September 2nd, 1928

Born on September 2nd, 1928

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on September 2nd, 1928

85

Horace Silver

American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014)

*September 2nd, 1928, Norwalk †June 18th, 2014, New Rochelle

61

Miloslav Ištvan

Czech composer and pianist

*September 2nd, 1928, Olomouc †January 20th, 1990, Brno

84

Jim Jordan

Canadian politician (1928–2012)

*September 2nd, 1928, Marlbank †September 18th, 2012, Brockville

83

Mel Stuart

American film director and producer (1928–2012)

*September 2nd, 1928, New York City †August 9th, 2012, Beverly Hills

90

Sebastian Fischer

German actor and voice actor

*September 2nd, 1928, Berlin †October 17th, 2018

71

Benito Stefanelli

Italian actor

*September 2nd, 1928, Rome †December 18th, 1999, Rome

88

Muhammad Dandamayev

Russian historian (1928-2017)

*September 2nd, 1928, Laksky District †August 28th, 2017, Saint Petersburg

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Who's birthday is on September 2nd?

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

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

82

Victor Spinetti

Welsh actor and theatre director

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

74

Fred Draper

American actor (1925-1999)

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

75

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

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

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

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

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

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

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

86

Rita Riggs

American costume designer (1930-2017)

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

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

74

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

83

Chuck McCann

American voice actor and comedian (1934-2018)

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

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

82

Mathieu Kérékou

Politician (1933-2015)

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

82

Derek Fowlds

British actor (1937–2020)

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

57

Salma Hayek

Mexican and American actress and producer

*September 2nd, 1966, Coatzacoalcos

61

Keir Starmer

Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since 2020

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

81

Ernst Curtius

German archaeologist and historian (1814–1896)

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

84

François Mahé

French road bicycle racer

*September 2nd, 1930, Arradon †May 31st, 2015, Hyères

79

René Thom

French mathematician

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

60

Florența Mihai

Romanian tennis player

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

59

Pascal Demolon

French actor, voice actor, director and film producer

*September 2nd, 1964, Soissons

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Born in 1928

89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

88

Søren Elung Jensen

Actor (1928-2017)

*July 7th, 1928, Odense †January 22nd, 2017, Hellerup

95

Noam Chomsky

American linguist and activist (born 1928)

*December 7th, 1928, East Oak Lane

39

Che Guevara

Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

*June 14th, 1928, Rosario †October 9th, 1967, La Higuera

86

Maya Angelou

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

*April 4th, 1928, St. Louis †May 28th, 2014, Winston-Salem

95

Aníbal Abreu

Venezuelan composer

*December 14th, 1928, Caracas

77

Heinz Melkus

German racing driver (1928-2005)

*April 20th, 1928, Dresden †September 5th, 2005, Dresden

86

Horst Köbbert

German television presenter (1928-2014)

*February 12th, 1928, Rostock †July 11th, 2014, Rostock

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

81

Inge Taubert

German historian

*October 11th, 1928, Zwickau †December 19th, 2009, Raschau-Markersbach

71

Rigobert Günther

German historian of classical antiquity (1928-2000)

*May 18th, 1928, Magdeburg †April 2nd, 2000, Leipzig

95

Jean-Marie Le Pen

French politician

*June 20th, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer

89

Alberto Zedda

Italian conductor (1928-2017)

*January 2nd, 1928, Milan †March 6th, 2017, Pesaro

89

Bengt Gustavsson

Swedish footballer (1928-2017)

*January 13th, 1928, Ringarum †February 16th, 2017, Norrköping

89

Bab Christensen

Norwegian actress (1928-2017)

*January 8th, 1928, Oslo †April 10th, 2017, Oslo

91

Hosni Mubarak

President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011

*May 4th, 1928, Kafr el-Muṣīlḥa †February 25th, 2020, Cairo

95

Frank Borman

American astronaut

*March 14th, 1928, Gary †November 7th, 2023, Billings

58

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

*August 6th, 1928, Pittsburgh †February 22nd, 1987, New York City

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

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Leap year

Yes: 1928 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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