September 1st, 1973

Born on September 1st, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 1st, 1973?

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_Sea

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Sea

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, 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.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Born on September 1st, 1973

50

Sanford Bookstaver

American director and producer

*September 1st, 1973, New York City

50

Úrsula Strenge

Ecuadorian psychologist, politician, entrepreneur and ex TV host

*September 1st, 1973, Guayaquil

50

Zach Thomas

American football player (born 1973)

*September 1st, 1973, Pampa

50

Ram Kapoor

Indian actor

*September 1st, 1973, New Delhi

50

Polly Shannon

Canadian actress

*September 1st, 1973, Kingston

50

Rieko Miura

Japanese singer and actress

*September 1st, 1973, Nakano

50

J.D. Fortune

Canadian singer and songwriter

*September 1st, 1973, Mississauga

50

Simon Shaw

English rugby union footballer

*September 1st, 1973, Nairobi

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

35

Jose Antonio Reyes

Spanish footballer

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

53

Padma Lakshmi

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

*September 1st, 1970, Chennai

58

Nils Tavernier

French actor and film director

*September 1st, 1965, Paris

61

Ruud Gullit

Dutch association football player and manager

*September 1st, 1962, Amsterdam

27

Zendaya

American actress, singer, and model

*September 1st, 1996, Oakland

61

Carolee Carmello

American actress and singer

*September 1st, 1962, Albany

54

Henning Berg

Norwegian association football player

*September 1st, 1969, Eidsvoll Municipality

26

Jungkook

South Korean singer

*September 1st, 1997, Busan

49

Jhonen Vasquez

American cartoonist

*September 1st, 1974, San Jose

66

Gloria Estefan

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

*September 1st, 1957, Havana

48

Scott Speedman

British-Canadian film and television actor

*September 1st, 1975, London

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

41

Jeffrey Buttle

Figure skater

*September 1st, 1982, Smooth Rock Falls

36

Mark Herzlich

American football player

*September 1st, 1987, Kirkwood

52

Hakan Şükür

Turkish footballer

*September 1st, 1971, Adapazarı

Same year
Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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