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Sept-Saulx
Sept-Saulx, a commune in the Marne (Grand Est) on the Vesle between Reims and Châlons-en-Champagne; 689 inhabitants (2022), member of CU du Grand Reims; known for the classed Saint-Basle church, the Louis Süe château, and a 1915 national necropolis.
SEPTA
SEPTA, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, is the public transit agency serving Philadelphia and its surrounding counties, operating subways, buses, trolleys, and commuter rail since 1964.
SEPTA Metro
SEPTA Metro is the unified brand for SEPTA's frequent, around-the-clock rail network in Philadelphia, grouping six lettered and color-coded lines including the L, B, and trolleys.
Septal ablation
Septal ablation, or alcohol septal ablation, is a catheter-based procedure that injects alcohol into a heart artery to relieve obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, first performed in 1994.
Septal defect repair
Septal defect repair is the closure of an abnormal opening between the heart's chambers, most often an atrial or ventricular septal defect, by surgery or a transcatheter occluder device.
Septal myectomy
Septal myectomy is an open-heart operation removing part of the thickened septum to relieve left ventricular outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, with mortality below 1% at experienced centers.
Septal Occluder Device
Septal occluder device: catheter-delivered double-disc implant (Amplatzer, Helex, Occlutech) closing heart septal defects, especially secundum atrial septal defects; FDA-approved since 2001, ~98% technical success.
Septal reduction therapy
Septal reduction therapy (SRT) is a group of invasive treatments for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, chiefly surgical septal myectomy, an open-heart operation, and alcohol septal ablation, a catheter procedure.
Septate vagina
Septate vagina (congenital vaginal septum, double vagina; ORPHA:180154, ICD-10 Q52.1): a rare congenital malformation in which a longitudinal or transverse septum divides the vagina, often with associated uterine anomalies, causing tampon difficulty, dyspareunia, or obstructed labor.
Septem Maria (Station)
Septem Maria (Station), Latin VII Maria, a Roman road station on the Via Popillia in the Po River delta east of Atria, named for the Seven Seas lagoons between Ravenna and Altinum, recorded on the Tabula Peutingeriana and Antonine Itinerary.
September
September, ninth month of the Gregorian calendar with 30 days, from Latin septem (seven). Opens Northern Hemisphere fall and Southern Hemisphere spring; contains the September equinox, Labor Day, and Mid-Autumn Festival.
September (Earth, Wind & Fire song)
"September" is a 1978 disco song by Earth, Wind & Fire that reached number one on the R&B chart and became one of the band's most recognizable recordings.
September 1
September 1, the 244th day of the Gregorian year, is marked by the 1939 German invasion of Poland starting World War II, the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, the 1985 discovery of the Titanic wreck, and the Eastern Orthodox liturgical new year.
September 1, 1939
September 1, 1939 is the date Germany invaded Poland, beginning World War II in Europe, and the title of W. H. Auden's poem written that day.
September 10
September 10, the 253rd day of the Gregorian year, is the date of John Smith's 1608 election at Jamestown, the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie, the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain, OPEC's 1960 founding, the 1991 Thomas hearings, and the 2008 LHC startup.
September 11
September 11 (9/11) is the 254th day of the Gregorian year, known chiefly for the 2001 al-Qaida attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people; it is also Patriot Day, the National Day of Service and Remembrance, and the date of Brandywine (1777), the Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857), and the Benghazi attacks (2012).
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks (9/11): four 2001 al-Qaeda hijackings that crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a Pennsylvania field, killing 2,977 and reshaping US security, law, and health policy.
September 11 attacks advance-knowledge conspiracy theories
Advance-knowledge conspiracy theories about the September 11 attacks (LIHOP/MIHOP, 'Bush did 9/11') claim US officials foresaw or enabled the attacks; official inquiries found no specific warning, and polling shows declining belief.
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is a no-fault program administered by the U.S. Department of Justice to compensate those harmed by the 9/11 attacks.
September 12
September 12, the 255th day of the Gregorian year, marks the 1683 Battle of Vienna, the 1943 Gran Sasso raid freeing Mussolini, the 1990 German reunification treaty, and Mae Jemison's 1992 STS-47 launch.
September 13
September 13 is the 256th day of a common year, marked by the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
September 14
September 14 is a date marked by major historical events, such as Napoleon's entry into Moscow in 1812 and the Soviet probe Luna 2 reaching the Moon in 1959.
September 15
September 15, the 258th day of the year, is Independence Day in Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua (1821), starts U.S. Hispanic Heritage Month, and marks Greenpeace Day, International Day of Democracy, and events from the Nuremberg Laws to Lehman Brothers' collapse.
September 16
September 16, the 259th day of the year, is Mexican Independence Day (Grito de Dolores, 1810), Malaysia Day, Papua New Guinea Independence Day, and UN World Ozone Day, marking the 1987 Montreal Protocol.
September 17
September 17, the 260th day of the year, marks the 1787 signing of the U.S. Constitution (Constitution Day), the 1862 Battle of Antietam, the 1978 Camp David Accords, and the 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland.
September 18
September 18, the 261st day of the Gregorian year, is Chile's national day and the date of the U.S. Capitol cornerstone (1793), The New York Times' first edition (1851), ICANN's founding (1998), and Scotland's 2014 independence vote.
September 19
September 19, the 262nd day of the year, marks the Battle of Poitiers (1356), Saratoga (1777), the Moscow Armistice (1944), New Zealand women's suffrage (1893), Saint Kitts and Nevis independence (1983), and Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral (2022).
September 2
September 2, the 245th day of the Gregorian year, marked Japan's 1945 surrender aboard USS Missouri ending WWII, Vietnam's National Day, the 1666 Great Fire of London, the 1752 British calendar switch, the 1789 founding of the U.S. Treasury, and births of Keanu Reeves and Salma Hayek.
September 20
September 20, the 263rd day of the Gregorian year with 102 days remaining, hosts Nepal Constitution Day, German World Children's Day, and US food days, and marks Magellan's 1519 departure, the 1946 Cannes opening, and the 1973 Battle of the Sexes.
September 2019 Israeli legislative election
Second 2019 Israeli Knesset election (22nd Knesset), held 17 September 2019. Blue and White won 33 seats to Likud's 32, turnout 69.83%; neither bloc reached 61 seats, leading to the March 2020 third election.