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, 1933
Day of Week 3rd » Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
Day of Week 8th » Ghazi of Iraq named Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
Day of Week 12th » Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
Day of Week 13th » Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman Lyttelton by-election, 1933 known as elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
Day of Week 21st » Salvador Lutteroth ran the first ever Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre known as EMLL (now Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre known as CMLL) show in Mexico, marking the birth of Lucha Libre
Day of Week 26th » As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don’t shoot, G-Man (slang) named G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
26th » Ten convicts escape from the Indiana State Prison with guns smuggled into the prison by bank robber John Dillinger
Famous Birthdays on September in 1933
1st » Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars) (d. 2013)
1st » Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
1st » T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1982)
1st » Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
2nd » Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
28th » Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (d. 2006)
28th » Johnny "Country" Mathis, American singer-songwriter (Jimmy & Johnny) (d. 2011)
29th » Samora Machel, Mozambican commander and politician, 1st President of Mozambique (d. 1986)
30th » Michel Aoun, Lebanese general and politician, List of Presidents of Lebanon named President of Lebanon
30th » Ben Cooper, American actor
30th » Cissy Houston, American singer (Sweet Inspirations and The Drinkard Singers)
30th » Barbara Knox, English actress
Famous Deaths for September 1933
7th » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)