September 8 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on September 8, 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
#31 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous September 8 birthdays
Frédéric Mistral · Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige1830
Antonín Dvořák · Czech composer1841
Derek Barton · English organic chemist1918
Rasul Gamzatov · Avar poet1923
Peter Sellers · British actor and comedian1925
Patsy Cline · American country singer1932
Asha Bhosle · Indian playback singer1933
Bernie Sanders · United States Senator from Vermont1941
Aziz Sancar · Turkish geneticist1946
Michael Shermer · American science writer1954
Mojtaba Khamenei · 3rd Supreme Leader of Iran since 20261969
David Arquette · American actor, director and professional wrestler1971
Martin Freeman · English actor1971
Pink · American singer, songwriter, and actress1979
João Moutinho · Portuguese association football player1986
Wiz Khalifa · American rapper, singer and actor1987
Avicii · Swedish electronic music producer1989
Gylfi Sigurðsson · Icelandic association football player1989
Bruno Fernandes · Portuguese association football player1994
Gaten Matarazzo · American actor2002
On this day in history
1565St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States, was founded by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1974Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
1991At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons.
2016NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.
1986Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
1988Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
1995Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.
2000NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.
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