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, 1980
Day of Week 1st » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
Day of Week 11th » Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Pinochet.
Day of Week 16th » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
Day of Week 17th » After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity (Polish trade union) called Solidarity is established.
17th » Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
Day of Week 18th » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cubans known as Cuban) to Salyut 6 called Salyut 6 space station.