Born in September: famous birthdays and numbers for every day
September has 30 days, from the 244th to the 273rd day of the year. People born in September are Virgo until September 22, then Libra. In 2027, September 1 falls on a Wednesday, and 8 of the month’s 30 days fall on a Saturday or Sunday.
Day by day, this page brings together 240 famous people, 120 events and 90 holidays and observances. The earliest birth listed is Diadumenian (208, September 14), the most recent Jenna Ortega (2002, September 27). 13 of them have a milestone birthday coming up, including Gloria Estefan (70 on September 1, 2027), Mario Draghi (80 on September 3, 2027) and Wiz Khalifa (40 on September 8, 2027). In the United States, the most common September birthday from 2000 to 2014 was September 12 (1st of 366 days, about 12,735 births that day each year), and the least common September 1 (305th).
Updated October 25, 2026. Famous people, events and holidays: Wikipedia and Wikidata. US birth counts: Social Security Administration, compiled by FiveThirtyEight.
How to read the September entries
Every day in September has its own entry. It starts with the day’s rank in the year, the zodiac sign (usual dates, give or take a day depending on the year) and the day’s rank within that sign, the day of the week it falls on the next three times, the years it lands on a Saturday or Sunday over the next ten years, and the date a baby born that day, next time it comes around, will be 10,000 days old. The last figure is the average number of babies born that day each year in the United States from 2000 to 2014, with the day’s rank out of 366.
Next come the eight people born that day with the most articles across the different Wikipedias (Wikidata, checked October 25, 2026); for living people, the age shown is the one they will reach on their next birthday, calculated by Cardiboo. Finally, a few events and holidays for the day, taken from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 license), with a link to the full page for that day.
Born on September 1
244th day of the year (245th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 10th day of the sign · Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029 · weekend in 2029, 2030 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 17, 2055 · US: about 10,932 births that day each year (305th of 366)
- 1996 Zendaya, American actress and singer (born 1996) — turns 31 in 2027
- 1940 Annie Ernaux, French writer (born 1940) — turns 87 in 2027
- 1875 Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (1875–1950)
- 1946 Roh Moo-hyun, 16th President of the Republic of Korea (1946–2009)
- 1877 Francis William Aston, British chemist (1877-1945)
- 1896 A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON
- 1962 Ruud Gullit, Dutch association football player and manager — turns 65 in 2027
- 1957 Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer (born 1957) — turns 70 in 2027
September 1 in history
- 2000 Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.
- 1973 A 76-hour multinational rescue effort off the coast of Ireland resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history.
- 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.
- 1969 Muammar Gaddafi led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.
Holidays and observances on September 1
- Feast of Creation (Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Constantius (Costanzo) of Aquino
- Christian feast day: David Pendleton Oakerhater (Anglican Communion)
Born on September 2
245th day of the year (246th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 11th day of the sign · Thursday in 2027, Saturday in 2028, Sunday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2029, 2034 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 18, 2055 · US: about 11,059 births that day each year (275th of 366)
- 1962 Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2024 to 2026 — turns 65 in 2027
- 1964 Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor and musician (born 1964) — turns 63 in 2027
- 1966 Salma Hayek, Mexican and American actress (born 1966) — turns 61 in 2027
- 1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)
- 1877 Frederick Soddy, English radiochemist (1877–1956)
- 1953 Ahmad Shah Massoud, Tajik military leader (1953–2001)
- 1838 Liliʻuokalani, monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917)
- 1954 Andrej Babiš, Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic — turns 73 in 2027
September 2 in history
- 1992 An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Holidays and observances on September 2
- Christian feast day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Agricola of Avignon
- Christian feast day: Antoninus of Pamiers
Born on September 3
246th day of the year (247th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 12th day of the sign · Friday in 2027, Sunday in 2028, Monday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2033 and 2034 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 19, 2055 · US: about 11,155 births that day each year (241st of 366)
- 1947 Mario Draghi, Italian economist, academic, banker and politician; former prime minister of Italy — turns 80 in 2027
- 1936 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian politician
- 1905 Carl David Anderson, American physicist
- 1965 Charlie Sheen, American actor (born 1965) — turns 62 in 2027
- 1988 Jérôme Boateng, German association football player — turns 39 in 2027
- 1900 Urho Kekkonen, eighth President of Finland (1900–1986)
- 1940 Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)
- 1938 Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist (1938 - ) — turns 89 in 2027
September 3 in history
- 2017 North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test at Punggye-ri, causing a magnitude-6.3 earthquake.
- 2001 The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- 1987 While he was abroad, Burundian president Jean-Baptiste Bagaza was deposed in a military coup d'état by Pierre Buyoya.
- 1942 The Holocaust: In possibly the first Jewish ghetto uprising, residents of the Łachwa Ghetto in occupied Poland, informed of the upcoming "liquidation" of the ghetto, unsuccessfully fought against their Nazi captors.
Holidays and observances on September 3
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bartholomew Gutierrez
- Christian feast day: Blessed Brigida Morello Zancano
- Christian feast day: Mansuetus of Toul
Born on September 4
247th day of the year (248th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 13th day of the sign · Saturday in 2027, Monday in 2028, Tuesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027, 2032 and 2033 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 20, 2055 · US: about 11,502 births that day each year (136th of 366)
- 1981 Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter (born 1981) — turns 46 in 2027
- 1768 François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand, French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
- 1824 Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824-1896)
- 1969 Giorgi Marghvilashvili, Georgian politician and philosopher, fourth President of Georgia (2013–2018) — turns 58 in 2027
- 1896 Antonin Artaud, French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)
- 1985 Raúl Albiol, Spanish association football player — turns 42 in 2027
- 1927 John McCarthy, American computer scientist and cognitive scientist (1927-2011)
- 1809 Juliusz Słowacki, Polish Romantic poet (1809–1849)
September 4 in history
- 1995 Three U.S. servicemen stationed at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan, raped a 12-year-old girl, after kidnapping, beating, and torturing her.
- 1957 Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School.
- 1934 Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
- 1920 Peasants in and around Križ began a rebellion to protest economic and conscription policies enacted by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Holidays and observances on September 4
- Christian feast day: Candida the Elder
- Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine of Racconigi
- Christian feast day: Blessed Dina Bélanger
Born on September 5
248th day of the year (249th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 14th day of the sign · Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027 and 2032 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 21, 2055 · US: about 11,922 births that day each year (61st of 366)
- 1638 Louis XIV of France, King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
- 1946 Freddie Mercury, British singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen (1946–1991)
- 1774 Caspar David Friedrich, German Romantic landscape painter (1774–1840)
- 1888 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President and 1st Vice President of India, Indian philosopher and politician (1888–1975)
- 1951 Michael Keaton, American actor (born 1951) — turns 76 in 2027
- 1942 Werner Herzog, German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director (born 1942) — turns 85 in 2027
- 1912 John Cage, American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
- 1940 Raquel Welch, American actress (1940–2023)
September 5 in history
- 1977 NASA launched the space probe Voyager 1, currently the farthest spacecraft from Earth, from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
- 1943 World War II: American and Australian airborne forces landed at Nadzab as part of the New Guinea campaign against Japan.
- 1926 Forty-eight people died in a fire in a makeshift cinema in Dromcolliher, Ireland.
- 1915 The Zimmerwald Conference, the first of three international socialist conferences forming the Zimmerwald movement, opened in Switzerland.
Holidays and observances on September 5
- Christian feast day: Bertin
- Christian feast day: Charbel (martyr)
- Christian feast day: Genebald
Born on September 6
249th day of the year (250th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 15th day of the sign · Monday in 2027, Wednesday in 2028, Thursday in 2029 · weekend in 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 22, 2055 · US: about 11,724 births that day each year (87th of 366)
- 1766 John Dalton, British chemist and mathematician (1766–1844)
- 1860 Jane Addams, American feminist social activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, philosopher, and writer (1860–1935)
- 1972 Idris Elba, British actor (born 1972) — turns 55 in 2027
- 1892 Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist (1892–1965)
- 1943 Roger Waters, English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943) — turns 84 in 2027
- 1808 Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
- 1963 Geert Wilders, Dutch politician (born 1963) — turns 64 in 2027
- 1757 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general and politician (1757–1834)
September 6 in history
- 2022 Liz Truss succeeded Boris Johnson as prime minister following the July 2022 United Kingdom government crisis.
- 2018 The Supreme Court of India invalidated part of Section 377 of the Penal Code, thus legalising homosexuality in India.
- 2017 Hurricane Irma reached peak intensity near the Caribbean islands of Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Virgin Gorda.
- 2000 The Los Angeles Dodgers hosted the first Pride Night in Major League Baseball history.
Holidays and observances on September 6
- Christian feast days: Begga
- Christian feast days: Chagnoald
- Christian feast days: Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria
Born on September 7
250th day of the year (251st in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 16th day of the sign · Tuesday in 2027, Thursday in 2028, Friday in 2029 · weekend in 2030, 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 23, 2055 · US: about 11,767 births that day each year (78th of 366)
- 1707 Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French natural historian (1707-1788)
- 1909 Elia Kazan, American director and actor (1909–2003)
- 1940 Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)
- 1870 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (1870–1938)
- 1936 Buddy Holly, American rock and roll singer (1936–1959)
- 1829 August Kekulé, German organic chemist (1829–1896)
- 1911 Todor Zhivkov, former General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party
- 1930 Baudouin I of Belgium, fifth king of the Belgians (1930–1993)
September 7 in history
- 2010 A Chinese fishing trawler operating in disputed waters collided with Japan Coast Guard patrol boats near the Senkaku Islands, sparking a major diplomatic dispute between the two countries.
- 2004 Hurricane Ivan made landfall on Grenada, devastating at least 85 per cent of buildings on the island.
- 1999 Three weeks after an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey, a second earthquake struck Athens, causing Greece and Turkey to initiate "earthquake diplomacy".
- 1996 American rapper Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in Paradise, Nevada, dying six days later.
Holidays and observances on September 7
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Christian feast day: Anastasius the Fuller
- Christian feast day: Clodoald
Born on September 8
251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 17th day of the sign · Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029 · weekend in 2029, 2030 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 24, 2055 · US: about 12,123 births that day each year (31st of 366)
- 1841 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (1841–1904)
- 1941 Bernie Sanders, United States Senator from Vermont — turns 86 in 2027
- 1830 Frédéric Mistral, Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige (1830–1914)
- 1925 Peter Sellers, British actor and comedian (1925–1980)
- 1989 Avicii, Swedish electronic music producer (1989–2018)
- 1979 Pink, American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1979) — turns 48 in 2027
- 1946 Aziz Sancar, Turkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 — turns 81 in 2027
- 1987 Wiz Khalifa, American rapper, singer-songwriter and actor (born 1987) — turns 40 in 2027
September 8 in history
- 2022 Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.
- 1995 Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
- 1991 At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons.
- 1974 Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
Holidays and observances on September 8
- Christian Feast Day: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian Feast Day: Corbinian
- Christian Feast Day: Disibod
Born on September 9
252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 18th day of the sign · Thursday in 2027, Saturday in 2028, Sunday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2029, 2034 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 25, 2055 · US: about 12,311 births that day each year (13th of 366)
- 1828 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (1828–1910)
- 1985 Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer (born 1985) — turns 42 in 2027
- 1585 Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu, French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
- 1966 Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian (born 1966) — turns 61 in 2027
- 1949 Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 6th President of Indonesia (2004—2014) — turns 78 in 2027
- 1941 Dennis M. Ritchie, American computer scientist, co-inventor of the Unix operating system and the C programming language (1941–2011)
- 1960 Hugh Grant, British actor — turns 67 in 2027
- 1967 Akshay Kumar, Actor — turns 60 in 2027
September 9 in history
- 2015 Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria.
- 1999 The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
- 1971 Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon, was released.
- 1962 French president Charles de Gaulle delivered his "speech to the German youth" to 20,000 people in the courtyard of Ludwigsburg Palace.
Holidays and observances on September 9
- Christian feast day: Charles Lowder (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
- Christian feast day: Blessed Euthymia Üffing
Born on September 10
253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 19th day of the sign · Friday in 2027, Sunday in 2028, Monday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2033 and 2034 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 26, 2055 · US: about 12,445 births that day each year (5th of 366)
- 1964 Jack Ma, Chinese businessman — turns 63 in 2027
- 1892 Arthur Holly Compton, American physicist (1892–1962)
- 1960 Colin Firth, English actor and producer — turns 67 in 2027
- 1933 Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer (1933–2019)
- 1839 Charles Sanders Peirce, American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)
- 1897 Georges Bataille, French intellectual and literary figure (1897–1962)
- 1937 Jared Diamond, American scientist, historian, and author (born 1937) — turns 90 in 2027
- 1659 Henry Purcell, English composer (1659–1695)
September 10 in history
- 2017 Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida, as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean.
- 2009 Members of the Atlanta Police Department conducted a raid on a gay bar, with patrons later alleging that their constitutional rights had been violated and the city agreeing to pay over $1 million in settlements.
- 2000 British forces freed soldiers and civilians who had been held captive by the militant group the West Side Boys, contributing to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
- 1990 Pope John Paul II consecrated the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, one of the largest churches in the world, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast.
Holidays and observances on September 10
- Amerindian Heritage Day (Guyana)
- Children's Day (Honduras)
- Christian feast day: Alexander Crummell (Episcopal Church)
Born on September 11
254th day of the year (255th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 20th day of the sign · Saturday in 2027, Monday in 2028, Tuesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027, 2032 and 2033 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 27, 2055 · US: about 11,699 births that day each year (93rd of 366)
- 1967 Sung Jae-gi, South Korean masculism activist (1967-2013)
- 1917 Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
- 1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German sports official and association football player (1945–2024)
- 1885 D. H. Lawrence, English writer and poet (1885–1930)
- 1903 Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
- 1862 O. Henry, American short story writer (1862–1910)
- 1982 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician, educator, and pro-democracy activist (born 1982) — turns 45 in 2027
- 1877 Felix Dzerzhinsky, Bolshevik revolutionary and founder of the first Soviet secret police organs (1877-1926)
September 11 in history
- 2025 Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.
- 1995 Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approximately 75 days in space.
- 1978 British medical photographer Janet Parker became the last recorded person to die from smallpox, leading to a debate on whether the virus should be preserved.
- 1941 In Des Moines, Iowa, American aviator Charles Lindbergh delivered an antisemitic speech accusing Jews of controlling the media and manipulating the United States into joining World War II.
Holidays and observances on September 11
- Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)
- Christian feast days: Blessed Francesco Bonifacio
- Christian feast days: Blessed Bonaventura Gran
Born on September 12
255th day of the year (256th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 21st day of the sign · Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027 and 2032 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 28, 2055 · US: about 12,735 births that day each year (1st of 366)
- 1897 Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist (1897–1956)
- 1921 Stanisław Lem, Polish science fiction author, philosopher and futurologist, studied medical doctor (1921–2006)
- 1973 Paul Walker, American actor (1973–2013)
- 1986 Emmy Rossum, American actress — turns 41 in 2027
- 1913 Jesse Owens, American track and field athlete (1913–1980)
- 1957 Hans Zimmer, German film composer (born 1957) — turns 70 in 2027
- 1852 H. H. Asquith, British politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916 (1852–1928)
- 1981 Jennifer Hudson, American singer, actress, model and spokesperson — turns 46 in 2027
September 12 in history
- 2003 Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
- 2003 The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
- 1992 Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
- 1983 The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.
Holidays and observances on September 12
- Christian feast day: Ailbe (Elvis, Eilfyw) of Emly
- Christian feast day: Guy of Anderlecht
- Christian feast day: The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Born on September 13
256th day of the year (257th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 22nd day of the sign · Monday in 2027, Wednesday in 2028, Thursday in 2029 · weekend in 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 29, 2055 · US: about 12,209 births that day each year (19th of 366)
- 1916 Roald Dahl, British writer and poet (1916–1990)
- 1989 Thomas Müller, German association football player — turns 38 in 2027
- 1903 Claudette Colbert, American actress (1903–1996)
- 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
- 1973 Fabio Cannavaro, Italian association football player and manager — turns 54 in 2027
- 1819 Clara Schumann, German musician and composer (1819–1896)
- 1941 Óscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica (1986–1990, 2006–2010) — turns 86 in 2027
- 1951 Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of South Sudan since 2011 — turns 76 in 2027
September 13 in history
- 2005 A software bug caused a simulated pandemic in the online video game World of Warcraft, serving as a model for epidemiologists to understand how human interaction influences disease outbreaks.
- 1993 Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell more than 15 million copies.
- 1988 Hurricane Gilbert reached a minimum pressure of 888 mb (26.22 inHg) with sustained flight-level winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), making it the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record at the time.
- 1985 Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling video games in history, was first released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Holidays and observances on September 13
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Cross (Assyrian Church of the East)
- Christian feast day: Aimé (Amatus)
- Christian feast day: Amé (Amatus) of Remiremont
Born on September 14
257th day of the year (258th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 23rd day of the sign · Tuesday in 2027, Thursday in 2028, Friday in 2029 · weekend in 2030, 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 30, 2055 · US: about 12,192 births that day each year (24th of 366)
- 1955 Leo XIV, 267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–) — turns 72 in 2027
- 1769 Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
- 1983 Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (1983–2011)
- 1947 Sam Neill, New Zealand actor (1947–2026)
- 1937 Renzo Piano, Italian architect (1937-) — turns 90 in 2027
- 1879 Margaret Sanger, American birth control activist and nurse (1879–1966)
- 1791 Franz Bopp, German linguist (1791-1861)
- 208 Diadumenian, Roman emperor (218)
September 14 in history
- 2015 Physicists of the LIGO and Virgo projects first observed gravitational waves, the existence of which was predicted by Henri Poincaré in 1905.
- 2007 Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England, sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years.
- 2003 President Kumba Ialá of Guinea-Bissau was deposed in a bloodless military coup.
- 1992 The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declared the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be unconstitutional.
Holidays and observances on September 14
- Christian feast day: Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Albert of Vercelli
- Christian feast day: Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel)
Born on September 15
258th day of the year (259th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 24th day of the sign · Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029 · weekend in 2029, 2030 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on January 31, 2055 · US: about 12,198 births that day each year (21st of 366)
- 1890 Agatha Christie, English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
- 1857 William Howard Taft, 27th President of the United States from 1909 to 1913 (1857–1930)
- 1613 François de La Rochefoucauld, French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)
- 1977 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer (born 1977) — turns 50 in 2027
- 1984 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales — turns 43 in 2027
- 1789 James Fenimore Cooper, American writer (1789–1851)
- 1929 Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist (1929–2019)
- 1964 Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia since 2023 — turns 63 in 2027
September 15 in history
- 2020 The Abraham Accords were signed in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
- 2017 A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.
- 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.
- 1954 The scene in The Seven Year Itch of Marilyn Monroe standing in a white dress over a subway grate was filmed by Billy Wilder.
Holidays and observances on September 15
- Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
- Christian feast day: Joseph Abibos
- Christian feast day: Alpinus (Albinus) of Lyon
Born on September 16
259th day of the year (260th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 25th day of the sign · Thursday in 2027, Saturday in 2028, Sunday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2029, 2034 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 1, 2055 · US: about 12,091 births that day each year (34th of 366)
- 1923 Kuan Yew Lee, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore (1923–2015)
- 1924 Lauren Bacall, American actress (1924–2014)
- 1925 B. B. King, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
- 1888 Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer (1888–1964)
- 1893 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine in 1937 (1896-1986)
- 1956 David Copperfield, American illusionist — turns 71 in 2027
- 1992 Nick Jonas, American singer, actor and musician — turns 35 in 2027
- 1747 Mikhail Kutuzov, Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)
September 16 in history
- 2013 A lone gunman fatally shot twelve people and injured three others at the headquarters of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C.
- 1992 The British pound was forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on Black Wednesday and suffered a major devaluation.
- 1989 During a tour of the United States, Soviet politician Boris Yeltsin visited a grocery store in Texas that had a major impact on his views regarding the Soviet Union's economic system.
- 1979 Eight people escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a home-made hot air balloon.
Holidays and observances on September 16
- Christian feast day: Andrew Kim Taegon
- Christian feast day: Curcodomus
- Christian feast day: Cornelius and Cyprian (Catholic Church)
Born on September 17
260th day of the year (261st in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 26th day of the sign · Friday in 2027, Sunday in 2028, Monday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2033 and 2034 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 2, 2055 · US: about 12,386 births that day each year (10th of 366)
- 1950 Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India since 2014 — turns 77 in 2027
- 1826 Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician (1826–1866)
- 1968 Anastacia, American singer — turns 59 in 2027
- 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian and Soviet rocket scientist and pioneer of the astronautic theory (1857-1935)
- 1975 Jimmie Johnson, American racing driver — turns 52 in 2027
- 1931 Anne Bancroft, American actress (1931–2005)
- 1956 Almazbek Atambaev, 4th President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan — turns 71 in 2027
- 1743 Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet, French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743–1794)
September 17 in history
- 2018 The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.
- 2011 Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, organized a protest against corporate influence on democracy at Zuccotti Park in New York City that became known as Occupy Wall Street.
- 1985 Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time.
- 1980 Solidarity, a Polish trade union, was founded as the first independent labor union in an Eastern Bloc country.
Holidays and observances on September 17
- Australian Citizenship Day
- Christian feast day: Albert of Vercelli
- Christian feast day: Ariadne of Phrygia
Born on September 18
261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 27th day of the sign · Saturday in 2027, Monday in 2028, Tuesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027, 2032 and 2033 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 3, 2055 · US: about 12,426 births that day each year (7th of 366)
- 1971 Anna Netrebko, Russian and Austrian operatic soprano — turns 56 in 2027
- 1709 Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)
- 1976 Ronaldo, Brazilian association football player (born 1976) — turns 51 in 2027
- 1905 Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)
- 1971 Lance Armstrong, cyclist from the United States — turns 56 in 2027
- 1765 Gregory XVI, Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846 (1765–1846)
- 1961 James Gandolfini, American actor (1961–2013)
- 1819 Léon Foucault, French physicist (1819–1868)
September 18 in history
- 1964 The wedding of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark took place in Athens.
- 1950 Korean War: The Korean People's Army retreated from the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter after six weeks of fighting, marking the farthest that the KPA would advance in the war.
- 1948 The Australian cricket team's Invincibles tour of England concluded; they had played 34 matches, including five Tests, without defeat.
- 1918 World War I: The Central Powers' defeat at the Battle of Dobro Pole played a role in the Bulgarian withdrawal from the war and led to the subsequent liberation of Vardar Macedonia.
Holidays and observances on September 18
- Christian feast day: Ariadne of Phrygia
- Christian feast day: Constantius (Theban Legion)
- Christian feast day: Edward Bouverie Pusey (Episcopal Church)
Born on September 19
262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 28th day of the sign · Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027 and 2032 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 4, 2055 · US: about 12,696 births that day each year (2nd of 366)
- 1948 Jeremy Irons, British actor (born 1948) — turns 79 in 2027
- 1926 Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and astronomer (1926-2020)
- 1985 Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor — turns 42 in 2027
- 1802 Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian politician (1802–1894)
- 1922 Emil Zátopek, Czech long-distance runner (1922-2000)
- 1921 Paulo Freire, lawyer, college teacher, author
- 1898 Giuseppe Saragat, 5th President of Italy (1898-1988)
- 1967 Alexander Karelin, Soviet-Russian wrestler — turns 60 in 2027
September 19 in history
- 2023 Chinese authorities cancelled a run of performances of The Mongol Khan, the first Mongolian play to be performed internationally, forty minutes before its planned premiere in Hohhot.
- 2011 Mariano Rivera surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time career leader in saves.
- 1991 Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man dating from about 3300 BC, was discovered by two German tourists in the Alps.
- 1976 An unidentified flying object over Tehran in Iran was observed by multiple civilians and military personnel, which has been described as one of the most credible cases in ufology.
Holidays and observances on September 19
- Christian feast day: Alonso de Orozco Mena
- Christian feast day: Emilie de Rodat
- Christian feast day: Blessed Francisca Cualladó Baixauli
Born on September 20
263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 29th day of the sign · Monday in 2027, Wednesday in 2028, Thursday in 2029 · weekend in 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 5, 2055 · US: about 12,542 births that day each year (3rd of 366)
- 1934 Sophia Loren, Italian actress (born 1934) — turns 93 in 2027
- 1948 George R. R. Martin, American writer and television producer (born 1948) — turns 79 in 2027
- 1940 Tarō Asō, Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009 — turns 87 in 2027
- 1878 Upton Sinclair, American writer (1878–1968)
- 1853 Chulalongkorn, King of Siam (1853-1910)
- 1988 Khabib Nurmagomedov, Russian professional mixed martial artist — turns 39 in 2027
- 1993 Julian Draxler, German association football player (born 1993) — turns 34 in 2027
- 1833 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1833–1918)
September 20 in history
- 2011 The United States military ended its "don't ask, don't tell" policy, consequently allowing gay and lesbian people to serve openly.
- 1997 Hurricane Erika, the strongest and longest-lasting hurricane of the 1997 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing flooding and power outages throughout Puerto Rico.
- 1988 British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gave a landmark speech at the Belfry of Bruges, Belgium, against federalism in the European Economic Community.
- 1984 The Cosby Show, which became one of three U.S. television shows to have the highest ratings five years in a row, premiered with its pilot episode.
Holidays and observances on September 20
- Christian feast day: Eustace (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Evilasius
- Christian feast day: Fausta of Cyzicus
Born on September 21
264th day of the year (265th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 30th day of the sign · Tuesday in 2027, Thursday in 2028, Friday in 2029 · weekend in 2030, 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 6, 2055 · US: about 12,071 births that day each year (35th of 366)
- 1866 H. G. Wells, English writer (1866–1946)
- 1954 Shinzō Abe, Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022)
- 1909 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician (1909–1972)
- 1947 Stephen King, American novelist and writer (born 1947) — turns 80 in 2027
- 1934 Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
- 1842 Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)
- 1980 Kareena Kapoor, Indian actress (born 1980) — turns 47 in 2027
- 1957 Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia — turns 70 in 2027
September 21 in history
- 2004 American rock band Green Day released their seventh studio album, American Idiot.
- 1999 The first chapter of Naruto, later one of the best-selling manga series, was published.
- 1996 The Defense of Marriage Act was passed by the United States Congress, prohibiting federal recognition of same-sex marriage, while allowing states to adopt any marital definition of their choosing.
- 1968 The Soviet Union's Zond 5 landed in the Indian Ocean, becoming the first spacecraft to safely return to Earth after travelling around the Moon.
Holidays and observances on September 21
- Christian feast day: Cadoc
- Christian feast day: Ephigenia of Ethiopia
- Christian feast day: Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert (one of the Korean Martyrs)
Born on September 22
265th day of the year (266th in leap years) · ♍ Virgo, 31st day of the sign · Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029 · weekend in 2029, 2030 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 7, 2055 · US: about 11,989 births that day each year (50th of 366)
- 1791 Michael Faraday, British scientist (1791–1867)
- 1958 Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958) — turns 69 in 2027
- 1953 Ségolène Royal, French politician (born 1953) — turns 74 in 2027
- 1959 Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate — turns 68 in 2027
- 1984 Thiago Silva, Brazilian association football player — turns 43 in 2027
- 1741 Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)
- 1987 Tom Felton, British actor, singer and musician — turns 40 in 2027
- 1939 Junko Tabei, Japanese mountain climber (1939-2016)
September 22 in history
- 2014 The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.
- 2003 Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.
- 1994 The Nordhordland Bridge, crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.
- 1979 An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
Holidays and observances on September 22
- American Business Women's Day (United States)
- Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia)
- Christian feast days: Digna and Emerita
Born on September 23
266th day of the year (267th in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 1st day of the sign · Thursday in 2027, Saturday in 2028, Sunday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2029, 2034 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 8, 2055 · US: about 12,021 births that day each year (41st of 366)
- 1949 Bruce Springsteen, American rock singer (born 1949) — turns 78 in 2027
- 1930 Ray Charles, American singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
- 1901 Jaroslav Seifert, Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986)
- 1916 Aldo Moro, Italian politician (1916-1978)
- 1943 Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer and lawyer (born 1943) — turns 84 in 2027
- 1940 Michel Temer, 24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019 — turns 87 in 2027
- 1926 John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (1926–1967)
- 1956 Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer (1956–2020)
September 23 in history
- 2019 The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
- 2016 Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.
- 2010 Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed via lethal injection.
- 2002 The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.
Holidays and observances on September 23
- Christian feast day: Adomnán
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska
- Christian feast day: Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
Born on September 24
267th day of the year (268th in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 2nd day of the sign · Friday in 2027, Sunday in 2028, Monday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2033 and 2034 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 9, 2055 · US: about 12,185 births that day each year (26th of 366)
- 1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (1896–1940)
- 1884 İsmet İnönü, 2nd President of the Republic of Turkey (1884–1973)
- 1717 Horace Walpole, English writer and politician (1717–1797)
- 1898 Howard Florey, Australian pathologist (1898-1968)
- 1905 Severo Ochoa, Spanish physician
- 1936 Jim Henson, American puppeteer (1936–1990)
- 1980 John Arne Riise, Norwegian association football player — turns 47 in 2027
- 1930 John Young, American astronaut, naval officer, test pilot and aeronautical engineer (1930–2018)
September 24 in history
- 2019 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that advice given by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Queen Elizabeth II that Parliament should be prorogued was unlawful.
- 1993 Norodom Sihanouk became King of Cambodia with the restoration of the monarchy after a 23-year interregnum.
- 1975 Dougal Haston and Doug Scott of the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces.
- 1950 The "Great Smoke Pall", generated by the Chinchaga fire, the largest recorded fire in North American history, was first recorded in present-day Nunavut and may eventually have circled the entire globe.
Holidays and observances on September 24
- Armed Forces Day (Peru)
- Christian feast day: Anathalon (in Brescia)
- Christian feast day: Antonio Gonzalez
Born on September 25
268th day of the year (269th in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 3rd day of the sign · Saturday in 2027, Monday in 2028, Tuesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027, 2032 and 2033 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 10, 2055 · US: about 12,205 births that day each year (20th of 366)
- 1897 William Faulkner, American writer (1897-1962)
- 1968 Will Smith, American actor, film producer and rapper (born 1968) — turns 59 in 2027
- 1881 Lu Xun, Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)
- 1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet composer and pianist (1906-1975)
- 1969 Catherine Zeta-Jones, British actress (born 1969) — turns 58 in 2027
- 1944 Michael Douglas, American actor, producer and activist (born 1944) — turns 83 in 2027
- 1949 Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish filmmaker (born 1949) — turns 78 in 2027
- 1644 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (*1644 – †1710)
September 25 in history
- 1990 The Ram Rath Yatra, a political–religious rally organised to erect a temple to the Hindu deity Rama on the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, began in the Indian state of Gujarat.
- 1983 In one of the largest prison escapes in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army prisoners hijacked a meals lorry and broke out of HM Prison Maze in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
- 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1977 About 4,200 people took part in the first modern Chicago Marathon.
Holidays and observances on September 25
- Armed Forces Day or Revolution Day (Mozambique)
- Bangladeshi Immigration Day (United States)
- Christian feast day: Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Church)
Born on September 26
269th day of the year (270th in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 4th day of the sign · Sunday in 2027, Tuesday in 2028, Wednesday in 2029 · weekend in 2027 and 2032 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 11, 2055 · US: about 12,421 births that day each year (9th of 366)
- 1888 T. S. Eliot, US-British poet (1888–1965)
- 1981 Serena Williams, American tennis player (born 1981) — turns 46 in 2027
- 1897 Paul VI, pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
- 1849 Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (1849–1936)
- 1965 Petro Poroshenko, President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019 — turns 62 in 2027
- 1932 Manmohan Singh, Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician and politician
- 1898 George Gershwin, American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
- 1976 Michael Ballack, German association football player (born 1976) — turns 51 in 2027
September 26 in history
- 2016 The Ecnomiohyla rabborum became extinct when the last known surviving member died in captivity.
- 2010 Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
- 2008 Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy flew a wingpack powered by jet engines across the English Channel.
- 1983 The racing yacht Australia II, captained by John Bertrand, won the America's Cup and ended the New York Yacht Club's 132-year defence of the trophy.
Holidays and observances on September 26
- Christian feast days: Canadian Martyrs (Catholic Church in Canada)
- Christian feast days: Cosmas and Damian
- Christian feast days: Blessed Crescencia Valls Espí
Born on September 27
270th day of the year (271st in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 5th day of the sign · Monday in 2027, Wednesday in 2028, Thursday in 2029 · weekend in 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 12, 2055 · US: about 12,172 births that day each year (27th of 366)
- 1984 Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984) — turns 43 in 2027
- 1972 Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, entrepreneur, writer and singer (born 1972) — turns 55 in 2027
- 1976 Francesco Totti, Italian association football player — turns 51 in 2027
- 1871 Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist (1871-1936)
- 1601 Louis XIII of France, King of France and Navarre from 1610 to 1643 (1601–1643)
- 1982 Lil Wayne, American rapper and singer — turns 45 in 2027
- 2002 Jenna Ortega, American actress (born 2002) — turns 25 in 2027
- 1918 Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer (1918–1984)
September 27 in history
- 1988 Led by pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi, the political party National League for Democracy was founded in Burma.
- 1983 American software developer Richard Stallman announced plans for the Unix-like operating system GNU, the first free software developed by the GNU Project.
- 1981 Iran–Iraq War: Iran broke the Iraqi siege of Abadan by Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh.
- 1964 The British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2, an advanced Cold War tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft that was later cancelled, made its maiden flight.
Holidays and observances on September 27
- Christian feast days: Adheritus
- Christian feast days: Bonfilius
- Christian feast days: Caius of Milan
Born on September 28
271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 6th day of the sign · Tuesday in 2027, Thursday in 2028, Friday in 2029 · weekend in 2030, 2031 and 2036 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 13, 2055 · US: about 11,711 births that day each year (91st of 366)
- 1934 Brigitte Bardot, French actress, singer, animal rights activist (1934–2025)
- 1841 Georges Clemenceau, Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
- 1924 Marcello Mastroianni, Italian actor (1924–1996)
- 1803 Prosper Mérimée, French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870)
- 1968 Naomi Watts, English actress (born 1968) — turns 59 in 2027
- 1929 Lata Mangeshkar, Indian singer (1929–2022)
- 1852 Henri Moissan, French chemist (1852–1907)
- 1968 Mika Häkkinen, Finnish racing driver (born 1968) — turns 59 in 2027
September 28 in history
- 2023 The Sycamore Gap tree in Northumberland, England, was illegally felled.
- 2012 War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
- 1978 Pope John Paul I died only 33 days after his papal election due to an apparent myocardial infarction, resulting in the first year of three popes since 1605.
- 1975 An attempted robbery of Spaghetti House, a restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, turned into a six-day hostage situation.
Holidays and observances on September 28
- Christian feast day: Aaron of Auxerre
- Christian feast day: Amalia Abad Casasempere
- Christian feast day: Annemund
Born on September 29
272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 7th day of the sign · Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029 · weekend in 2029, 2030 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 14, 2055 · US: about 11,595 births that day each year (119th of 366)
- 1943 Lech Wałęsa, President of Poland from 1990 to 1995 (born 1943) — turns 84 in 2027
- 1901 Enrico Fermi, Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
- 1936 Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician (1936–2023)
- 1951 Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile from (2006–2010; 2014–2018) — turns 76 in 2027
- 1961 Julia Gillard, Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013 — turns 66 in 2027
- 1758 Horatio Nelson, British admiral (1758–1805)
- 1864 Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish poet (1864-1936)
- 1942 Ian McShane, English actor (born 1942) — turns 85 in 2027
September 29 in history
- 2005 John Roberts became the 17th Chief Justice of the United States; he would be the first Chief Justice to serve for twenty years since Melville Fuller in 1908.
- 2004 Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.
- 1991 The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.
- 1990 The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.
Holidays and observances on September 29
- Christian feast day: Charles, Duke of Brittany
- Christian feast day: Cyriacus the Anchorite
- Christian feast day: Hripsime
Born on September 30
273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) · ♎ Libra, 8th day of the sign · Thursday in 2027, Saturday in 2028, Sunday in 2029 · weekend in 2028, 2029, 2034 and 2035 · baby of 2027: 10,000 days on February 15, 2055 · US: about 11,488 births that day each year (139th of 366)
- 1207 Rumi, Iranian poet
- 1964 Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model (born 1964) — turns 63 in 2027
- 1928 Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928–2016)
- 1997 Max Verstappen, Dutch and Belgian racing driver — turns 30 in 2027
- 1924 Truman Capote, American writer (1924-1984)
- 1975 Marion Cotillard, French actress and model (born 1975) — turns 52 in 2027
- 1986 Olivier Giroud, French footballer (born 1986) — turns 41 in 2027
- 1870 Jean-Baptiste Perrin, French physicist (1870–1942)
September 30 in history
- 2019 President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.
- 2005 The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.
- 1998 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.
- 1982 Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.
Holidays and observances on September 30
- Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Birth of Morelos (Mexico)
- Boy's Day (Poland)
Frequently asked questions
What is the zodiac sign for people born in September?
Virgo ♍ until September 22, then Libra ♎ from September 23 (usual dates, give or take a day depending on the year).
Which famous people were born in September?
For example Zendaya (September 1, 1996), John Dalton (September 6, 1766), Sung Jae-gi (September 11, 1967), Kuan Yew Lee (September 16, 1923), H. G. Wells (September 21, 1866) and T. S. Eliot (September 26, 1888). The eight best-known people for every day in September are in the entries above.
Which September birthdays fall on a weekend in 2027?
8 days out of 30: September 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25 and 26, 2027.