What are the important events that happened on September 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 27 is the 271st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 14, 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, 28,789,920 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahenagon’ day.
Libra 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 124 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 4,298 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 27 Historical Events
- 1422 –after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1821 –Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
- 1825 –The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
- 1854 –The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1959 –Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
- 1961 –Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
- 1962 –The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
- 1964 –The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
- 1979 –The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
- 1983 –Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
Who were born on September 27?
- 1840 –Thomas Nast, German-born American political cartoonist (d. 1902)
- 1885 –Harry Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
- 1898 –Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)
- 1911 –Marcey Jacobson, American photographer (d. 2009)
- 1920 –William Conrad, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1947 –Denis Lawson, Scottish actor
- 1947 –Liz Torres, American actress and singer
- 1951 –Michel Rivard, Québécois singer and composer (Beau Dommage)
- 1978 –Thomas Gates, American rugby league footballer
- 1981 –Lakshmipathy Balaji, Indian cricketer
Who died on September 27?
- 1404 –William of Wykeham, English bishop (b. 1320)
- 1719 –George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662)
- 1940 –Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
- 1979 –Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish guitarist (b. 1953)
- 1981 –Robert Montgomery, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1986 –Cliff Burton, American bassist (Metallica) (b. 1962)
- 1998 –Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
- 2007 –Dale Houston, American singer (Dale & Grace) (b. 1940)
- 2009 –William Safire, American Columnist (b. 1929)
- 2011 –Johnny “Country” Mathis, American country singer (b. 1933)
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