2024 September Trivia and History
Name History
Latin: September. From the word septem, seven (it was the 7th month in the old Roman calendar). September came into Old English from Old French, replacing the Old English forms, Häligmönaò and Hærfestmönaò, which mean “harvest month” in Modern English.*
September is:
Special 2024 September periods:
- National Farm Safety Week
- Constitution Week (September 17 through September 23)
- Oktoberfest - September 21st-October 6th, 2024 (16 days through first Sunday in October is 6th).*
Special 2024 September Days:
- 2nd* • (Monday) Labor Day - (1st Monday)
- 3rd* • (Tuesday) Old Farmer's Almanac released (1st Tuesday of September)
- 7th* • (Saturday)
- Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day - (Saturday after Labor Day)
- National Planting Day - (Saturday after Labor Day)
- 8th* • (Sunday)
- Feast of the Nativity of Mary
- National Grandparents Day - (First Sunday after Labor Day)
- 11th* • (Wednesday) Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance
- 12th* • (Thursday)
- Day of the Programmer (256th day of the year)*
- National Day of Encouragement
- 13th* • (Friday) International Chocolate Day - (Celebrating 167 years)*
- 14th* • (Saturday) Solar Eclipse for southwestern U.S.
- 15th* • (Sunday) Last Day for Blackberries
- 17th* • (Tuesday) Constitution Day and Citizen Day
- 19th* • (Thursday)
- 20th* • (Friday) National POW/MIA Recognition Day (3rd Friday)*
- 22nd* • (Sunday) September Equinox Universal Time
- 23rd* • (Monday) American Indian Day (4th Monday) - May not be official for Nebraska, but some NE natives do celebreate this day.*
- 26th* • (Thursday) National Good Neighbor Day*
- 28th* • (Saturday)
- 29th* • (Sunday)
- Gold Star Mother's Day - (Last Sunday)*
- International Coffee Day (Different countries celebrate different days; 29th in the U.S.)*
- Michaelmas
September Historical Dates:
- 2022 - 8th - England's Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96.
- 2017 - 11th - Hurricane Irma devastates much of the Florida Keys, and southern Florida as a Category 4 Hurricane, slowing to a Category 2 Hurricane as it left northern Florida, and continued dumping heavy rains on through the southern U.S. into the eastern Midwest. Parts of the Midwest were affected by the storm.
- 2001 - 11th - New York Twin-World Trade Centers were destroyed by a terrorist attack, flying commercial hi-jacked fully-loaded passenger planes into the buildings.
- 1981 - 21st - Sandra Day O'Connor - Vote confirmed - First woman to serve as justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1814 - September 14 - Francis Scott Key composed a poem titled, "The Defence of Fort McHenry," which in 1931 became the National Anthem, Star Spangled Banner. Mr. Key watched Fort McHenry burn from a British ship where he had just negotiated the release of his friend Dr. William Beane, but they were not allowed to leave until after the bombardment of the fort. After a day and night of not being able to destroy the fort, Key was glad to see in the early morning light that the U.S. flag still flying over the fort, and thus wrote his feelings into a poem on an envelope he had in his pocket.
- 1752 - Gregorian Calendar was adopted by England and its New World territories; most Catholic countries had already adopted the calendar in 1582 (170 years earlier). Learn more: Calendar Adoption.
September Trivia Question:
Some months are 30 days long, some are 31, and February is 28, or 29 on leap year. September has 30 days but at one time, the number of days was less than 30 and the number of days ended in 9. Was it 29? If not, then what was it and when?
Literature relating to September
- “Youth is like spring, an overpraised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” • Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
Lyrics relating to September
- “You see September's sun Sinking in the autumn sky - From Song: September Baby” • Joseph Arthur*
- “Wake me up when September ends. - From Song: Wake me up when September ends” • Green Day*
- “Rest easy in your rocking chair (hum) mmmmm and look at your September country - From Song: Face of Despair” • Johnny Cash*
- “It was early mornin', on a Rocky Mountain September - From Song: September” • C. W. McCall*
- “So if you miss how we were in September - From Song: Miss September” • Liz Phair*
- “Feels like snow in September - From Song: Summer Love” • One Direction*
- “Party since September, nights we can't remember - From Song: Fall For You” • Hendersin*
- “On September 14th You don't know me - From Song: September 14th” • Silversteain*
September Trivia Question Answer:
... September has 30 days but at one time, the number of days was less than 30, and the number of days was not 29, but still ended with a 9. When? In 1752, September had only 19 days, ... at least in the American Colonies and Great Britain, but not in all countries. The reason was that 170 years earlier, back in 1582, the calendar year was off from the solar year; this was a flaw in the Julian calendar. Based on the computations of Aloysius Lilius, a physician from Naples, via Calabria (some modifications were made by the commisson that studied his work, made mostly by Christopher Clavius). To get back on track, Pope Gregory XIII (after whom the Gregorian Calendar is named) decreed that 10 days had to be jumped over. Therefore, the decree was that Thursday, October 4th would be followed by Friday the 15th. For this one year, October had 21 days, but remember that Pope Gregory XIII was in Italy. Most Catholic countries changed in 1582, even though some did not change in October, but other countries waited until much later. Some waited so long that by then, they had to jump over more than 10 days. Great Britain and the American Colonies waited until September 1752 (170 years later) to make the switch. By then 11 days had to be left out, making Wednesday, the 2nd be followed by Thursday, the 15th, thus making September have only 19 days. Since the changes took place in different months for different countries, several months have at one time had a different number of days. Learn more: Calendar Adoption
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