September 1st, 1915

Born on September 1st, 1915

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 (map shown) 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

Born on September 1st, 1915

86

Ken Aston

Football referee

*September 1st, 1915, Colchester †October 23rd, 2001, London

Same year
Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Bedford Hills †July 11th, 2006, New York City

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor (1915-1982)

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

94

Paul Samuelson

American economist

*May 15th, 1915, Gary †December 13th, 2009, Belmont

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican-American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

64

Jóhann Hafstein

Icelandic politician (1915-1980)

*September 19th, 1915, Akureyri †May 15th, 1980, Akureyri

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian (1915–1997)

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

85

Nick Fatool

American musician (1915–2000)

*January 2nd, 1915, Millbury †September 26th, 2000, Los Angeles

64

Roland Barthes

French philosopher and essayist

*November 12th, 1915, Cherbourg †March 26th, 1980, 13th arrondissement of Paris

75

Robert Hofstadter

American physicist and Nobel laureate (1915-1990)

*February 5th, 1915, New York City †November 17th, 1990, Stanford

89

Blanchette Brunoy

French actress

*October 5th, 1915, 14th arrondissement of Paris †April 3rd, 2005, Manosque

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 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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