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, 1944
Day of Week 3rd » Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
Day of Week 4th » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
4th » World War II: Finland exits from the Continuation War e.g war with Soviet Union.
Day of Week 5th » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
Day of Week 6th » World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
6th » World War II: Soviet forces Tartu Offensive called capture the city of Tartu, Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic known as Estonia.
Day of Week 8th » World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
8th » World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
Day of Week 11th » World War II: The first Allies of World War II named Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
11th » World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
Day of Week 12th » World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities. Near Trier, American troops enter Germany for the first time.
Day of Week 14th » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by Allies of World War II named allied forces.
Day of Week 15th » Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Second Quebec Conference called Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
Day of Week 17th » World War II: Allies of World War II or Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
Day of Week 19th » Moscow Armistice known as Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War).
19th » Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
Day of Week 25th » World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division Operation Berlin (Arnhem rescue) known as withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.
26th » World War II: On the Gothic Line Central Front (5th Army) or central front of the Gothic Line Battle named Gothic Line Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after ten days of fighting.
Day of Week 27th » The Bombing of Kassel in World War II known as Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a United States Army Air Forces e.g USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
Day of Week 28th » Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1944
1st » Archie Bell (singer) known as Archie Bell, American singer-songwriter (Archie Bell & the Drells)
1st » Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
4th » Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic
4th » Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
4th » Vladimír Guma Kulhánek, Czech bass player (Energit (band) named Energit and Etc...)
4th » Jennifer Salt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
4th » Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
5th » Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (d. 1996)
5th » Gareth Evans (politician) named Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia) known as Minister for Foreign Affairs for Australia
6th » Donna Haraway, American educator, author and activist
6th » Swoosie Kurtz, American actress
7th » Forrest Blue, American football player (d. 2011)
7th » Bertel Haarder, Danish politician, Education Minister of Denmark
7th » Earl Manigault, American basketball player (d. 1998)
7th » Bora Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
7th » Houshang Moradi Kermani, Iranian author
8th » Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (The Young Tradition) (d. 1991)
8th » Margaret Hodge, Egyptian-English economist and politician
8th » Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach
10th » Thomas Allen (baritone) called Thomas Allen, English opera singer and academic
21st » Steve Beshear, American lawyer and politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky
21st » Marcus Binney, English historian and author
21st » Fannie Flagg, American actress and author
21st » Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2008)
21st » Bobby Tench, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gass (band) Gass, Hummingbird (band) Hummingbird, Humble Pie (band) Humble Pie, and Streetwalkers)
22nd » Brian Gibson (director) or Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
23rd » Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
23rd » Richard Lambert, English journalist and academic