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, 1906
Day of Week 1st » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
Day of Week 5th » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
Day of Week 7th » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Château de Bagatelle called Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
Day of Week 12th » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, Wales named Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
Day of Week 13th » First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
Day of Week 18th » A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
Day of Week 25th » In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the 'Telekino' in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1906
1st » Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican lawyer and politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
1st » Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
1st » Eleanor Hibbert English author (d. 1993)
1st » Arthur Rowe, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
4th » Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
6th » Luis Federico Leloir, French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
8th » Andrei Kirilenko (politician) known as Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1990)