September 21, 2024 is the 265th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 101 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
September 21 Historical Event(s)
1435
An agreement between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good ends the partnership between the English and Burgundy in Hundred Years’ War.
1745
Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1776
Part of New York City is burned shortly after being occupied by British forces.
1823
Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon.
1933
Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever EMLL (now CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre
1939
Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
1953
LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
1961
Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
1984
Brunei joins the United Nations.
2003
Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter’s atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
Who were born on September 21?
1860
Wilson Kettle, Canadian centenarian (d. 1963)
1942
U-Roy, Jamaican musician, toasting pioneer
1944
Hamilton Jordan, American chief of staff for Jimmy Carter (d. 2008)
1945
Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
1945
Richard Childress, American NASCAR team owner
1950
Charles Clarke, British politician
1957
Ethan Coen, American film director
1978
Luke Godden, Australian rules footballer
1979
Jaymee Ong, Australian model
1980
Aleksa Palladino, American actress
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