September 12, 2024 is the 256th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Mokuyōbi.
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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 12 Historical Event(s)
1874
The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.
1938
Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1964
Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
1974
Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
1980
Military coup in Turkey.
1988
Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula 2 days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
1990
The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German re-unification.
2001
Ansett Australia, Australia’s first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
2003
In Fallujah, US forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
2008
The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
Who were born on September 12?
1740
Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)
1917
Pierre Sévigny, Canadian politician (d. 2004)
1921
Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
1927
Mathé Altéry, French singer
1940
Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
1954
Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
1956
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong artist and director (d. 2003)
1961
Kathem Al Saher, Iraqi singer
1968
Ler LaLonde, American guitarist (Primus)
1977
Grant Denyer, Australian television personality and TV Host
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