What happened this day in history September 10

What are the important events that happened on September 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 10 is the 254th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 28, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 479,424 hours 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 ‘dihectapentacontatetragon’ 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 141 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 4,281 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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September 10 Historical Events

  • 506
    The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
  • 1608
    John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
  • 1823
    Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
  • 1897
    Lattimer massacre: A sheriff’s posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
  • 1932
    The New York City Subway’s third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
  • 1943
    World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
  • 1961
    Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
  • 1963
    20 African-American students enter public schools in Alabama.
  • 2002
    Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
  • 2003
    Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.

Who were born on September 10?

  • 920
    King Louis IV of France (d. 954)
  • 1897
    Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
  • 1928
    Walter Martin, American Christian apologist (d. 1989)
  • 1939
    Cynthia Lennon, British celebrity
  • 1939
    David Stratton, UK-Australian film critic
  • 1939
    Hans Sotin, German operatic bass
  • 1948
    Bob Lanier, American basketball player
  • 1949
    Don Muraco, professional wrestler
  • 1960
    David Lowery, American musician
  • 1987
    Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer

Who died on September 10?

  • 1308
    Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
  • 1382
    Louis I of Hungary, King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem, Sicily, and Poland (b. 1326)
  • 1801
    Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b. 1780)
  • 1922
    Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and writer (b. 1840)
  • 1923
    Sukumar Ray, Bengali humorous poet, story writer and playwright who mainly wrote for children (b. 1887)
  • 1952
    Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese civil engineer and architect (b. 1866)
  • 1983
    Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
  • 1996
    Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
  • 2006
    Patty Berg, American golf player (b. 1918)
  • 2011
    Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)

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