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, 1898
Day of Week 2nd » Battle of Omdurman United Kingdom or British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
Day of Week 10th » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Day of Week 13th » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1898
1st » Violet Carson, English actress and singer (d. 1983)
7th » Mamie Rearden, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
9th » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (d. 1973)
10th » Bessie Love, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
10th » Waldo Semon, American chemist and engineer (d. 1999)
11th » Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (d. 1979)
12th » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
12th » Alma Moodie, Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
12th » Ben Shahn, Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
13th » Roger Désormière, French conductor (d. 1963)
13th » C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1964)
14th » Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American music collector (d. 1979)
14th » Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)
14th » Hal B. Wallis, American actor and producer (d. 1986)
15th » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
16th » H. A. Rey, American author and illustrator, co-created 'Curious George' (d. 1977)
19th » Giuseppe Saragat, Italian politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
22nd » Katharine Alexander, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
23rd » Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
23rd » Jadwiga Smosarska, Polish actress (d. 1971)
24th » Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
25th » Robert Brackman, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980)
26th » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer (d. 1937)
27th » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (d. 1946)