- 1249 Count Raymond VII of Toulouse (b. 1197)
- 1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster", dies
- 1404 William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
- 1557 Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
- 1566 Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
- 1590 Urban VII, [Giambattista Castagna], Italian Pope (1590), dies
- 1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
- 1615 Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
- 1617 Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
- 1641 Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
- 1651 Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, dies at 78
- 1660 Vincent de Paul, French Roman Catholic Saint, dies at 79
- 1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies
- 1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
- 1700 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
- 1719 George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
- 1730 Laurence Eusden, English poet, Poet Laureate (1718-30), dies at 42
- 1735 Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
- 1737 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, dies at 57
- 1742 Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (b. 1672)
- 1783 Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (b. 1730)
- 1821 Luis Brión, Curacaos military officer who fought in the Venezuelan War of Independence, dies at 39
- 1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91
- 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
- 1832 Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher, dies at 51
- 1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies at 63
- 1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl and Foreign Minister, dies at 58
- 1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
- 1876 Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
- 1883 Ram Mohan Roy, Hindu reformer (founded Brahmo Sabha), dies at 61
- 1891 Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
- 1903 Alson Sherman, American politician (8th Mayor of Chicago 1844-45), dies at 92
- 1911 Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (b. 1844)
- 1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
- 1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
- 1915 Remy de Gourmont, French poet, dies at 57
- 1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61
- 1917 Edgar Degas, French impressionist painter, sculptor and artist (The Bellelli Family), dies at 83
- 1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
- 1940 Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
- 1942 Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
- 1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist (Pentecostal), dies at 53
- 1944 Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
- 1944 Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Russian photographer and chemist, dies at 81
- 1953 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter and caricaturist (Rocks of Oran), dies at 72
- 1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
- 1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
- 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist and suffragette, dies at 78
- 1961 Hilda Doolittle, American poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75
- 1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (1962), dies at 52
- 1967 Felix Yussupov, Russian aristocrat, dies at 80
- 1972 S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
- 1974 Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
- 1975 Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
- 1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
- 1982 Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
- 1988 William V. Shannon, American journalist and ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61
- 1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
- 1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66
- 1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
- 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
Jimmy Doolittle
1993 James Doolittle, US air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
Jimmy Doolittle
- 1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51
- 1994 Guiseppe Martelli, Italian physicist, dies at 71
- 1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
- 1996 Mohammad Najibullah, President of Afghanistan (1987-92), executed at 49
- 1997 Walter Trampler, American violist (Beaux Arts Trio), dies at 82
- 2004 John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
- 2007 Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
William Safire
2009 William Safire, American Columnist, dies at 79
William Safire
Hugh Hefner
2017 Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher and businessman (Playboy), dies of natural causes at 91
Hugh Hefner
September in History
!['I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .']()
'I Have Heard The Voice of Adolf Hitler . . .'
Hitler's speech threatening Czechoslovakia was broadcast on this day. Among those listening to the ‘mad dog of Europe’ was a journalist in an American hotel.
September 26, 1938![Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph]()
Fear as First Passenger Train Reaches 15mph
The steam engine Locomotion No. 1 took passengers for a ride on this day – the first in the world to do so and, for at least one person, at frightening speed.
September 27, 1825![And God Created Brigitte Bardot . . .]()
And God Created Brigitte Bardot . . .
Brigitte Bardot, a leading sex symbol of the 1950s and 1960s, was born on this day. Such was her fame that she became widely known simply by her initials – BB.
September 28, 1934![Major Effect of a Miniature Portrait]()
Major Effect of a Miniature Portrait
He fought many a battle but the warrior Clive of India, born on this day, was brought to his knees by a small picture of a beautiful woman.
September 29, 1725
