What are the important events that happened on September 20? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 20: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 20 is the 264th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 102 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 7, 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, 1,726,790,400 seconds 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 ‘dihectahexacontatetragon’ 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 131 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 4,291 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 20 Historical Events
- 1260 –the Great Prussian Uprising among the old Prussians begins against the Teutonic Knights.
- 1519 –Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
- 1697 –The Treaty of Rijswijk is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic ending the Nine Years’ War (1688–97).
- 1854 –Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
- 1906 –Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
- 1910 –The ocean liner SS France, later known as the “Versailles of the Atlantic”, is launched.
- 1971 –Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
- 1982 –The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
- 1990 –South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
- 2007 –Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
Who were born on September 20?
- 1608 –Jean-Jacques Olier, French catholic priest, founder of The Sulpicians (d. 1657)
- 1746 –Móric Benyovszky Hungarian count (d. 1786)
- 1921 –Chico Hamilton, American jazz drummer and bandleader
- 1927 –Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer (d. 2010)
- 1942 –Gérald Tremblay, Canadian politician
- 1956 –Steve Coleman, African American saxophone player, spontaneous composer, composer and band leader
- 1967 –Matthew Nelson, American musician (Nelson)
- 1971 –Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player
- 1975 –Asia Argento, Italian actress
- 1987 –Tito Tebaldi, Italian rugby player
Who died on September 20?
- 1586 –Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (b. 1558)
- 1643 –Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer (b. 1610)
- 1721 –Thomas Doggett, Irish actor (b. 1640)
- 1803 –Robert Emmet, Irish patriot (b. 1780)
- 1863 –Jacob Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1785)
- 1958 –Oscar O'Brien, Canadian catholic priest and folklorist (b. 1892)
- 1994 –Jule Styne, American songwriter (b. 1905)
- 1996 –Paul Weston, American arranger and conductor (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941)
- 2006 –John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
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