What are the important events that happened on September 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 1 is the 245th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 19, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,752,480 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 ‘dihectatetracontapentagon’ day.
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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 150 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 4,272 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 1 Historical Events
- 1644 –Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss’s Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- 1836 –Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
- 1873 –Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
- 1902 –A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
- 1928 –Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
- 1939 –Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
- 1958 –Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
- 1985 –A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
Who were born on September 1?
- 1653 –Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
- 1926 –Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
- 1938 –Alan Dershowitz, American attorney and author
- 1941 –Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1962 –Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
- 1970 –Vanna, Croatian singer
- 1971 –Jimmy Reiher, Jr., American professional wrestler
- 1976 –Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
- 1977 –Aaron Schobel, American football player
- 1981 –Clinton Portis, American football player
Who died on September 1?
- 1159 –Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
- 1685 –Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
- 1969 –Drew Pearson, American newspaper columnist (b. 1897)
- 1970 –François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1885)
- 1983 –Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)
- 1989 –Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish inventor (b. 1894)
- 1998 –Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
- 2005 –R. L. Burnside, American musician (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Bob O'Connor, mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (b. 1944)
- 2008 –Jerry Reed, American musician and actor (b. 1937)
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