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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrate_Bisexuality_Day" title="Celebrate Bisexuality Day">Celebrate Bisexuality Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1122" title="1122">1122</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_II" title="Pope Callixtus II">Pope Callixtus II</a> and Holy Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry V</a> agreed to the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat_of_Worms" title="Concordat of Worms">Concordat of Worms</a></b>, ending the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture_Controversy" title="Investiture Controversy">Investiture Controversy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1642" title="1642">1642</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_English_Civil_War" title="First English Civil War">First English Civil War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Powick_Bridge" title="Battle of Powick Bridge">Battle of Powick Bridge</a></b>, the first engagement between the primary field armies of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalists</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundhead" title="Roundhead">Parliamentarians</a>, ended in a Royalist victory.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1884" title="1884">1884</a> – The French steamship <i>Arctique</i> ran aground on the northern coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Virgenes" title="Cape Virgenes">Cape Virgenes</a> in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_del_Fuego_gold_rush" title="Tierra del Fuego gold rush">Tierra del Fuego gold rush</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920" title="1920">1920</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Louisiana_hurricane" title="1920 Louisiana hurricane">Louisiana hurricane</a></b> dissipated over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas" title="Kansas">Kansas</a> after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate and causing $1.45 million in damages.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Lewis" title="Teresa Lewis">Teresa Lewis</a></b> became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection" title="Lethal injection">lethal injection</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 63 BC); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Richard_Hughes,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Hughes, 1st Baronet">Sir Richard Hughes, 1st Baronet</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1779); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_Gamelin" title="Émilie Gamelin">Émilie Gamelin</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1851); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zdenko_Bla%C5%BEekovi%C4%87" title="Zdenko Blažeković">Zdenko Blažeković</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1915)</p>