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September 22: Day of the Week
September 22, 2024 is the 266th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is dimanche.
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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 22: This Day in History
It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
September 22 Historical Event(s)
1499
Treaty of Basel: Switzerland becomes an independent state.
1586
Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over the English and Dutch.
1862
Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
1866
Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
1941
World War II: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsya, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
1979
The Vela Incident (also known as the South Atlantic Flash) is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
1980
Iraq invades Iran.
1993
A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
1994
the Nordhordland Bridge was opened across the Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, Norway. It has no lateral anchorage because of the depth of Salhusfjorden.
1995
Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.
Who were born on September 22?
1912
Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
1930
P. B. Sreenivas, Indian Play-back singer
1946
Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
1948
Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
1952
Paul Le Mat, American actor
1958
Neil Cavuto, American television commentator
1966
Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
1971
Elizabeth Bear, American author
1975
Roberto Flores, Chicano rapper and music producer
1982
Billie Piper, English singer and actress
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