September 2nd, 1978

Born on September 2nd, 1978

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 330 days, exactly on March 19th, 2025, people who were born on September 2nd, 1978 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 2nd?

September 2nd, 2011

Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.

September 2nd, 1985

Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.

September 2nd, 1967

Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).

September 2nd, 1957

South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.

September 2nd, 1946

The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.

September 2nd, 1945

On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender (pictured), formally ending World War II.

September 2nd, 1923

Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lynch mobs of Japanese murdered thousands of ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese over the course of several weeks.

September 2nd, 1912

Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.

September 2nd, 1901

U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

September 2nd, 1885

White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage.

September 2nd, 1870

Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.

September 2nd, 1792

French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.

September 2nd, 1789

The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.

September 2nd, 1666

A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days (depicted), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

September 2nd, 2023

India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 2nd

Born on September 2nd, 1978

45

Inken Becher

German association footballer

*September 2nd, 1978, Berlin

45

Ramón Pereira

Spanish footballer

*September 2nd, 1978, Mérida

45

Cacai Bautista

Filipino actor and comedian

*September 2nd, 1978, Aparri

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 2nd?

59

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor (born 1964)

*September 2nd, 1964, Beirut

83

Jörg Kuebart

German general (1934-2018)

*September 2nd, 1934, Olsztyn †February 14th, 2018, Bad Honnef

21

Jasmine Liu

American Samoan beach handball player

*September 2nd, 2002, Vaitogi

57

Salma Hayek

Mexican and American actress and producer

*September 2nd, 1966, Coatzacoalcos

75

Nicole Leblanc

Canadian actress

*September 2nd, 1941, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine †May 23rd, 2017, Montreal

52

Stephan Grossmann

German actor

*September 2nd, 1971, Dresden

61

Keir Starmer

Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since 2020

*September 2nd, 1962, Southwark

104

Ingeborg Rapoport

German physician and East German communist functionary (1912-2017)

*September 2nd, 1912, Kribi †March 23rd, 2017, Berlin

54

Robert Habeck

German politician and writer (born 1969)

*September 2nd, 1969, Lübeck

74

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

59

Pascal Demolon

French actor, voice actor, director and film producer

*September 2nd, 1964, Soissons

48

Alexandre Lacroix

French journalist and writer

*September 2nd, 1975, Poitiers

52

Kjetil André Aamodt

Norwegian alpine ski racer and TV host

*September 2nd, 1971, Oslo

46

Mauricio Pinilla

Colombian association football player (1977-)

*September 2nd, 1977, Cali

36

Scott Moir

Canadian ice dancer

*September 2nd, 1987, London

23

Amadou Diallo

Man shot by NYPD officers

*September 2nd, 1975, Sinoe County †February 4th, 1999, New York City

98

Arthur Ashkin

American physicist (1922-2020)

*September 2nd, 1922, Brooklyn †September 21st, 2020, Rumson

35

Javi Martínez

Spanish footballer

*September 2nd, 1988, Estella-Lizarra

47

Chad Kimball

American actor

*September 2nd, 1976, Seattle

74

Fred Draper

American actor (1925-1999)

*September 2nd, 1925, Chester †December 26th, 1999, San Bernardino

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

45

Rio Ferdinand

English association football player (born 1978)

*November 7th, 1978, Camberwell

46

Danai Gurira

American actress

*February 14th, 1978, Grinnell

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on September 2nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on September 2nd, 1978
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
September 1978