September 30th, 1872

Born on September 30th, 1872

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 55,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 647 days, exactly on January 26th, 2026, people who were born on September 30th, 1872 will be 56,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 30th?

September 30th, 2019

President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.

September 30th, 2005

The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Muslim world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.

September 30th, 2000

Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.

September 30th, 1998

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.

September 30th, 1982

Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.

September 30th, 1975

The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.

September 30th, 1965

Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months.

September 30th, 1955

American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.

September 30th, 1939

NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.

September 30th, 1938

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany.

September 30th, 1920

Times Square Theater (pictured) opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn.

September 30th, 1918

Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus led insurgents to successfully ambush the Central Powers that occupied southern Ukraine during World War I.

September 30th, 1882

The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online.

September 30th, 1863

Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

September 30th, 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, composed shortly before his death, premiered at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 30th

Born on September 30th, 1872

74

Wilhelm Lobsien

German author

*September 30th, 1872, Brørup Municipality †July 26th, 1947, Niebüll

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 30th?

93

Jan Fabricius

(1871-1964) Dutch playwright and writer

*September 30th, 1871, Assen †November 23rd, 1964, Wimborne Minster

71

Jean Perrin

French physicist

*September 30th, 1870, Lille †April 17th, 1942, New York City

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

76

Babette von Bülow

German writer (1850-1927)

*September 30th, 1850, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój †March 8th, 1927, Kühlungsborn

95

Jeff Robson

New Zealand badminton and tennis player and administrator

*September 30th, 1926, Palmerston †September 5th, 2022, Auckland City Hospital

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

66

Fred Fisher

German-born American songwriter, Tin Pan Alley music publisher

*September 30th, 1875, Cologne †January 14th, 1942, Manhattan

26

Max Verstappen

Belgian-Dutch racing driver (born 1997)

*September 30th, 1997, Hasselt

59

Monica Bellucci

Italian actress and model (born 1964)

*September 30th, 1964, Città di Castello

37

Olivier Giroud

French association football player

*September 30th, 1986, Chambéry

64

Ruben Liljefors

Swedish composer

*September 30th, 1871, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †March 4th, 1936, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

62

Eric Stoltz

American actor from California (born. 1961)

*September 30th, 1961, Whittier

62

Hans Geiger

German physicist

*September 30th, 1882, Neustadt an der Weinstraße †September 24th, 1945, Potsdam

80

Ian Ogilvy

British actor

*September 30th, 1943, Woking

67

Henri Casadesus

Violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher (1879-1947)

*September 30th, 1879, 19th arrondissement of Paris †May 31st, 1947, Paris

84

Len Cariou

Canadian actor

*September 30th, 1939, Winnipeg

87

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

*September 30th, 1928, Sighetu Marmației †July 2nd, 2016, New York City

78

Tomislav Ivančić

Croatian theologian

*September 30th, 1938, Davor †February 17th, 2017, Zagreb

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Born in 1872

55

Roald Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole

*July 16th, 1872, Borge Municipality †June 18th, 1928, Arctic Ocean

59

Herbert Baddeley

Tennis and badminton player

*January 11th, 1872, London Borough of Bromley †July 20th, 1931, Cannes

57

Wilfred Baddeley

Tennis player and sports administrator

*January 11th, 1872, London Borough of Bromley †January 24th, 1929, Menton

89

Max Pohlenz

German classical philologist

*July 30th, 1872, Kolkwitz †January 5th, 1962, Göttingen

60

Calvin Coolidge

President of the United States from 1923 to 1929

*July 4th, 1872, Plymouth Notch †January 5th, 1933, Northampton

97

Bertrand Russell

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

*May 18th, 1872, Trellech †February 2nd, 1970, Plas Penrhyn

33

Paul Laurence Dunbar

American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

*June 27th, 1872, Dayton †February 9th, 1906, Dayton

46

Anna Held

Broadway stage performer (1872–1918)

*March 19th, 1872, Warsaw †August 12th, 1918, New York City

92

Helena Rubinstein

Polish-American businesswoman, art collector, and philanthropist

*December 25th, 1872, Kraków †April 1st, 1965, New York City

79

Alexandra Kollontai

Soviet diplomat (1872-1952)

*March 31st, 1872, Saint Petersburg †March 9th, 1952, Moscow

80

Cicely Hamilton

British actress and writer

*June 15th, 1872, Paddington †December 5th, 1952, Chelsea

83

Pio Baroja

Spanish writer (1872-1956)

*December 28th, 1872, San Sebastián †October 30th, 1956, Madrid

74

Paul Langevin

French physicist, philosopher of science and pedagogue

*January 23rd, 1872, Paris †December 19th, 1946, Paris

69

Richard Willstätter

German chemist (1872–1942)

*August 13th, 1872, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1942, Muralto

77

Léon Blum

French politician (1872–1950)

*April 9th, 1872, Paris †March 30th, 1950, Jouy-en-Josas

94

Norman Angell

British politician (1872-1967)

*December 26th, 1872, Holbeach †October 7th, 1967, Croydon

78

Aurobindo Ghosh

Indian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist (1872–1950)

*August 15th, 1872, Sri Aurobindo Bhawan †December 5th, 1950, Pondicherry

101

Charles Greeley Abbot

American astrophysicist and the 5th Secretary of the Smithsonian

*May 31st, 1872, Wilton †December 17th, 1973, Washington, D.C.

71

Piet Mondrian

Dutch painter (1872–1944)

*March 7th, 1872, Amersfoort †February 1st, 1944, New York City

80

Carlo Sforza

Italian politician (1872-1952)

*January 23rd, 1872, Montignoso †September 4th, 1952, Rome

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Leap year

Yes: 1872 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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