What Day of the Week

September 3, 2023 was the 246^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 119 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Sunday.

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

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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.

• 36 BC

  In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
• 1803

  English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
• 1855

  Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 men, women and children.
• 1914

  William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• 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
• 1941

  The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.
• 1942

  World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
• 1943

  World War II: The Allied invasion of Italy begins.
• 1976

  Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• 1997

  Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev TU-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

• 1675

  Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
• 1925

  Shoista Mullojonova, Tajikistani Shashmakom singer (d. 2010)
• 1931

  Dick Motta, American basketball coach
• 1938

  Ryōji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1942

  Al Jardine, American guitarist (The Beach Boys)
• 1969

  Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model, professional wrestler and valet (d. 2004)
• 1970

  Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
• 1971

  Trevor St. John, American actor
• 1973

  Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
• 1975

  Daniel Chan, Hong Kong Celebrity

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