What are the important events that happened on September 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 10 is the 253^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 28, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,184 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 ‘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 160 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 4,646 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 10 Historical Events

• 1509 –
  An earthquake known as “The Lesser Judgment Day” hits Istanbul.
• 1813 –
  The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
• 1897 –
  Lattimer massacre: A sheriff’s posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
• 1939 –
  World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
• 1963 –
  20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
• 1967 –
  The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
• 1972 –
  The United States suffers its first loss of an international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
• 1974 –
  Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
• 1977 –
  Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

Who were born on September 10?

• 1895 –
  Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976)
• 1898 –
  Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
• 1915 –
  Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1939 –
  Hans Sotin, German operatic bass
• 1940 –
  Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
• 1943 –
  Neale Donald Walsch, American author
• 1945 –
  Gerard Henderson, Australian public affairs columnist and commentator
• 1969 –
  Johnathon Schaech, American actor
• 1972 –
  Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
• 1981 –
  Marco Chiudinelli, Swiss tennis player

Who died on September 10?

• 1607 –
  Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545)
• 1797 –
  Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)
• 1915 –
  Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
• 1931 –
  Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American gangster (b. 1886)
• 1954 –
  Peter Anders, German operatic tenor (b. 1908)
• 1991 –
  Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
• 1994 –
  Charles Drake, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1995 –
  Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926)
• 2004 –
  Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2007 –
  Anita Roddick, British businesswoman (b. 1942)