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, 28,779,840 minutes 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.
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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 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
- 1058 –Agnes de Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border-zone in present-day Burgenland.
- 1519 –Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
- 1863 –American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga ends.
- 1870 –Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
- 1910 –The ocean liner SS France, later known as the “Versailles of the Atlantic”, is launched.
- 1920 –Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
- 1942 –Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.
- 1961 –Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
- 2001 –In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people, U.S. President George W. Bush declares a “war on terror”.
- 2008 –A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
Who were born on September 20?
- 1914 –Kenneth More, English actor (d. 1982)
- 1916 –Malik Meraj Khalid, Former Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2003)
- 1921 –Chico Hamilton, American jazz drummer and bandleader
- 1963 –Velcrow Ripper, Canadian documentary filmmaker
- 1969 –Victoria Dillard, American actress
- 1971 –Sebastian Roth, German musician
- 1980 –Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
- 1983 –Freya Murray, Scottish athlete
- 1987 –Jack Lawless, American drummer
- 1990 –Erich Gonzales, Filipina actress
Who died on September 20?
- 1590 –Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
- 1625 –Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
- 1627 –Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
- 1630 –Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
- 1839 –Sir Thomas Hardy, Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (b. 1769)
- 1947 –Fiorello La Guardia, American politician (b. 1882)
- 1997 –Nick Traina, American singer (Link 80) (b. 1978)
- 2003 –Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2006 –John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
- 2010 –Kenny McKinley, American football player (b. 1987)
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