They really missed their chance with the calendar (in Off-topic)

SEPTember, OCTober, NOVember, and DECember not being the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th month on the calendar is crazy. The blueprint is right there. Whoever messed that up should be stabbed... Repeatedly...

The names of our months come from ancient Rome, based on Roman gods, rulers, old festivals, and basic numbers. The original Roman calendar had only 10 months starting in March, which is why the final four months have number-based names that do not match their current calendar spots.

Roman Gods and Goddesses
January: Named for Janus, the god of doors, beginnings, and transitions.
March: Named for Mars, the god of war, because military campaigns began then.
May: Named for Maia, the goddess of spring growth.
June: Named for Juno, the queen of the gods and goddess of marriage.

Festivals and Latin Words
February: Named from februa, a Roman spring cleaning and purification festival.
April: Comes from the Latin word aperire, meaning "to open," describing flower buds opening in spring.

Roman Rulers
July: Originally named Quintilis (meaning the fifth month), it was renamed to honor Julius Caesar.
August: Originally named Sextilis (meaning the sixth month), it was renamed to honor the first Roman emperor, Caesar Augustus.

Number Names
September: Comes from septem, the Latin word for seven.
October: Comes from octo, the Latin word for eight.
November: Comes from novem, the Latin word for nine.
December: Comes from decem, the Latin word for ten

Woosh! xD

It's a joke I saw/heard somewhere years ago (I don't remember where or who, or I would credit them), and talking in the "Welcome to CB July" thread reminded me of it. I had assumed that July and August were the new months added to the original 10 month calendar where the final months were named numerically. One of those months was named for a guy who was (quite famously) stabbed 23 times... Looked into it a little further, and it makes sense why the joke didn't land.

They renamed the already-existing months (Quintilis and Sextilis) after Julius and Augustus several hundred years after they ruined the naming scheme by adding two months to the beginning of the calendar (instead of the end of it, like normal people) to account for the winter months that were left off of the original calendar because they fell outside of harvest and military scheduling.