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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 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 12, 2020 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,600,992,000 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 ‘dihectahexacontaenneagon’ day.
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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 140 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 2,835 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 25 Historical Events
- 303 –On a voyage preaching the gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France.
- 1690 –Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestick, the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time.
- 1775 –Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the Battle of Longue-Pointe. At the same time, Benedict Arnold and his expeditionary company set off from Fort Western, bound for Quebec City (Invasion of Canada (1775)).
- 1789 –The U.S. Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1906 –In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the Telekino in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
Who were born on September 25?
- 1903 –Mark Rothko, Latvian-born American painter (d. 1970)
- 1955 –Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985)
- 1965 –Dave Rundle, South African cricketer
- 1975 –Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
- 1984 –Rashad McCants, American basketball player
Who died on September 25?
- 1602 –Caspar Peucer, German reformer (b. 1525)
- 1849 –Johann Strauss, Senior, Austrian composer (b. 1804)
- 1918 –Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (b. 1857)
- 1983 –King Léopold III of Belgium (b. 1901)
- 2005 –Friedrich Peter, Austrian politician (b. 1921)
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