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, 1961
Day of Week 1st » The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
Day of Week 5th » The first conference of the Non-Aligned Movement called Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
Day of Week 10th » 1961 Italian Grand Prix called Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Scuderia Ferrari known as Ferrari.
Day of Week 11th » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
Day of Week 15th » Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
Day of Week 16th » The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
16th » Typhoon Nancy (1961) or Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
Day of Week 18th » U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga Province or Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Day of Week 20th » Greek general Konstantinos Dovas becomes List of Prime Ministers of Greece called Prime Minister of Greece.
Day of Week 21st » Maiden flight of the CH-47 Chinook transportation helicopter.
26th » Marianne Mikko, Estonian journalist and politician
26th » Oliver Peyton, Irish businessman
26th » Will Self, English journalist and author
27th » Andy Lau, Hong Kong singer, actor, and producer
28th » Helen Grant (politician) or Helen Grant, English lawyer and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
28th » Gregory Jbara, American actor and singer
28th » Quentin Kawānanakoa, American politician
29th » Julia Gillard, Welsh-Australian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
29th » Stephanie Miller, American comedian and radio host
30th » Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
30th » Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
30th » Mel Stride, English politician
30th » Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
30th » Sally Yeh, Chinese singer and actress
Famous Deaths for September 1961
3rd » Robert E. Gross (businessman) e.g Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
7th » Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Dutch lawyer, jurist, and politician, 34th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1885)
10th » Leo Carrillo, American actor and singer (b. 1880)
10th » Wolfgang von Trips, German race car driver (b. 1928)
14th » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
18th » Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
22nd » Marion Davies, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1897)
25th » Frank Fay (American actor) named Frank Fay American actor and singer (b. 1897)
30th » Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)