What are the important events that happened on September 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 13 is the 257th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 31, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,496 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 ‘dihectapentacontaheptagon’ 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 138 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 4,284 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 13 Historical Events
- 585 BC –Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
- 335 –Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
- 1609 –Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
- 1759 –Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years’ War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- 1814 –In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1964 –South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
- 1979 –South Africa grants independence to the “homeland” of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
- 1987 –Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
- 2001 –Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the U.S. after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
- 2007 –The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
Who were born on September 13?
- 678 –K‘inich Ahkal Mo’Naab' III, Ruler of Palenque (d. 730)
- 1894 –Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
- 1916 –Roald Dahl, British writer (d. 1990)
- 1917 –Robert Ward, American composer
- 1918 –Dick Haymes, Argentine singer and actor (d. 1980)
- 1924 –Maurice Jarre, French composer (d. 2009)
- 1941 –Tadao Ando, Japanese architect
- 1956 –Alain Ducasse, French/Monégasque chef
- 1958 –Bobby Davro, British Comedian
- 1963 –Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek politician
Who died on September 13?
- 1766 –Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
- 1806 –Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
- 1885 –Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer (b. 1821)
- 1910 –Rajanikanta Sen, Bengali poet and music composer (b. 1865)
- 1971 –Lin Biao, Chinese Marshal and political leader.(b.1907)
- 1991 –Robert Irving, British conductor (b. 1913)
- 1996 –Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, American rapper and actor (b. 1971)
- 1997 –Georges Guétary, French singer and actor (b. 1915)
- 2005 –Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
- 2009 –Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
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