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)