1180 - Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
1901 - President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
1917 - Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
1923 - Miguel Primo de Rivera becomes dictator of Spain.
1975 - The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
1999 - Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Famous Birthdays:
1860 - Hamlin Garland, writer
1885 - Vittorio Gui, conductor
1920 - Lawrence Klein, economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - Sarah Kofman, philosopher
1963 - Robin Singh, cricketer
1965 - Dmitry Medvedev, former President of Russia
1984 - Adam Lamberg, actor
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