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About September 17th

Sun Sign
♍ Virgo
Earth · Mercury
loyal, analytical, kind, hardworking
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Birthstone
Sapphire
Deep blue
Loyalty, wisdom, nobility
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Birth Flower
Aster
Morning Glory
Wisdom, valor, affection
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Celtic Tree
Vine
Muin
indecisive, empathic, refined, elegant
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196 Notable deaths

Top causes of death

7 Cancer
4 Myocardial Infarction
4 Pneumonia
3 Stroke
2 Disease

Top death years

8 2016
6 2020
6 1994
6 2011
5 1948

Deaths by gender

160 Male
36 Female

Top death places

5 Rio De Janeiro
4 Los Angeles
4 Moscow
3 Berlin
3 Cambridge

Top 5 notable deaths.

Spiro Agnew

Vice president of the united states from 1969 to 1973.

Born November 9th, 1918 in Baltimore.

Died September 17th, 1996 at 77 years old in Berlin (leukemia).

Marianne Bachmeier

Vigilante justice in germany (1950-1996).

Born June 3rd, 1950 in Sarstedt.

Died September 17th, 1996 at 46 years old in Lübeck (pancreatic cancer).

Paula Yates

British television presenter and writer (1959–2000).

Born April 24th, 1959 in Colwyn Bay.

Died September 17th, 2000 at 41 years old in London (drug overdose).

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016).

Born December 27th, 1942 in Chicago.

Died September 17th, 2016 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (dementia). [ref]

Karl Popper

Austrian-british philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of plato, hegel and marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994).

Born July 28th, 1902 in Vienna.

Died September 17th, 1994 at 92 years old in Kenley.

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Top birth years

16 1993
14 1985
13 1990
11 1962
11 1986

Birthdays by gender

462 Male
140 Female

Top birth places

7 Budapest
6 London
5 New York City
4 Minsk
4 Chicago

We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi