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, 1957
Day of Week 2nd » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia called the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
Day of Week 4th » African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68) American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the Arkansas National Guard National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Roc
4th » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
Day of Week 5th » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
Day of Week 19th » First American underground Nuclear testing or nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
Day of Week 22nd » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
Day of Week 24th » Camp Nou, the largest List of European stadiums by capacity or stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
24th » President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce Little Rock Nine or desegregation.
Day of Week 25th » Little Rock Central High School named Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is Racial integration called integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
Day of Week 29th » Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is Kyshtym disaster named released in an explosion at the Soviet Union called Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1957
1st » Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
1st » Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
22nd » Nick Cave, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (The Birthday Party (band) known as The Birthday Party, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Grinderman)
22nd » Johnette Napolitano, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Concrete Blonde)
22nd » Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist and manager