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September 21: Day of the Week
September 21, 2024 is the 265th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 101 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Doyōbi.
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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 21 Historical Event(s)
1823
Joseph Smith is reportedly visited by the angel Moroni, who told him the location of gold plates, which Smith obtained four years later and partially translated into The Book of Mormon.
1921
A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500-600 people.
1937
J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published.
1939
Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu is assassinated by ultranationalist members of the Iron Guard.
1942
On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
1953
LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
1961
Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
1971
Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
1991
Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
1993
Russian President Boris Yeltsin suspends parliament and scraps the then-functioning constitution, thus triggering the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.
Who were born on September 21?
1428
Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
1760
Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman (d. 1837)
1862
James E. Talmage, American religious figure and author (d. 1933)
1905
Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive (d. 1999)
1940
Bill Kurtis, American television journalist
1944
Bobby Tench, British vocalist and guitarist
1944
Steve Beshear, American politician
1956
Ricky Morton, American professional wrestler
1957
Ethan Coen, American film director
1964
Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan singer and composer
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