What Day of the Week

September 5, 2019 is the 248^th day of the year 2019 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 117 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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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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• 1666

  Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
• 1862

  James Glaisher, pioneering meteorologist and Henry Tracey Coxwell break world record for altitude whilst collecting data in their balloon.
• 1906

  The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
• 1945

  Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
• 1957

  Cuba: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
• 1960

  The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
• 1961

  The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
• 1972

  Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
• 1975

  Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
• 1977

  Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.

• 1319

  Peter IV of Aragon (d. 1387)
• 1568

  Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)
• 1818

  Edmund Kennedy, Australian explorer (d. 1848)
• 1916

  Frank Yerby American novelist (d. 1991
• 1917

  Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (d. 2008)
• 1918

  Jean-Marie Poitras, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2009)
• 1940

  Raquel Welch, American actress
• 1979

  Stacey Dales, Canadian basketball player and sportscaster
• 1988

  Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer
• 1989

  José Ángel Valdés, Spanish footballer

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