What Day of the Week

September 4, 2023 was the 247^th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 118 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.

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

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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.

• 626

  Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
• 1774

  New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
• 1862

  Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• 1919

  Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
• 1944

  World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• 1948

  Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• 1956

  The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
• 1963

  Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• 1996

  War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
• 2010

  Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

• 1913

  Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
• 1927

  Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian writer (d. 2008)
• 1928

  Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1937

  Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (d. 2010)
• 1945

  Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
• 1951

  Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
• 1955

  Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
• 1959

  Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
• 1963

  John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
• 1974

  Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)

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