September 23rd, 1836

Born on September 23rd, 1836

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 23rd?

September 23rd, 2019

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.

September 23rd, 2016

Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.

September 23rd, 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 by lethal injection.

September 23rd, 2008

A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 1952

U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech (pictured), one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.

September 23rd, 1920

The Louisiana hurricane dissipated over Kansas after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.

September 23rd, 1913

The United Mine Workers of America begin a strike against the Rockefeller-owned Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, sparking the Colorado Coalfield War.

September 23rd, 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.

September 23rd, 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.

September 23rd, 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.

September 23rd, 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.

September 23rd, 1122

Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed to the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy.

September 23rd, 2008

Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.

September 23rd, 2004

Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.

September 23rd, 1983

Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 23rd?

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

37

Kaylee DeFer

American actress

*September 23rd, 1986, Tucson

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

90

John Boyd Orr

Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (1880-1971)

*September 23rd, 1880, Kilmaurs †June 25th, 1971, Brechin

43

Romy Schneider

German-French actress (1938–1982)

*September 23rd, 1938, Vienna †May 29th, 1982, 7th arrondissement of Paris

64

Jason Alexander

American actor, comedian, director and television host

*September 23rd, 1959, Newark

45

Anthony Mackie

American actor

*September 23rd, 1978, New Orleans

84

Jaroslav Seifert

Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate

*September 23rd, 1901, Žižkov †January 10th, 1986, Prague

91

Georg Keßler

German association football player, manager and university teacher

*September 23rd, 1932, Sankt Ingbert

61

Indra Gunawan

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1947, Surakarta City †June 7th, 2009

76

Hippolyte Fizeau

French physicist (1819-1896)

*September 23rd, 1819, Paris †September 18th, 1896, Jouarre (Seine-et-Marne). Le petit cloître de l’abbaye

69

George C. Wolfe

American playwright

*September 23rd, 1954, Frankfort

88

Victoria Woodhull

American suffragist, editor (1838-1927)

*September 23rd, 1838, Homer †June 9th, 1927, Bredon

47

Anya Marina

American musician

*September 23rd, 1976, Ann Arbor

93

Mickey Rooney

American actor (1920–2014)

*September 23rd, 1920, Brooklyn †April 6th, 2014, Studio City

39

Anneliese van der Pol

Dutch actress (born 1984)

*September 23rd, 1984, Amsterdam

67

Lino Alarco

Peruvian politician

*September 23rd, 1835, Lima †June 13th, 1903, Lima

83

Alfred Boucher

French sculptor (1850-1934)

*September 23rd, 1850, Nogent-sur-Seine †August 18th, 1934, Aix-les-Bains

68

William Archer

Scottish critic and translator

*September 23rd, 1856, Perth †December 27th, 1924, London

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86

Sara Plummer Lemmon

American botanist (1836-1923)

*September 3rd, 1836, New Gloucester †January 15th, 1923, Stockton

65

Bret Harte

American writer and poet

*August 25th, 1836, Albany †May 5th, 1902, London

70

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

American poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)

*November 11th, 1836, Portsmouth †March 19th, 1907, Boston

80

Wilhelmine von Hillern

German actress and writer

*March 11th, 1836, Munich †December 15th, 1916, Aschau im Chiemgau

64

Wilhelm Steinitz

Austrian-American chess player

*May 17th, 1836, Prague †August 12th, 1900, New York City

73

Mily Balakirev

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1837-1910)

*December 21st, 1836, Nizhny Novgorod †May 16th, 1910, Saint Petersburg

71

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908

*September 7th, 1836, Glasgow †April 22nd, 1908, Downing Street

56

Michał Elwiro Andriolli

Polish artist, architect, and revolutionary

*November 14th, 1836, Vilnius †August 23rd, 1893, Nałęczów

50

Ramakrishna

Indian mystic and religious preacher (1836–1886)

*February 18th, 1836, Kamarpukur †August 16th, 1886, Kolkata

69

Adolf von Wittich

Politician (1836-1906)

*August 28th, 1836, Trzcianka †February 23rd, 1906, Würzburg

71

Ernest Blum

French writer

*August 15th, 1836, former 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 19th, 1907, 10th arrondissement of Paris

34

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Spanish poet

*February 17th, 1836, Seville †December 22nd, 1870, Madrid

77

Joseph Chamberlain

British politician (1836-1914)

*July 8th, 1836, London †July 2nd, 1914, London

65

James Tissot

French painter and illustrator (1836–1902)

*October 15th, 1836, Nantes †August 8th, 1902, Chenecey-Buillon

71

Joaquina Cabrera

Guatemalan First Mother of the Nation

*August 21st, 1836, Quetzaltenango †July 3rd, 1908, Guatemala City

86

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Peruvian politician, military (1836-1923)

*November 10th, 1836, Ayacucho †October 10th, 1923, Lima

76

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)

*January 8th, 1836, Dronryp †June 25th, 1912, Wiesbaden

54

Léo Delibes

French composer (1836–1891)

*February 21st, 1836, La Flèche †January 16th, 1891, Paris

73

Thomas Crapper

British plumber

*September 28th, 1836, Thorne †January 27th, 1910, Anerley

99

Juliette Adam

Author, salonnière

*October 4th, 1836, Verberie †August 23rd, 1936, Callian

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Leap year

Yes: 1836 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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