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On This Day · The 252nd day of the year

September 9

September 9's record stretches 874 years, from 1141 to 2015. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

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Virgo is the sign for September 9 — read more on the Virgo page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on September 9?

September 9 is the 252nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1141 and 2015. Famous people born on September 9 include Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Luigi Galvani and Cesare Pavese.

Released on September 9

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra

2024

  • Game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

2022

  • Game Splatoon 3
  • Game Broken Pieces

2021

  • Game The Artful Escape
  • Movie Fib the Truth

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1141

    Yelü Dashi

  2. 1739

    Stono Rebellion

  3. 1791

    Washington, D.C.

  4. 1850

    California

  5. 1914

    World War I

  6. 1939

    World War II

  7. 1954

    1954 Chlef earthquake

  8. 1956

    Elvis Presley

  9. 1969

    Allegheny Airlines Flight 853

  10. 2015

    Elizabeth II

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 9

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

b. 1918

Luigi Galvani

b. 1737

Cesare Pavese

b. 1908

Leo Tolstoy

b. 1828

Oscar (footballer, born 1991)

b. 1991

Cardinal Richelieu

b. 1585

Georg Hackl

b. 1966

James Hilton (novelist)

b. 1900

Deaths

  • 2003Edward Teller
  • 1976Mao Zedong
  • 1898Stéphane Mallarmé
  • 1487Chenghua Emperor
  • 1087William the Conqueror

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Charles Lowder (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Ciarán of Clonmacnoise
  • —Christian feast day: Frédéric Ozanam
  • —Christian feast day: Constance, Nun, and her Companions (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Arantzazu (Oñati)
  • —Christian feast day: Peter Claver
  • —Christian feast day: Synaxis of Ss. Joachim and Anna, an Afterfeast. (Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
  • —Christian feast day: September 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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