What are the important events that happened on September 23? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 23: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 23 is the 267th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 10, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,727,049,600 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 ‘dihectahexacontaheptagon’ 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 128 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 4,294 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 23: This Day In History
It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
September 23 Historical Events
1642 –
First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
1905 –
Norway and Sweden sign the “Karlstad treaty”, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
1908 –
University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
1909 –
The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, is first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
1936 –
First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
1952 –
Richard Nixon makes his “Checkers speech”.
1959 –
The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
1973 –
Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
1983 –
Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
1999 –
NASA announces that it has lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
Who were born on September 23?
1650 –
Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
1907 –
Tiny Bradshaw, American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (d. 1958)
1924 –
Heinrich Schultz, Estonian cultural functionary
1947 –
Mary Kay Place, American actress
1947 –
Neal Smith, American musician (Alice Cooper’s drummer)
1952 –
Jim Morrison, American baseball player
1970 –
Ani DiFranco, American musician
1972 –
Ana Marie Cox, American blogger and author
1979 –
Lote Tuqiri, Fijian/Australian Rugby League and Rugby Union Player
1980 –
Cameron Litvack, American television producer
Who died on September 23?
1830 –
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, American First Lady (b. 1768)
1835 –
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
1846 –
John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818)
1867 –
Michael O'Laughlen, American conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1840)
1871 –
Louis-Joseph Papineau, French Canadian politician (b. 1786)
1877 –
Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (b. 1811)
1900 –
William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
1999 –
Ivan Goff, Australian screenwriter (b. 1910)
2003 –
Yuri Senkevich, Russian TV anchorman (b. 1937)
2004 –
Billy Reay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
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