What Day of the Week

September 16, 2023 was the 259^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 106 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Saturday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.

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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.

• 1908

  The General Motors Corporation is founded.
• 1919

  The American Legion is incorporated.
• 1920

  The Wall Street bombing: a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City – 38 are killed and 400 injured.
• 1940

  World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
• 1945

  World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong. The surrender is accepted by the Royal Navy Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
• 1966

  The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber’s opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
• 1970

  King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
• 1975

  The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
• 1976

  Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
• 1978

  An earthquake measuring 7.5 to 7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.

• 1830

  Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (d. 1911)
• 1919

  Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born educator and writer (d. 1990)
• 1928

  Lady Gwen Thompson, British occultist (d. 1986)
• 1945

  Pat Stevens, American actress and voice actress (d. 2010)
• 1947

  Russ Abbot, British comedian
• 1953

  Kurt Fuller, American actor
• 1959

  Tim Raines, American baseball player
• 1961

  Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine)
• 1968

  Marc Anthony, American singer
• 1988

  Teddy Geiger, American singer

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