What are the important events that happened on September 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 27 is the 270^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 14, 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, 29,315,520 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 ‘dihectaheptacontagon’ day.

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 143 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 4,663 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 27 Historical Events

• 1422 –
  after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• 1605 –
  The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
• 1825 –
  The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
• 1908 –
  The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
• 1928 –
  The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
• 1938 –
  Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
• 1949 –
  The first Plenary Session of the National People’s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.
• 1954 –
  The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
• 1995 –
  The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the 0 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
• 1998 –
  The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.

Who were born on September 27?

• 1866 –
  Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic Blessed (d. 1932)
• 1911 –
  Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (d. 2009)
• 1936 –
  Don Cornelius, American television host
• 1945 –
  Bob Spiers, British television director (d. 2008)
• 1952 –
  Katie Fforde, née Gordon-Cumming, British writer
• 1958 –
  Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
• 1965 –
  Steve Kerr, American basketball player
• 1972 –
  Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist
• 1982 –
  Lil Wayne, American rapper
• 1986 –
  Vin Mazzaro, American baseball player

Who died on September 27?

• 1615 –
  Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman (b. 1575)
• 1730 –
  Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
• 1917 –
  Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
• 1956 –
  Gerald Finzi, English composer (b. 1901)
• 1972 –
  S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1892)
• 1974 –
  Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
• 1997 –
  Walter Trampler, American violist (b. 1915)
• 1998 –
  Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
• 2003 –
  Donald O'Connor, American actor (b. 1925)
• 2010 –
  Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (b. 1955)