What are the important events that happened on September 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 15 is the 258th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 2, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,757,894,400 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 ‘dihectapentacontaoctagon’ day.
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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 155 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 4,651 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 15 Historical Events
- 921 –At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
- 1776 –American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip’s Bay during the New York Campaign.
- 1812 –The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
- 1816 –HMS Whiting ran aground on the Doom Bar
- 1835 –HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipielago.
- 1935 –The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
- 1950 –Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- 1952 –United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia.
- 1961 –Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
- 1981 –The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Who were born on September 15?
- 1613 –François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680)
- 1760 –Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824)
- 1876 –Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
- 1915 –Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972)
- 1941 –Signe Toly Anderson, American singer
- 1942 –Lee Dorman, American Bassist
- 1951 –Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer
- 1955 –Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor
- 1975 –Martina Krupičková, Czech artist
- 1984 –Prince Harry of Wales, English royalty
Who died on September 15?
- 1596 –Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist
- 1643 –Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
- 1830 –William Huskisson, English first rail fatality (b. 1770)
- 1842 –José Francisco Morazán Quezada, Guatemalan statesman (b. 1792)
- 1915 –Ernest Gagnon, Canadian folklorist, composer and organist (b. 1834)
- 1938 –Thomas Wolfe, American writer (b. 1900)
- 1979 –Tommy Leonetti, American songwriter, entertainer (b. 1929)
- 1981 –Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpet virtuoso (b. 1906)
- 2004 –Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931)
- 2005 –Guy Green, English cinematographer and film director (b. 1913)
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