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, 1983
Day of Week 1st » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet Union Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including United States Congress Congressman Larry McDonald Lawrence McDonald.
Day of Week 6th » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
Day of Week 12th » A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
12th » The Soviet Union or USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet shooting down of a Korean civilian jetliner on September 1.
Day of Week 17th » Vanessa L. Williams e.g Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
Day of Week 19th » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
Day of Week 23rd » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
23rd » Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
23rd » Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.
Day of Week 25th » Maze Prison escape: 38 republican prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of Maze (HM Prison) called the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
Day of Week 26th » USSR e.g Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident known as correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike
Day of Week 27th » Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.