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 2
September 2, 2024 is the 246th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
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 2
- 421 –Emperor Constantius III dies suddenly of an illness, his wife Galla Placidia becomes for the second time widow.
- 1789 –The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- 1807 –The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
- 1833 –Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
- 1856 –The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
- 1867 –Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
- 1935 –Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
- 1960 –The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
- 1970 –NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
- 1992 –An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
Who were born on September 2?
- 1853 –Wilhelm Ostwald, Baltic German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
- 1936 –Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
- 1938 –Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
- 1940 –Jimmy Clanton, American singer
- 1957 –Tony Alva, American skateboarder
- 1960 –Hideo Yoshizawa, Japanese video game designer and executive, General Manager at Namco Bandai Holdings
- 1965 –Lennox Lewis, British-born Canadian boxer
- 1969 –Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1976 –Phil Lipscomb, American bassist (Taproot)
- 1988 –Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
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