Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- Sep 1 Ismar Elbogen, German-American rabbi and scholar (Encyclopedia Judaica), born in Schildberg, Posen, Prussia (now Ostrzeszów, Poland) (d. 1943)
- Sep 5 Napoleon "Nap" Lajoie, American Baseball HOF second baseman (Triple Crown 1901; AL batting champion 1901–04, 10; Philadelphia A's, Cleveland Naps), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d. 1959)
- Sep 11 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, German composer, born in Landau, German Empire (now Germany) (d. 1953)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Sep 13 Austrian-American composer (Verklärte Nacht - Transfigured Night; 2nd Quartet), and painter associated with the expressionist movement, born in Vienna, Austria
- Sep 13 Henry F. Ashurst, American Democratic politician (U.S. Senator from Arizona), born in Winnemucca, Nevada (d. 1962)
- Sep 17 Ben Turpin, American comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1940)
- Sep 18 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten), born in Langeland, Denmark (d. 1957)
- Sep 20 Nikolai Semashko, Soviet statesman and health official (People’s Commissar of Public Health, created Semashko healthcare model), born in Yelets, Russian Empire (d. 1949) [1]
- Sep 21 Gustav Holst, English composer (Planets), born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1934)
Charles Vyner Brooke (1874-1963)
Sep 26 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-46), born in London, England
