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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). There are 99 days remaining. Also an important date in pagan history celebrating fall.

Events

490 BC - Battle of Marathon; origin of marathon long-distance race (run by Phidippides)

1122 - Concordat of Worms

1459 - The Battle of Blore Heath. The first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, fought at Blore Heath, in Staffordshire, England

1529 - Siege of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.

1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard University.

1779 - USS Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough off the coast of England

1780 - British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by American soldiers

1803 - Battle of Assaye

1806 - Lewis and Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest.

1845 - The Knickerbocker Baseball Club, the first professional baseball team, is founded in New York.

1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle

1868 - Grito de Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.

1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.

1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.

1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.

1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.

1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1941 - First gas experiments at Auschwitz

1952 - Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers" speech

1962 - The Jetsons aired for the first time.

1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois

1973 - Juan Peron returns to power in Argentina

1981 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder

1983 - Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.

1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first boxing world heavyweight champion ever to come from Africa when he knocks out defending WBA champion Michael Dokes in Akron, Ohio.

1993 - Sonic the Hedgehog CD is released for the Sega Mega-CD in Japan.

1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.

2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1

2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.