September
"Nothing is worth more than this
day." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
September is the ninth month of the year having 30 days. Name
comes from the Latin (mensis) September, the seventh (septem)
month of the Roman year. September's birthstone is sapphire and
its flower is aster.
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- 9 - 10
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12 - 13
- 14 - 15
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- 26 - 27
- 28 - 29
- 30
1
Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World
Chess Match, 1972
Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself Emperor
Norton I, 1859
Army Day in Chile
2
Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar,
1752
Japan signs unconditional surrender on U.S.
battleship `Missouri,' 1945
3
Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic
in San Marino
Independence Day in Qatar
Memorial Day in Tunisia
4
None at this time
5
Kennedy orders resumption of underground
nuclear tests, 1961
The first Continental Congress was convened
in Philadelphia, 1774
6
149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard
the Mayflower, 1620
First Star Trek episode ("The Man Trap")
is broadcast, 1966
President McKinley shot, 1901
Somhlolo in Swaziland
Defense of Pakistan Day in Pakistan
Settlers' Day in South Africa
7
Independence Day in Brazil
Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a
drug overdose, 1978
8
Star Trek debuts on NBC, 1966
Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman
is second victim, 1888
President Gerald Ford pardons Richard M.
Nixon, 1974
Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia,
1841
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful
Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945
9
California becomes the 31st state, 1850
United Colonies is renamed the United States,
1776
Admission Day in California
National Day in North Korea
Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution (2
days) in Bulgaria
10
Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile
wagon train, 1857
Korean Thanksgiving Day (Chusuk) in South
Korea
National Day in Belize
Moon Festival in Taiwan
11
National Holiday in Chile
Anniversary of military coup in Chile
Ethiopian New Year in Ethiopia
12
German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from
captivity in Rome, 1943
Germany annexes Sudentenland, 1938
Defender's Day in Maryland
Revolution Day in Ethiopia
Amilcar Cabral's birthday in Guinea-Bissau
13
136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
British troops defeat the French at Abraham
near Quebec City, 1788
Building of Hadrian's Wall started, 122
Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China,
1943
Barry Day commemorates the death of Commodore
John Barry
14
Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an
American minister, 1778
Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629
The Selective Service Act establishes the
first peacetime draft, 1940
Battle of San Jacinto in Nicaragua
Francis Scott Key writes the words to "Star
Spangled Banner," 1814
15
ACM founded, 1947
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his
13-day tour of the U.S., 1959
The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the
U.S. State Department, 1789
Respect for the Aged Day in Japan
Foundation of Panama in Panama
16
The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes
the city of Boston, 1630
Cherokee Strip Day in Oklahoma
Independence Day in Mexico, Papua, and New
Guinea
B.B. King is born in Itta Bena, Mississippi,
1925
17
National Heroes Day in Angola
Battle of Antietam, 1862
18
Victory of Uprona in Burundi
Independence Day in Chile and Zimbabwe
19
Army Day in Chile
Simon & Garfunkel reunite to play in
New York's Central Park, 1981
20
Harlan Herrick runs first FORTRAN program,
1954
Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood
for President, 1884
First meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, 1848
First meeting of the National Research Council,
1916
Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round
the World passage, 1519
The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973
Jim Croce dies in a plane crash, 1973
21
Independence Day in Belize
22
Allied forces form the independent nation
West Germany, 1953
President Lincoln issues the Emancipation
Proclamation, 1862
Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas
President Nixon, 1974
The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
Independence Day in Mali
National Sovereignty Day in Haiti
23
Grito de Lares in Puerto Rico
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares
martial law, 1972
The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first
U.S. baseball club, 1845
V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with
his "Checkers" speech, 1952
"Paul is dead" rumors sweep the
country, 1969
Bruce Springsteen is born in Freehold, New
Jersey, 1949
24
Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau
National Day in Saudi Arabia
Republic Day in Trinidad, Tobago
Anniversary of the Third Republic in Ghana
Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic
25
Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on
US Supreme Court, 1981
Army Day in Mozambique
Referendum Day in Rwanda
John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) dies of alcohol
poisoning, 1980
26
Revolution Anniversary Day in Yemen Arab
National Day in Maldives, Yemem Democratic
Republic
George Gershwin born in Brooklyn, New York
27
Feast of Finding the True Cross in Ethiopia
The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive
in England, 1825
28
"Pilgrim's Progress" published,
1678
A Greek soldier runs 26+ miles after the
Persian defeat at Marathon, 490 BC
Confucius Day in Taiwan
29
Battle of Boqueron in Paraquay
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement; 9 days after
Rosh Hashanah; sabbatical, fast day)
30
The first tooth is extracted under anesthesia
in Charleston, Mass., 1846
The verdicts of the Nuremberg trials are
announced, 1946
Botswana Day in Botswana
First Day of Sukkot
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