Birthday facts

Born on September 17.

Everyone born on September 17 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 Sam Esmail and Narendra Modi.

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 17? 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 17.

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

1977

Sam Esmail

American screenwriter

1950

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

1859

Billy the Kid

American gunman

1933

Chuck Grassley

American lawyer and politician

1948

John Ritter

American actor and producer

1935

Ken Kesey

American novelist and poet

1930

Jim Rohn

American philosopher and author

1992

Danny Ramirez

American actor

On this day

What September 17 has seen.

It is Constitution Day and Citizenship Day in the United States.

1658Portuguese Restoration War: Having crossed the Minho and entered Portuguese territory, a Spanish army was victorious in the Battle of Vilanova.

1775American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army under Richard Montgomery began the Siege of Fort St. Jean in the British province of Quebec.

1878A British surveyor was detained by the Zulu on the border with the Colony of Natal; a demand for reparations for the incident formed part of an ultimatum that led to the Anglo-Zulu War.

1985Four years after AIDS was first identified in the United States, Ronald Reagan publicly acknowledged AIDS (video featured) for the first time.

2018The Israeli Air Force conducted missile strikes that hit multiple targets in western Syria; Syrian air defences responding to the strikes accidentally downed a Russian plane.

The calendar

When September 17 falls.

A Thursday in 2026, a Friday in 2027, a Sunday in 2028, a Monday in 2029, and a Tuesday in 2030.