What are the important events that happened on September 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 23 is the 267th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 10, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,727,049,600 seconds 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 ‘dihectahexacontaheptagon’ 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 128 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 4,294 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 23: This Day In History
It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
September 23 Historical Events
- 1122 –Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
- 1779 –American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
- 1857 –The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
- 1932 –The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- 1952 –Richard Nixon makes his “Checkers speech”.
- 1959 –Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
- 1959 –The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
- 1962 –The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the completion of the first building, the Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic.
- 1999 –Celebrate Bisexuality Day was first observed in the United States.
- 1999 –NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
Who were born on September 23?
- 1800 –William Holmes McGuffey, American educator and textbook author (d. 1873)
- 1889 –Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
- 1928 –Frank Foster, American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (d. 2011)
- 1939 –Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
- 1949 –Floella Benjamin(Baroness Benjamin), British actress, authour, television presenter, business woman and politician
- 1952 –Mark Bego, American biographer
- 1970 –Lucia Cifarelli, vocalist and occasional keyboardist for industrial music group KMFDM
- 1973 –Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
- 1978 –Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress
- 1984 –Kate French, American actress
Who died on September 23?
- 1571 –John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
- 1738 –Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668)
- 1844 –Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian general and statesman (b. 1783)
- 1851 –Émilie Gamelin, Canadian Catholic nun, founder of the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
- 1871 –Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786)
- 1943 –Elinor Glyn, English author (b. 1864)
- 2000 –Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- 2002 –Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927)
- 2004 –André Hazes, Dutch singer (b. 1951)
- 2004 –Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
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