27 September
Notable Births
Jenna Ortega
b. 2002
American actress (born 2002)
Caleb Love
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
David Malukas
b. 2001
American racing driver (born 2001)
Jaiden Animations
b. 1997
American YouTuber and animator (born 1997)
Kwon Eun-bi
b. 1995
South Korean singer (born 1995)
Christian Wood
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Dylan Walker
b. 1994
Australia international rugby league footballer (born 1994)
Sayak Chakraborty
b. 1994
Indian actor (born 1994)
Lisandro Magallán
b. 1993
Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Ryan Murray
b. 1993
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Monica Puig
b. 1993
Puerto Rican tennis player
Lachlan Burr
b. 1992
Australian professional rugby league footballer
Sam Lerner
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Ryan O'Shaughnessy
b. 1992
Irish singer (born 1992)
Granit Xhaka
b. 1992
Swiss footballer (born 1992)
Simona Halep
b. 1991
Romanian tennis player (born 1991)
Thomas Mann (actor)
b. 1991
American actor (born 1991)
Anete Paulus
b. 1991
Estonian footballer
Rio Uchida
b. 1991
Japanese actress and gravure idol (born 1991)
Dion Lewis
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Notable Deaths
Russell M. Nelson
d. 2025
LDS Church president (1924–2025)
Hassan Nasrallah
d. 2024
Secretary-General of Hezbollah from 1992 to 2024
Maggie Smith
d. 2024
British actress (1934–2024)
Michael Gambon
d. 2023
Irish-English actor (1940–2023)
Marty Balin
d. 2018
American singer, songwriter, and musician (1942–2018)
Hugh Hefner
d. 2017
American magazine publisher (1926–2017)
Syed Ahmed (politician)
d. 2015
Governor of Jharkhand, Indian politician, author (1945–2015)
Pietro Ingrao
d. 2015
Italian politician and journalist (1915–2015)
Kallen Pokkudan
d. 2015
Indian author and activist
Frank Tyson
d. 2015
England cricketer (1930–2015)
Gaby Aghion
d. 2014
French Jewish fashion designer (1921–2014)
Wally Hergesheimer
d. 2014
Canadian ice hockey player
Abdelmajid Lakhal
d. 2014
Tunisian theatre director and actor
James Traficant
d. 2014
American politician (1941–2014)
Oscar Castro-Neves
d. 2013
Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer
Eddie Bert
d. 2012
American jazz trombonist (1922–2012)
Herbert Lom
d. 2012
Czech actor (1917–2012)
David Croft (TV producer)
d. 2011
English writer, producer and director (1922–2011)
Imre Makovecz
d. 2011
Hungarian architect (1935–2011)
Balaji Sadasivan
d. 2010
Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (1955–2010)
On This Day in History
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2020
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War: Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians.
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
2019
Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change across 2,400 locations worldwide.
September 2019 climate strikes
2014
63 people are killed in an eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan.
2014 Mount Ontake eruption
2012
In Minneapolis, a gunman shoots eight people, killing six and injuring 2 and then kills himself.
Minneapolis firm shooting
2008
CNSA astronaut Zhai Zhigang becomes the first Chinese person to perform a spacewalk.
Zhai Zhigang
2007
NASA launches the Dawn probe to the asteroid belt.
Dawn (spacecraft)
2003
The SMART-1 satellite is launched.
SMART-1
2001
In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
Zug massacre
1998
The Google internet search engine retroactively claims this date as its birthday.
1996
The Battle of Kabul ends in a Taliban victory; an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is established.
Battle of Kabul (1992–1996)
1996
Confusion on a tanker ship results in the Julie N oil spill in Portland, Maine.
Julie N oil spill
1993
The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
Ethnic cleansing of Georgians in Sukhumi
1992
Palestinian prisoners went on a 15-day hunger strike.
Palestinians in Israeli custody
1988
The National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and others to fight dictatorship in Myanmar.
National League for Democracy
1977
Japan Airlines Flight 715 crashes on approach to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Subang, Malaysia, killing 34 of the 79 people on board.
Japan Air Lines Flight 715
1975
The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
Last use of capital punishment in Spain
1973
Texas International Airlines Flight 655 crashes into the Black Fork Mountain Wilderness near Mena, Arkansas, killing all 11 people on board.
Texas International Airlines Flight 655
1964
The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight.
BAC TSR-2
1962
The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
Yemen Arab Republic
1962
Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Silent Spring