September 2nd, 1208

Born on September 2nd, 1208

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 297,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 89 days, exactly on July 26th, 2024, people who were born on September 2nd, 1208 will be 298,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 2nd?

September 2nd, 2011

Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.

September 2nd, 1985

Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.

September 2nd, 1967

Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).

September 2nd, 1957

South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.

September 2nd, 1946

The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.

September 2nd, 1945

On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender (pictured), formally ending World War II.

September 2nd, 1923

Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lynch mobs of Japanese murdered thousands of ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese over the course of several weeks.

September 2nd, 1912

Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

September 2nd, 1901

U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

September 2nd, 1885

White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage.

September 2nd, 1870

Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.

September 2nd, 1792

French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.

September 2nd, 1789

The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.

September 2nd, 1666

A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days (depicted), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

September 2nd, 2023

India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 2nd?

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)

*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin

81

Ernst Curtius

German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896)

*September 2nd, 1814, Lübeck †July 11th, 1896, Berlin

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

75

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

*September 2nd, 1941, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine †May 23rd, 2017, Montreal

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

74

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

57

Salma Hayek

Mexican and American actress and producer

*September 2nd, 1966, Coatzacoalcos

74

Fred Draper

American actor (1925-1999)

*September 2nd, 1925, Chester †December 26th, 1999, San Bernardino

61

Keir Starmer

Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since 2020

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

52

Stephan Grossmann

German actor

*September 2nd, 1971, Dresden

59

Pascal Demolon

French actor, voice actor, director and film producer

*September 2nd, 1964, Soissons

60

Florența Mihai

Romanian tennis player

*September 2nd, 1955, Bucharest †October 14th, 2015, Bucharest

54

Robert Habeck

German politician and writer (born 1969)

*September 2nd, 1969, Lübeck

82

Victor Spinetti

Welsh actor and theatre director

*September 2nd, 1929, Cwm †June 18th, 2012, Monmouth

82

Derek Fowlds

British actor (1937–2020)

*September 2nd, 1937, Wandsworth †January 17th, 2020, Bath

83

Chuck McCann

American voice actor and comedian (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Brooklyn †April 8th, 2018, Los Angeles

86

Rita Riggs

American costume designer (1930-2017)

*September 2nd, 1930, Lead Hill †June 5th, 2017, Los Angeles

123

Souad Abdullah

Kuwaiti actress

*September 2nd, 1900, Basra

69

Andrej Babiš

Czech politician and businessman

*September 2nd, 1954, Bratislava

62

Claude Puel

French association football player and manager

*September 2nd, 1961, Castres

36

Scott Moir

Canadian ice dancer

*September 2nd, 1987, London

35

Javi Martínez

Spanish footballer

*September 2nd, 1988, Estella-Lizarra

82

Mathieu Kérékou

Politician (1933-2015)

*September 2nd, 1933, Kouarfa †October 14th, 2015, Cotonou

72

Mark Harmon

American actor

*September 2nd, 1951, Burbank

62

Carlos Valderrama

Colombian footballer

*September 2nd, 1961, Santa Marta

58

Lennox Lewis

British-Canadian boxer

*September 2nd, 1965, West Ham

52

Kjetil André Aamodt

Norwegian alpine ski racer and TV host

*September 2nd, 1971, Oslo

71

Jimmy Connors

American tennis player

*September 2nd, 1952, East St. Louis

34

Zedd

Russian-German DJ and music producer

*September 2nd, 1989, Saratov

94

Maurice René Fréchet

French mathematician (1878–1973)

*September 2nd, 1878, Maligny †June 4th, 1973, Paris

32

Davy Pröpper

Dutch association football player

*September 2nd, 1991, Arnhem

37

Kyle Hines

American basketball player

*September 2nd, 1986, Philadelphia

44

Joseph Roth

Austrian novelist and journalist

*September 2nd, 1894, Brody †May 27th, 1939, Paris

80

William Fox

Premier of New Zealand in the 19th century, company agent, explorer and artist

*September 2nd, 1812, South Shields †June 23rd, 1893, Auckland

80

Allen Drury

American novelist (1918-1998)

*September 2nd, 1918, Houston †September 2nd, 1998, Tiburon

79

René Thom

French mathematician

*September 2nd, 1923, Montbéliard †October 25th, 2002, Bures-sur-Yvette

48

Ahmad Shah Massoud

Afghan military leader (1953–2001)

*September 2nd, 1953, Bazarak †September 9th, 2001, Takhar

48

Alexandre Lacroix

French journalist and writer

*September 2nd, 1975, Poitiers

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Leap year

Yes: 1208 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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