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 270^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 14, 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, 29,315,520 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 ‘dihectaheptacontagon’ 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 143 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 4,663 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 27 Historical Events

• 1529 –
  The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
• 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.
• 1959 –
  Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
• 1964 –
  The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
• 1968 –
  The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
• 1995 –
  The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the 0 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
• 2002 –
  Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.

Who were born on September 27?

• 1818 –
  Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (d. 1884)
• 1864 –
  Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic Priest (d. 1938)
• 1922 –
  Arthur Penn, American director (d. 2010)
• 1932 –
  Roger C. Carmel, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1935 –
  Al MacNeil, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1942 –
  Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist (d. 2008)
• 1945 –
  Bob Spiers, British television director (d. 2008)
• 1954 –
  Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
• 1972 –
  Lhasa de Sela, American singer and songwriter (d. 2010)
• 1979 –
  Jon Garland, American baseball player

Who died on September 27?

• 1832 –
  Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (b. 1781)
• 1891 –
  Ivan Goncharov, Russian author (b. 1812)
• 1915 –
  Remy de Gourmont, French poet (b. 1858)
• 1917 –
  Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834)
• 1940 –
  Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
• 1965 –
  Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
• 2004 –
  John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1929)
• 2005 –
  Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian (b. 1929)
• 2007 –
  Kenji Nagai, Japanese photojournalist (b. 1957)
• 2009 –
  Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)