What are the important events that happened on September 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 27 is the 271st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 14, 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, 479,832 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahenagon’ 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 124 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 4,298 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 27 Historical Events
- 1905 –The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².
- 1938 –Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
- 1942 –Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
- 1944 –The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
- 1954 –The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
- 1995 –The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the 0 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
- 1996 –The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.
- 1998 –The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
- 2002 –Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
- 2003 –Smart 1 satellite is launched.
Who were born on September 27?
- 1643 –Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman
- 1765 –Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1885 –Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
- 1898 –Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
- 1929 –Barbara Murray, English actress
- 1939 –Kathy Whitworth, American golfer
- 1941 –Gay Kayler, Australian country music singer
- 1941 –Peter Bonetti, English footballer
- 1966 –Stephanie Wilson, American engineer and astronaut
- 1976 –Francesco Totti, Italian footballer
Who died on September 27?
- 1557 –Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (b. 1497)
- 1590 –Pope Urban VII (b. 1521)
- 1735 –Peter Artedi, Swedish naturalist (b. 1705)
- 1876 –Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b. 1817)
- 1944 –Aimee Semple McPherson, American evangelist (b. 1890)
- 1965 –Sir William Stanier, British railway engineer (b. 1876)
- 1974 –Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
- 1979 –Dame Gracie Fields, British comedian (b. 1898)
- 2007 –Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
- 2008 –Mahendra Kapoor, Indian singer (b. 1934)
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