September 1st, 1942

Born on September 1st, 1942

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 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, 1942

81

C. J. Cherryh

United States science fiction and fantasy author

*September 1st, 1942, St. Louis

81

António Lobo Antunes

Portuguese writer

*September 1st, 1942, Lisbon

74

Karl-Heinz Rieder

Austrian university teacher (1942-2017)

*September 1st, 1942, Eisenstadt †March 7th, 2017

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

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

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

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

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

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

77

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

83

Franco Bitossi

Italian racing cyclist

*September 1st, 1940, Carmignano

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

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

78

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

*September 1st, 1945, Abyan Governorate

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

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

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

60

Henrik Stangerup

Danish author (1937-1998)

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

82

Gay Kayler

Australian country musician

*September 1st, 1941, Australia

62

Roh Moo-hyun

16th President of the Republic of Korea (1946–2009)

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

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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