September 1st, 1972

Born on September 1st, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 1st, 1972?

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

What else 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, 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, 1972

51

José Luis García Pérez

Spanish actor

*September 1st, 1972, Seville

51

Peter Adolphsen

Danish author

*September 1st, 1972, Aarhus

51

Amy Anderson

American comedian

*September 1st, 1972, Seoul

51

Ali Cheikh Dib

Association football player

*September 1st, 1972, Syria

51

Sherman Williams

Bahamian boxer

*September 1st, 1972, Freeport

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

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

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

50

Sanford Bookstaver

American director and producer

*September 1st, 1973, New York City

53

Padma Lakshmi

Indian-born American author, actress, model, television host and executive producer

*September 1st, 1970, Chennai

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

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

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

50

Úrsula Strenge

Ecuadorian psychologist, politician, entrepreneur and ex TV host

*September 1st, 1973, Guayaquil

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

54

Henning Berg

Norwegian association football player

*September 1st, 1969, Eidsvoll Municipality

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

52

Hakan Şükür

Turkish footballer

*September 1st, 1971, Adapazarı

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

50

Zach Thomas

American football player (born 1973)

*September 1st, 1973, Pampa

34

Cosmo Jarvis

American actor and musician

*September 1st, 1989, Ridgewood

78

Paul Wolters

German classical archaeologist

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

52

Helena af Sandeberg

Swedish actress

*September 1st, 1971, Råsunda church parish

Same year
Born in 1972

51

Stephen Barclay

British politician

*May 3rd, 1972, Lytham St Annes

51

Maia Sandu

President of Moldova since 2020

*May 24th, 1972, Risipeni

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

52

Roland Møller

Danish actor

*March 20th, 1972, Odense

51

Bang Soo-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 13th, 1972, Seoul

52

Heryanto Arbi

Indonesian badminton player

*January 21st, 1972, Kota Kudus

51

Zinedine Zidane

French football manager and former player

*June 23rd, 1972, Marseille

51

Dwayne Johnson

American actor and professional wrestler

*May 2nd, 1972, Hayward

51

Joanne Goode

English badminton player

*November 17th, 1972, Harlow

51

Eminem

American rapper, record producer and actor (born 1972)

*October 17th, 1972, St. Joseph

52

Milaine Cloutier

Canadian badminton player

*February 16th, 1972, Granby

51

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

51

Chris Leslie

British politician (born 1972)

*June 28th, 1972, Keighley

51

Anniken Hauglie

Conservative Norwegian politician

*September 10th, 1972, Oslo

51

Gwyneth Paltrow

American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer

*September 27th, 1972, Los Angeles

51

Steffen Wöller

German luger

*September 10th, 1972, Erfurt

51

Johann von Bülow

German actor

*September 26th, 1972, Munich

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

51

Josh Duhamel

American actor

*November 14th, 1972, Minot

52

Ong Ewe Hock

Badminton player

*March 14th, 1972, Penang

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Born on September 1st, 1972
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1972 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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