September 1st, 1950

Born on September 1st, 1950

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, 1950

73

Mikhail Fradkov

Prime Minister of Russia

*September 1st, 1950, Samara

73

Oscar Cantoni

Italian Catholic cardinal and bishop

*September 1st, 1950, Lenno

73

Phil McGraw

American television personality

*September 1st, 1950, Vinita

73

Heidemarie Ehlert

German politician

*September 1st, 1950, Halle (Saale)

73

Phillip Fulmer

American college football player, college football coach

*September 1st, 1950, Winchester

73

Johann Gärtner

German joiner and merchant

*September 1st, 1950, Augsburg

73

Vagit Alekperov

Russian businessman

*September 1st, 1950, Baku

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Who's birthday is on September 1st?

34

Lea Sirk

Slovene singer

*September 1st, 1989, Koper

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

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

77

Barry Gibb

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

*September 1st, 1946, Douglas

68

Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart

First son of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro

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

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

84

Heinrich Messner

Austrian alpine skier

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

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

84

Lily Tomlin

American actress, comedian and writer

*September 1st, 1939, Detroit

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

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

94

George Maharis

American actor (1928-2023)

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

72

Undine Kurth

German politician

*September 1st, 1951, Tanndorf (Colditz)

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

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

78

Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi

President of Yemen from 2012 to 2022

*September 1st, 1945, Abyan Governorate

Same year
Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

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No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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