September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with a length of 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of March in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on the 1st of September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is on the 1st of September.
September symbols: The birthstone of September is the sapphire. The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster. The zodiac signs for the month of September are Virgo (until September 21) and Libra (from September 22 onwards).
Historical Events for September, 1877
Day of Week 5th » American Indian Wars: Oglala Lakota called Oglala Sioux Tribal chief e.g chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
Day of Week 24th » Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
Famous Birthdays on September in 1877
1st » Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
1st » Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (d. 1949)
2nd » Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)
6th » Buddy Bolden, American cornet player (d. 1930)
9th » James Agate, English journalist, author, and critic (d. 1947)
9th » Frank Chance, American baseball player and manager (d. 1924)
11th » Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian politician (d. 1926)
11th » James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1946)
13th » Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
13th » Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962)
15th » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
15th » Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author (d. 1962)
16th » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Schick (razors) or Schick Razors (d. 1937)