September 9th facts
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September 9th is the most common birthday in the United States
September is the most common birth month and data suggests the 9th or 16th are the most common birthday overall
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The September 9th, 1956 appearance of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show drew a TV audience of 60 million viewers. The only shot him from the waist up.
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The months September-December are named for their former numerical positions in the Roman Calender. Sept (7th), Oct (8th), Nov (9th), Dec (10th).
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Mao Zedong died of Parkinson's disease on September 9th, 1976, at the age of 82. He had suffered a few heart attacks in the year leading up to his death as well.
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The most popular day to be born in America is September 9th.
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Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by on September 7th, 1996 and died six days afterwards. Biggie Smalls was killed in a similar shooting in Los Angeles on March 9th, 1997. Some believed it was a revenge killing and that Suge Knight was involved due to the rivalry between labels. Some also speculated that Suge Knight was involved in Tupac Shakur's murder and that Biggie's murder was an attempt to cover it up.
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September, October, November, and December were the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months (as the prefixes suggest), before the Romans added January and February to the beginning of the year, putting things out of order.
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September, October, November and December were named as such because they were the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th months of the Roman calendar respectively.
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The months SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, and DECember used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months until Julius Ceaser and Augustus came into power and added the months July and August.
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On September 9th, 1999 Daft Punk's sampler exploded causing them to become their robot personas.
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September the 9th is the most common birthday in the United States
September, October, November, and December used to be the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months of the year, as their prefixes would logically suggest. - source
WW2 started on September 3rd, 1939, but the British did not suffer their first service fatality in France until 3 months later, on December 9th (Corporal Thomas W. Priday was killed leading a patrol). This period of relative calm is commonly referred to as the Phony War, or Sitzkrieg. - source
On the evening of September 9th 2015, Elizabeth II will become the longest serving monarch in British history.
September, October, November, and December were once the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months - source
George Carlin recorded an album called ‘I Kinda Like It When A Lotta People Die’ on September 9th and 10th, 2001
On September 9th 2015, Queen Elizabeth II will overtake Queen Victoria as the UK's longest reigning monarch.
