January facts

garnet, the birthstone of January

• January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
• January is one of 7 Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
• January is, on average, the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
• The month is named after Janus (Ianuarius), the god of the doorway.
• January's birthstone is the garnet.
• The Anglo-Saxons called January Wulf-monath (meaning wolf month).
• In Czech, January is called leden, meaning ice month.
• According to Theodor Mommsen, the first of January became the first day of the year in 153 BC.
• The first of January is Independence Day in Haiti.
• The third Monday of January is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the United States.
• The birth flower of January is the Dianthus caryophyllus or Galanthus.
• Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706.
• Edgar Allan Poe, was born on January 19, 1809.

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February facts

amethyst, birthstone of February

• February is the 2nd month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
• February is the shortest month and the only month with less than 30 days.
• February is the only month of the year that can pass without a single full moon.
• February has 29 days in leap years. In common years the month has 28 days.
• January and February were the last 2 months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period.
• The birthstone of the month is the amethyst.
• Anglo-Saxon named February Solmonath (mud month).
• In Finnish, February is called helmikuu, meaning "month of the pearl"
• The birthday of Abraham Lincoln is February 12.
• Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14.
• Presidents Day (United States, third Monday).
• The birth flower of February is the Primrose.
• The Southern hemisphere usually enjoy midsummer weather during this month.

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March facts

Daffodil

• March is the 3rd month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• March is one of the 7 months which are 31 days long.
• March in the Northern Hemisphere is the seasonal equivalent of September in the Southern Hemisphere.
• In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning spring is March, 21.
• March was the first month of the year in the ancient Roman Calendar.
• The month was named Martius after Mars (Ares), the god of war.
• Birthstones of March: aquamarine and bloodstone.
• March's birth flower is the Daffodil.
• In many cultures and religions still celebrate the beginning of the New Year in March.
• Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated in March 17.
• Albert Einstein was born on 14 March, 1879.
• The Jewish festival of Purim usually occurs in March.

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April facts

• April is the 4th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• April is one of 4 months with a length of 30 days.
• The traditional etymology for April is from the Latin aperire, "to open," in allusion to its being the month when trees and flowers begin to "open".
• April's birthstone is the diamond, which symbolizes innocence.
• The Anglo-Saxons called April Oster-monath or Eostur-monath.
• The birth flower of April is listed as either the Daisy or the Sweet Pea.
• April is commonly associated with the season of autumn in the Southern hemisphere and spring in the Northern hemisphere.
• William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564. 
• 15th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank.
• April Fools' Day – April 1
• Arbor Day – last Friday of April in United States
• April is national Poetry month in the United States.

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May facts

• May is the 5th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The month May has been named for the Greek goddess Maia.
• The Roman poet Ovid provides a second etymology, in which he says that the month of May is named for the maiores, Latin for "elders," and that the following month (June) is named for the iuniores, or "young people".
• The Zodiac signs for the month of May are Taurus and Gemini.
• May 1 is celebrated as Labor Day in many countries.
• The birth flower of May is the Lily of the Valley and the Crataegus monogyna.
• Charles Lindberg made the first historic solo Trans Atlantic airplane flight in May of 1927, in his plane “The Spirit of Saint Louis”.
• May's birthstone is the emerald.
• The 2nd Sunday in May is Mother's Day in the United States and Canada.
• May 10 is Mother's Day in Mexico, El Salvador, and Guatemala.
• The last Monday of May is Memorial Day in the United States.
• May 1 is May Day in the U.K.
• Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), celebrates Mexico's victory over French Troops on this day in the 1862 Battle of Puebla.

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June facts

• June is the 6th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
• June is the month with the longest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
• Birthstones for June are the pearl, moonstone and alexandrite.
• June is also sometimes called the "Rose month."
• No other month begins on the same day of the week as June.
• The longest day of the year is 21 June or 22 June.
• The Philippines' Independence Day is on June 12.
• According to one etymology, June is named after Juno (Hera).
• Juno was the goddess of marriage and a married couple's household, so some consider it good luck to be married in this month.
• June is Black Music Month.
• Father's Day is celebrated in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland on the third Sunday in June.

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July facts

• July is the 7th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• July is one of 7 Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
• July is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere.
• Birthstone of the month is a red ruby.
• July is one of the winter months in the Southern Hemisphere
• July was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the ancient Roman calendar.
• It still kept the name of Quintilis until the death of Julius Caesar.
• The United States celebrate Independence Day on July 4.
• July's birth flower is the Larkspur or the Water Lily.
• Zodiac sign are Cancer and Leo.

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August month facts

• August is the 8th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• August is one of 7 Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.
• August was originally named Sextilis in Latin, because it was the 6th month in the original 10-month Roman calendar.
• August was named after Julius Caesar’s grandnephew Augustus.
• In August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima is bombed by the United States - for the first time in history a nuclear weapon was used against people.
• In Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, the month is called agosto from the Latin Augustus.
• The famous meteor showers, the Perseids, happens in the middle of August every year.
• August's birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy.
• The birthstone of the month is the peridot or onyx.

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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.

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October facts

• October is the 10th month in the Gregorian calendar.
• October received its name from the Latin numeral “octo” meaning “eight”, because in the first Roman calendar it was the 8th month.
• October is one of 7 Gregorian months with a length of 31 days.
• The German Oktoberfest (October festival) originally began on October 17, 1810, the wedding day of King Ludwig I.
• In old England, October was once named “Winmonth”, which meant wine month.
• Columbus Day, is celebrated on the second Monday of October.
• Canada celebrates their Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
• The first Model T Ford was introduced by Henry Ford, on October 1, 1908.
• October Birthstone: The Opal
• The October Birth Flower is the Calendula (Marigold).
• The Zodiac sign for those born in October is either Libra or Scorpio, depending on which day you were born.
• Slavs call it "yellow month", from the fading of the leaf; to the Anglo-Saxons it was known as Winterfylleth, because at this full moon (fylleth) winter was supposed to begin.
• The month October has become famous as "Red October", due to the Russian October revolution of 1917, although in the modern Gregorian calendar, the revolution started in November.

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November facts

• November is the 11th month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
• November (latin "novem", which means nine) was originally the ninth month in the Roman Calendar.
• November is one of 4 Gregorian months with the length of 30 days.
• November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar.
• Scorpio and Sagittarius are the astrological signs for November.
• November is a month of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
• November 1st is celebrated in many Christian churches as All Saints Day
• In the Roman Catholic calendar, November 2 is All Souls Day. It is known in Mexico as el Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead).
• Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
• The flower that represents November is the Chrysanthemum.
• The birthstone for November in Topaz

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December facts

• December was the 10th month in the early Roman calendar. It became the 12th month in a later Roman calendar.
• December is one of 7 Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.
• In the northern half of the world, Winter begins in December 21 or 22.
• Christians celebrate Christmas Day (December 25), as the birthday of Jesus Christ.
• People in several European countries celebrate December 6 as the Feast of Saint Nicholas.
• December is the month with the shortest daylight hours of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest daylight hours of the year in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The zircon, lapis lazuli, topaz and turquoise are the birthstones for December.
• The Zodiac sign for those born in this month is either Sagittarius or Capricorn.
• Narcissus, poinsetta, and Holly are the flowers for the month of December.
• The 1st Nobel Prize was awarded in December 1901.
• Famous people born on Christmas Day – Sir Issac Newton: 1642, Clara Barton: 1821, Humphrey Bogart: 1899, Anwar el-Sadat: 1918, Little Richard: 1932, and Barbara Mandrell: 1948.

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