What are the important events that happened on September 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 22 is the 266^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 9, 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, 1,726,963,200 seconds 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 ‘dihectahexacontahexagon’ 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 129 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 4,293 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 22: This Day In History

It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

September 22 Historical Events

• 1789 –
  Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• 1869 –
  Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich.
• 1885 –
  Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
• 1908 –
  The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
• 1927 –
  Jack Dempsey loses the “Long Count” boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• 1944 –
  World War II: the Red Army enters Tallinn.
• 1960 –
  The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
• 1965 –
  The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.
• 1993 –
  A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
• 1994 –
  the Nordhordland Bridge was opened across the Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, Norway. It has no lateral anchorage because of the depth of Salhusfjorden.

Who were born on September 22?

• 1601 –
  Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)
• 1743 –
  Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
• 1788 –
  Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
• 1829 –
  Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
• 1870 –
  Arthur Pryor American trombonist & bandleader (d. 1942)
• 1926 –
  Bill Smith (jazz musician), clarinetist and composer
• 1927 –
  Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (d. 1988)
• 1939 –
  Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer, first female to summit Mount Everest
• 1949 –
  James Cartwright, American military general
• 1956 –
  David Krakauer, clarinetist known for his klezmer compositions

Who died on September 22?

• 1253 –
  Dogen, Japanese Zen Buddhist (b. 1200)
• 1399 –
  Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
• 1607 –
  Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (b. 1535)
• 1957 –
  Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 –
  Paul Van Zeeland, Belgian economist and politician (b. 1893)
• 1987 –
  Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
• 1992 –
  Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
• 1993 –
  Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (b. 1903)
• 1996 –
  Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2004 –
  Ray Traylor (The Big Boss Man), American professional wrestler (b. 1962)