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File:Liberte French Battleship LOC 04282u.jpg|French battleship Liberté

File:Beijing opera02.jpg|Peking opera performers
File:Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.jpg|Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
File:Pisanello 024.jpg|Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
File:Vasconúñezdebalboa.jpeg|Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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File:Bayezid I - Manyal Palace Museum.JPG|Sultan Bayezid I
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| [[Calendar of Saints|Feast day]] of '''[[Sergius of Radonezh]]''' (Eastern Orthodox Church)
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| [[1513]] – [[Conquistador]] '''[[Vasco Núñez de Balboa]]''', upon a peak in present-day [[Darién Province|Darién]], Panama, became the first European known to have seen the [[Pacific Ocean]] from the [[New World]], naming it ''Mar del Sur'', or South Sea, a few days later.
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| [[1555]] – [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] and the forces of the [[Schmalkaldic League]] signed the '''[[Peace of Augsburg]]''', ending the religious struggle between the two groups and made the legal division of [[Christendom]] permanent within the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
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| [[1868]] – The Russian frigate '''''[[Russian frigate Alexander Nevsky|Alexander Nevsky]]''''' wrecked off northwestern [[Jutland]], nearly drowning [[Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia|Grand Duke Alexei]].
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|  [[1955]] – The '''[[Royal Jordanian Air Force]]''', the aviation branch of the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]], was founded.
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| [[1974]] – The first surgery to replace the [[ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint|ulnar collateral ligament]], commonly known as the '''[[Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction|Tommy John surgery]]''' after [[Tommy John|the first patient]], was performed by Dr. [[Frank Jobe]].
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|  [[1962]] – The '''[[History of Algeria (1962–99)|People's Democratic Republic of Algeria]]''' was formally proclaimed. [[Ferhat Abbas]] was elected president of the [[provisional government]], with [[Ahmed Ben Bella]] as prime minister.
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| [[1964]] – Unrest and frustration among indigenous Mozambican people against [[Portuguese Mozambique|Portuguese rule]] erupted in '''[[Mozambican War of Independence|a war for independence]]''' that lasted nearly ten years.
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| [[1996]] – The last Irish '''[[Magdalene asylum]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''-->, an institution to rehabilitate so-called "[[Fallen woman|fallen women]]", was closed.
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| [[2008]] – '''[[Shenzhou 7]]''', the third spaceflight of the [[Chinese space program]] and their first to include a [[extra-vehicular activity|spacewalk]], launched from the [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center]].
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|'''[[Billy Hughes]]'''<!--Australian prime minister--> |b|1862|
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==Eligible==
* [[275]] – After the assassination of [[Aurelian]], '''[[Marcus Claudius Tacitus|Tacitus]]''' was chosen by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] to succeed him as [[Roman emperor]].
* [[844]] – A [[Vikings|Viking]] fleet arrived near [[Seville]], then part of the [[Emirate of Córdoba]], and started '''[[Viking raid on Seville|a raid]]''' that was eventually repelled by the city's Muslim defenders.
* [[1066]] – [[Harold Godwinson]]<!--not bold, featured on Jan 6--> defeated King [[Harald Hardrada|Harald&nbsp;III]]<!--not bold if Tostig ineligible--> of Norway and his English ally [[Tostig Godwinson]]<!--not bold, lots of CN tags (14)--> at the '''[[Battle of Stamford Bridge]]''', ending the last [[Viking activity in the British Isles|Norse invasion of the British Isles]].
* [[1237]] – [[Henry III of England]] and [[Alexander II of Scotland]] signed the '''[[Treaty of York]]''', establishing the [[Anglo-Scottish border]], which mostly remains the same today.
* [[1396]] – [[Ottoman wars in Europe]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] forces under [[Bayezid I|Bayezid&nbsp;I]] '''[[Battle of Nicopolis|defeated]]''' a Christian alliance led by [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] of Hungary near present-day [[Nikopol, Bulgaria]].
* [[1800]] – [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned '''[[Invasion of Curaçao (1800)|their invasion]]''' of the [[Batavian Republic|Batavian]] island of [[Curaçao]].
* [[1911]] – An explosion of badly degraded [[propellant]] charges on board the '''[[French battleship Liberté|French battleship ''Liberté'']]''' detonated the forward ammunition [[magazine (artillery)|magazines]] and destroyed the ship.
* [[1944]] – [[World War II|Second World War]]: British troops [[Operation Berlin (Arnhem)|began their withdrawal]]<!--not bold, unreferenced section--> from the '''[[Battle of Arnhem]]''' in the Netherlands, ending the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]' [[Operation Market Garden]]<!--Not bold, featured on September 17--> in defeat.
* [[1957]] – [[United States Army]] troops '''[[Little Rock Nine|escorted nine students]]''' as [[Little Rock Central High School|Central High School]] in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] was [[desegregation|integrated]].
* [[1983]] –  In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] prisoners hijacked a prison meals [[truck|lorry]] and '''[[Maze Prison escape|smashed their way]]''' out of [[HM Prison Maze]] in [[County Antrim]], Northern Ireland.
* [[1981]] – '''[[Sandra Day O'Connor]]''' ''(pictured)'' became the first female [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]].

* Born/died this day: | '''[[Johann Heinrich Lambert]]'''<!--Swiss mathematician--> |d|1777| '''[[Oliver Loving]]'''<!--American settler--> |d|1867| '''[[Robert Brackman]]'''<!--Ukranian/American painter--> |b|1898| '''[[Jacqueline Audry]]'''<!--French filmmaker--> |b|1908| '''[[Miller Huggins]]'''<!--American baseball player--> |d|1929| '''[[Glenn Gould]]'''<!--Canadian pianist--> |b|1932| '''[[Johannes Brost]]'''<!--Swedish actor--> |b|1946| '''[[Cheryl Tiegs]]'''<!--American model--> |b|1947|  '''[[John Bonham]]'''<!--English musician--> |d|1980| 

==Notes==
* [[Operation Market Garden]] is featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 17|September 17]], so Operation Berlin/Battle of Arnhem should not appear in the same year.
* [[Battle of Fulford]] is featured on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 20|September 20]], so [[Harald Hardrada|Harald III]] should not appear in the same year.
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'''[[September 25]]'''
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* [[1775]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Ethan Allen]] and a small force of American and Quebec militia '''[[Battle of Longue-Pointe|failed to capture]]''' the city of [[Montreal]] from British forces.
* [[1790]] – '''[[Peking opera]]''' ''(modern performer pictured)'' was born with the introduction of [[Hui opera]] to Beijing by the "Four Great Anhui Troupes" in honour of the [[Qianlong Emperor]]'s 80th birthday.
* [[1962]] – The '''[[North Yemen Civil War]]''' began when [[Abdullah al-Sallal]] dethroned the newly crowned [[Muhammad al-Badr|Imam al-Badr]] and declared [[Yemen Arab Republic|Yemen to be a republic]]<!-- not bold, unreferenced section--> under his presidency.
* [[1977]] – About 4,200 people took part in the first modern '''[[Chicago Marathon]]'''.
* [[1990]] – The '''''[[Ram Rath Yatra]]''''', a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity [[Rama]] on the site of the [[Babri Masjid]] in [[Ayodhya]], began in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]'''<!--Welsh actress--> |b|1969| '''[[Marian Breland Bailey]]'''<!--American psychologist--> |d|2001|'''[[José Fernández (pitcher)|José Fernández]]'''<!--Cuban/American baseball player--> |d|2016}}
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