What Day of the Week

September 20, 2021 was the 263^rd day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 102 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.

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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.

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• 1498

  The 1498 Meiō Nankaidō earthquake generates a tsunami that washes away the building housing the statue of the Great Buddha at Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan; since then the Buddha has sat in the open air.
• 1848

  The American Association for the Advancement of Science is created.
• 1860

  The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
• 1906

  Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania is launched at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
• 1910

  The ocean liner SS France, later known as the “Versailles of the Atlantic”, is launched.
• 1962

  James Meredith, an African-American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
• 1973

  Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in The Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
• 1979

  A coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokasa I.
• 1984

  A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people.
• 2011

  The United States ends its “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

• 1746

  Móric Benyovszky Hungarian count (d. 1786)
• 1927

  Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (d. 1966)
• 1935

  David Pegg, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1941

  Jim Cullum, Jr., American jazz cornetist noted for his contributions to the Dixieland jazz tradition
• 1942

  Gérald Tremblay, Canadian politician
• 1947

  Bruce Pasternack, American CEO
• 1947

  Chris Ortloff, former New York state Republican politician and admitted pedophile
• 1949

  Mahesh Bhatt, Indian film director
• 1966

  Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese rock musician
• 1968

  Ben Shepherd, American bassist (Soundgarden)

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