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2006-10-25 09:37:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

PLease help this is due 2morrow!!!

2006-10-25 10:15:18 · update #1

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Events in September

It is the start of the academic year in some countries.

On the first Sunday of September, the regata storica parade is staged in Venice, as prelude to the rowing contests known as regattas.

Labor Day (Labour Day in Canada) is observed on the first Monday in September in the United States.

In Japan, Respect for the Aged Day is a national holiday celebrated on the third Monday of September. Autumnal Equinox Day is also a national holiday.

In the United States, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15.

National Grandparents' Day takes place on the first Sunday after Labor Day in the United States and Canada [1].

In the United States, September 11 is Patriot Day.

In the Netherlands the third Tuesday in September is known as prinsjesdag. The government presents its annual budget. The queen rides to the parliament in a gilded coach and reads the plans for the coming year to the States-general.

The equinox named the autumnal equinox in the northern hemisphere and the vernal or spring equinox in the southern hemisphere occurs on dates varying from 21 September to 24 September (in UTC).

In the pagan wheel of the year the spring equinox is the time of Ostara and the autumn equinox is that of Mabon.

In KwaZulu-Natal, king Shaka is commemorated on the last Sunday of September.

Counterintuitively, the German Oktoberfest and the Chinese
August Moon festival (more correctly called the Mid-Autumn Festival) both occur in September.

In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September.

World War II started on September 1, 1939 with Adolf Hitler's invasion of Poland. It ended on September 2, 1945 with Japan's formal surrender.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September

2006-10-25 09:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by merfie 2 · 0 0

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