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, 1977
Day of Week 4th » The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
Day of Week 5th » Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany by the Red Army Faction and is later murdered.
5th » Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
Day of Week 7th » The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The United States agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
7th » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
Day of Week 10th » Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
Day of Week 12th » South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
Day of Week 18th » Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
Day of Week 20th » The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
Day of Week 21st » A nuclear non-proliferation pact is signed by 15 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union.
Day of Week 25th » About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
Day of Week 27th » A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II 1977 Yokohama F-4 crash e.g crashes into a residential neighborhood in Yokohama, Japan, killing two children on the ground and injuring seven other people.