What Day of the Week

September 1, 2023 was the 244^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 121 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Friday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is viernes.

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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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.

• 1836

  Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
• 1894

  More than 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• 1910

  Sport Club Corinthians Paulista is created in São Paulo.
• 1939

  Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• 1951

  The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• 1958

  Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
• 1970

  Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
• 1980

  Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.

• 1876

  Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (d. 1961)
• 1899

  Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1926

  Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh
• 1929

  Anne Ramsey, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1946

  Barry Gibb, English singer (Bee Gees)
• 1946

  Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
• 1973

  Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1976

  Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
• 1980

  Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1985

  Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer

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