Fun Facts to Celebrate a September Birthday
Celebrating a September birthday? Download this September birth month fun facts sheet to display at a birthday party or give with a birthday gift. Included are the September birthstone and flower, a few fun holidays, interesting people born in September, and this month in history events.
September Birthstone
September’s birthstone is sapphire, known for its deep blue color. This stone has traditionally represented truth, sincerity, and nobility, having been associated with royalty for thousands of years.
September Flower
The traditional birth flower for September is the aster. Asters are a member of the daisy family and provide bright color for the garden in late summer/early fall. The flowers come in a variety of colors: white, yellow, pink, purple, red, and blue. Aster means star in Greek and have been a symbol of wisdom, patience, and friendship.
September also has a secondary birth flower, the morning glory, a fast-growing vine with flowers that open in the morning and close in the afternoon. Morning glory vines and flowers are toxic and should not be ingested.
September Quote or Poem
“I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
September Fun Holidays
National Classical Music Month
Better Breakfast Month
International Sudoku Day (9/9)
National Cheeseburger Day (9/18)
National Checkers Day (9/23)
National Pancake Day (9/26)
Famous September Birthdays
Serena Williams (tennis player)
Agatha Christie (prolific mystery author)
George Gershwin (American composer best known for his Broadway musicals)
David Packard (electrical engineer, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard)
Milton Hershey (founder of The Hershey Company)
Julian Hill (chemist who helped develop nylon)
Michael Faraday (discovered the principles underlying electromagnetic induction)
Emily Roebling (engineer known for her work on the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband developed decompression disease)
Louis Sullivan (architect referred to as the father of skyscrapers)
John Dalton (introduced atomic theory into chemistry and studied color blindness)
Olive Ann Beech (co-founder of Beech Aircraft Corporation)
Grandma Moses (American folk artist)
September Events in History
Bible first published by Gutenberg’s printing press (1452)
Magellan circumnavigates the globe (1522)
The Great Fire of London (1666)
Congress created the United States Army (1789)
Tanks first used in combat (1916)
Germany invades Poland (1939)
Successful test of the first integrated circuit (1958)
Wreck of the Titanic found (1985)
9/11 attack (2001)
September Birth Month Fact Sheet
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