What are the important events that happened on September 25? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 25: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 25 is the 269th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 12, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,784 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 ‘dihectahexacontaenneagon’ day.
Libra 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 126 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 4,296 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 25 Historical Events
- 1555 –The Peace of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.
- 1804 –The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
- 1915 –World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
- 1942 –World War II: Swiss Police Instruction of September 25, 1942 – this instruction denied entry into Switzerland to Jewish refugees.
- 1955 –The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1972 –In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.
- 1978 –PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-214, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, California, resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
- 1996 –The last of the Magdalene Asylums closes in Ireland.
- 2002 –The Vitim event, a possible bolide impact in Siberia, Russia.
- 2009 –U.S. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in a joint TV appearance for a G-20 summit, accused Iran of building a secret nuclear enrichment facility.
Who were born on September 25?
- 1711 –Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799)
- 1931 –Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian poet (d. 2005)
- 1934 –Jean Sorel, French actor
- 1936 –Juliet Prowse, South African actress and dancer (d. 1996)
- 1958 –Randy Kerber, American composer
- 1962 –Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian television reporter (d. 2010)
- 1966 –Todd Philcox, American football player
- 1984 –Esther Baxter, American model
- 1985 –Calvin Johnson, American football player
- 1986 –Greg Mighall, English musician
Who died on September 25?
- 1396 –Killed at the Battle of Nicopolis: Jean de Vienne, Admiral of France (b. 1341)
- 1617 –Francisco Suarez, Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1548)
- 1665 –Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (b. 1610)
- 1791 –William Bradford, American printer (b. 1719)
- 1983 –King Léopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
- 1986 –Donald MacDonald, Canadian politician (b. 1909)
- 1987 –Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906)
- 1995 –Dave Bowen, Welsh football manager (b. 1928)
- 2003 –Franco Modigliani, Italian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian philanthropist and artist (b. 1956)
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