What are the important events that happened on September 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 9 is the 253rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 27, 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, 1,725,840,000 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 ‘dihectapentacontatrigon’ 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 142 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 4,280 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 9 Historical Events
1000 –
Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1561 –
The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
1850 –
California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1863 –
American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1926 –
The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.
1940 –
George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1991 –
Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 –
The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
2001 –
At exactly 01:46:40 UTC, the Unix billenium is reached, marking the beginning of the use of 10-digit decimal Unix timestamps.
2004 –
2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
Who were born on September 9?
1349 –
Duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395)
1629 –
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (d. 1691)
1887 –
Alf Landon, American politician (d. 1987)
1890 –
Colonel Sanders, American fast-food entrepreneur (d. 1980)
1905 –
Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (d. 1987)
1928 –
Sol LeWitt, American artist (d.2007)
1952 –
Angela Cartwright, American actress
1965 –
Todd Zeile, American baseball player
1974 –
Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician
1987 –
Milan Stanković, Serbian pop and folk singer
Who died on September 9?
1087 –
King William I of England
1487 –
Chenghua, Emperor of China (b. 1447)
1569 –
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Flemish painter
1612 –
Nakagawa Hidenari, Japanese warlord (b. 1570)
1680 –
Henry Marten, English regicide (b. 1602)
1806 –
William Paterson, American jurist and statesman (b. 1745)
1978 –
Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (b. 1892)
1984 –
Yılmaz Güney, Turkish actor, film director (b. 1937)
1990 –
Samuel Doe, Liberian politician (b. 1951)
2007 –
Vasyl Kuk, Ukrainian nationalist, last leader of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (b. 1913)
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