What are the important events that happened on September 13? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 13: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 13 is the 256th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 31, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 488,256 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 ‘dihectapentacontahexagon’ 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 157 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 4,649 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 13 Historical Events
- 1743 –Great Britain, Austria and Savoy-Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
- 1814 –In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore, Maryland.
- 1847 –Mexican-American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican-American War.
- 1850 –First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
- 1956 –IBM introduces the first computer disk storage unit, the RAMAC 305.
- 1964 –South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
- 1979 –South Africa grants independence to the “homeland” of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
- 1987 –Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
- 1994 –Ulysses probe passes the Sun’s south pole.
- 2008 –Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
Who were born on September 13?
- 1502 –John Leland, English antiquarian (d. 1552)
- 1802 –Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)
- 1860 –John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
- 1918 –Dick Haymes, Argentine singer and actor (d. 1980)
- 1922 –Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer (d. 2008)
- 1938 –John Smith, Labour Party Leader 1992 – 1994 (d. 1994)
- 1944 –Peter Cetera, American musician (Chicago)
- 1967 –Michael Johnson, American athlete
- 1969 –Tyler Perry, American actor and filmmaker
- 1986 –Derek Hardman, American football player
Who died on September 13?
- 1632 –Archduke Leopold V of Austria, regent of the Tirol (b. 1586)
- 1759 –James Wolfe, British general (b. 1727)
- 1766 –Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
- 1806 –Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
- 1912 –Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
- 1916 –Mary the elephant, large elephant,hanged for stepping on her trainer.
- 1965 –Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (b. 1915)
- 1971 –Lin Biao, Chinese Marshal and political leader.(b.1907)
- 1987 –Mervyn LeRoy, American film director (b. 1900)
- 1991 –Metin Oktay, Turkish football player (b. 1936)
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