About September 27

September 27, 2023 is the 270th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Libra 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 136 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 27

  • 1422
    after the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • 1529
    The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city.
  • 1590
    Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
  • 1605
    The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm.
  • 1777
    Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day.
  • 1821
    Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
  • 1941
    The SS Patrick Henry is launched becoming the first of more than 2,700 Liberty ships.
  • 1942
    Last day of the September Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces near the Matanikau River.
  • 1954
    The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
  • 1956
    USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
  • 1959
    Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
  • 1968
    The stage musical Hair opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
  • 1979
    The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
  • 1983
    Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
  • 1993
    The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
  • 1996
    In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
  • 1997
    Communications are suddenly lost with the Mars Pathfinder space probe.
  • 1998
    The Google internet search engine retrospectively claims this as its birthday.
  • 2002
    Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.
  • 2003
    Smart 1 satellite is launched.

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