What happened this day in history September 9

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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