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, 1942
Day of Week 3rd » World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Łachwa Ghetto Uprising and massacre called Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.
Day of Week 5th » World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Battle of Milne Bay or Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War.
Day of Week 7th » First flight of the Consolidated Aircraft or Consolidated B-32 Dominator.
7th » World War II: Australian and US forces inflict a significant defeat upon the Japanese at the Battle of Milne Bay.
Day of Week 9th » World War II: A Empire of Japan or Japanese floatplane Lookout Air Raids or drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
Day of Week 10th » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Battle of Madagascar named Madagascar Campaign.
Day of Week 12th » World War II: RMS Laconia (1921) RMS 'Laconia', carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian Prisoner of war POWs is Laconia incident torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
Day of Week 15th » World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV-7 6 is sunk by a Japanese torpedo at Guadalcanal.
Day of Week 20th » The Holocaust called Holocaust in Letychiv, Ukraine. In the course of two days the German Schutzstaffel e.g SS murders at least 3,000 Jews.
Day of Week 21st » On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaytsi (west Ukraine) to Belzec extermination camp.
21st » In Poland, at the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently evacuate Konstantynów, Lublin Voivodeship called Konstantynów and move to the Ghetto in Biała Podlaska, established to assemble Jews from seven nearby towns, including Janów Podlaski,
21st » In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
21st » The B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
Day of Week 23rd » World War II: The Actions along the Matanikau (September – October 1942) called Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
Day of Week 25th » World War II: Swiss Police Instruction of September 25, 1942 this instruction denied entry into Switzerland to Jewish refugees.
Day of Week 26th » The Holocaust: August Frank, a higher official of the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt or SS concentration camp administration department, issues August Frank memorandum or a memorandum containing a great deal of operational detail in how Jews should be
Day of Week 27th » Last day of the September Actions along the Matanikau (September – October 1942) named Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps troops barely escape after being surrounded by Empire of Japan called Japanese forces near the Matanikau R