September Curiosities

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• Enrique and I have "re-chosen" Friday, September 7 to celebrate our wedding
• In Latin, septi means seven and septem means seventh; September was also the seventh month of the Roman Calendar until 153 BC.
• September begins on the same day of the week as December every year
• September's flower is the aster or morning glory
• September's birthstone is the sapphire
• In 1752, when the British Empire adopted the Gregorian Calendar September 2 was immediately followed by September 14
• On Usenet, it said that September 1993 never ended (Eternal September)
• September in the Northern Hemisphire is the seasonal equivalent to March in the Southern Hemisphire and viceversa
• Caligula attempted to rename September Germanicus after his father
• September is also the name of a female Swedish singer, author of the dance hit song "Satellites"