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This month’s anniversaries

2 Sep 2001 death of Christiaan Neethling Barnard, South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world’s first heart transplant on 3 December 1967
3 Sep 1971 independence of Qatar (from United Kingdom)
5 Sep 973 birth of Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni (Aliboron), Persian polymath, one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era
6 Sep 1902 birth of Sylvanus Epiphanio Olympio, first president of Togo (1960–1963)
6 Sep 1968 independence of Swaziland (from United Kingdom)
7 Sep 1566 death of Süleyman I the Magnificent, the most prominent and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
8 Sep 1946 birth of Aziz Sancar,Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist, recipient of  Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015
10 Sep 1979 death of António Agostinho Neto, first president of Angola (1975–1979)
11-12 Sep 1683 battle of Vienna which marked the end of the Ottoman expansion into Europe
12 Sep 1924 birth of Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral, leader of nationalist movement of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde Islands, one of Africa‘s foremost anti-colonial leaders
13 Sep 1951 birth of Salva Kiir Mayardit, first president of South Sudan
14 Sep 1905 death of Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà (Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza), Italian-French explorer who opened up for France entry to Western and Central Africa
15 Sep 1964 death of John Hanning Speke, British explorer of Africa who discovered the source of the Nile
15 Sep 1993 death of Maurice Nawalagmba Yaméogo, first president of Upper Volta, present-day Burkina Faso
17 Sep 1922 birth of António Agostinho Neto, first president of Angola (1975–1979)
18 Sep 1900 birth of Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, first prime minister of Mauritius (1968–1982)
20 Sep 1976 establishment of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
21 Sep 1909 birth of Kwame Nkrumah, first president of Ghana (1960–1966)
21 Sep 1964 independence of Malta (from United Kingdom)
22 Sep 1932 birth of Vladimír Sadek, Czech Hebraist
22 Sep 1960 declaration of Republic of Mali
23 Sep 1932 foundation of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
24 Sep 1902 birth of ayatollah Ruhollah Moosawi Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran
24 Sep 1973 independence of Guinea-Bissau (from Portugal)
25 Sep 1911 death of Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmental and political activist, recipient of Nobel Peace Prize 2004
28 Sep 1970 death of Gamal Abdel Nasser, second president of Egypt, prominent figure in modern Arab history and in 20th century politics
28 Sep 2016 death of Shimon Peres, president of Israel (2007–2014), recipient  of Nobel Peace Prize 1994
29 Sep 1933 birth of Samora Moisés Machel, first president of Mozambique (1975–1979)
29 Sep 1979 death of Francisco Macías Nguema, first president of Equatorial Guinea (1968–1979)
30 Sep 1207 birth of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian poet, jurist, theologian and Sufi mystic
30 Sep 1966 death of Hillary „Harry“ St-John Bridger Philby (Jack Philby), British Arabist, explorer of Arabian Peninsula
30 Sep 1966 independence of Botswana (from United Kingdom)
30 Sep 2003 death of Stanislav Segert, Czech Semitist