07 September 2017
What’s on in September 2017
by AGGro
FRI 1st: * New car registration released
* Totally Thames Festival, city-wide – until 30/09
* Blackpool Illuminations – until 05/11
* Chatsworth Country Fair, Derbyshire – until 08/09
* Football: World Cup 2018 qualifiers- Malta v England, Lithuania v Scotland (Group F), San Marino v Northern Ireland (Group C)
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Battle of Jugla. German Army captures Riga. Russian & Latvian armies suffer approx 25,000 – until 03/09/1917
SAT 2nd: * Football – 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Wales v Austria, Georgia v Republic of Ireland (Group D)
* Cricket – T20 Blast Finals Day, Edgbaston
* Sir Keir Starmer, KCB, QC (Shadow Sec of State for Exiting the European Union) is 55 today
SUN 3rd: * Formula 1 – Italian Grand Prix, Monza
* Cycling: Tour of Britain – until 10/08
* 78 years ago: Start of WW2 – UK, France, New Zealand & Australia declare war on Germany following invasion of Poland on 1st Sept
MON 4th: * Majority of schools return after their summer holidays
* Football: 2018 World Cup qualifiers: England v Slovakia, Scotland v Malta (Group F), Northern Ireland v Czech Republic (Group C)
TUES 5th :*House of Commons returns after summer recess – until 14th September when it breaks for Party conferences
* Football: 2018 World Cup qualifiers: Moldova v Wales, Republic of Ireland v Serbia (Group D)
* 75 years ago: WW2 – Australian and U.S. forces defeat Japanese forces at Milne Bay, Papua, the first outright defeat for Japanese land forces in the Pacific War. Japanese evacuation & failure to establish an airbase eases the threat to Australia.
* Pippa Middleton is 34 and Raquel Welch is 77 today
THURS 7th: * Cricket – England v West Indies, third Test, Lord’s until 11/09
FRI 8th: *John McDonnell (Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer) is 66 today
SAT 9th :* Wirksworth Art Trail, Derbyshire – until 10th Sept
* 75 years ago: WW2 – A Japanese plane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon USA but with little effect.
SUN 10th:* Gibraltar National Day – marks 1967 sovereignty referendum. Only 44 out of 12,182 voters supported union with Spain.
* TUC Congress, The Brighton Centre – until 10/09
* Great North Run – the biggest half marathon in the world – takes place from Newcastle to South Shields.
* 75 years ago: WW2 – RAF blasts Düsseldorf with large incendiary bombing.
MON 11th: * 16 years ago: 9/11 al-Queda suicide attacks on World Trade centre, New York killing 3000 victims.
TUES 12th: * Frankfurt IAA (Motor Show) – until 24/09
*25 years ago: Black Wednesday – Conservative government forced to withdraw £ sterling from the European Exchange mechanism.
* 75 years ago: WW2 – 3,000 Stanislau Jews deported to the Belzec death camp and executed on Jewish New year’s day
* 75 years ago: WW2 – RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs, is torpedoed off coast of West Africa & sinks.
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Alexandre Ribot resigns as Prime Minister of France – replaced by Paul Painlevé.
THURS 14th: * New style ‘£10 note’ to be released by Bank of England – featuring Jane Austen.
FRI 15th: *London Fashion Week – until 19/09
* Tennis – Davis Cup semi-finals and play-offs – until 17/09
* Prince Harry is 33 today
SAT 16th: * Oktoberfest (aka Munich Beer Festival) – until 03/10
* Liberal Democrats Annual Conference, Bournemouth – until 19/09
* London Design Festival – until 24/09
* Cricket – England v West Indies, Twenty20 international
* Horse racing: St Leger, Doncaster
SUN 17th: * ‘National Back to Church Sunday’
* Formula 1 – Singapore Grand Prix
* Cycling – Road World Championships, Norway until 24/10
* Tessa Jowell is 70 today
TUES 19th: * 3 years ago: Scotland voted to stay in UK (with 55.3% to 44.7%)
* Richard Burgon (Shadow Sec of State for Justice and Shadow Lord Chancellor) is 37 today
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge (Second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres) – until 26/08/1917
THURS 21st: *Jewish New Year (5778)
* Cricket – England v West Indies, ODIs
* Islamic New Year (1439)
* Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is 45 today
* Captain Mark Phillips is 69 & Dr Liam Fox PC (Sec of State for Int Trade) is 56 today
FRI 22nd: *Autumn Equinox length of day & night are equal – 8.20 am/pm
SAT 23rd: * Cherie Blair is 63 today
SUN 24th: * German Federal Elections for members of the Bundestag who in turn elect a Chancellor & form a new government.
* Labour Party Annual Conference, Brighton – until 27/09
* Rowing – World Championships – Sarasota, Florida until 01/10
* Cricket – England v West Indies, ODIs
* American football – NFL in London, Wembley Stadium
MON 25th: * Dec Donnelly (Ant’s co-presenter) is 42 today
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Battle of Polygon Wood (Second phase of the Third Battle of Ypres) – until 27/09/1917
WED 27th: * Cricket – England v West Indies, ODIs
* Gymnastics – World Artistic Championships, Montreal – until 09/10
* 100 years ago: WW1 – Battle of Ramadi, Mesopotamia – until 29/09/1917
* Diane Abbott MP (Shadow Home Secretary) is 64 today
THURS 28th: * Jon Snow & Meat Loaf are 70 and Gwyneth Paltrow is 45 today
FRI 29th: * Michaelmas Day – traditional quarter day marking the end of the harvest.
* UKIP National Conference – until 30/09
* Yom Kippur – aka Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)
* World’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of MacMillan Cancer Nurses.
* Derby Festé, Derby (circus theme) until 30/09
* Cricket – England v West Indies, ODIs
SAT 30th: * Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe’s fictional character) born 270 years ago
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