September 23
September 23 is the 267th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 99 days remain until the year's end. It falls in autumn (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Libra.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On September 23 the Sun's declination is approximately -1.4°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a September 23.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Christian feast day: Adomnán
- Christian feast day: Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francisco de Paula Victor
- Christian feast day: Padre Pio
- Christian feast day: Pope Linus
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2024 — Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people. ↗(2 years ago)more
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the southwest. Israel illegally occupies the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of the Palestinian territories, as well as the Syrian Golan Heights.
2022 — Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. ↗(4 years ago)more
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a portion or all of a population or group votes to choose an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office or other position of responsibility.
- 2020 — A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S. ↗(6 years ago)
more
A grand jury is a jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a person to testify. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside over its functioning.
2019 — Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident. ↗(7 years ago)more
The 2019 Papua protests were a series of protests by Papuans in Indonesia that began on 19 August 2019 and mainly took place across Indonesian Papua region in response to the arrests of 43 Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java for alleged disrespect of the Indonesian flag.
2013 — Twenty-five people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China. ↗(13 years ago)more
Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan, the Philippines, China, and Hong Kong in mid September 2013. Usagi was the fourth typhoon and the nineteenth tropical storm in the basin.
2010 — Teresa Lewis becomes 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. ↗(16 years ago)more
Teresa Wilson Bean Lewis was an American murderer who was the only woman on death row in Virginia prior to her execution. She was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murders of her husband and stepson in October 2002. Lewis sought to profit from a $250,000 life insurance policy her stepson had taken out as a U.S.
2008 — Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide. ↗(18 years ago)more
On 23 September 2008, a school shooting occurred at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) in Kauhajoki, Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target semi-automatic pistol, before shooting himself in the head. He died a few hours later at Tampere University Hospital.
2004 — Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides. ↗(22 years ago)more
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in both Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western side of the island, which it shares with the Dominican Republic.
1999 — Qantas Flight 1 overruns a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers. ↗(27 years ago)more
Qantas Flight 1 (QF1/QFA1) was a Qantas passenger flight between Sydney and London with a stop in Bangkok-Don Mueang. On 23 September 1999, the aircraft operating as Flight 1 had departed from Sydney that day, and was involved in a runway overrun accident at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok as it was landing for a stopover.
1983 — Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board. ↗(43 years ago)more
Gulf Air Flight 771 was an international scheduled passenger flight from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan, to Abu Dhabi International Airport, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. On 23 September 1983, while the Boeing 737-2P6 was on approach, a bomb, planted by the Iraqi-based Palestinian nationalist militant group, Abu Nidal Organization, exp...
1967 — Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hits Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season. ↗(59 years ago)more
The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.
Notable births
2001 — Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film director ↗(25 years ago)more
Lai Kuan-lin, also romanized as Lai Guanlin and better known mononymously as Guanlin, is a Taiwanese former singer and actor. After finishing seventh on second season of South Korean competition series Produce 101, he joined the boy band Wanna One.
1999 — Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer ↗(27 years ago)more
Song Yuqi, known mononymously as Yuqi, is a Chinese singer-songwriter, dancer and record producer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group I-dle, which debuted as (G)I-dle under Cube Entertainment in May 2018. She has been a cast member of the Chinese variety show Keep Running since 2019 and hosted the KakaoTV reality show Learn Way (2020–2021).
1997 — John Collins, American basketball player ↗(29 years ago)more
John Martin Collins III is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Collins was selected with the 19th pick by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2017 NBA draft.
1996 — Napheesa Collier, American basketball player ↗(30 years ago)more
Napheesa Collier, nicknamed "Phee", is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for the Lunar Owls of Unrivaled. Collier is also a founder of the Unrivaled basketball league along with Breanna Stewart.
1994 — Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer ↗(32 years ago)more
Lee Seung-ah, known as Mijoo (미주), is a South Korean singer and entertainer. She debuted as a member of South Korean girl group Lovelyz under Woollim Entertainment in November 2014. Apart from her group's activities, Mijoo has starred in various Korean variety shows such as, Hit The Stage (2016), Dunia: Into a New World (2018), Sixth Sense (2020–2022), Ha...
1994 — Bai Lu, Chinese Actress ↗(32 years ago)more
Bai Mengyan, known professionally by her stage name Bai Lu, is a Chinese actress, model and singer, best known for her roles in Untouchable Lovers (2018), The Legends (2019), Arsenal Military Academy (2019), Love Is Sweet (2020), One and Only (2021), Forever and Ever (2021), Story of Kunning Palace (2023), and Till the End of the Moon (2023).
Notable deaths
2021 — John Elliott, Australian businessman (born 1941) ↗(5 years ago)more
John Dorman Elliott was an Australian businessman and state and federal president of the Liberal Party. He had also been president of the Carlton Football Club. He frequently provoked controversy due to his political affiliations, his brushes with the law, and his abrasive personal style.
2020 — Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (born 1927) ↗(6 years ago)more
Juliette Gréco was a French singer and actress. Her best known songs are "Paris Canaille", "La Javanaise" and "Déshabillez-moi" (1967). She often sang tracks with lyrics written by French poets such as Jacques Prévert and Boris Vian, as well as singers like Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour.
2018 — Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933) ↗(8 years ago)more
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods to combine glass fibres with lasers in order to transmit digital data, which laid the groundwork for the evolution of the Internet and the eventual creation of the World Wide Web.
2018 — Gary Kurtz, American film producer (born 1940) ↗(8 years ago)more
Gary Douglas Kurtz was an American film producer whose list of credits includes American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Dark Crystal (1982) and Return to Oz (1985). Kurtz also co-produced the 1989 science fiction adventure film Slipstream, which reunited him with Star Wars star Mark Hamill.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (267) | 3 × 89 · composite (no) |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (99) | 3^2 × 11 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 23092026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -1.41° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 88 days |