September 10th, 1944

Born on September 10th, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 917 days, exactly on October 30th, 2026, people who were born on September 10th, 1944 will be 30,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 10th?

September 10th, 2008

CERN's Large Hadron Collider (section pictured), the world's largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, first began operations beneath the France–Switzerland border.

September 10th, 2000

British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

September 10th, 1990

Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.

September 10th, 1983

Typhoon Ellen dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.

September 10th, 1974

After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of Guinea-Bissau was formally recognized as independent.

September 10th, 1961

At the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, German driver Wolfgang von Trips's car collided with another, causing it to become airborne and crash into a side barrier, killing him and 15 spectators.

September 10th, 1960

Running barefoot in the marathon event at the Rome Olympics, Abebe Bikila became the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold medal.

September 10th, 1946

While riding a train to Darjeeling, India, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu, later Mother Teresa (pictured), experienced what she later described as the "call within the call", directing her to "leave the convent and help the poor while living among them".

September 10th, 1945

Mike the Headless Chicken (pictured) was decapitated on a farm in Colorado; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.

September 10th, 1937

Led by the United Kingdom and France, nine nations met at the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.

September 10th, 1779

American Revolutionary War: Captain William Pickles of the Continental Navy boarded and captured the British sloop HMS West Florida at the Battle of Lake Pontchartrain.

September 10th, 1547

Anglo-Scottish Wars: English forces defeated the Scots at the Battle of Pinkie near Musselburgh, Lothian, Scotland.

September 10th, 1509

The "Minor Judgement Day" earthquake struck in the Sea of Marmara, devastating much of Constantinople and killing more than 1,000 people.

September 10th, 2022

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: King Charles III is formally proclaimed as monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council in St James's Palace.

September 10th, 2017

Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 10th

Born on September 10th, 1944

79

Thomas Allen

English operatic baritone (born 1944)

*September 10th, 1944, Seaham

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 10th?

85

Hans Abraham

Badminton player

*September 10th, 1938, Berlin

77

Michèle Alliot-Marie

French politician

*September 10th, 1946, Villeneuve-le-Roi

75

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

*September 10th, 1948, Algiers

85

Mortimer Wheeler

British archaeologist (1890-1976)

*September 10th, 1890, Glasgow †July 22nd, 1976, London

76

Jim Hines

American sprinter and football player

*September 10th, 1946, Dumas †June 3rd, 2023, Hayward

69

Robert Koldewey

German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)

*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

72

Harry Groener

American actor

*September 10th, 1951, Augsburg

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

85

Karl Lagerfeld

German fashion designer (1933–2019)

*September 10th, 1933, Hamburg †February 19th, 2019, Neuilly-sur-Seine

65

Chris Columbus

American filmmaker

*September 10th, 1958, Spangler

75

Cynthia Lennon

Former wife of John Lennon (1939-2015)

*September 10th, 1939, Blackpool †April 1st, 2015, Mallorca

86

Jared Diamond

American scientist and author

*September 10th, 1937, Boston

66

Kate Burton

American actress

*September 10th, 1957, Geneva

78

José Feliciano

Cubano musician

*September 10th, 1945, Lares

91

Hubert Hammerer

Olympic shooter from Austria (1925-2017)

*September 10th, 1925, Egg †March 24th, 2017, Egg

64

Jim Meskimen

American actor

*September 10th, 1959, Santa Monica

67

Dennis Burkley

American actor (1945–2013)

*September 10th, 1945, Van Nuys †July 14th, 2013, Sherman Oaks

Same year
Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 10th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 10th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on September 10th, 1944
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1944 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).

Calendar
September 1944