September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. The name comes from the Latin septem, for "seven" -- September was originally the seventh month of the year, before January and February were inserted.

In Canada and the United States, Labour Day (U.S. - Labor Day) is observed on the first Monday in September.


September begins on the same day of the week as December every year.
September's flower is the morning glory.
September's birthstone is the sapphire.


1653 ~ Birthday of Johann Pachelbel, Composer.

Remember the theme music of “Ordinary People”? That’s “Pachelbel’s Canon” (which is not really a Canon).

1875 ~ Birthday of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Writer, creator of Tarzan.

1905 ~ Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.

1907 ~ Birthday of Walter Reuther, Labor Union leader.

1914 ~ The last Passenger Pigeon died in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.

1935 ~ Birthday of Seiji Ozawa, Conductor.

1939 ~ World War II: Nazi Germany attacked Poland, beginning the war.

1972 ~ In Reykjavik, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beat Russian Boris Spassky and became the world chess champion.

Where are you now Bobby?

1983 ~ Cold War: Korean Air Flight KAL-007 shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft entered Soviet airspace.

1985 ~ A joint American-French expedition located the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

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