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Born on September 13

September 13 birthdays & history

If you were born on September 13, you share a birthday with Roald Dahl, Thomas Müller and Claudette Colbert. September 13 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 13 is the 257th day of the year in leap years (256th in other years).

Famous people born on September 13

  • 1916Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter
  • 1989Thomas Müller, German footballer
  • 1903Claudette Colbert, American actress
  • 1874Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter
  • 1973Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1819Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer
  • 1940Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1944Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
  • 1830Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author
  • 1876Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer

What happened on September 13

  • 509 BCAccording to Roman tradition, the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (depicted), the most important temple in ancient Rome, was dedicated.
  • 1807Beethoven's Mass in C major, Op. 86, is premiered, commissioned by Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and displeasing him.
  • 1898Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
  • 1899Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
  • 1906The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • 1933Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
  • 1948Margaret Chase Smith is elected United States senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
  • 1953Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
  • 1956The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
  • 1956The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
  • 1985Super Mario Bros., one of the most influential and best-selling video games in history, was first released in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
  • 1993Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell more than 15 million copies.

Also observed on September 13

  • Day of the Programmer, during a non-leap year. (Russia)
  • Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
  • Engineer's Day (Mauritius)
  • Roald Dahl Day (Africa, United Kingdom, Latin America)

Questions, answered

What star sign is September 13?

People born on September 13 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.

Which famous people were born on September 13?

Roald Dahl (1916), Thomas Müller (1989), Claudette Colbert (1903), Arnold Schoenberg (1874), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Clara Schumann (1819) were all born on September 13.

What happened on September 13 in history?

Among other things: in 1956, The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed; in 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; in 1993, Nirvana released their third and final studio album, In Utero, which went on to sell more than 15 million copies.

Can I get a newspaper front page from September 13?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 13 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 13”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.