What are the important events that happened on September 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 27 is the 271^st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 14, 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, 28,789,920 minutes 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 ‘dihectaheptacontahenagon’ day.

Libra 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 124 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 4,298 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 27 Historical Events

• 1066 –
  William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
• 1529 –
  The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
• 1825 –
  The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
• 1854 –
  The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1916 –
  Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
• 1949 –
  The first Plenary Session of the National People’s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.
• 1956 –
  USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
• 1961 –
  Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
• 1996 –
  In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
• 1996 –
  The Julie N. tanker ship crashes into the Million Dollar Bridge in Portland, Maine spilling thousands of gallons of oil.

Who were born on September 27?

• 1601 –
  King Louis XIII of France (d. 1643)
• 1871 –
  Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1936)
• 1894 –
  Olive Tell, American actress (d. 1951)
• 1932 –
  Geoff Bent, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1951 –
  Jim Shooter, American comic book writer
• 1952 –
  Katie Fforde, née Gordon-Cumming, British writer
• 1954 –
  Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
• 1968 –
  Mari Kiviniemi, Finnish politician
• 1982 –
  Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1983 –
  Jeon Hye Bin, Korean actress

Who died on September 27?

• 1730 –
  Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
• 1737 –
  John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor (b. 1680)
• 1886 –
  Charles Gordon Greene, American journalist (b. 1804)
• 1891 –
  Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
• 1965 –
  Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1967 –
  Felix Yusupov, Russian prince, participated in the murder of Grigori Rasputin (b. 1887)
• 1983 –
  Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist (b. 1911)
• 1985 –
  Lloyd Nolan, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1998 –
  Narita Bryan, Japanese racehorse (b. 1991)
• 2009 –
  Charles Houston, American mountaineer (b. 1913)