What are the important events that happened on September 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 9: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 9 is the 252^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 27, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,289,600 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 ‘dihectapentacontadigon’ 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 161 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 4,645 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 9 Historical Events

• 1493 –
  Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1850 –
  California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
• 1926 –
  The U.S. National Broadcasting Company is formed.
• 1942 –
  World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
• 1965 –
  Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, Louisiana, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to top $1 billion in unadjusted damages.
• 1965 –
  The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• 1971 –
  The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
• 1972 –
  In Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
• 2004 –
  2004 Australian embassy bombing: A bomb explodes outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta, killing 10 people.
• 2009 –
  At exactly 9:09:09 PM, the Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.

Who were born on September 9?

• 1855 –
  Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-German author of books on nationalism and race (d. 1927)
• 1914 –
  John Passmore, Australian philosopher (d. 2004)
• 1922 –
  Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000)
• 1941 –
  Otis Redding, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
• 1947 –
  David Rosenboom, American composer
• 1951 –
  Tom Wopat, American actor and singer
• 1952 –
  Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel)
• 1975 –
  Michael Bublé, Canadian/Italian singer and actor
• 1977 –
  Lambros Lambrou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
• 1992 –
  Damian McGinty, Irish singer

Who died on September 9?

• 1000 –
  Olaf I of Norway
• 1488 –
  Francis II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1433)
• 1909 –
  Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad entrepreneur (b. 1848)
• 1976 –
  Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader (b. 1893)
• 1985 –
  Neil Davis, Australian cameraman (b. 1934)
• 1990 –
  Doc Cramer, American baseball player (b. 1905)
• 1994 –
  Patrick O'Neal, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2000 –
  Julian Critchley, British politician (b. 1930)
• 2004 –
  Roland Sherwood “Ernie” Ball, American businessman (b. 1930)
• 2006 –
  William B. Ziff, Jr., American publishing executive (b. 1930)