September 15th, 1972

Born on September 15th, 1972

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 15th, 1972?

September 15th, 1972

A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö Bulltofta Airport.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_Airlines

What else happened on September 15th?

September 15th, 2017

A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.

September 15th, 2008

Financial crisis of 2007–2008: The global financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy while holding over $600 billion in assets, the largest such filing in U.S. history.

September 15th, 1963

The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four girls and injuring at least 14 other people (memorial march pictured).

September 15th, 1954

The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate (pictured) was filmed by Billy Wilder.

September 15th, 1944

World War II: American and Australian forces landed on the Japanese-occupied island of Morotai.

September 15th, 1935

Nazi Germany enacted the Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of their citizenship.

September 15th, 1916

Tanks (example pictured), the "secret weapons" of the British Army during the First World War, were first used in combat at the Battle of Flers–Courcelette in France.

September 15th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate forces captured the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, taking more than 12,000 prisoners.

September 15th, 1830

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&M), the first locomotive-hauled railway to connect two major cities, opened with the Duke of Wellington in attendance.

September 15th, 1821

The Province of Guatemala proclaimed the independence of Central America from the Spanish Empire.

September 15th, 1791

French playwright Olympe de Gouges published the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, hoping to expose the failures of the French Revolution in the recognition of gender equality.

September 15th, 1776

American Revolutionary War: British forces made an unopposed amphibious landing at Kips Bay on Manhattan, the American defenders having fled due to artillery fire.

September 15th, 1462

The Ottoman conquest of Lesbos ended upon the surrender of commander Niccolò Gattilusio; the conquering Mehmed II executed 300 Italian soldiers by chopping them in half, claiming he was fulfilling a promise to "spare their heads".

September 15th, 2020

Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 15th

Born on September 15th, 1972

51

Kai Wegner

German politician

*September 15th, 1972, Berlin

51

Jimmy Carr

British comedian and humourist

*September 15th, 1972, Hounslow

51

Queen Letizia of Spain

Queen of Spain since 2014 to present

*September 15th, 1972, Oviedo

51

Gianmarco Pozzecco

Basketball player

*September 15th, 1972, Gorizia

51

Lady Victoria

American professional wrestler

*September 15th, 1972, Barstow

51

Timothy Mack

American pole vaulter

*September 15th, 1972, Cleveland

51

Alois Vogl

German alpine skier

*September 15th, 1972, Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut

51

Kit Chan

Singaporean singer and actress

*September 15th, 1972, Singapore

51

John Schwab

American actor

*September 15th, 1972, Pensacola

51

Angelika Kallio

Finnish model

*September 15th, 1972, Riga

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 15th?

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

25

Kevinho

Brazilian singer-songwriter

*September 15th, 1998, Campinas

59

Steven R. Monroe

American film director

*September 15th, 1964, New York

46

Tom Hardy

British actor (born 1977)

*September 15th, 1977, Hammersmith

61

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker

German politician and judge

*September 15th, 1962, Troisdorf

43

Jolin Tsai

Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress

*September 15th, 1980, Xinzhuang District

39

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

*September 15th, 1984, St. Mary's Hospital

46

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Nigerian writer

*September 15th, 1977, Enugu

85

Agatha Christie

English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)

*September 15th, 1890, Torquay †January 12th, 1976, Winterbrook

50

Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

Husband of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden

*September 15th, 1973, Örebro Hospital

49

Murat Yakin

Swiss association football manager (born 1974)

*September 15th, 1974, Basel

36

Aly Cissokho

Senegalese and French footballer

*September 15th, 1987, Blois

22

Blamage

Serbian rapper and singer

*September 15th, 2001, Belgrade

52

Josh Charles

American actor

*September 15th, 1971, Baltimore

58

Stefan de Walle

Dutch television actor and film actor

*September 15th, 1965, The Hague

77

Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich

German historian of classical antiquity, author and children's writer (1901-1979)

*September 15th, 1901, Munich †June 16th, 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

52

Will Shields

American football player (born 1971)

*September 15th, 1971, Fort Riley

46

Caterina Murino

Italian actress

*September 15th, 1977, Cagliari

60

Johannes Kahrs

Former German politician

*September 15th, 1963, Bremen

77

Oliver Stone

American film director, screenwriter, and producer

*September 15th, 1946, New York City

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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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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