What are the important events that happened on September 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 15 is the 259th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 2, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,544 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontaenneagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 136 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,286 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 15 Historical Events
- 1556 –Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1820 –Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
- 1873 –Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
- 1894 –First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- 1962 –The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
- 1981 –The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1987 –United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
- 2004 –National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
Who were born on September 15?
- 1760 –Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
- 1924 –Bobby Short, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1931 –Brian Henderson, Australian television presenter
- 1932 –Neil Bartlett, English chemist (d. 2008)
- 1933 –Henry Darrow, American actor
- 1933 –Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor
- 1938 –Gaylord Perry, baseball player
- 1972 –Kit Chan, Singaporean singer
- 1976 –Matt Thornton, American baseball player
- 1977 –Tom Hardy, English actor
Who died on September 15?
- 1701 –Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
- 1841 –Alessandro Rolla, Italian violin master and composer (b. 1757)
- 1893 –Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (b. 1807)
- 1930 –Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
- 1945 –Anton Webern, Austrian composer (b. 1883)
- 1973 –Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
- 1985 –Cootie Williams, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1910)
- 1991 –John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1993 –Giuseppe ‘Pino’Puglisi, Italian priest (b. 1937)
- 2001 –June Salter, Australian actress (b. 1932)
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