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September 9

September 9 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1141 and 2015. Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

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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.

The shape of the day

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.

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

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

    Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.

  2. 1739

    Stono Rebellion

    Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

  3. 1791

    Washington, D.C.

    Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.

  4. 1850

    California

    California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.

  5. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

  6. 1939

    World War II

    World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.

  7. 1954

    1954 Chlef earthquake

    The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.

  8. 1956

    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Presley appears on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.

  9. 1969

    Allegheny Airlines Flight 853

    Allegheny Airlines Flight 863 collides in mid-air with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana, killing all 83 people on board both aircraft.

  10. 2015

    Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth II becomes the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 9

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

b. 1918

Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy

Luigi Galvani

b. 1737

Italian physician and physicist

Cesare Pavese

b. 1908

Italian poet and author

Leo Tolstoy

b. 1828

Russian author and playwright

Oscar (footballer, born 1991)

b. 1991

Brazilian footballer

Cardinal Richelieu

b. 1585

French cardinal and politician

Georg Hackl

b. 1966

German luger and coach

James Hilton (novelist)

b. 1900

English-American author and screenwriter

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)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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