September 1st, 1940

Born on September 1st, 1940

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

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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, 1937

The first group of around 172,000 Koreans were deported by Soviet authorities from the Russian Far East to the Kazakh and Uzbek SSRs; around 10 to 25 percent died.

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.

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

Born on September 1st, 1940

84

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

84

Franco Bitossi

Italian racing cyclist

*September 1st, 1940, Carmignano

79

Yaşar Büyükanıt

Turkish general (1940-2019)

*September 1st, 1940, Eyüpsultan †November 21st, 2019, Sarıyer

73

Stanislav Stepashkin

Boxer

*September 1st, 1940, Moscow †September 4th, 2013, Moscow

79

Janos Galambos

Hungarian-American mathematician (b.1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Zirc †December 19th, 2019

74

Erika Fleuren

German politician (1940-2015)

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

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Who's birthday is on September 1st?

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

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

35

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

85

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

37

Sevdaliza

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

*September 1st, 1987, Tehran

33

Jaymes Young

American singer-songwriter and musician

*September 1st, 1991, Seattle

62

Roh Moo-hyun

16th President of the Republic of Korea

*September 1st, 1946, Bongha Village †May 23rd, 2009, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

78

Barry Gibb

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

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

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

66

Ron O'Neal

American actor (1937-2004)

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

60

Henrik Stangerup

Danish author (1937-1998)

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

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

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

67

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

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

28

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

62

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

59

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

62

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

83

Gay Kayler

Australian country musician

*September 1st, 1941, Australia

79

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

*September 1st, 1945, Abyan Governorate

32

Kirani James

Grenadian sprinter

*September 1st, 1992, Gouyave

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

83

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality †February 18th, 2024, Røros Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

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

84

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer and songwriter (1940–2017)

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

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

84

Klaus Schlappner

German association football player and manager

*May 22nd, 1940, Lampertheim

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

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

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

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

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

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

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress (*1940)

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

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

32

Bruce Lee

Chinese-American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author (1940–2020)

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

84

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

84

Patrick Stewart

British actor

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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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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