What are the important events that happened on September 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 9: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 9 is the 252^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 27, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,160 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 ‘dihectapentacontadigon’ 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 161 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 4,645 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 9 Historical Events

• 9 –
  Arminius’ alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
• 1000 –
  Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
• 1739 –
  Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain’s mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1776 –
  The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
• 1850 –
  California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
• 1939 –
  World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• 1971 –
  The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• 1991 –
  Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
• 2001 –
  Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
• 2004 –
  2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.

Who were born on September 9?

• 384 –
  Flavius Honorius, Roman Emperor (d. 423)
• 1585 –
  Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (d. 1642)
• 1899 –
  Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
• 1904 –
  Arthur Laing, Canadian politician (d. 1975)
• 1919 –
  Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998)
• 1920 –
  Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970)
• 1948 –
  Pamela Des Barres, American groupie and author
• 1949 –
  Joe Theismann, American football player and commentator
• 1984 –
  Michalis Sifakis, Greek footballer
• 1991 –
  Hunter Hayes, American singer

Who died on September 9?

• 1834 –
  James Weddell, British sailor, explorer of Antarctic seas (b. 1787)
• 1898 –
  Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (b. 1842)
• 1901 –
  Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1910 –
  Lloyd Wheaton Bowers, American solicitor General (b.1859)
• 1943 –
  Charles McLean Andrews, American historian (b. 1863)
• 1990 –
  Nicola Abbagnano, Italian philosopher (b. 1901)
• 1994 –
  Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1997 –
  Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1998 –
  Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer (b. 1951)
• 2006 –
  Matt Gadsby, English footballer (b. 1979)