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 257^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 31, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 479,496 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 ‘dihectapentacontaheptagon’ 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 138 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 4,284 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 13 Historical Events

• 335 –
  Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
• 1213 –
  End of Battle of Muret, during the Albigensian Crusade to destroy the Cathar heresy.
• 1541 –
  After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
• 1848 –
  Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3 ft-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
• 1906 –
  First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• 1953 –
  Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1971 –
  People’s Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong’s second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao. The plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• 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.
• 1989 –
  Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.

Who were born on September 13?

• 1886 –
  Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
• 1893 –
  Larry Shields, American musician (d. 1953)
• 1909 –
  Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
• 1931 –
  Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian Olympic athlete, Governor of South Australia
• 1961 –
  Dave Mustaine, American musician (Metallica, Megadeth)
• 1969 –
  Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
• 1969 –
  Tyler Perry, American actor and filmmaker
• 1971 –
  Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
• 1973 –
  Christine Arron, French runner
• 1981 –
  August, American pornographic actress

Who died on September 13?

• 1759 –
  James Wolfe, British general (b. 1727)
• 1800 –
  Claude Martin, French then British General (b. 1735)
• 1905 –
  René Goblet, French politician (b. 1828)
• 1928 –
  Italo Svevo, Italian author (b. 1861)
• 1944 –
  W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1960 –
  Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer and music educator (b. 1885)
• 2000 –
  Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse, World War II Japanese prisoner (b. 1908)
• 2001 –
  Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 –
  George Stanley, Canadian historian, author and public servant (b. 1907)
• 2003 –
  Frank O'Bannon, Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)