Born on September 7
September 7 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 7, you share a birthday with Elizabeth I, Georges-Louis Leclerc and Elia Kazan. September 7 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 7 is the 251st day of the year in leap years (250th in other years).
Famous people born on September 7
- 1533Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
- 1707Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author
- 1909Elia Kazan, Greek-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1870Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author
- 1936Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1829August Kekulé, German chemist and academic
- 1950Julie Kavner, American actress
- 1968Marcel Desailly, Ghanaian-French footballer
- 1943Gloria Gaynor, American singer-songwriter
- 1987Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer
What happened on September 7
- 1159Pope Alexander III was chosen to succeed of Adrian IV in a disputed election.
- 1818Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1822Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil from Portugal, establishing the Empire of Brazil.
- 1856The Saimaa Canal is inaugurated.
- 1860Unification of Italy: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
- 1906Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France successfully for the first time.
- 1907Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
- 1921In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
- 1921The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1927The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
- 1940Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova.
- 2010A 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.
Also observed on September 7
- Air Force Day (Pakistan)
- Constitution Day (Fiji)
- Independence Day (Brazil), celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822.
- National Threatened Species Day (Australia)
- Victory Day (Mozambique)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 7?
People born on September 7 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 7?
Elizabeth I (1533), Georges-Louis Leclerc (1707), Elia Kazan (1909), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), Buddy Holly (1936), August Kekulé (1829) were all born on September 7.
What happened on September 7 in history?
Among other things: in 1927, The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth; in 1940, Romania returns Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 7?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 7 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 7”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.