Birthday facts

Born on September 3.

Everyone born on September 3 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 Charlie Sheen and Garrett Hedlund.

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 3? 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 3.

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

1965

Charlie Sheen

American actor and producer

1984

Garrett Hedlund

American actor

2001

Kaia Gerber

American actress and model

1975

Redfoo

American singer-songwriter and producer

1970

Gareth Southgate

English footballer and manager

1963

Malcolm Gladwell

Canadian journalist and essayist

1996

Yoane Wissa

French footballer{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/yoane-wissa/320030/|title=France – Y. Wissa – Profile with news and career statistics

1947

Mario Draghi

Italian economist and banker

On this day

What September 3 has seen.

It is Victory over Japan Day in China.

863Arab–Byzantine wars: The Byzantine Empire decisively defeated the Emirate of Melitene at the Battle of Lalakaon, beginning the era of Byzantine ascendancy.

1651English Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell won the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War.

1777American Revolutionary War: The British Army and their Hessian allies defeated an American militia at the Battle of Cooch's Bridge.

1936The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.

2001The Troubles: Ulster loyalists resumed a picket outside a Catholic girls' primary school in the Protestant portion of Ardoyne, in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

The calendar

When September 3 falls.

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