What are the important events that happened on September 7? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 7: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 7 is the 251st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 115 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 25, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,725,667,200 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 ‘dihectapentacontahenagon’ 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 144 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 4,278 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 7 Historical Events
- 1191 –Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Arsuf.
- 1652 –Around 15,000 Han farmers and militia rebel against Dutch rule on Taiwan.
- 1818 –Carl III of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.
- 1895 –The first game of what would become known as rugby league football is played, in England, starting the 1895–96 Northern Rugby Football Union season.
- 1920 –Two newly purchased Savoia flying boats crash in the Swiss Alps en-route to Finland where they would serve with the Suomen Ilmavoimat, killing both crews.
- 1921 –Legion of Mary is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
- 1929 –Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. 136 lives are lost.
- 1942 –Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
- 1942 –Holocaust: 8,700 Jews of Kolomyia (western Ukraine) sent by German Gestapo to death camp in Belzec.
- 1963 –The Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio with 17 charter members.
Who were born on September 7?
- 786 –Emperor Saga Japan
- 1817 –Queen Louise of Hesse-Kassel of Denmark (d. 1898)
- 1892 –Oscar O'Brien, Canadian folklorist and Roman Catholic priest (d. 1958)
- 1917 –John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927 –Eric Hill, British children’s author
- 1934 –Little Milton, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1942 –Alan Oakes, British Footballer
- 1966 –Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (d. 1996)
- 1972 –Slug, American rapper (Atmosphere)
- 1984 –Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
Who died on September 7?
- 251 –Sima Yi, Chinese strategist, general, and politician
- 1151 –Geoffrey of Anjou (b. 1113)
- 1464 –Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)
- 1552 –Guru Angad Dev, second Sikh Guru (b. 1504)
- 1559 –Robert Estienne, French printer (b. 1503)
- 1871 –Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. c. 1826)
- 1892 –John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet (b. 1807)
- 1994 –Eric Crozier, English opera librettist, theatre director (b. 1914)
- 2006 –Hiroshi Takase, Japanese cinematographer (b. c. 1955)
- 2011 –Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1970)
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