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September might be one of the boringest months of the year.
Relatively, the 9th month of the year caters to lesser paid, non working holidays and lesser paid non working holidays would bring to us, lazy blokes, a feeling of discontentment.
We often tell ourselves Uy!SeptemBER na! Malapit na magpasko! or malapit na mag Oktoberfest!
Noticeably, the excitement is never on the month of September. We just kind of see September as a preparation for better months to come.
But, I believe there is something interesting about this month. There is hope, I kid myself.
Hey! After the reaserch that I have made, September might not be that boring after all.
So here are the things you may not know about this month:
In Latin, septem means “seven” and septimus means “seventh”; September was in fact the seventh month of the Roman calendar until 153 BC, when the first month changed from Kalendas Martius (1 March) to Kalendas Januarius (1 January). It is also the seventh month of the Astrological calendar, which begins with March/Mars/Aries.–wikipedia.org
Why is September the 9th month of the year?
It’s one of the things “the Romans did for us” – slotting in two months – July named after Julius Caesar and August named after Augustus Caesar. This nudged the later months along by two and so September became the ninth instead of the seventh month–http://www.guardian.co.uk
• September begins on the same day of the week as December every year.
• September’s flower is the aster or morning glory.
• Sapphire is considered September’s birthstone
Famous people born in the month of September:
September 4, 1981 Beyonce Knowles
September 5, 1946 Freddie Mercury
September 7, 1533 Elizabeth I, Queen of England
September 9, 1966 Adam Sandler
Septemeber 12, 1980 Yao Ming
September 25, 1968 Will Smith
September 27, 1984 Avril Lavigne
September 27, 1984 Gwyneth Paltrow
Local celebrities born in September
September 3, 1985 Carlo Aquino
September 14, 1981 Patrick Garcia
September 14, 1955 Edu Manzano
September 17, 1983 Aiza Seguerra
September 17, 1982 Francine Prieto
Significant Events in Philippine History:
September 21, 1972. Marcos declared martial law under the proclamation No. 1801. Many opposition leaders including Benigno Aquino, journalists and activists were detained in Fort Bonifacio under martial law.
September 2, 1945. Right after the war in the Pacific, Japan surrendered to the Americans. The Philippines later was granted its independence but with over a million Filipino casualties. More than 60,000 Americans died and 300,000 Japanese lost their lives.
September 18, 1935. Manuel L. Quezon was elected President of the Commonwealth and Sergio Osmena as the Vice President.
Setember 12, 1896. A group of revolutionaries from Cavite were executed. They are now known as teh “Trece Martires de Cavite” or the thirteen martyrs of Cavite.
September 18, 1891. Jose Rizal finished his novel El Filibusterismo following the first, Noli Me Tangere. Both portrayed the struggling life of the Filipinos under the Spanish rule.
September 6, 1834. Manila was opened to international trade leading to a remarkable transformation of its economy
Inventions and Patents:
September 4, 1888 George Eastman patented the roll film camera for Kodak.
September 8, 1994 Microsoft gave Windows 95 its new name, previously, the operating system had been referred to by its code name of “Chicago”.
September 16, 1857 The words & music to the famous Christmas song “Jingle Bells” was registered by Oliver Ditson and Company under the title One Horse Open Sleigh.
September 23, 1930 Johannes Ostermeier was issued a patent for the flash bulb used in photography.
September might not be filled with paid, nonworking holidays and we might be as bored as hell due to the absence of long weekends.
But we must also remember that September has also cradled important events that is worth celebrating. Moreover, worth honoring. 🙂
sources:
famousbirthdays.com
camperspoint.com
telebisyon.net
images from:
palagems.com
filipinofightingartsintl.com
skinnysushi.com
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