A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
September 13: Day of the Week
September 13, 2024 is the 257th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 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 13 Historical Event(s)
1213
End of Battle of Muret, during the Albigensian Crusade to destroy the Cathar heresy.
1788
The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country’s temporary capital.
1791
King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
1898
Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
1899
Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
1935
Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York – Ontario).
1942
World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson’s Ridge in the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
1964
South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
1968
Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
1987
Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
Who were born on September 13?
1851
Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
1886
Sir Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1975)
1903
Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)
1929
Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1937
Don Bluth, American animator
1944
Leslie Harvey, Scottish rock guitarist (d.1972)
1946
Frank Marshall, American film producer
1961
Peter Roskam, American politician
1979
Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
1987
Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
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Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters DLAAPOTACQ? Check your answers here: Unscramble words DLAAPOTACQ. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
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