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 256^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 31, 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, 488,256 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 ‘dihectapentacontahexagon’ 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 157 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 4,649 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 13 Historical Events

• 1541 –
  After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
• 1843 –
  The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
• 1935 –
  Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York – Ontario).
• 1948 –
  Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union.
• 1964 –
  South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
• 1968 –
  Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• 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.
• 1989 –
  Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• 2007 –
  The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
• 2008 –
  Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.

Who were born on September 13?

• 1604 –
  William Brereton, English soldier and politician (d. 1661)
• 1830 –
  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian writer (d. 1916)
• 1923 –
  Edouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)
• 1956 –
  Alain Ducasse, French/Monégasque chef
• 1960 –
  Greg Baldwin, American voice actor
• 1973 –
  Christine Arron, French runner
• 1977 –
  Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone)
• 1977 –
  Fiona Apple, American singer
• 1981 –
  August, American pornographic actress
• 1989 –
  Thomas Müller, German footballer

Who died on September 13?

• 81 –
  Titus, Roman emperor (b. 39)
• 1592 –
  Michel de Montaigne, French writer (b. 1533)
• 1766 –
  Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
• 1881 –
  Ambrose Burnside, American Civil War general and politician (b. 1824)
• 1910 –
  Rajanikanta Sen, Bengali poet and music composer (b. 1865)
• 1967 –
  Sir Robert George, British RAF officer and Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1996 –
  Tupac Shakur, aka 2Pac, American rapper and actor (b. 1971)
• 1997 –
  Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (b. 1962)
• 2001 –
  Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2007 –
  Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand clergyman (b. 1928)