Birthday facts

Born on September 2.

Everyone born on September 2 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 Keir Starmer and Emiliano Martínez.

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 2? 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.

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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 2.

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

1962

Keir Starmer

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1992

Emiliano Martínez

Argentine footballer

1964

Keanu Reeves

Canadian actor and singer

1966

Salma Hayek

Mexican-American director and actress

1951

Mark Harmon

American actor and producer

1996

Austin Abrams

American actor

1839

Henry George

American economist and author

1971

Katt Williams

American comedian and actor

On this day

What September 2 has seen.

It is National Day in Vietnam.

1666A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days, destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.

1901U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" (cartoon pictured) at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.

1957South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.

The calendar

When September 2 falls.

A Wednesday in 2026, a Thursday in 2027, a Saturday in 2028, a Sunday in 2029, and a Monday in 2030.