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September 10th - holidays
- Christian Feast Day:
- National Day (Gibraltar)
- Teacher's Day (People's Republic of China and Hong Kong)
- World Suicide Prevention Day (International)
September 10th - events
- 2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
- 2007 - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
- 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
- 2002 - Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
- 2001 - Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
- 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
- 1977 - Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
- 1976 - A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
- 1972 - The United States suffers its first loss of an international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
- 1967 - The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
- 1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
- 1961 - Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
- 1943 - World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
- 1942 - World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
- 1939 - World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
- 1939 - World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
- 1932 - The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
- 1919 - Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
- 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
- 1897 - Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
- 1846 - Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
- 1823 - Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
- 1813 - The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
- 1798 - At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
- 1608 - John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
- 1547 - The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
- 1509 - An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.
- 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
- 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- -490 - The Battle of Marathon takes places between the forces of the Persian Empire and those of Athens
September 10th - births
- 1989 - Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
- 1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 - Coco Rocha, Canadian fashion model
- 1987 - Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer
- 1986 - Eoin Morgan, Irish cricketer
- 1986 - Hiroki Uchi, Japanese singer and actor
- 1985 - Aya Kamiki, Japanese rock singer
- 1985 - Matsuda Shota, Japanese actor
- 1985 - Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
- 1983 - Joey Votto, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 - Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player
- 1979 - Andreas Aniko, Estonian footballer
- 1979 - Jacob Young, American actor and singer
- 1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- 1976 - Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Matt Morgan, American professional wrestler
- 1975 - Melanie Pullen, American photographer
- 1974 - Mirko Filipovi?, Croatian martial artist
- 1974 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- 1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- 1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
- 1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
- 1972 - Bente Skari, Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1972 - James Duval, American actor
- 1972 - Katarína Hasprová, Slovak singer
- 1970 - Paula Kelley, American musician
- 1970 - Ménélik, Cameroonian/French rapper
- 1969 - Johnathon Schaech, American actor
- 1969 - Ai Jing, Chinese singer
- 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- 1968 - Andreas Herzog, Austrian footballer
- 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director
- 1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer
- 1964 - John E. Sununu, American politician
- 1963 - Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- 1963 - Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician
- 1960 - Alison Bechdel, American cartoonist
- 1960 - Colin Firth, English actor
- 1960 - Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 - David Lowery, American musician
- 1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor
- 1958 - Chris Columbus, American film director
- 1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer
- 1957 - Carol Decker, British singer
- 1957 - Kate Burton, Swiss actress
- 1957 - Andreï Makine, Russian-born French author
- 1956 - Johnny Hickman, American musician
- 1956 - Johnny Fingers, Irish musician The Boomtown Rats
- 1956 - Erick Zonca, French film director
- 1953 - Yannis Bezos, Greek actor
- 1953 - Amy Irving, American actress
- 1952 - Vic Toews, Canadian politician
- 1952 - Medea Benjamin, American activist
- 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician
- 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler
- 1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator
- 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
- 1948 - Judy Geeson, English actress
- 1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player
- 1948 - Margaret Trudeau, former wife of Pierre Trudeau
- 1948 - Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese writer
- 1948 - Charlie Waters, American football player
- 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete
- 1946 - Patrick Norman, Canadian country musician
- 1946 - Don Powell, English drummer
- 1946 - Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician
- 1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
- 1944 - Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone
- 1943 - Eldridge Coleman, American professional wrestler
- 1943 - Daniel Truhitte, American actor
- 1943 - Neale Donald Walsch, American author
- 1942 - Danny Hutton, American singer
- 1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
- 1941 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
- 1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
- 1940 - Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
- 1939 - Cynthia Lennon, British celebrity
- 1937 - Jared Diamond, American biologist and author
- 1935 - Mary Oliver, American poet
- 1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
- 1934 - Jim Oberstar, American politician
- 1934 - Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
- 1933 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
- 1932 - Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
- 1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
- 1929 - Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
- 1928 - Roch Bolduc, Canadian civil servant and senator
- 1928 - Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
- 1928 - Jean Vanier, Canadian disabilities advocate
- 1925 - Roy Brown, American blues musician (d. 1981)
- 1924 - Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Boyd K. Packer, American religious figure
- 1922 - Yma Súmac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
- 1920 - Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
- 1917 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat (d. 2009)
- 1915 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Lincoln Gordon, American diplomat (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Mary Walter, Filipina actress (d. 1993)
- 1908 - Raymond Scott, American composer (d. 1994)
- 1908 - Waldo Wedel, American Archaeologist (d. 1996)
- 1907 - Alva R. Fitch, American army officer (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Karl Wien, German mountaineer (d. 1937)
- 1904 - Max Shachtman, American politician (d. 1972)
- 1898 - Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
- 1897 - Georges Bataille, French writer (d. 1962)
- 1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
- 1896 - Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
- 1896 - Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
- 1896 - Robert Taschereau, Canadian judge and politician (d. 1970)
- 1895 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976)
- 1893 - Maria de Jesus, Portuguese supercentenarian (d. 2009)
- 1892 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
- 1890 - Franz Werfel, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
- 1890 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
- 1887 - Giovanni Gronchi, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (d. 1978)
- 1887 - Kenneth Mason, British geographer (d. 1976)
- 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)
- 1885 - Carl Clinton Van Doren, American biographer and critic (d. 1950)
- 1883 - Jock Delves Broughton, British noble (d. 1942)
- 1871 - Charles Collett, British mechanical engineer (d. 1952)
- 1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
- 1861 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
- 1855 - Albert F. Mummery, British mountaineer (d. 1895)
- 1852 - Hans Niels Andersen, Danish businessman, founder of the East Asiatic Company (d. 1937)
- 1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
- 1844 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
- 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
- 1839 - Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
- 1836 - Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
- 1801 - Marie Laveau, American Voodoo practitioner (d. 1881)
- 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
- 1786 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
- 1786 - William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
- 1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
- 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- 1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
- 1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
- 1624 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
- 1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
- 1561 - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
- 1550 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Spanish Armada commander (d. 1615)
- 1487 - Pope Julius III, Italian Roman Catholic Pope (d. 1555)
- 1385 - Le Loi, national hero of Viet Nam, founder of the Later Lê Dynasty (d. 1433)
- 1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)