September 1st, 1940

Born on September 1st, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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... 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

Born on September 1st, 1940

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

74

Erika Fleuren

German politician (1940-2015)

*September 1st, 1940, Wuppertal †March 31st, 2015

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

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

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

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

82

Gay Kayler

Australian country musician

*September 1st, 1941, Australia

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

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

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

45

Rocky Marciano

American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)

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

77

Barry Gibb

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

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

94

George Maharis

American actor

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

85

Alan Dershowitz

American lawyer, author

*September 1st, 1938, Brooklyn

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

34

Cosmo Jarvis

English actor and musician, born in the USA

*September 1st, 1989, Ridgewood

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

75

Claus Jacobi

German clarinetist, psychotherapist and pianist

*September 1st, 1948, Hamelin

66

Ron O'Neal

American actor (1937-2004)

*September 1st, 1937, Utica †January 14th, 2004, Los Angeles

79

Mari Gorman

American actress

*September 1st, 1944, New York City

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

Same year
Born in 1940

83

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

83

Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan from 1990 to 2019

*July 6th, 1940, Ushqonyr

83

Nancy Sinatra

American singer and actress

*June 8th, 1940, Jersey City

77

John Mahoney

American actor (1940–2018)

*June 20th, 1940, Blackpool †February 4th, 2018, Chicago

40

John Lennon

English musician and member of the Beatles (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

52

Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

*December 21st, 1940, Baltimore †December 4th, 1993, Los Angeles

83

Tarō Asō

Japanese politician (born 1940)

*September 20th, 1940, Iizuka

74

H. R. Giger

Swiss artist (1940–2014)

*February 5th, 1940, Chur †May 12th, 2014, Zürich

76

Al Jarreau

American jazz and pop musician

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Paul Williams

American composer, singer, songwriter and actor

*September 19th, 1940, Omaha

83

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

*January 4th, 1940, Ganxian District

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

83

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

83

J. M. Coetzee

South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940)

*February 9th, 1940, Cape Town

83

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

76

Dawson Mathis

American politician (1940-2017)

*November 30th, 1940, Nashville †April 17th, 2017, Tifton

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

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

Born on September 1st, 1940
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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