Other famous people born in September: Composers, Directors and Performers Gene Autry, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Maurice Chevalier, John Coltrane, Antonin Leopold Dvorak, George Gershwin, Jim Hensen, George Jones, Debra Kerr, Francis Scott Key, Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton, George Raft, Otis Redding, Jean Renoir, Buddy Rich, Peter Sellers, Shamu the Killer Whale, Erich von Stroheim, Hank Williams, Fay Wray Writers Breyten Breytenbach, Truman Capote, Agatha Christie, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, D.H. Lawrence, H. L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair Doers and Thinkers Samuel Adams, Johnny Appleseed, Georges Claude, Confucius, Enrico Fermi, Luigi Galvani, Hans Geiger, Milton Snavely Hershey, Karen Horney, Moses Mendelssohn, Ivan Pavlov, William Wrigley, Jr. (Long-dead or ghostly people only, or wildly-famous public figures, please!)
September holidays observances: End of the harvest in the Northern Hemisphere, start of spring in the Southern Hemisphere Start of the academic year in many countries Autumnal/Vernal Equinox (depending on hemisphere) Ramadan, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur Highland Games in Braemar, Scotland Month: Library Card Sign-up Month, Mold Awareness Month, National Mushroom Month, Pleasure Your Mate Month, Weeks: 2nd - Singles Week, 4th - Banned Books Week, Dog Week, Tolkien Week Days: 2 - National Beheading Day, 4 - Peter Rabbit's Birthday, 8 - International Literacy Day, 9 - Grandparent's Day, Teddy Bear Day, 10 - Suicide Prevention Day, 13 - Defy Superstition Day, 16 - Mexican Independence Day, Collect Rocks Day, 19 - Talk Like A Pirate Day, 21- International Day of Peace, 22 - Elephant Appreciation Day, Dear Diary Day, 25 - Comic Book Day, 27 - World Maritime Day, 28 - Ask A Stupid Question Day, 30 - World Heart Day, National Mud Pack Day
Harry Potter September events: Morfin Gaunt released from Azkaban Hogwarts classes begin on September 1 September 19 - Hermione Granger's birthday Harry Potter's first Potions class Harry Potter's first flying lesson Harry and Ron arrive via flying Ford Anglia Chamber of Secrets reopened Harry receives the Half-Blood Prince's Potions text Harry begins private lessons with Dumbledore Wizards of the Month: Uric the Oddball, wore a jellyfish for a hat. Gaspard Shingleton, invented self-stirring cauldron. Hambledon Quince, believed wizards came from Mars, Muggles from mushrooms. Albus etc. Dumbledore, you know him; think of him what you will.
Miscellany: Flower: Aster, Morning Glory Gemstone: Sapphire, Chrysolite Weather: Cooling down in Northern hemisphere, warming up in Southern.
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