What are the important events that happened on September 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 10 is the 253rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 28, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,184 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 ‘dihectapentacontatrigon’ 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 160 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 4,646 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 10 Historical Events
- 506 –The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- 1547 –The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
- 1561 –Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima – Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
- 1823 –Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
- 1846 –Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
- 1932 –The New York City Subway’s third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
- 1967 –The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
- 1977 –Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
- 2001 –Antonio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil was assassinated.
- 2003 –Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
Who were born on September 10?
- 1561 –Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
- 1929 –Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (d. 1997)
- 1934 –Jim Oberstar, American politician
- 1948 –Charlie Waters, American football player
- 1949 –Bill O'Reilly, American television host, author, and political commentator
- 1954 –Clark Johnson, American actor
- 1960 –Tim Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 –Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- 1973 –Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
- 1985 –Elyse Levesque, Canadian actress
Who died on September 10?
- 210 BC –Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China.
- 1197 –Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
- 1419 –John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)
- 1749 –Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
- 1939 –Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German soldier (b. 1888)
- 1983 –Norah Lofts, British novelist (b. 1904)
- 1996 –Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
- 1997 –Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 2001 –DJ Uncle Al (b. 1969)
- 2010 –Gizela Dali, Greek actress (b. 1940)
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