September 1st, 1946

Born on September 1st, 1946

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, 1946

77

Barry Gibb

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

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

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

77

Shalom Hanoch

Israeli singer

*September 1st, 1946, Mishmarot

77

Mary Louise Weller

American actress

*September 1st, 1946, New York City

77

Susan Backlinie

American actress and stuntwoman

*September 1st, 1946, Ventura

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

78

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

*September 1st, 1945, Abyan Governorate

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

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

68

Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart

First son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro

*September 1st, 1949, Havana †February 1st, 2018, Havana

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

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

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

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

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

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

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

76

Rolf Kutzmutz

German politician

*September 1st, 1947, Lützen

79

Mari Gorman

American actress

*September 1st, 1944, New York City

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

45

Rocky Marciano

American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)

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

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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