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On This Day · The 266th day of the year

September 23

September 23's record stretches 888 years, from 1122 to 2010. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♎ZodiacLibra ◈BirthstoneSapphire ❀Birth flowerAster

Libra is the sign for September 23 — read more on the Libra page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on September 23?

September 23 is the 266th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1122 and 2010. Famous people born on September 23 include Bruce Springsteen, Augustus and John Coltrane.

Released on September 23

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Aethermancer
  • Game Sworn
  • Game Baby Steps
  • Game Slime Rancher 2

2024

  • Game Maiden Cops
  • Game Tiny Glade

2022

  • Game Shovel Knight Dig
  • Game Prodeus
  • TV Golden Boy

2021

  • Game Sable
  • TV Foundation

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1122

    Pope Callixtus II

  2. 1338

    Battle of Arnemuiden

  3. 1642

    First English Civil War

  4. 1779

    American Revolutionary War

  5. 1884

    Cape Virgenes

  6. 1913

    United Mine Workers of America

  7. 1920

    1920 Louisiana hurricane

  8. 1952

    Richard Nixon

  9. 2008

    Kauhajoki school shooting

  10. 2010

    Teresa Lewis

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 23

Bruce Springsteen

b. 1949

Augustus

b. -63

John Coltrane

b. 1926

Asima Chatterjee

b. 1917

Kublai Khan

b. 1215

Louise Nevelson

b. 1899

Karl Pilkington

b. 1972

Matt Hardy

b. 1974

Deaths

  • 2018Charles K. Kao
  • 1988Tibor Sekelj
  • 1973Pablo Neruda
  • 1939Sigmund Freud
  • 1917Werner Voss
  • 1728Christian Thomasius

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
  • —Christian feast day: Sossius
  • —Christian feast day: Thecla (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Xanthippe and Polyxena

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