^B{^#!16!21 September^N! National Day of Malta. Feast day of St Theodore of Chernigov, The Martyrs of Korea, St Michael of Chernigov, St Matthew, and St Maures of Troyes.
^B{1529^B} The Turkish army under Suleiman the Magnificent was defeated at Vienna. ^B{1745^B} Bonnie Prince Charles and his Jacobite army defeated the English at the Battle of Prestonpans in Scotland. ^B{1784^B} The ^I{Pennsylvania Packet and General Advertiser^I}, the first successful US daily newspaper, was published. ^B{1915^B} Stonehenge was sold at auction to Mr C H Chubb for ú6,600. Mr Chubb presented it to the nation three years later. ^B{1917^B} Latvia proclaimed its independence. ^B{1938^B} The Anglo-French plan to cede Sudetenland to Germany was accepted by the Czech cabinet. ^B{1949^B} The Republic of Ireland beat England 2-0 at Goodison Park - England's first home defeat by a foreign football team. ^B{1974^B} Over 8,000 people were killed by floods caused by hurricanes in Honduras. ^B{1989^B} Hurricane Hugo struck the US coastal states of Georgia and South Carolina, causing widespread damage and loss of life.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Girolamo Savonarola, Italian political reformer and martyr, ^B{1452^B}; John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer, ^B{1756^B}; Edmund William Gosse, English author, ^B{1849^B}; H G Wells, English writer, ^B{1866^B}; Larry Hagman, US actor, ^B{1931^B}; Stephen King, US novelist, ^B{1948^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Virgil, Roman poet, ^B{19 BC^B}; King Edward II, murdered, ^B{1327^B}; Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, ^B{1832^B}; Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher, ^B{1860^B}; Haakon VII, King of Norway, ^B{1957^B}; William Plomer, South African author, ^B{1973^B}; Walter Brennan, US film actor, ^B{1974^B}.
