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September 20: Day of the Week
September 20, 2024 is the 264th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 102 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kin'yōbi.
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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 20 Historical Event(s)
1498
The 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake generates a tsunami that washes away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; since then the Buddha has sat in the open air.
1870
Bersaglieri corps enter Rome through the Porta Pia and complete the unification of Italy.
1920
Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
1962
James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
1979
A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
1984
A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
2003
Maldives civil unrest: the death of prisoner Hassan Evan Naseem sparks a day of rioting in Malé.
2007
Between 15,000 and 20,000 protesters marched on Jena, Louisiana, in support of six black youths who had been convicted of assaulting a white classmate.
2008
A dump truck full of explosives detonates in front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, killing 54 people and injuring 266 others.
2011
The United States ends its “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.
Who were born on September 20?
524
Kan B'alam I, ruler of Maya state of Palenque (d. 583)
1924
Gogi Grant, American singer
1928
Donald Hall, American poet and US Poet Laureate
1956
John Harle, English saxophonist/composer
1964
Randy Bradbury, American musician (Pennywise)
1971
Sebastian Roth, German musician
1973
Ronald McKinnon, American football player
1978
T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
1982
Aaron Burkart, German rally driver
1990
John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
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