What Day of the Week

September 8, 2020 was the 252^nd day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 114 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.

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

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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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• 1331

  Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
• 1380

  Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
• 1504

  Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Florence.
• 1793

  French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
• 1863

  American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• 1921

  16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant’s Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
• 1943

  World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
• 1960

  In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
• 1966

  The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
• 1971

  In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.

• 1209

  King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
• 1857

  Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
• 1918

  Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1943

  Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
• 1951

  Tim (d. 1996) and Tom Gullikson, American tennis player brothers
• 1954

  Mark Lindsay Chapman, English film and television actor
• 1972

  Markus Babbel, German footballer
• 1973

  Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1977

  Nate Corddry, American actor
• 1987

  Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper

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