What are the important events that happened on September 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 20: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 20 is the 263^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 102 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 7, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,305,440 minutes 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 ‘dihectahexacontatrigon’ 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 150 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 4,656 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 20 Historical Events

• 1596 –
  Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
• 1857 –
  The Indian Rebellion of 1857 ends with the recapture of Delhi by troops loyal to the East India Company.
• 1871 –
  Bishop John Coleridge Patteson is martyred on the island of Nukapu, a Polynesian outlier island now in the Temotu Province of the Solomon Islands. He is the first bishop of Melanesia.
• 1881 –
  Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States following the assassination of James Garfield.
• 1909 –
  The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
• 1930 –
  Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is formed by Archbishop Mar Ivanios.
• 1967 –
  RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
• 1977 –
  The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
• 1984 –
  A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
• 2002 –
  The Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide.

Who were born on September 20?

• 1833 –
  Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1918)
• 1851 –
  Henry Arthur Jones, English writer (d. 1929)
• 1884 –
  Maxwell Perkins, American editor and publisher (d. 1947)
• 1927 –
  Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)
• 1940 –
  Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan
• 1956 –
  Steve Coleman, African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader
• 1969 –
  Patrick Pentland, Canadian musician (Sloan)
• 1976 –
  Agata Buzek, Polish actress
• 1979 –
  Dan Gillespie Sells, British musician The Feeling
• 1982 –
  Brian Fortuna, American dancer

Who died on September 20?

• 1460 –
  Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (b. 1400)
• 1625 –
  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
• 1898 –
  Theodor Fontane, German writer (b. 1819)
• 1908 –
  Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1945 –
  Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (b. 1909)
• 1957 –
  Heino Kaski, Finnish composer (b. 1885)
• 1957 –
  Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
• 1973 –
  Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
• 1979 –
  Ludvík Svoboda, Czech politician (b. 1895)
• 2011 –
  Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. (b. 1940)