What happened this day in history September 23

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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