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Events in September 2025 15
1932 – 2025John Searle (1932-2025)Died 17 September 2025, aged 93American philosopher known for speech act theory and for the Chinese Room argument in the philosophy of mind.
1934 – 2025Giorgio Armani (1934-2025)Died 4 September 2025, aged 91Italian fashion designer whose relaxed, luxurious tailoring brought ease and streamlined modernity to late twentieth-century dress.
1936 – 2025Robert Redford (1936-2025)Died 16 September 2025, aged 89American actor and director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Ordinary People, who founded the Sundance Institute and built the independent film movement in America.
1937 – 2025Tony Harrison (1937-2025)Died 26 September 2025, aged 88English poet, translator and dramatist whose work held the tension between a working-class background and the formal sophistication of verse.
1938 – 2025David Baltimore (1938-2025)Died 6 September 2025, aged 87American virologist who shared the 1975 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of reverse transcriptase.
1947 – 2025Mark Volman (1947-2025)Died 5 September 2025, aged 78American singer with the 1960s pop band the Turtles, best known for Happy Together.
1947 – 2025Assata Shakur (1947-2025)Died 25 September 2025, aged 78American activist and Black Liberation Army member sentenced to life for the murder of a New Jersey state trooper. She escaped prison in 1979 and was granted asylum in Cuba in 1984.
1993 – 2025Charlie Kirk (1993-2025)Died 10 September 2025, aged 31American conservative activist and media personality who founded Turning Point USA and was a key ally of President Donald Trump. He was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University.
2025United States begins lethal strikes on Venezuelan vesselsBoats in and near Venezuelan waters targetedOn 2 September 2025 the US military carried out the first of a series of lethal strikes on small civilian boats in or near Venezuelan waters, justified by the government as counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism operations.
2025Carlo Acutis canonised as the first millennial saintAlso called the patron saint of the InternetCarlo Acutis, who died of leukaemia at fifteen, was canonised by Pope Leo XIV on 7 September 2025. Venerated as the first millennial saint, he is also known as the patron saint of the Internet.
2025Gen Z protests topple Nepal's governmentA social media ban ignites a political crisisThe most dramatic of 2025's Gen Z protests began in Nepal on 8 September when thousands of students protested against a sweeping social media ban. The uprising created a political crisis and led to the ouster of the prime minister.
2025Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah Valley UniversityShot while speaking at an outdoor eventConservative activist Charlie Kirk was fatally shot on 10 September 2025 while speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.
2025Ousmane Dembele wins the Ballon d'OrAitana Bonmati takes a third consecutive women's awardOusmane Dembele of France received his first Ballon d'Or on 22 September 2025. Aitana Bonmati of Spain won the women's award for the third year running.
2025Jimmy Kimmel Live returns after suspensionSix days off air following comments about the Kirk shootingJimmy Kimmel Live returned to the air on 23 September 2025, six days after ABC took the show off indefinitely following comments the host made about the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination.
2025India retires the MiG-21After more than six decadesThe Indian Air Force, long the type's largest foreign operator, flies its last MiG-21s after more than 60 years of service.