About September 23
September 23, 2024 is the 267th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 99 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Virgo is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 128 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
September 23: More About This Day
It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
What Happened On September 23
- 1641 –The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure worth over a billion US dollars, is lost at sea off Land’s End.
- 1642 –First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
- 1779 –American Revolution: a squadron commanded by John Paul Jones on board the USS Bonhomme Richard wins the Battle of Flamborough Head, off the coast of England, against two British warships.
- 1845 –The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
- 1908 –University of Alberta in Alberta, Canada, is founded.
- 1932 –The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
- 1936 –First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
- 1938 –Mobilization of the Czechoslovak army in response to the Munich Crisis.
- 1941 –World War II: The first gas chamber experiments are conducted at Auschwitz.
- 1952 –Richard Nixon makes his “Checkers speech”.
- 1962 –The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City opens with the completion of the first building, the Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall) home of the New York Philharmonic.
- 1969 –The Chicago Eight trial opens in Chicago.
- 1972 –Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law.
- 1983 –Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
- 1983 –Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- 1986 –Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets the major-league record by striking out the first eight batters of the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
- 1988 –José Canseco of the Oakland Athletics becomes the first member of the 40-40 club.
- 2002 –The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox (“Phoenix 0.1”) is released.
- 2004 –Hurricane Jeanne: At least 1,070 in Haiti are reported to have been killed by floods.
- 2008 –Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills 10 people before committing suicide.
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