Birthday facts

Born on September 1.

Everyone born on September 1 is a Virgo — ruled by Mercury, you have already spotted the error. The stone is sapphire, the flower aster, and the day is shared with Zendaya and Ludwig Göransson.

Sun sign

Virgo ♍︎

the Maiden · ruled by Mercury · you have already spotted the error

Birthstone

Sapphire

September

Birth flower

Aster

& morning glory

Your book

Born on September 1? Add the year.

Then it is a pop-up book: the sky the day you arrived, the No. 1 that week, the president, what a stamp cost, your life in weeks, and who was exactly your age when they did the thing they are known for — and at the end, a birthday poster of the day, engraved, to take home. One field. The date lives after the # in the link, which no server sees — nothing about you leaves your browser.

Making it for someone else? Send it as a pop-up birthday card.

The old books say

Virgo, August 23 to September 22.

The Maiden, ruled by Mercury, and the books make it the sign of the well-kept list — precise, useful, quietly indispensable. An earth sign, credited with discernment and a work ethic, and blamed for noticing the flaw in everything, including itself. Its people are said to be the ones who actually read the instructions. The tradition admires Virgo and slightly fears having its work checked by one.

Astrology, reported rather than endorsed — the astronomy is the part of the book that is real.

Good company

Also born on September 1.

The names most looked up among everyone who shares the day — leaning on the ones who last.

1996

Zendaya

American actress and singer

1984

Ludwig Göransson

Swedish film composer

1970

Padma Lakshmi

Indian-American author and actress

1938

Alan Dershowitz

American author

1950

Phil McGraw

American author and psychologist

1875

Edgar Rice Burroughs

American author

1997

Jeon Jungkook

South Korean singer and songwriter

1946

Barry Gibb

Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer

On this day

What September 1 has seen.

1862American Civil War: Confederate forces attacked retreating troops (map shown) of the Union Army during a rainstorm in Chantilly, Virginia, but the battle ended inconclusively.

1953Channel 11 began television broadcasts in Minneapolis, United States.

1911Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

2019Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

The calendar

When September 1 falls.

A Tuesday in 2026, a Wednesday in 2027, a Friday in 2028, a Saturday in 2029, and a Sunday in 2030.