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, 1869
Day of Week 24th » "Black Friday (1869) Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the United States Department of the Treasury Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk (financier) James Fisk plot to control the market.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1869
3rd » Fritz Pregl, Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
6th » Walford Davies, English organist and composer (d. 1941)
6th » Felix Salten, Austrian-Swiss author and critic (d. 1945)
7th » Ben Viljoen, South African general (d. 1917)
14th » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
17th » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and educator, Nobel Peace Prize named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
22nd » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (d. 1953)
23rd » Typhoid Mary, Irish-American carrier of Typhoid fever (d. 1938)
26th » Komitas, Armenian-French priest and composer (d. 1935)