Born on September 23
September 23 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 23, you share a birthday with Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen and Jaroslav Seifert. September 23 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 23 is the 267th day of the year in leap years (266th in other years).
Famous people born on September 23
- 1930Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
- 1949Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1901Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1916Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy
- 1943Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
- 1926John William Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist and composer
- 1956Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
- 1920Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer
- 1938Romy Schneider, German-French actress
- 1915Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on September 23
- 1122Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman emperor Henry V agreed the Concordat of Worms, ending the Investiture Controversy.
- 1561King Philip II of Spain issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.
- 1846Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
- 1879The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society is founded.
- 1884The French steamship Arctique ran aground on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes in Argentina; gold was discovered during the rescue effort, triggering the Tierra del Fuego Gold Rush.
- 1905Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
- 1932Saudi National Day: Crown Prince (later king) Faisal of Saudi Arabia, on behalf of Ibn Saud, proclaims the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the current iteration of the Third Saudi State.
- 1951George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
- 1952U.S. vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered the Checkers speech, one of the first political uses of television to appeal directly to the populace.
- 1973Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
- 2002The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.
- 2019The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
Also observed on September 23
- Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)
- Haifa Day (Israel)
- Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)
- National Day (Saudi Arabia)
- Teachers' Day (Brunei)
- Celebrate Bisexuality Day (bisexual community)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 23?
People born on September 23 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 23?
Ray Charles (1930), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Aldo Moro (1916), Julio Iglesias (1943), John William Coltrane (1926) were all born on September 23.
What happened on September 23 in history?
Among other things: in 1973, Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina; in 2002, The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization; in 2019, The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 23?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 23 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 23”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.