September 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♍︎ Virgo
Aug 23 – Sep 22
Birth stone
Sapphire
Birth flower
Aster
How common
#275 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 2 birthdays
Liliʻuokalani · Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom1838
Henry George · American political economist and journalist1839
Wilhelm Ostwald · Baltic German chemist1853
Frederick Soddy · English radiochemist1877
Joseph Roth · Austrian novelist and journalist1894
Bill Shankly · Scottish footballer and manager1913
Israel Gelfand · Soviet-American mathematician1913
Arthur Ashkin · American physicist1922
Daniel arap Moi · Kenyan President1924
Chuck McCann · American voice actor and comedian1934
Billy Preston · American R&B musician1946
Christa McAuliffe · American educator and astronaut1948
Mark Harmon · American actor1951
Jimmy Connors · American tennis player1952
Ahmad Shah Massoud · Tajik military leader1953
John Zorn · American composer, saxophonist and bandleader1953
Andrej Babiš · Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic1954
Keanu Reeves · Canadian actor and musician1964
Salma Hayek · Mexican and American actress1966
Alexandre Pato · Brazilian football player1989
On this day in history
1789The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.
1963CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
1970NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
2010Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
1901Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
1912Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
1946The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
1957South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
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