by Anura Guruge
on August 28, 2023
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It is always the 1st Monday of September. So, it can fall between September 1 & September 7 — & as my table above shows, it has.
So, September 4 is smack in the middle.
It last fell on September 4, 6 years ago, i.e., 2017.
6 years gaps are the norm for this kind of fixed-day, yearly holidays — given we have 7 days in a week. So, we also had 6 year gaps between 1989 & 1995 as well as 2000 & 2006.
What breaks up these nice, convenient 6 year gaps are LEAP YEARS. Note that 2000 was a leap year. That messed up the sequence. Hence, the 5 year gap between 1995 & 2000.
Then 2010 was a leap year. That messed things up again to give us the 11 year gap between 2006 & 2017. 11 year gaps are also not that common. WHY 11 YEARS? 7 days in a week & 4 years between leap years.
September 4 is a rather special day. It is most famous for being the day that the ICONIC car, THE ‘Edsel‘, was launched in 1957.
September 4 is a rather special day. It is most famous for being the day that the ICONIC car, THE ‘Edsel‘, was launched in 1957.
‘Google‘ & ‘Kodak’ were formed on September 4, though a few years apart.
