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, 1899
Day of Week 13th » Henry H. Bliss called Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
13th » Halford Mackinder e.g Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
Day of Week 23rd » American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the 'Battle of Olongapo'.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1899
1st » Richard Arlen, American actor and singer (d. 1976)
3rd » Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
5th » Humphrey Cobb, American author and screenwriter (d. 1944)
5th » Helen Creighton, Canadian author (d. 1989)
6th » Billy Rose, American composer and manager (d. 1966)
9th » Neil Hamilton (actor) known as Neil Hamilton, American actor (d. 1984)
9th » Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1984)
9th » Bruno E. Jacob, American academic, founded the National Forensic League (d. 1979)
11th » Philipp Bouhler, German politician (d. 1945)
11th » Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000)
11th » Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1953)
13th » Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
16th » Hans Swarowsky, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and educator (d. 1975)
20th » Leo Strauss, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1973)
21st » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (d. 1986)
23rd » Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
23rd » Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-American sculptor (d. 1988)
24th » William Dobell, Australian painter (d. 1970)
25th » Udumalai Narayana Kavi, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981)
28th » Alice de Janzé, American-Kenyan heiress (d. 1941)
29th » László Bíró, Hungarian-Argentinian inventor, invented the ballpoint pen (d. 1985)
29th » Billy Butlin, South African-English businessman, founded Butlins (d. 1980)
Famous Deaths for September 1899
17th » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)