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1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) 1769 - Birth of Alexander von Humboldt , German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859 1837 - Birth of Nikolai Bugaev , Russian mathematician (d. 1903)
1954 – Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball. 1964 – Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina. 2004 – Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in ...
6 September – Myrina was launched from the slipway at Harland and Wolff in Belfast, the first supertanker and (at around 192000 DWT) largest ship built in the UK up to this date. [23] 9 September – Former UK Prime Minister Clement Attlee, 84, was hospitalised with an illness reported as a "minor condition". [24]
23 September – Ceefax is started by the BBC – one of the first public service information systems. [6] 30 September – With the year's second general election 10 days away, opinion polls show Labour in the lead with Harold Wilson well placed to gain the overall majority that no party achieved in the election held seven months earlier. [38]
The UK Government announces that Monday 19 September, the date of the state funeral of Elizabeth II, will be a national bank holiday. [476] During its time in Edinburgh, the Queen's Coffin is taken from Holyrood palace to St Giles' Cathedral; 11 September – The Queen's coffin is delivered by hearse from Balmoral to Edinburgh.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, ... National Hispanic Heritage Month (US; September 15 to October 15) [40] ... List of environmental dates;
16 September – UK release of the film Darling starring Julie Christie. 21 September – BP's oil platform Sea Gem strikes natural gas in the North Sea oil field. 24 September – The British governor of Aden cancels the Aden constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.
Chancellor Philip Hammond says that gas heating for new houses will be prohibited by a date which he gives as 2025, although gas hobs will still be allowed. [ 67 ] 14 March – MPs vote by 412 to 202 in favour of requesting that the UK's withdrawal from the European Union be delayed beyond 29 March.