A NEW month begins today, so here are some facts about September.
1. September is the only month with the same number of letters in its name as the number of the month: it is the ninth month and has nine letters.
2. The Anglo-Saxons called September Gerst Monath (Barley Month) or Haefest Monath (Harvest Month) celebrating the barley harvest.
3. September is the worst month for share prices which on average lose one per cent of their value.
4. September (from the Latin septem, seven) was the seventh month of the old Roman calendar.
5. One Day In September, about the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics, is the only film with September in the title to win an Oscar.
6. In 1752, September had only 19 days in the UK. The 3rd-13th were omitted in the change from Julian to Gregorian calendar.
7. Until Julius Caesar’s calendar reform of 45BC, September had only 29 days.
8. “My favourite poem is the one that starts ‘Thirty days hath September’ because it actually tells you something.” (Groucho Marx)
9. On an average September day more babies are born in the US than on a day in any other month.
10. In the UK, September 26 is the most common birthday for people born in the last 20 years.
So if you are born in September like me ? you are a lucky gem.
Let the countdown begins...??????✌️??
