What Day of the Week

September 26, 2023 is the 269^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 96 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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

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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Libra 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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• 1580

  Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
• 1687

  The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
• 1810

  A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
• 1917

  World War I: The Battle of Polygon Wood begins.
• 1944

  World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
• 1960

  Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
• 1981

  Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
• 1997

  A Garuda Indonesia Airbus A-300 crashes near Medan, Indonesia, airport, killing 234.
• 2000

  Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
• 2002

  The overcrowded Senegalese ferry MV Joola capsizes off the coast of The Gambia killing more than 1,000.

• 1873

  Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (d. 1949)
• 1892

  Robert Staughton Lynd, American historian (d. 1970)
• 1895

  George Raft, American actor (d. 1980)
• 1907

  Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
• 1922

  Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, French-born pretender to the Russian throne
• 1927

  Robert Cade, American physician and beverage inventor (d. 2007)
• 1949

  Minette Walters, English novelist
• 1969

  Anthony Kavanagh, French-Canadian comedian, actor and singer
• 1980

  Brooks Orpik, American ice hockey player
• 1982

  Rob Burrow, English rugby player

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