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
- 1519 –Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
- 1596 –Diego de Montemayor founds the city of Monterrey in New Spain.
- 1792 –French troops stop allied invasion of France, during the War of the First Coalition at Valmy.
- 1854 –Battle of Alma: British and French troops defeat Russians in the Crimea.
- 1870 –Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
- 1893 –Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
- 1909 –The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the South Africa Act 1909, creating the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony.
- 1979 –A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
- 2000 –The British MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by unapprehended forces using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
- 2011 –The United States ends its “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Who were born on September 20?
- 524 –Kan B'alam I, ruler of Maya state of Palenque (d. 583)
- 1917 –Don Starr, American-born actor (d. 2005)
- 1917 –Fernando Rey, Spanish-born actor (d. 1994)
- 1921 –Chico Hamilton, American jazz drummer and bandleader
- 1926 –Jackie Paris, American jazz singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1927 –Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (d. 1980)
- 1937 –Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician
- 1956 –Debbi Morgan, American actress
- 1971 –Sebastian Roth, German musician
- 1986 –Aldis Hodge, American actor
Who died on September 20?
- 1460 –Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (b. 1400)
- 1590 –Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
- 1945 –Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
- 1947 –Fiorello La Guardia, American politician (b. 1882)
- 1972 –Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian, essayist and novelist (b. 1903)
- 1973 –Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1975 –Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1999 –Raisa Gorbachova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
- 2004 –Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
- 2007 –Johnny Gavin, Irish footballer (b. 1928)
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