On this day: September 23

National days on this date

• Kyrgyz Language DayMarks the 1989 law that made Kyrgyz the state language.

Events

1. 1460 Siege of Trebizond in 1461 Ottoman siege of Trebizond in 1461

Births

1. 1928 Franghiz Ahmadova Azerbaijani opera singer and music educator (1928-2011)
2. 1929 Viktor Sarianidi Russian archaologist (1929-2013)
3. 1943 Mark Tseitlin Israeli chess grandmaster
4. 1975 Sergey Tetyukhin Russian volleyball player
5. 1975 Vitali Yeremeyev Kazakhstani ice hockey player
6. 1977 Magomed Aripgadjiev Belarusian boxer
7. 1980 Shahin Imranov boxer
8. 1990 Çağatay Ulusoy Turkish actor (born 1990)
9. 1992 Oğuzhan Özyakup Turkish association football player (born 1992)

Deaths

1. 2009 Ertuğrul Osman Osmanoğlu Ottoman noble (1912–2009)
2. 2014 Anatoly Eiramdzhan Armenian film director