September 1st, 1259

Born on September 1st, 1259

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 279,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 702 days, exactly on April 13th, 2026, people who were born on September 1st, 1259 will be 280,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 1st?

September 1st, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

September 1st, 2000

Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

September 1st, 1983

A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

September 1st, 1972

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 1st, 1969

Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

September 1st, 1967

At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".

September 1st, 1952

Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published.

September 1st, 1939

German forces attacked multiple locations in Poland, including Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st, 1914

The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions, became extinct when the last individual died in captivity

September 1st, 1911

Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

September 1st, 1902

The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France.

September 1st, 1872

A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras.

September 1st, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces attacked retreating troops of the Union Army during a rainstorm in Chantilly, Virginia, but the battle ended inconclusively.

September 1st, 1859

A powerful solar flare caused a coronal mass ejection that struck Earth a few hours later, generating the most intense geomagnetic storm ever recorded and causing bright aurorae visible in the middle latitudes.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 1st?

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

36

Sevdaliza

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter, record producer, visual artist and director

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

32

Jaymes Young

American singer-songwriter and musician

*September 1st, 1991, Seattle

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

*September 1st, 1858, Bonn †October 21st, 1936, Munich

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

*September 1st, 1983, Utrera †June 1st, 2019, Alcalá de Guadaíra

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

*September 1st, 1928, Astoria †May 24th, 2023, Beverly Hills

72

Rex Beach

Author and water polo player (1877-1949)

*September 1st, 1877, Antrim County †December 7th, 1949, Sebring

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

*September 1st, 1939, Obernberg am Brenner †October 19th, 2023

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

77

Barry Gibb

British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

34

Cosmo Jarvis

American actor and musician

*September 1st, 1989, Ridgewood

68

Francis William Aston

British chemist (1877-1945)

*September 1st, 1877, Harborne †November 20th, 1945, Cambridge

45

Rocky Marciano

American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)

*September 1st, 1923, Brockton †August 31st, 1969, Newton

62

Jeremy Farrar

Epidemiologist and director of the Wellcome Trust

*September 1st, 1961, Singapore

53

Padma Lakshmi

Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer

*September 1st, 1970, Chennai

36

Mark Herzlich

American football player

*September 1st, 1987, Kirkwood

30

Tyler Harris

American basketball player (1993-)

*September 1st, 1993, Dix Hills

31

Kirani James

Grenadian sprinter

*September 1st, 1992, Gouyave

93

Roy J. Glauber

American theoretical physicist

*September 1st, 1925, New York City †December 26th, 2018, Newton

74

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American writer (1875-1950)

*September 1st, 1875, Chicago †March 19th, 1950, Encino

41

Jeffrey Buttle

Figure skater

*September 1st, 1982, Smooth Rock Falls

34

Daniel Sturridge

English association football player

*September 1st, 1989, Birmingham

30

Ilona Mitrecey

French singer

*September 1st, 1993, Fontenay-aux-Roses

54

Henning Berg

Norwegian association football player

*September 1st, 1969, Eidsvoll Municipality

73

Mikhail Fradkov

Prime Minister of Russia

*September 1st, 1950, Samara

50

Sanford Bookstaver

American director and producer

*September 1st, 1973, New York City

29

Carlos Sainz Sr.

Spanish racing driver

*September 1st, 1994, Madrid

77

Vittorio Gassman

Italian actor and director (1922–2000)

*September 1st, 1922, Genoa †June 29th, 2000, Rome

60

Henrik Stangerup

Danish author (1937-1998)

*September 1st, 1937, Frederiksberg †July 4th, 1998, Langebæk

68

Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart

First son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro

*September 1st, 1949, Havana †February 1st, 2018, Havana

71

Elisha Baxter

Union Army officer (1827-1899)

*September 1st, 1827, Rutherford County †May 31st, 1899, Batesville

49

Elizabeth Richeza of Poland

Czech queen (1286-1335)

*September 1st, 1286, Poznań †October 18th, 1335, Brno

78

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

*September 1st, 1945, Abyan Governorate

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 1st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1259 is a normal year and no leap year.

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