Born on September 9
September 9 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 9, you share a birthday with Leo Tolstoy, Luka Modrić and Cardinal Richelieu. September 9 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 9 is the 253rd day of the year in leap years (252nd in other years).
Famous people born on September 9
- 1828Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright
- 1985Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
- 1585Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician
- 1941Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language
- 1966Adam Sandler, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960Hugh Grant, English actor and producer
- 1967Akshay Kumar, Indian actor and producer
- 1737Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist
- 1908Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and author
- 1980Michelle Williams, American actress
What happened on September 9
- 337After disposing of all relatives who possibly held a claim to the throne, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans became Roman co-emperors.
- 1791The commissioners overseeing the construction of the United States' new capital city named it Washington, in honor of the first president.
- 1801Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
- 1839John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.
- 1850California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
- 1892Amalthea becomes the last moon to be discovered without the use of photography.
- 1923Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
- 1926Yleisradio (YLE), the Finnish national public broadcasting company, begins its broadcasts.
- 1962French president Charles de Gaulle delivered his "speech to the German youth" to 20,000 people in the courtyard of Ludwigsburg Palace.
- 1971Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon, was released.
- 1999The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
- 2015Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria.
Also observed on September 9
- Armored Forces Day (Ukraine)
- California Admission Day (California, United States)
- Children's Day (Costa Rica)
- Chrysanthemum Day or Kiku no Sekku (Japan)
- Independence Day (Tajikistan), celebrates the independence of Tajikistan from USSR in 1991.
- International Buy-a-Priest-a-Beer Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 9?
People born on September 9 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 9?
Leo Tolstoy (1828), Luka Modrić (1985), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Adam Sandler (1966), Hugh Grant (1960) were all born on September 9.
What happened on September 9 in history?
Among other things: in 1971, Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon, was released; in 1999, The first banknotes of the Portrait Series of the Singapore dollar were introduced by the Board of Commissioners of Currency; in 2015, Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 9?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 9 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 9”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.