Birthday facts

Born on September 24.

Everyone born on September 24 is a Libra — ruled by Venus, fair to a fault, decisive never. The stone is sapphire, the flower aster, and the day is shared with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Phil Hartman.

Sun sign

Libra ♎︎

the Scales · ruled by Venus · fair to a fault, decisive never

Birthstone

Sapphire

September

Birth flower

Aster

& morning glory

Your book

Born on September 24? 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

Libra, September 23 to October 22.

The Scales, ruled by Venus, and the only sign that is an object rather than a creature — the books make much of that. An air sign, credited with a sense of fairness, an eye for beauty and a talent for company; blamed for taking a very long time to choose, because both sides really do have a point. Its people are supposed to keep the peace, and to look good doing it.

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

Good company

Also born on September 24.

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

1896

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American novelist and short story writer

1948

Phil Hartman

Canadian-American actor and screenwriter

1625

Johan de Witt

Dutch mathematician and politician

1950

Harriet Walter

English actress

1941

Linda McCartney

American activist and singer

2003

Joe Locke

Manx actor

1936

Jim Henson

American director and puppeteer

1962

Nia Vardalos

Canadian-American actress and screenwriter

On this day

What September 24 has seen.

It is Heritage Day in South Africa.

1568At San Juan de Ulúa (present-day Veracruz, Mexico), a Spanish naval fleet forced English privateers to halt their trade (battle pictured).

1789The Judiciary Act of 1789 was signed into law, establishing the U.S. federal judiciary and setting the number of Supreme Court justices at six.

1903Alfred Deakin became the second Australian prime minister, succeeding Edmund Barton, who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.

1950The "Great Smoke Pall", generated by the Chinchaga fire, the largest recorded fire in North American history, was first recorded in present-day Nunavut and may eventually have circled the entire globe.

1975Dougal Haston and Doug Scott of the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces.

The calendar

When September 24 falls.

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