September facts
- September is the 9th month. But, on the Roman calendar, it was the 7th month.
- September is one of four Gregorian months with 30 days.
- The Anglo-Saxons called it Gerst monath (Barley month), because it was their time when they harvested
- The Anglo-Saxons called the month Gerstmonath, barley month, that crop being then usually harvested..
- The sapphire is the birthstone for September.
- The birth flowers for September are the forget-me-not, morning glory and aster.
- September is the start of the school year.
- Labor Day is observed on the first Monday in September in the United States and Canada.
- In Mexico, Independence Day is celebrated September 16.
- In 1752, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. In the British Empire that year, September 2 was immediately followed by September 14.
- In India, Teachers' Day is celebrated on September 5.
