What Day of the Week

September 6, 2018 was the 249^th day of the year 2018 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 116 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was 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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• 1492

  Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic for the first time.
• 1847

  Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
• 1888

  Charles Turner becomes the first bowler to take 250 wickets in an English season – a feat since accomplished only by Tom Richardson (twice), J.T. Hearne, Wilfred Rhodes (twice) and Tich Freeman (six times).
• 1940

  King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
• 1944

  World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces.
• 1966

  In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of Apartheid, Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
• 1968

  Swaziland becomes independent.
• 1986

  In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal’s organization kill 22 and wound six inside the Neve Shalom synagogue during Shabbat services.
• 1992

  Hunters discover the emaciated body of Christopher Johnson McCandless at his camp 20 mi west of the town of Healy, Alaska.

• 1900

  W.A.C. Bennett, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
• 1908

  Korczak Ziółkowski, American designer and sculptor of the Crazy Horse Memorial (d. 1982)
• 1926

  Arthur Oldham, English choirmaster, composer (d. 2003)
• 1937

  Janusz Kurczab, Polish mountaineer
• 1940

  Elizabeth Murray, American artist (d. 2007)
• 1963

  Bryan Simonaire, American politician
• 1968

  Saeed Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1969

  Ben Finegold, American chess player
• 1987

  Ramiele Malubay, American singer
• 1992

  Fabiola Rodas, Guatemalan singer

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