September 15, 2024 is the 259th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 107 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Nichiyōbi.
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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 15 Historical Event(s)
921
At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
1894
First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
1944
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1950
Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
1958
A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58.
1961
Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
1966
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
1981
The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1990
France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf.
2004
National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
Who were born on September 15?
1649
Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
1858
Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937)
1876
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938)
1913
Henry Brant, Canadian-born American composer (d. 2008)
1915
José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009)
1921
Snooky Pryor, American Chicago blues harmonica player (d. 2006)
1941
Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer (d. 2011)
1972
Jimmy Carr, English-Irish comedian
1979
Dave Annable, American actor
1979
Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
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