Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: September 1
September 1, 2024 is the 245th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Virgo is your zodiac sign. Sapphire is your modern birthstone. Agate is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: September 1
- 1774 –Massachusetts colonists rise up in bloodless Powder Alarm.
- 1836 –Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
- 1859 –Solar Superstorm
- 1862 –American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
- 1870 –Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
- 1878 –Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
- 1958 –Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
- 1970 –Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
- 1974 –The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1435.587 mph.
- 1979 –The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21000 km.
Who were born on September 1?
- 1856 –Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (d. 1953)
- 1875 –Edgar Rice Burroughs, American writer (d. 1950)
- 1896 –A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, the Hare Krishna Movement (d. 1977)
- 1909 –E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (d. 1957)
- 1921 –Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
- 1935 –Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
- 1939 –Lily Tomlin, American actress and comedian
- 1957 –Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer
- 1970 –Mitsou, Canadian singer, television and radio host, actress
- 1984 –Joe Trohman, American musician (Fall Out Boy)
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