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:

• National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
  
• National Child Awareness Month

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:

•  0th* • (Saturday)
  • - (1st Monday) NNN - HHH*
  • - (First Sunday after Labor Day) NNN - HHH*
  • - (Last Sunday) NNN - Also known as or refferred to as Mother's and Family Day. It happens on the last Sunday in September, which can be the 24th to 30th.*
  • - (Saturday after Labor Day) NNN - HHH*
  • - (Saturday after Labor Day) NNN - HHH*
  • (1st Tuesday of September) NNN - HHH*
  • (256th day of the year) NNN - In non-leap years, this is celebrated on the 13th. The number 256 (2⁸) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers. 256 is also the highest power of two that is less than 365, the number of days in a common year.*
  • (3rd Friday) NNN - This day was established by an Act of Congress, by the passage of Section 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act. The POW/MIA flag was first recognized by Pub.L. 101-355 and made into 36 U.S.C. § 189 in 1990*
  • (4th Monday) May not be official for Nebraska, but some NE natives do celebreate this day. - Some organizations in Nebraska do celebrate this day as Native American Day, however I can find no official designation. In 1968, California Govenor Ronald Regan designated the fourth Friday as American Indian Day. In 1998, the California Assembly paased AN 1953, which made Native American Day an official state holiday, observed annually on the fourth Friday in September. Since 1997, Nevada has joined in to celebrate the day as Native Americna Day. Tennessee does a similar American Indian Day on the fourth Monday of September. Also, the second Monday in October is more common, which coincides with Columbus Day.*
  • (Different countries celebrate different days; 29th in the U.S.) NNN - International Coffee Day varies from country to country. The International Coffee Day website shows a logo containing Oct 01 along with the words "International Coffee Day," as if that day is the official day, however only Japan, Germany, and Sri Lanka celebrate that day. The United States celebrates on the 29th.*
  • NNN - HHH*
  • EEE (Celebrating 167 years) - Celebrating 167 years*
  • EEE NNN - HHH*
  • EEE NNN - HHH*
  • EEE NNN - HHH*
  • EEE NNN - HHH*
  • EEE NNN - HHH*
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  • EEE NNN - Since 1994;*
  • EEE NNN - Since 2004; has been the 26th, and was originally the 24th (1978-2003), and somewhere in this, it was also apparently the 4th Sunday, but it is not clear when that started, or even when the first year the entire thing started. The Wikipedia article is not clear on this, just says it started in the early 1970s by one individual, and no longer mentions the 4th Sunday era; see if you can figure it out.*
  • EEE NNN - Talk like *
  • for southwestern U.S. NNN - HHH*

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

•  “When it's closing time in late September - From Song: Late September” • Mandolin Orange*
•  “From May through September It was all about me 'n you, Baby - From Song: Chance Meeting At The Trantula” • John Mellencamp*
•  “It seems like yesterday in September. - From Song: September” • Deborah Cox*
•  “September all over again. - From Song: September All Over” • September*
•  “Long before that September - From Song: Him” • Lily Allen*
•  “Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day? - From Song: Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” • Alan Jackson*
•  “I don't wanna be a June till September I wanna be one those remember boys - From Song: Remember Boys” • Cole Swindell*
•  “September sun glowing golden hair - From Song: September Sun” • Type O Negative*

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