About September 27

September 27, 2024 is the 271st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 95 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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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 124 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 27

  • 1066 –
    William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
  • 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.
  • 1821 –
    Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
  • 1825 –
    The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world’s first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
  • 1916 –
    Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu.
  • 1928 –
    The Republic of China is recognised by the United States.
  • 1937 –
    Balinese Tiger declared extinct.
  • 1938 –
    Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched in Glasgow.
  • 1944 –
    The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
  • 1949 –
    The first Plenary Session of the National People’s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.
  • 1954 –
    The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
  • 1959 –
    Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
  • 1961 –
    Sierra Leone joins the United Nations.
  • 1979 –
    The United States Department of Education receives final approval from the U.S. Congress to become the 13th US Cabinet agency.
  • 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.
  • 2001 –
    Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, Friedrich Leibacher shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then kills himself.
  • 2002 –
    Timor-Leste (East Timor) joins the United Nations.

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