wewerka, German architect and sculptor, dies at 84
- Sep 15 Frances Bairstow, American labor relations arbitrator, dies at 93
- Sep 19 Robert Barnard, British mystery writer, dies at 76
- Sep 22 David Hubel, Canadian-born American neurologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 87
- Sep 23 Hugo Raes, Flemish writer (Horses Jump & Fresh Sea), dies at 84
- Sep 23 Ruth Patrick, American botanist and limnologist, dies at 105
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