What Day of the Week

September 3, 2020 is the 247^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 119 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

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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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• 1189

  Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard “the Lionheart”) is crowned at Westminster.
• 1798

  The week long battle of St. George’s Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.
• 1802

  William Wordsworth composes the sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802.
• 1914

  William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• 1933

  Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
• 1935

  Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph
• 1944

  Holocaust: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.
• 1945

  Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
• 1976

  Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 1987

  In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

• 1841

  Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
• 1921

  Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1966)
• 1923

  Mort Walker, American cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois)
• 1938

  Caryl Churchill, English playwright
• 1964

  Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
• 1964

  Spike Feresten, American television writer
• 1969

  John Fugelsang, American actor
• 1980

  Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
• 1983

  Marcus McCauley, American football player
• 1987

  Chris Fountain, English actor

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