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 263rd 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, 1,758,326,400 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 ‘dihectahexacontatrigon’ 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 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.
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September 20 Historical Events
- 1697 –The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years’ War (1688–97).
- 1835 –Ragamuffin rebels capture Porto Alegre, then capital of the Brazilian imperial province of Rio Grande do Sul, triggering the start of ten-year-long Farroupilha Revolution.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.
- 1870 –Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
- 1910 –The ocean liner SS France, later known as the “Versailles of the Atlantic”, is launched.
- 1920 –Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
- 1962 –James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
- 2000 –The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
- 2003 –Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
- 2008 –A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Who were born on September 20?
- 1851 –Henry Arthur Jones, English writer (d. 1929)
- 1906 –Jean Dréville, French Film director (d. 1997)
- 1917 –Clarice Taylor, American actress (d. 2011)
- 1920 –Alberto de Lacerda, Portuguese poet (d. 2007)
- 1933 –Steve McCall, American jazz drummer (d. 1989)
- 1941 –Dale Chihuly, American glass artist
- 1949 –Mahesh Bhatt, Indian film director
- 1966 –Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese rock musician
- 1971 –Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer
- 1995 –Laura Dekker, Dutch sailor
Who died on September 20?
- 1384 –King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339)
- 1908 –Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
- 1945 –Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (b. 1909)
- 1945 –William Buehler Seabrook, American occultist (b. 1884)
- 1947 –Fiorello La Guardia, American politician (b. 1882)
- 1972 –Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1903)
- 1975 –Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1996 –Paul Weston, American arranger and conductor (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2010 –Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
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