A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
September 11: Day of the Week
September 11, 2024 is the 255th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.
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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 11: This Day in History
It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
September 11 Historical Event(s)
1226
The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
1526
The Ottoman army occupies Buda after the crushing Hungarian defeat in the Battle of Mohács.
1714
Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1792
The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
1803
Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin.
1919
U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
1944
World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
1965
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
1972
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service.
2007
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
Who were born on September 11?
1723
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
1786
Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)
1816
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)
1917
Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)
1935
Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
1938
David Higgins, British composer and conductor (d. 2006)
1942
Gerome Ragni, American playwright
1950
Amy Madigan, American actress
1962
Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
1984
Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
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