September 23: First day of Eid al-Adha (Islam, 2015); Yom Kippur ends at nightfall (Judaism, 2015); Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Billy the Kid
- 1459 – Yorkist forces led by Richard Neville defeated Lancastrian troops at the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.
- 1568 – Anglo–Spanish War: At San Juan de Ulúa (in modern Veracruz, Mexico), Spanish naval forces forced English privateers to halt their illegal trade.
- 1875 – Billy the Kid (pictured) was arrested for the first time after stealing clothes from a laundryman, beginning his life as an infamous American outlaw and gunman.
- 1932 – The Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz merged with Al-Hasa and Qatif to form the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with Ibn Saud as the first monarch and Riyadh as the capital city.
- 2010 – Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the US state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed via lethal injection.
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