What are the important events that happened on September 9? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 9: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 9 is the 253rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 113 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 27, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,400 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 ‘dihectapentacontatrigon’ 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 142 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 4,280 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 9 Historical Events
- 1379 –Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III.
- 1513 –James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden Field, ending Scotland’s involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
- 1561 –The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy at Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.
- 1776 –The Continental Congress officially names its new union of sovereign states the United States.
- 1940 –George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1969 –In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making the French language equal to the English language throughout the Federal government.
- 1991 –Tajikstan gains independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1999 –The beginning of the Y2K bug and debut of the Dreamcast.
- 2001 –Pärnu methanol tragedy occurs in Pärnu County, Estonia.
- 2009 –At exactly 9:09:09 PM, the Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
Who were born on September 9?
- 1898 –Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (d. 1973)
- 1924 –Jane Greer, American actress (d. 2001)
- 1951 –Alexander Downer, Australian politician
- 1955 –John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator
- 1967 –Akshay Kumar, Indian actor
- 1967 –B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player
- 1968 –Julia Sawalha, English actress
- 1976 –Joey Newman, American film composer
- 1983 –Edwin Jackson, American baseball player
- 1983 –Kyle Davies, American baseball player
Who died on September 9?
- 1000 –Olaf I of Norway
- 1087 –King William I of England
- 1583 –Sir Humphrey Gilbert, English explorer, adventurer (b. c.1539)
- 1596 –Anna Jagiellon, Polish Queen (b. 1523)
- 1976 –Mao Zedong, Chinese communist leader (b. 1893)
- 1981 –Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst (b. 1901)
- 1992 –Willie Fennell, Australian comedian, actor (b. 1920)
- 1993 –Helen O'Connell, American singer, actress and dancer (b. 1920)
- 1997 –Richie Ashburn, American baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1999 –Ruth Roman, American actress (b. 1922)
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