What are the important events that happened on September 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 20 is the 264th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 102 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 7, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,664 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 ‘dihectahexacontatetragon’ 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 131 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 4,291 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 20 Historical Events
1260 –
the Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
1870 –
Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
1871 –
Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
1893 –
Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
1909 –
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
1911 –
White Star Line’s RMS Olympic collides with british warship HMS Hawke.
1977 –
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
2001 –
In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a “war on terror”.
2003 –
Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
2008 –
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Who were born on September 20?
1927 –
Red Mitchell, American jazz bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet(d. 1992)
1928 –
Donald Hall, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1930 –
Eddie Bo, American singer and pianist (d. 2009)
1935 –
David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
1935 –
Keith Roberts, British science fiction author (d. 2000)
1967 –
Matthew Nelson, American musician (Nelson)
1978 –
T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
1981 –
Joanie Dodds, American model
1983 –
Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress
1990 –
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on September 20?
1384 –
King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339)
1627 –
Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
1630 –
Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
1721 –
Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (b. 1640)
1957 –
Heino Kaski, Finnish composer (b. 1885)
1993 –
Erich Hartmann, German fighter pilot (b. 1922)
1996 –
Paul Weston, American arranger and conductor (b. 1912)
2003 –
Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
2003 –
Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
2004 –
Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
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