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| SEPTEMBER is . . . Autumn Month, Baby Safety Month, Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, Classical Music Month, Library Card Sign-Up Month, National Bed Check Month, Read-A-New-Book Month, Emergency Care Month, Mom and Apple Pie Month (Massachusetts), Youth Month, Be Kind To Editors and Writers Month, Cable TV Month, National Sight Saving Month, National Sewing Month, National Chicken Month, Latino Heritage Month, National Honey Month, National Literacy Month, National Piano Month, National Rice Month, Organic Harvest Month, National Cholesteral Education and Awareness Month, Be Kind to Writers and Editors Month, National Courtesy Month, National Mind Mapping Month, National Papaya Month, National School Success Month, Pleasure Your Mate Month, Project Aware Month, Self-Improvement Month, Stop the Violence and Save Our Kids Month, Women of Achievement Month, National Courtesy Month, Board and Care Recognition Month, International Gay Square Dance Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15-Oct 15) |
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| 1st Week | 2nd Week | ||
| Emergency Care Week Full Employment Week National Financial Services Week Self-University Week Independence Week (Brazil) Child Injury Prevention Week National Religious Reference Books Week Aarmus Festival Week (begins 1st Sat; Denmark) |
La Merienda Week National Mind Mapping For Project Management Week Fall Hat Week National Housekeepers Week Battle of Britain Week (Week w/15th) | ||
| 3rd Week | 4th Week | National Flower Week Tolkein Week National Singles Week Vitupertion Week (18th-24th) National Child Care Week International Priorities Week National Courtesy Week National Farm Safety Week National Laundry Workers Week National Chiropratic Week National Osteopathic Medicine Week National Adult Day Care Center Week National Farm Animals Awareness Week |
Banned Books Week Constitution Week National Food Service Workers Week Religious Freedom Week National Dog Week National Singles Week National Roller Skating Week American Newspaper Week National Mind Mapping For Problem Solving Week National Pickled Pepper Week (begins Last Thurs) |
| September Movable Daily Holidays | |||
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| 1st Sunday | Working Mother's Day Pffiferdaj (Day of the Flutes; France) Giostra del Saracino (Joust of the Saracen; Italy) | ||
| Saturday before Labor Day | Capital Day | ||
| 1st Monday | Labor Day Settler's Day (South Africa) Buhl Day (Sharon, Pennsylvania) Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska) Box Car Day (Tracy, Minnesota) | ||
| 1st Saturday | Indian Day Braemar Highland Gathering (Scotland) | ||
| 1st Sunday after Labor Day | Grandparent's Day | ||
| 1st Monday after Labor Day | National Boss/Employee Exchange Day | ||
| 1st Saturday after Labor Day | Federal Lands Cleanup Day Yellow Daisy Festival (Stone Mountain Park, Georgia) Public Lands Day | ||
| 1st Saturday after Full Moon in September | Indian Day (Oklahoma) | ||
| 2nd Sunday | National Pet Memorial Day | ||
| 2nd Sunday (every other year) | Bruegel Feesten (Belgium) | ||
| 2nd Friday after Labor Day | The Big E begins (New England's Great State Fair; Maine) | ||
| 3rd Sunday | World Peace Day Pig Face Sunday (Avening, UK) | ||
| 3rd Tuesday | International Day of Peace (UN) Prinsjesdag (Netherlands) | ||
| 4th Sunday | Good Neighbor Day | ||
| 4th Friday | Native American Day | ||
| 4th Saturday | National Hunting and Fishing Day Kid's Day (Kiwanis Club) | ||
| Last Sunday | Gold Star Mother's Day | ||
| Sunday before Michaelmas (29th) | Carrot Sunday (Scotland) | ||
| 16 days from late September ending on 1st Sunday in October | Oktoberfest begins (Germany) | ||
| Sunday before October 2nd | Tap-Up Sunday | ||
| September Indeterminate Holidays The holidays in this table are either based on calendars other than the Gregorian Calendar or are keyed to natural events such as seasons or cosmological phenomena |
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| 10th Day of bright 1/2 of Asvina, 7th Hindu month (@ Sep/Oct) | Dussehra |
| 15th Day of 8th Chinese moon (@ Sep/Oct) | Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Chusok (Moon Festival; Korea) |
| 16th Day of 8th Chinese moon (@ Sep/Oct) | Monkey's Festival (Hong Kong) |
| 1st Day of Ramadan, 9th Islamic month | Ramadan begins |
| Odd-numbered night during last 10 days of Ramadan, 9th Islamic month | Lailat al-Qadr (Night of Power) |
| 1st Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month (@ Sep/Oct) | Roash Hashanah |
| 10th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month (@ Sep/Oct) | Yom Kippur |
| 15th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month (@ Sep/Oct) | Sukkot begins |
| 23rd Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month (@ Sep/Oct) | Simhat Torah |
| 27th Day after 8th lunar month | Birthday of Confucius (Hong Kong) |
| Full Moon Day of 11th lunar month | Ho Khao Slak (Laos) |
| Full Moon nearest Autumnal Equinox | Harvest Moon |
| Sometime in September | Akwambo (Ghana) Kaseteilet (Dividing of the Cheese; Switzerland) Onam (India) Yam Festival (Ghana) Running of the Sheep (Reedpoint, Montana) California Prune Festival |
| Sometime during Yam Festival (@ Aug/Sep/Oct) | Issa Aka (Nigeria) |
| Saturday in late September/early October | Mushroom Harvest (USSR) |
| September or October | Cure Salee (Niger) |
| End of rainy season (@ Sep/Oct) | Maskal (Ethiopia) Kite Flying Competition (Indonesia) |
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Select an exact date in September: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 1 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Johann Pachelbel Edgar Rice Burroughs Art Peper Seiji Ozawa Yvonne DeCarlo Lily Tomlin Elizabeth Harrison Roger David Casement Amilcare Ponchielli Englebert Humperdinck Yasuo Kuniyoshi Vinnie Johnson "Gentleman" Jim Corbett Walter Reuther Carl Kellner Gloria Estefan Lydia Sigourney Ann W. Richards Jim O'Rourke Elizabeth Harrison Karl Auer Ray Flaherty Conway Twitty Rocky Marciano Marilyn Miller Walter Reuther Barry Gibb Richard Arlen Vittorio Gassman Melvin Laird Chicken Boy |
Creation Day Rotal Highland Gathering (Scotland) Celtic tree month of Coll ends Feast of the Hermit (New Mexico) St. Giles' Day (patron of the disabled, beggars, nursing mothers) Libya Independence Day United Arab Republics Day Presidential Message Day (Mexico) Nutt Day International Balloon Tourament (Belgium) National Cherry Popover Day Uzbekistan Independence Day Draft Horse Day Iroquios Indian Festival Feast of Macuilxochitl (5 Flower God; Mexico) Slovakia National Day Revolution Day (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) Wattle Day (or Aug 1; Australia) Partridge Day St. Verana's Day (patron of millers) Oyster Season begins(@) St. Fiacre's Day (patron of gardners, cabdrivers; against VD) Art & Wine Festival Season begins (@) Sneeze-Wobbling Festival (Fairy) The First (Partridge Hunting Season begins) St. Simeon Stylites' Day (Eastern) |
| September 1 Events | 1st Supermarket in UK opened (1951) Germany invaded Poland (1939) Usual Suspects premiered Polythene 1st manufactured Last Passenger Pigeon died in captivity (Cincinnati, OH; 1914) Sherman burned Atlanta (1864) 1st Agricultural Journal published Bus Stop premiered Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded (1772) 1st Telephone Operator employed Korean Flight 007 shot down by USSR (1983) 1st Car rgistered in Chicago (1902) Santa Fe founded 1st Anthropology Laboratory opened Helen Keller graduated from college (1904) Pullman Sleeping Car introduced (1859) Lebanon founded by France (1920) Popeye's 1st cartoon released (1933) For Better or Worse comic strip began (1979) Alberta and Saskatchewan became Canadian Provinces (1905) H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things To Come published (1933) Poem, Mary Had A Little Lamb, 1st published (1830) Chairman Mao sets up a Chinese provisional government (1948) Aaron Burr aquitted of treason for attempting to create a Texas Republic (1807) 1st Massachusetts license plate issued (1903) Northwest Territories reconstituted as a Canadian territory (1905) Wreck of the Titanic found (1985) Muammar al-Gaddafi seized power of Libya (1969) Anzus Treaty signed by Australia, New Zealand & US (1951) Tina Turner's What's Love Got To Do With It? reached No. 1 (1984) Prohibition Party founded (that's what happens when you're sober; 1869) Operation Mainbrace NATO & RAF jet pilots followed a UFO above the North Sea (1952) Keating-Own Act passed, banning from interstate commerce child labor produced goods (1916) Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in Chess Tournament to become 1st American worl champion (1972) Scientology founded |
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| 2 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jimmy Conners Mark Harmon Suzanne Trageser Eugene Field Marlene Janssen (Pb 11/82) Henry George Shauna Sand (Pb 5/96) Christa McAuliffe Romare Bearden James Forten Cleveland Armory Hiram Maxim China Lee (Pb 8/64) Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani John Howard Martha Mitchell Terry Bradshaw George Brown Al Spalding Keanu Reeves Hiram Johnson Linda Purl Eric Dickerson Peter Ueberroth Alan Drury Frederick Soddy Joe Danelo Marge Champion Eric Dickerson Richard Castellano Wilhelm Ostwald Jimmy Clanton Alan K. Simpson Steve Porcaro |
Beer & Can Day Good Society Day St. Sulien's Day Celtic tree month of Muin (Vine) begins Historical Regatta (Italy) Vietnam Independence Day National Blueberry Popsicle Day Feast of Ali (Nussairis, Asia Minor) Bison-Ten-Yell Day Tolkien Calendar Adjustment Day V-J Day (WW 2) Feast of Bishamon-Ten (Japan) National Frisbee Disc Festival (@) St. John the Faster's Day (Eastern) Old Timer's Day Coughing and Spluttering Convention (Fairy) Braemar Royal Highland Gathering (Scotland @) Festival of P'ing An Fu Chu Wang, the Star King (China) St. Agricola of Avignon's Day (patron for/against rain; against bad luck) |
| September 2 Events | Battle of Marathon, 1st marathon ran (490
BCE) Twilight Zone debuted Arsenic & Old Lace premiered 1st Game Preserve opened US Treasury Department established (1789) Great Fire of London began (1666) Road Runner Show debuted Cleveland founded (1796) London Fire began (1666) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes premiered Japan signed unconditional surrender (WW 2; 1945) Last episode of The Bullwinkle Show aired (1973) Atlanta evacuated (1864) CD-video debuted (by Philips; 1987) Paris mob killed 1,000 people (1792) 1st Night baseball game played (1880) Last original Star Trek episode aired (1969) German SS destroyed the Warsaw Ghetto, killing 50,000 Jews (1942) Vietnam declared independence from Japan (1945) UK slaughtered 10,000 Mahdist dervishes (Omdurman, Sudan; 1898) Heart Operation 1st used freezing technique Paula Abdul's Cold Hearted reached No. 1 (1989) Yellow Rose of Texas copyrighted (1858) Gas lighting introduced in Hawaii (1859) Bureau of War Risk Insurance established (1914) Terry Fox completed his run across Canada on one leg (3,000 miles; 1980) Teddy Roosevelt made his "speak softly and carry a big stick" speech (1901) David Gerrold's The Man Who Folded Himself published Chile exiles returned to Santiago, led by Salvador Allende's daughter (1988) Van Buren sisters became the 1st women to cross the US on motorcycles (1916) Boundary disputes began between Maori Kingitanga and British settlers in New Zealand (1865) Gregorian Calendar Adjusted so the next day was Sep. 14 & New Year's Day moved from Mar. 25 to Jan. 1 (1751) |
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| 3 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| e.e. cummings Mort Walker Nicolo Amati Louis Henri Sullivan Amber Lynn John Humphrey Noyes Tonja Christensen (Pb 11/91) Joseph Wright Charlie Sheen Fritz Pregl Matthew Boulton Frank MacFarlane Burnet Prudence Crandall Louis Sullivan Allison Lurie Irene Papas Valerie Perrine Anne Jackson Eileen Brennan Steve Jones Alan Ladd Pauline Collins Jean Jaures Sarah Orne Jewett Andrew Brewin Edward A. Filene Rich Miano Dorothy Maynor Uncle Sam Freddy King Kitty Carlisle Wally Gator |
Skyscraper Day Lost Day Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land) San Marino Independence Day Running of the Sheep (Montana) St. Marinus' Day National Welsh Rarebit Day Cromwell's Day South Carolina Applefest Qatar Independence Day Day of Universal Alarm (Fairy) St. Gregory the Great's Day (invented Gregorian Chant; patron of music, popes, singers, teachers, school children; against plague) |
| September 3 Events | Richard the Lion-Hearted crowned King of England
(1189) American Flag 1st flown in battle Muppet Show debuted Car 1st achieved 300 mph Uncle Sam image 1st used (Troy, NY; 1813) English defeated Scots at Dunbar (1650) Viking II landed on Mars UK entered World War 2 (1939) Treaty of Paris signed ending American Revolutionary War (1783) Prisoner of Zenda premiered UK recognized US (1783) Charles II beaten by Cromwell at Worcester (1651) British Parliament cancelled for 10 days (1752) Frank Duryea drove his 1st car (1893) Search for Tomorrow debuted (1951) Oliver Cromwell died (1658) 1st Monza Grand Prix held (1950) Bohemian Club encampment held (1892) New York Sun, 1st "Penny Paper," published (1833) Sweden switched driving from the left to the right side of the road (1967) Donovan's Sunshine Superman reached No. 1 (1966) New Zealand, Australia, Britain, and France declared war on Germany (WW2;; 1939) Frederick Douglass escaped slavery via the Underground Railway (1838) Schaeffer introduced lager beer in the US (1842) National Guard blocked blacks from entering schools in Little Rock, Arkansas Residents of Exeter, New Hampshire watched a UFO above their town (1965) Cape Town boycotted UK government, refusing to have penal colony set up in South Africa (1849) John Ridgeway & Chay Blyth completed the 1st rowboat trip across the Atlantic Ocean (1966) Slacker Raids began, where uniformed soldiers stopped draft-age men at bayonet point and demanded to see their draft cards (US; 1918) |
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| 4 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Anton Bruckner Darius Milhaud Candy Loving (Pb 1/79) Albert Moore Terri Lynn Doss (Pb 7/88) Stacey Sanches (Pb 3/95) Jennifer Salt Daniel Hudson Burnham Robert Raikes Marcus Whitman Dawn Fraser Ivan the Terrible Tom Watson Craig Claiborne Daniel Burham Antonin Artaud Dick York Edward Dmytryk Richard Wright Paul Harvey Alexander Liberman Mitzi Gaynor Ken Harrelson Carlos Barcelo Mark Tapscott Judith Ivey Dadabhai Naoroji Henry Bradley Donald McKay Thomas Eagleton Marcus Whitman Donald Peterson Sarah Childress Polk Danny Ponce Francis Rene de Chateaubriand |
Glass Day St. Rose of Viterbo's Day (patron of florists) Newspaper Carrier Day Anthracite Coal Moners Day St. Boniface I's Day National Macadamia Nut Day St. Babylas' Day (Eastern) Animals' Day (Curacao) Looking For the Boundaries (Cuchumatan Indians, Guatemala Highlands) |
| September 4 Events | Jetsons debuted 1st Self-Service Restaurant opened Los Angeles city founded (1781) Roll Film Camera patented (Kodak; 1888) 1st Electric Power Station opened (1881) Glass patented in UK Hudson discovered Manhattan Non-Skid Tires patented Beatles 1st recordinfg session held 1st "Newsboy" hired (1833) Geronimo surendered Opium War began (1839) Battle of Montreal (7 Years War; 1760) 1st US News Boy employed Last Yes concert held Tsar Alexander closed Alaska to shipping (1821) 1st Edsel car built (1957) Beatles' Help! reached No. 1 (1965) 12,000 Tailors went on strike (New York; 1894) Ballerina Natalia Makarova defected to the West (1970) Herve Villechaize comitted suicide (1993) 1st US-built rigid airship, the Shenandoah launched (1923) Steve Miller's Abracadabra reached No. 1 (1982) Beetle Bailey comic strip began (1950) NYC's Tammany Hall accused of widespread corruption (1871) Robert Fulton began operating a steamboat on the Hudson River (1807) King Louis XVI forced to sign French constitution, making him a civil servant (1791) Quenn Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated, making her daughter Julianna the new Queen (1948) |
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| 5 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Johann Christian Bach Bob Newhart John Cage Raquel Welch Giocomo Meyerbeer Casper David Friedrich Al Stewart Patti McGuire (Pb 11/76) Cathy Guisewite William Devane Buddy Miles Freddie Mercury Victorien Sardou Frank Yerby Arthur Koestler Darryl Zanuck Loudon Wainwright III Cathy Guisewite Joseph Szigeti Morris Carnovsky Carol Lawrence Florence Eldridge Jesse James Gail Kubik Willie Gault Nap Lajoie John Stewart Bill Mazeroski Paul Volcker Rod Arrants John C. Danforth Arthur Charles Nielsen Louis XIV John Dalton Louis VIII |
Be Late For Something Day National Cheese Pizza Day Western Samoa National Day Regatta Day (Malta) St. Zacharias' Day (Eastern) Circensian Games begin (Ancient Rome) Wag and Carrot Fancying Day (Fairy) Goddess Month of Hesperis ends St. Laurence Gustiani's Day (patron of Venice) |
| September 5 Events | Jack Kerouac's On the Road published
(1957) Hudson discovered New Jersey Battle of Marne (1914) US Continental Congress 1st met (1774) 1st Labor Day Parade held (NYC; 1882) Marvel Superheroes debuted Last Twilight Zone aired Duryea Motor Co. incorporated (1895) Babe Ruth hit home run #1 (1914) USSR ended communist rule, giving power to the Republics (1991) 1st Gas Pump installed (Fort Wayne, Indiana) French troops in Malta surrendered to British (1800) Christine Keeler, call-girl in Profomo scandal, charged with perjury (1963) US Navy blockaded Tripoli, sending Marines to "the shores of Tripoli" (1804) Sioux chief Crazy Horse murdered by US soldiers (1882) Animals' House of the Rising Sun reached No. 1 (1964) Theatre Play, No Sex Please - We're British, closes after 16 years (1987) US agreed to pay $7 million tribute to Barbary Pirates as ransom for 115 sailors (1795) "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford (1975) Longest Tunnel, St. Gothard Automobile Tunnel opened (Switzerland; 1980) Israeli Olympic Team massacred at Munich Summer Olympics (1972) James Doolittle flew across the US (1922) Comedian Fatty Arbuckle accused of rape and manslaughter (1920) |
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| 6 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Sergio Aragones Brugel the Elder John Dalton Roger Waters Jane Curtin Peggy McIntaggart (Pb 1/90) Marquis de Lafayette Jane Addams Frances Wright Sean Love George Cartier Britt Ekland Jimmy Reed Swoosie Kurtz Heinrich Melchoir Muhlenberg Catharine Beecher Billy Rose Otto Kruger Evgeny Svetlanov James Melville Gilliss Horatio Greenough Urban "Red" Faber Joanne Worley Linda Kaye Henning Maxie Rosenbloom David Allan Coe Joseph Kennedy |
Read A Book Day National Do It Day Fight Procrastination Day Sumhlulu Day (Swaziland) Goddess Month of Mala begins St. Giles' Fair (Oxford, UK) Player Piano Day St. Athanasius' Day (patron of fullers) National Coffee Ice Cream Day Swaziland Independence Day Pakistan Defense Day St. Bega's Day (aka Bee; patron of laborers) Ear and Trumpet Contests for Mice (Fairy) Peach Days begin (@) St. Magnus of Fussen's Day (patron of crops; against caterpillars, hail, reptiles, vermin) |
| September 6 Events | Magellan's ship completed journey sailing around the
world (1522) Lathe patented Salem, Massachusetts founded (1628) Pronghorn discovered Wyatt Earp debuted (1955) Banamarama's Venus reached No. 1 (1986) Pink Panther cartoon debuted Fire of London finally extinguished (1666) US President McKinley assassinated (1901) Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire died (1566) Lennigrad changed back to St. Petersburg (1991) Thunderclap Newman's Something in the Air released King Carol II of Romania forced to abdicate by pro-German factions (1940) British tea clippers completed 100-day race from China (1866) USSR recognized Baltic States (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania; 1991) Jews required to wear yellow Star of David badges in Nazi Germany (1941) Ground broke for the 1st nuclear power plant (Shippingport, Pennsylvania; 1954) Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, the father of Apartheid, assassinated (1966) Computer error results in 41,000 Paris residents receiving, instead of traffic tickets, letters charging each of them with murder, extortion, and prostitution (1989) |
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| 7 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Grandma Moses Elia Kazan Chrissy Hynde Sonny Rollins Elia Kazan Buddy Holly Christy Thom Elizabeth I Chrissie Hynde Jacob Lawrence Peter Lawford Michael DeBakey John Eccles Taylor Caldwell Julie Kavner Catherine Parr Anthony Quayle Ferdinand Hayden George-Louis Leclerc Henry Campbell-Bannerman Michael Feinstein Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden Arthur Ferrante Paul Brown John Philip Law August Kekule Von Stradonitz Mili Smythe Little Milton Corbin Bernsen Richard Roundtree Joe Rudi Michael De Bakey Daniel Ken Inouye James Van Allen Gloria Gaynor Baudouin I |
Grandad's Day Death Day Neither Snow Nor Rain Day Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary Brazil Independence day Carry Nation Festival Festival of Durga (Goddess of Energy and the World) National Napoleon Day Fiesta de Santa Fe Onam Festival Kielbasa Festival Welsh Fairies Bonnet-Hurling Competition (Fairy) St. Cloud's Day (patron of nail makers; against carbuncles) Carnegie Library Day (Scotland) United Tribes International Pow-Wow |
| September 7 Events | Rocket Robin Hood cartoon debuted Crazy Horse killed Incubator 1st used for humans 1st Automobile Race held in US (1896) Clay Pigeon patented Radium discovered (1910) London Blitz began (1940) 1st Lifeboat Race held London Blitz began (1940) Truth or Consequences debuted (1950) Vienna abolished serfdom (1848) George Magazine 1st published (1995) Jesse James' last hold-up (Blue Cut, Missouri; 1888) Bishop Tutu became Archbishop Tutu (1986) Romania gave back southern Dobruja to Bulgaria (1940) Napoleon defeated Russians at Battle of Borodino (1812) Peace of Peking signed, ending Boxer Rebellion (1901) Turkish fleet routed by Christian navies from Venice, Spain, and Rome (1571) School Intergration began in US (Washington, DC; 1954) Guitar Playing Record set (114 hrs. 8 min. without stopping) Walker Percy's Lost in the Cosmos published Sigmund Freud began lecture series in US (1909) 1st Boxing Match under Marquis of Queensbury Rules (1892) Battle of Arsouf (3rd Crusade, under King Richard I; 1191) 1st All-Electric Television Set for sale (Philo T. Farnsworth) Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife hit the Top 40 (1959) Eva Herzigova married Bon Jovi drummer Tico Torres (1996) Keith Moon overdosed on drugs prescribed to comabt his alcohol problem (1978) |
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| 8 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Richard I "the Lion-Hearted" Virgin(?) Mary Molly Bloom Preston Tucker Anton Dvorak Peter Sellers Lodovico Ariosto Patsy Cline Frederic Mistral Joaquin Miller Peter Stuyvesant Heather Thomas Robert Taft Alfred Jarry Peter Maxwell Davies Christy Thom (Pb 2/91) Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Sid Caesar Ann Beattie Rogie Vachon Siegfried Sassoon Frankie Avalon Marilyn Mims Howard Dietz Maurice Cheeks Sam Nunn Denise Darcel Jean-Louis Barrault Wendell Hampton Ford Claude Pepper Tom Gullikson Jimmie Rodgers Walter "Buck" Leonard Kevin Murphy Nguyen Cao Ky Lyndon Larouche Jr. Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd |
International Literacy Day One World Festival (New York) National Neighborhood Day Feast of Papa-Lea (God of Kava Drinking) Andorra National Day Guinea-Bissau Independence Day Sheriff's Ride Ceremony (Lichfield, UK) National Date Nut Bread Day Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary National Pardon Day St. Adrian's (patron of arms dealers, butchers, prison guards) |
| September 8 Events | Michelangelo's David unveiled (1504) 1st English Football League matches played (1888) Siege of Malta ended (1565) Pennsylvania Station finished Magellan completes 1st voyage around the world Star Trek debuted (1966) 1st Miss America crowned (1921) Fantastic Voyage premiered St. Augustine, Florida founded (1565) 1st Cardiac Surgery performed Harvard College opened Star Trek cartoon debuted Evel Knieval jumped the Snake River in rocket-powered motorcycle (1974) Kingfish (Huey P. Long) assassinated (1935) Northern Pacific Railroad completed Battle of Eutaw V-2 Rocket 1st used in bombing of London (WW2; 1944) British took Montreal (1760) William Morris Hunt drowned in alleged suicide (1879) Mission San Gabriel Archangel founded (1771) Jack the Ripper killed his 2nd victim (1888) Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On reached No. 1 (1973) South African Gold Rush began (1886) US President Gerald Ford pardoned former US President Richard M. Nixon (1974) John Muir 1st visited the woods that would bear his name (1908) Penguin Books charged with public obscenity for trying to publish Lady Chatterly's Lover (1960) Actress Jean Seberg committed suicide after being harassed by FBI for supporting Black Panthers (1979) |
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| 9 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Michael Keaton Otis Redding Leo Tolstoy Girolamo Frescobaldi Preston Dickinson Colonel Sanders Joe Theisman B.J. Benjamin Max Goldman Cesare Pavese James Hilton Cliff Robertson Frankie Frisch William Bligh Luigi Galvani Jimmy the Greek Billy Preston Angela Cartwright Daniel Majerlee Frank Chance Lem Barney Chaim Topol John Curry Alfred Landon Waite Hoyt Bill France Jack Trudeau Mary Austin Harishchandra Dave Stewart Frederick Spofforth Inez Foxx William Cranch Bond Scott DeFreitas Tom Wopat Paul Goodman Sylvia Miles Louis Lingg Adam Sandler Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu |
Teddy Bear Day Ascepigenia (Eleusinian Mysteries Priestess) Jeune Genevois (Garden Show; Switzerland) Horned Dance at Abbots Bromley (Celtic) Chusok (Korea) Bulgaria Freedom Day North Korea Independence Day Expectant Mother's Day Milk-Bathing Festival (Fairy) Tajikistan Independence Day Bonza Bottler Day National Steak Au Poivre Day Flower and Garden Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) St. Peter Claver's Day (patron of black missions, race relations, Colombia) Wyatt Earp Prime Beef Day Potato Bowl (Grand Forks, North Dakota) St. Sergius of Antioch's Day |
| September 9 Events | George of the Jungle / Super Chicken debuted Solar System created (Sagan calendar) California became the 31st state (1850) Spiderman cartoon debuted John Lennon's Imagine released Captain Blood premiered 1st Panda born in captivity Attica prison riot began (1971) Paper Chase debuted William the Conqueror died in horseriding accident (1087) 1st Log Rolling Contest held US invaded Italy (WW 2) Popeye cartoon debuted Elvis Presley 1st appeared on Ed Sullivan (1956) Battle of Marathon ended (490 BCE) 1st American Bowling Congress Tournament held Canned Laugh Track 1st used (1950) American Poultry Industry began Moon Mullins comic strip began (1923) Notting Hill Race Riots (London; 1958) Scottish King James IV killed at Battle of Flodden Field (1513) Plowshare 8 hammer 12 nose cones at GE plant (King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; 1981) A Taste of Honey's Boogie Oogie Oogie reached No. 1 (1978) FCC Created secondary stations allowing for independent UHF channels South Carolina slave revolt attempted unsuccesfully to reach freedom in Spanish Florida (1739) Martina Navratilova defected to the West (1978) British Municipal Corporations Act established local government system (1835) Israeli teenager hacked into US Defense computers and Visa (1991) 1st Balloon flown from NYC to Perth Amboy, New Jersey (1830) 2nd Continental Congress ruled United States would replace United Colonies as the new official name (1776) |
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| 10 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| John Soane Arthur Compton Edmund O'Brien Mungo Park Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo Fay Wray Arnold Palmer Robert Wise Ulrika Ericsson (Pb 11/96) Carter Braxton Franz Werfel Roger Maris Charles Kuralt Isaac Funk James Keeler Amy Irving Roger Maris George Kelly Carter Braxton Melville Herkovits Jose Feliciano George Bataille Yma Sumac Cap Boso Buck Buchanon Tim Harris Randy Johnson Margaret Trudeau Franz Werfel Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Joseph Wheeler Roy Ayers Judy Geeseon Raymond Scott Space Ghost Joe Perry Hilda Doolittle "Good Rockin'" Brown Julius III |
Hot Dog Day Scapegoat Day Moon Festival Swap Ideas Day Old-Timers Day Festival of the Poets (Japan) St. Finnian's Day National Employee/Boss Exchange Day St. George's Caye Day (Belize) Air Force Day (Canada) National Weiner Schnitzel Day St. Theodard's Day (patron of cattle keepers) Harvest Home Nibbling Contest (Gremlins) International Dart Tournament (Canada) St. Pulcheria's Day Godsall Day (Day of Rest in Southern Outer Tibet) St. Nicholas of Tolentino's Day (patron of sick animals, mariners, holy souls,babies, mothers, the dying) |
| September 10 Events | X-Files debuted (1993) Lone Ranger cartoon debuted CBS "eye" trademarked 1st Historical Society established Sewing Machine patented Batman cartoon debuted 1st Televised FA Socer Game (Bolton v. Blackpool) John Smith elected President of Virginia Gandalf escaped from Orthanc (Hobbit) Starsky and Hutch debuted (1975) 1st Coast-to-Coast Paved Highway completed Rain of Fish occured in Cairo, Ilinois Gunsmoke debuted (1955) 1st Drunk Driver convicted Cargo from the Plymouth Colony 1st shipped to England (1623) Paul Gauguin left Tahiti for Dominique, Atuana (1910) Michael Sembello's Maniac reached No. 1 (1983) Gas rationing 1st began in US (WW2; 1942) Treaty of Saint Germain signed (1919) Battle of Pinkie (Scotland; 1547) Lancaster House conference opened (Rhodesia; 1979) Guinea-Bissau declared its independence (1974) Hungary began dismantling barbed wire separating East and West (1989) Picasso's Guernica returned to Spain after 40 years in exile (1981) Sevastopol, Russian naval base, fell to allied UK and French forces (1855) Emma Goldman arrested on suspicion of conection to McKinley assassination (1901) Indian Congress voted to back Gandhi's noncooperation campaign (1920) Guns N' Roses' Sweet Child o' Mine reached No. 1 (1988) Yale University published a map showing Vikings discovered America in 11th Century (1965) Mohawk Chief Thoyanoguen (aka King Hendrick) sent plea to British Superintendent of Indian Affairs asking colonists not to take all the land (1753) |
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| 11 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| D.H. Lawrence O. Henry Kristy McNichol Jessica Mitford Ken Kesey Elizabeth Daily James Thompson Erastus Flaval Beadle Cathryn Damon Kristy McNicol Uncle Charlie Brian DePalma Theodor Adorno James Jeans William Xavier Kienzle Tom Landry Hedy Lamarr Alfred Slote Thomas Hill Herbert Lom Bear Bryant Lola Falana Daniel K. Akaka Barry Sheene Ellis Burks Don Mosebar Sonny Callahan Gherman Titov Daniel Kahikina Akaka Bonnie Gadusek Marty Liquori Robert L. Crippen William Wirth Allen Leo Kottke Reubin Askew Betsy Drake Anne Seymour Earl Holliman Ferdinand Marcos Bob Packwood |
No News Is Good News Day Wrench In the Works Day National Neighborhood Day Auditor's Day Diocletian New Year National Tricky Handshake Day Jinnah Day (Pakistan) Make Your Bed Day Ethiopian New Year St. Deiniol's Day Harvest Festival (Hungary) St. Ethelburga's Day Chelsea Antique Fair Discontinued Thoughts Exhibition (Fairy) St. Paphnutius' Day National Hot Cross Bun Day St. Protus and Hyacinth's Day |
| September 11 Events | World Wildlife Fund founded (Zurich,
Switzerland) Mail Chute patented Vatican II began (1962) Miss America Pageant 1st on TV Oh, Susanna premiered New York to California bus service started Battle of Brandywine (1777) Magilla Gorilla debuted Annapolis Convention began (1786) Collapsible Tire patented 4 men arrested trying to steal Marineland Dolphin (1987) Luddite potato riot (Nottingham, UK; 1812) 1st Newspaper Cartoon Strip began Stravinsky's Rake's Progress premiered (1951) London-Brighton express train commuter service began (1841) Oliver Cromwell massacred 1,500 Irish rebels (1649) Swedish Nightingale "Jenny Lind" sang her US debut (1850) 1st 12,000-mile warranty offered (by Ford; 1960) Dan Rather stomped off CBS EVening News, set remained dark for 6 minutes (1987) Chile's democratically elected Marxist government overthrown with US backing (1973) Pretty Boy Floyd robbed his 1st grocery store (1925) Daniel Webster resigned his cabinet post in protest of Tyler's veto of Banking Bill (1841) KC & The Sunshine Band's (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty reached No. 1 (1976) After 20 are killed in riots, striking United Mine Workers managed to establish 8-hour work day and more (1897) |
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| 12 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| H.L. Mencken Jesse Owens Alfred A. Knopf Barry White Cady Cantrell (Pb 4/92) Louis MacNeice Tim Hardaway Ben Shahn Charles Dudley Warner George Jones Barry Andrews Richard Gatling William Boyd Maurice Chevalier Linda Gray Cynthia Myers (12/68) Mickey Lolich Deron Cherry Amilcar Cabral Maria Muldaur Irene Dailey Peter Scolari Mickey Lolich Alexander Campbell Brian Robertson Deron Cherry Neil Peart Agnes DeMille Margaret Hamilton Stephen J. Solarz Herbert Henry Asquith Charlie "King Kong" Keller Irene Daily Secret Squirrel |
Diocletian New Year Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) Virgin's Fair (Greece) Defenders' Day (Maryland) Feast of Atabei (Goddess Mother; Tainos, West Indies) Saudi Arabia National Day Cape Verde Independence Day Runic half-month of Rad ends Ethiopia National Day St. Alibe's Day (patron of wolves) Guinea-Bissau National Day St. Guy's Day (patron of horses) National Chocolate Milkshake Day |
| September 12 Events | Reading, Pennsylvania founded (1782) 1st Burleque Show performed New Suisse Constitution ratified (Switzerland) Monkees debuted Bonanza debuted (1959) 1st Fibre Tip Pen made Painted Caves discovered in France Cleopatra's Needle erected (1878) Hudson entered the Hudson River (1609) Robert and Clara Schumann married Fantastic Four cartoon debuted Battle of Fort McHenry Lassie debuted (1954) 1st Policewoman appointed (Los Angeles; 1910) US Troops 1st crossed into Germany (WW2; 1944) Josie & the Pusscats debuted Cleopatra's Needle erected in London (1878) USSR's Luna 2 landed on the Moon (1959) Zonker started his 11th Sophmore Year (Doonesbury) John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier married (1953) Steven Biko died in prison under mysterious circumstances (1977) Eugene Debs sentenced to 10 years for protesting World War 1 (1918) Unemployed in Toledo, Ohio went on rampage, seizing food supplies (1932) Palestinian terrorists hi-jacked and blew up 3 passenger jets (1970) Last episode of the Saint aired (1969) Haile Selassie of Ethiopia overthrown by military coup (1974) Turkish Ottoman army finally defeated after 2-month siege of Vienna (1683) Filibuster, American William Walker, executed in Honduras for attempted overthrow of government (860) |
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| 13 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Sarah Johnston Sherwood Anderson Arnold Schoenberg Roald Dahl Mike Grell Judith "Miss Manners" Martin David Clayton-Thomas Milton Hershey Walter Reed J.B. Priestly Claudette Colbert John J. "Blackjack" Pershing Mel Torme John Barry Robert Indiana Jacqueline Bisset Clara Schumann Peter Cetera Fred Silverman Robert Ward Oliver Evans Ernest Boyer Rick Wise Nell Carter Larry Speakes Arthur Henderson Oscar Arias Sanchez Billy Jackson Karen Wyman Barbara Bain Adolf Meyer Scooby |
Positive Thinking Day Defy Superstition Day Lectisternia (Old Roman Festival to Jupiter, Juno, & Minerva) St. Venerius' Day (patron of lighthousekeepers) Knabenschiessen (Zurich, Switzerland) Runic half-month of Ken (illumination) begins Defender's Day (everywhere except Maryland) Vintage Feast (Andalusia, Spain) Faulty Day Johnny Appleseed Festival St. John Chrysostom's Day (patron of orators) National Peanut Day Snack-A-Pickle Time |
| September 13 Events | Soap TV Show debuted New York School For the Arts opened Mt. Kenya 1st climbed Scooby Doo debuted Lithotype Printing Process patented Gold found in Alaska (1904) Forbidden Planet premiered Beatles' Yesterday released (1965) 1st Rhino exhibited in US Battle of Quebec (1759) X-Men #1 published Rockford Files debuted Viking 2 landed on Mars (1976) Little Richard recorded Tutti Frutti (1955) Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap became UK's longest-running play (1957) Smokey the Bear Show debuted New York City chosen as Capitol of US (1788) Lusitania made her maiden voyage (1907) Henry Hudson 1st sailed up his river (1609) Point Reyes National Sanctuary established (1962) World Health Organization declared AIDS to be a global epidemic (1985) Bills beat the 49ers 34-31 in 1st NFL game in which neither team punted (1992) Knickerbocker Baseball Club, 1st to use formal rules, founded (1845) Berlin's Take My Breath Away reached No. 1 (1986) NY Governor Nelson Rockefeller ordered Attica prison attack (1971) Rapper Tupac Amaru Shakur died in a LA hospital after being shot in a driveby shooting (1996) Bricklayer William Murray, after threatening to expose secrest of Masonic Order, mysteriously disappeared in upstate New York (1826) |
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| 14 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Dante Aligheri Franz Joseph Haydn Kimberly Williams Zarathustra Ivan Pavlov Clayton Moore Mike Baldwinson Karl Taylor Compton Magaret Sanger Baron von Humboldt Allan Bloom James Wilson Robert Raikes Ashlyn Gere Charles Du Fay Luigi Cherbini Kate Millett Constance Motley Merlin Olsen Hal Wallis Zoe Caldwell Charles "Kid" Nichols Paul Kossoff Kate Millett Faith Ford Charles Dana Gibson Joey Heatherton Albert Shanker Kay Medford Nicol Williamson Jan Garrique Masaryk Kurt Gouveia Mary Crosby Jacobo Arbenz Lord Cecil of Chelwood Bilbo Frodo Earth |
Byzantine New Year Feast of Lights (Ancient Egypt) International Cross-Culture Day Holy Cross Day (aka Holy Rood Day) Greek New Year National Anthem Day Wo-Zha-Wa Festival Formation of the Earth Day Nutting Day Pig's Face Feast National Anthem Day (Maryland) Eat a Hoagie Day Unclear Ideas Display (Imps) Feast of the Triumph of the Cross National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day St. Notburga's Day (patron of peasants, servants) Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia) Pilgrimage of the Black Madonna to Einsiedeln, Switzerland |
| September 14 Events | Earth formed (Sagan calendar) 1st Board Game, A Journey Through Europe, or The Play of Geography, for sale (1759) Handel finished The Messiah Typewriter Ribbon patented 1st Lobotomy performed Peacetime Draft in US 1st started 39 Steps premiered Sound Absorbing Material patented 1st Recorded Hole-in-One (1868) Battle of San Jacinto, Nicaragua (1856) Archie Show debuted British Troops captured Delhi, India (1803) OPEC created by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela (1960) 1st American saint, Elizabeth Seton, canonized (1974) US Troops captured Mexico City, ending Mexican War (1847) Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner (1814) Isadora Duncan strangled by scarf caught in wheel of car (1927) Princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco killed in automobile crash (1982) Eric Clapton's I Shot the Sheriff reached No. 1 (1974) US President McKinley died from wounds suffered on the 6th (1901) Congress adopted legislation requiring local airing of NFL football game if sold out 72 hours before gametime (1973) Over 100 Mexican farm workers arrested for union activities (Imperial Valley, California; 1930) Eisenhower intervened in Little Rock, Arkansas when state governor called in National Guard to prevent black students from entering Central High School (1957) |
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| 15 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Pierre Augute Renoir Agatha Christie James Fenimore Cooper Robert Benchley Cannonball Adderly William Howard Taft Tommy Lee Jones Oliver Stone Francois de La Rochefoucauld Bruno Walter Titus Oates Jean Renoir Roy Acuff Dan Marino Penny Singleton Jackie Cooper Merlin Olsen Frank Martin Gaylord Perry Prince Henry Norm Crosby Jessye Norman Margaret Lockwood Sherman Douglas Ernest Byner Joe Morris Bobby Short Porfirio Djaz Creighton Abrams Ettore Bugatti Forrest Compton Rafael Frubeck de Burgas Kathryn Murray Leroy Irvin John Mitchell Umberto II Prince Henry |
Birthday of the Moon (China) Felt Hat Day Respect for the Aged Day (aka Old People's Day; Japan) Guatemala Independence Day Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows Costa Rica Independence Day El Salvador Independence Day National Sand Sculpture Tournament Honduras Independence Day Battle of Britain Day (UK) Nicaragua Independence Day King Turkey Day Landscape-Nursery Day Really Bad Ideas Exhibition (Gremlins) St. Catherine of Genoa's Day (patron of nurses) National Creme De Menthe Day Lebanon Bologna Festival (Lebanon, Pennsylvania @) |
| September 15 Events | Greenpeace founded (1971) Lone Ranger debuted (1949) Battle of Britain (WW 2; 1940) Railroad 1st tested in UK Local Anaesthesia 1st used Overland Mail Coach Delivery begins Tanks 1st used in battle (1916) Monty Python's 2nd seaons began Battle of Inchon began (Korean War; 1950) 1st Mail Order Business began taking orders (1871) Liverpool to Manchester Ralilroad opened (1830) 1st International Bridge Tournament held Black Riders entered the Shire (Hobbit) Watergate "Seven" charged (1972) Civil War in Beirut began (1975) 1st person killed by a train (1830) Blondie comic strip began (1930) Green Acres debuted (1965) Citizenship taken away from Jews in Germany (1935) US Congress adopted Masonic emblem as Great Seal (1782) Music Industry 1st acknowledged by a US President 1st Female Minister in US ordained (1853) World's Largest Weather Vane dedicated (48 ft; 1984) A Meteor missed Columbus' Santa Maria by 5 lengths Four Seasons' Sherry reached No. 1 (1962) 350,000 GM workers went on strike (1970) 1st British-made Robot demonstrated (1928) Museum of the Moving Image opened (London; 1988) The Avengers' last episode aired (1969) British retook New York City (1776; & it remained Brittish until Nov. 1783) USSR Premier Nikita Khruschev denied right to visit Disneyland (1959) Wilson Phillips' Release Me reached No. 1 (1990) Bulgarian defector assassinated by being stabbed with a pointed umbrella tip (1978) Outdoor modern art exhibition bulldozed by USSR government (Moscow; 1974) Bomb hidden in Black church killed 4 young girls (Birmingham, Alabama; 1963) |
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| 16 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Marvin Middlemark John Gay Charlie Byrd J.C. Penney Alfred Noys Glenna "Mom" Smith B.B. King Kimberly MacArthur (Pb 1/82) Winold Reiss Jean "Hans" Arp Lauren Bacall Anne Bradstreet Francis Parkman Ed Begley Jr. James J. Hill Alan Funt Nadia Boulanger Anthony Panizzi Honor Roland de Lassus Peter Falk Albrecht Kossel Janis Paige Timothy Raines Mark McEwan Orel Hershiser Elgin Baylor Robin Yount John Knowles Charles S. Crocker Rosemary Casals Anne Francis James J. Jeans Charles W. Birdwill Eric Hipple Wilfred Burchett A. Bonar Law Bess Myerson Janis Paige Richard Marx Henry V David Copperfield |
Mexico Independence Day Cherokee Strip Day (Oklahoma) St. Cornelius' Day (patron against earaches, twitching) Papua New Guinea Independence Day International Peace Day National Working Parents Day St. Euphemia's Day Collect Rocks Day Singapore Independence Day Big Whopper Liar's Contest (@) Stay Away From Seattle Day National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day St. Cyprian of Carthage's Day (patron of Algeria, North Africa) Malaysia Independence Day Feast of St. Ludmilla (patron of Czechoslovakia) St. Ninian's Day |
| September 16 Events | Cherokee Strip opened (1893) Bob Newhart debuted Great Race premiered American Legion established (1919) General Motors incorporated (1908) Fail Safe premiered Nixon said "Sock It To Me" on Laugh-In Darwin 1st saw Galopogas Turtles Outer Limits debuted (1963) National Guard made part of US Army (1940) Palestinian Massacre (1982) Miami Vice debuted (1984) Selective Service began in US (1940) Elvis Presley Credit Card debuted (1988) Oldsmobile and Buick merged to become GM (1908) 70 Nations signed accord to curb use of CFCs (1987) British Fleet defeated Dutch at Cape Town Colony (1795) Three Dog Night's Black & White reached No. 1 (1972) Steinway sold his 1st American-made piano (1853) Japanese anarchist Osugi Sakae murdered by police (1923) Bomb left in horse cart on Wall Street killed 30 (1920) Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla began revolution in Mexico against Spanish (1810) Tomas de Torquemada died after killing 17,000 in Spanish Inquisitions (1498) Viewers voted to keep the swimsuit portion of the Miss America pageant (1995) Separtists left from Plymouth, England for the New World in the Mayflower (1620) Clemson University study published revealing that plants are not color blind (1987) An idiot with a hammer broke off the 2nd toe on the left foot of Michaelangelo's statue David (1991) |
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| 17 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Ken Kesey Warren Burger Jeff MacNelly George Blanda Fee Waybill Mike Skov Terry Nihen (Pb 12/83) William Carlos William Robert Vonnoh Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson David Souter Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Hank Williams Sr. Roddy McDowell Paul Benedict John Ritter Anthony Carter Friedrich von Steuben Chaim Herzog Orlando Cepeda Francis Chichester David Dunbar Buick Thomas A. Hendricks Bobby Wine Phil Jackson Marquis de Condorcet Charles Tomlinson Griffes Frederick Ashton Anne Bancroft Virgilio Vargas Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly Thomas Hendricks Luke Prestridge Charles Grassley Wenceslas II Charles III (879 CE) |
Constitution Day (US) International Day of Peace Feast of the Pilgrims (Villers-Perwin, Belgium) St. Hildegard's Day Citizenship Day (fka "I Am An American Day") Stigmata of St. Francis' Day Day of the National Hero (Angola) St. Robert Bellarmine's Day (patron of catechists) Bloodiest Day Return of Kelp-Koli Celebration (under duress; Fairy) Festival of Min Kyawzwa (Burma; God of Drinking & Fireworks) St. Lambert's Day (patron of children, nannies, truss makers) National Apple Dumpling Day St. Satyrus' Day |
| September 17 Events | Micro Organisms discovered Norton I, Emperor of US, self-coronated (1859) Wild Wild West debuted US Constitution adopted (1787) M*A*S*H debuted (1972) Sprinkler System patented Panic of 1873 French Crown Jewels stolen (1792) Mission: Impossible debuted 33 1/3 LP Record introduced (1931) Battle of Antietam (1862) Hogan's Heroes debuted (1965) 1st Airplane Death (1908) Operation "Market Garden" began (WW2; 1944) Hector Berlioz's Requiem premiered (1837) Accord signed between Israel & Egypt at Camp David (1978) Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza assassinated (1980) Pat Boone's Ain't That a Shame incredibly reached No. 1 (1955) Doors performed Light My Fire on Ed Sullivan, refusing to change lyrics (1967) Lincoln Journal became 1st newspaper to move Doonesbury to the editorial page (1973) US Stamp featuring blues musician Robert Johnson issued (1994; the cigarette in his mouth was later airbrushed out so kids wouldn't get the wrong idea) |
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| 18 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jonny Quest Samuel Johnson Jean Foucault Bob Dylan Elmer Maytag George Read Joseph Story Barbii Clark Wissler Jeana Tomasino (Pb 11/80) Robert Blake Michael Franks Claudette Colbert Kaoru Sakurazawa Greta Garbo Ray Geiger Jack Warden Ryne Sandberg Frankie Avalon Rossano Brazzi John Diefenbaker Robert F. Bennett Harvey Haddix Billy Sims Chip Bank Rossano Brazzi Adrian-Marie Lagendre Eddie Anderson David Forsyth John Rhodes Arthur Benjamin Kwarne Nkrumah Jimmie Rodgers Dee Dee Ramone |
Kasteilet (Dividing of the Cheese;
Switzerland) Festival of Inner Worlds National Play-Doh Day Festival of Pungarancha (Michocan God of Runners) St. Joseph of Cupertino (patron of pilots, air travelers, Air Force, astronauts) Victory of Uprona Day (Burundi) Ear Wig Fitting Day (Fairy) National Button Show Chile Independence Day National Chocolate Day St. Ferreolus' Day (patron of sick poultry; against rheumatism) |
| September 18 Events | Cartoons 1st aired on TV US Air Force established (1947) Get Smart debuted (1965) 1st Piano arrived in US New York Times 1st published (1850) CBS 1st on the air Patty Hearst kidnapped (1975) US Capitol cornerstone laid (1793) Anne Hutchinson arrived in Boston (1634) Captain Nelson discovered Jeannie US took out its 1st loan (1790) Addams Family debuted (1964) Jonny Quest debuted Hull House founded by Jane Addams (1889) Iron Horse outraced a Horse (1830) Red Wolf 1st appeared in Avengers #80 Jimi Hendrix dies of barbituate overdose (1970) France abolished the guillotine (1981) Military seized power in Burma (1988) Tom Bombadil rescue the party from Old Man Willow (Hobbit) 1st White Woman made American Indian Chief (1891) French Quebec surrendered to British at Plains of Abraham (1759) Strange Case of the End of the World As We Know It premiered Roman Emperor Domitian assassinated by his wife (96 CE) Cuban Cosmonaut, Arnoldo Tamayo, became 1st black in space (1980) George Washington laid the cornerstone of the US Capitol building (1793) German soldier, Heinz Jost, went to the Warsaw ghetto on his birthday, taking pictures (1941) |
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| 19 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| William Golding Joseph Pasternak Rachel Field Twiggy Julianna Young (Pb 11/93) Brian Epstein Arthur Rackham Charles Carroll Jan Luyts Adam West Dave Hamilton William Dyce Jeremy Irons Arthur Rackham David McCallum Brook Benton Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. Zandra Rhodes David Bromberg Henry Brougham Allan Havey Jim Abbott Clifton Daniel Mike Royko Duke Snider Henry Kaiser Jane Blalock Mama Cass Eliot Richard Zsigmondy Nile Rodgers Joe Morgan Reggie Williams Dave Stalls Mika Waltari Rosemary Harris Jan Luyts Trisha Yearwood Kim Richards Nick Massi Bill Medley Randolph Mantooth Paul Williams |
World Peace Day Fast of Thoth (Egyptian God of Wisdom & Magic) Cosmetic Bridge Day National Student Day Scouring the White Horse (Berkshire, UK) Feast of Mato (Lakota & Ogalala Sioux; Bear Spirit) St. Januarius' Day (patron of blood banks, Naples; against the evil eye) National Butterscotch Pudding Day Visit a Sick Friend Today Day St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis Independence Day Jubilee of the Moth Moons (Fairy) Pig's Face Feast (Gloucestershire, UK) St. Theodore of Tarsus' Day |
| September 19 Events | Fawlty Towers debuted 1st Sound Cartoon, Mickey Mouse's Steamboat Willie, premiered (1932) Day the Earth Stood Still premiered 1st Beauty Contest held (1888) Color Printing Press patented Balboa 1st saw the Pacific Ocean (1513) Ford Pinto debuted (1970) Battleship Maine launched 1st Ad for False Teeth appeared Cat on a Hot Tin Roof premiered Battle of Chickamunga (1863) Lippy the Lion debuted Song "Dixie" premiered Carpet Sweeper patented by Bissell (1876) Battle of Bemis Heights People Are Funny debuted (1954) Argentina ousted Juan Peron (1955) Black Friday, financial panic (US; 1873) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror premiered Mary Tyle Moore Show debuted (1970) Lord Haw-Haw sentenced to hang for treason (1945) Chubby Checker's The Twist reached No. 1 (1960) Mesabi Iron Range discovered near Lake Superior (1844) Black Prince, Edward, defeated French forces at Poitiers (1356) Charlie Chaplin declared "subversive" by US right wingers (1952) Simon & Garfunkel played in Central Park (1981) Baby born on the Golden Gate Bridge (1968) Shirley Temple married John Agar Jr. (1945) US Congress cut funding for National Endowment for the Arts by 40% (1995) Iceman, ancient human being, dicovered in ice in the Alps on the Italian-Austrian border (1991) Diana Ross' Ain't No Mountain High Enough reached No. 1 (1970) George Washington gave his farewell address in which he warned against public debt, large military developments, and permanent alliances with foreign powers (1796) |
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| 20 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Upton Sinclair Alexander the Great Jim Taylor Romulus Sophia Loren Jelly Roll Morton Namie Amuro Antonius Pius Guy LeFleur Arnold "Red" Auerbach Donald A. Hall Chuck Dressen Kenneth Moore George Robey Dave Gallagher Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Matt Blair Eric Turner Ferdinand Morton Debbi Morgan Tom Tresh Rachel Roberts Allanah Currie Elliot Nugent James Galanos Frances Heflin Anne Meara |
Birthday of the Sun (Inca) Gibberish Day St. Agapetus' Day Regatta Day Italian National Feast Feast of Zywie (Goddess of Longevity; Poland) Airborne Operations Day (Netherlands) Feast of Orlog (Deity of Destiny; Scandinavia) National Rum Punch Day St. Eustace's Day (patron of hunters, difficult Madrid situations; against family troubles) |
| September 20 Events | Muppet Show debuted Ripping Yarns debuted 1st Railroad Station opened Romans defeated Attila theHun Flying Leathernecks premiered USS Constitution launched 1st Department Store opened (1846) England abandoned the gold standard (1931) Funny Girl premiered Automobile Company 1st incorporated Equal Rights Party formed (1884) Magellan set sail to go around the world (1519) 1st Cannes Film Festival began (1946) Panic of 1873 (1873) Cheyenne debuted (1955) National Research Council established (1916) Shaving Mug with Drain Holes patented Young Rebels debuted Battle of Walmy (1792) Jackie Gleason Show debuted (1952) Doonesbury comic strip returned after Trudeau's sabbatical (1984) 1st Female US Supreme Court Justice appointed (1981) Upton Sinclair's The Jungle published (1906) Jackie Gleason Show Show debuted (1952) Battle of Valmy (French Revolution; 1792) Drake arrived in England after sailing around the world (1580) Saracens, led by Saladin, retook Jerusalem (1187) Elisha Otis demonstrated his safety elevator (1853) 1st Radio Station began regular broadcasts (KDKA; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) Dictator Bokassa ousted from Central African Empire (1979) Longest Billboard Sitting Contest began (Allentown, Pennsylvania; 1982) Archies' Sugar, Sugar reached No. 1 (1969) Dureya brothers 1st demonstrated their gas-powered automobile (1893) Earliest evidence of settlers in New Mexico is petition signed today (1595) Billie Jean King won "Battle of the Sexes" beating Bobby Riggs in 3 straight sets (1973) US Army released manuals used to train Latin American soldiers how to torture, beat people, execute, falsly imprison, and use truth serum on their enemies (1996) |
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| 21 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Bill Murray H.G. Wells Gustav Holst Nancy Travis Stephen King Leonard Cohen Chuck Jones Francis Hopkinson Alicia Rickter (Pb 10/95) Fanny Flagg Rob Morrow Allen Lane John L. MacAdam Girolamo Savonarola Hans Hartung Larry Hagman George Herbert Wells Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes Pavel Tchelitchew Henry Gibson Kwame Nkrumah Sidney Moncrief Cecil Grant Fielder Louis Jolliet Margaret Smith Taylor Hugh "Shorty" Ray Jim Hanifan Melvin Van Peebles Adele Bochner Dawn Addams Artis Gilmore Danny Cox H.T. Webster Charles Jean Henry Nicolle Bris "The Human Eyeball" Lord |
Miniature Golf Day World Gratitude Day Feast of the Divine Light (Egyptian Feast) Press Day Malta Independence Day Biosphere Day St. Matthew's Day (patron of accountants, tax collectors, customs officials, security guards, stockbrokers) Belize Independence Day Apple Festival Get Out Of Town Today Day Festival of Nyamuzinda (God of Famine & Epidemics; Zaire) Ploughing Tournament (UK; @) Armenia Independence Day Feast of Kuodor-gup (God of Riches; Siberia) Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper Day (Goblin) National Pecan Cookie Day International Banana Festival |
| September 21 Events | Battle of Marathon began (490 BCE) 1st Daily Newspaper began publication Adam-12 debuted Bible 1st printed in English Space: 1999 debuted Bilbo & Frodo departed (Hobbit) Perry Mason debuted (1957) 1st Western film premiered (1903) France abolished the monarchy (1792) J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit published (1937) George Washington Bridge construction began "Yes, Virginia There Is A Santa Claus" reply published Edward II murdered in prison with red-hot poker (1327) Hurrican Hugo hit the East Coast of US (1989) Local farmer bought Stonehenge for $12,210 (1915) Coke introduced the plastic carton (1961) Beetle Bailey comic strip began (1950) George proposed to Susan (Seinfeld; 1995) Dire Straits' Money for Nothing reached No. 1 (1985) John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette (1996) Prisoner finally met Number 1 (on the Prisoner; 1968) Bonnie Prince Charlie & the Jacobites defeated the English at Prestonpans (1745) US refused to set targets for CO2 stalling international efforts to curb global warming (1991) Tennessee divorcee awarded temporary custody of 7 frozen embryos fertilized by her former husband (1989) |
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| 22 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Michael Faraday Paul Delvaux John Houseman Eugene Roche Fay Weldon Lord Chesterfield Catherine Oxenberg Tom Lasorda Joan Jett Wally Backman Philip Dormer Stanhope Christabel Pankhurst Erick von Stroheim Anna Karina Paul Muni Scott Baio Fernanda Tavares Joseph Valachi Shari Belafonte-Harper Bob Lemon Mike Sullivan Harold Carmichael Bob Crable Frank Sullivan Lynn Herring Harriet King Eppa Hunton Martha Scott Shigeru Yoshida Alfred Vanderbilt Debbie Boone Bilbo Baggins Frodo |
Festival of the Sea Goddess (Eskimo) American Business Women's Day Dear Diary Day Festival of Disappearances Mali Independence Day National Centenarians Day Virgo zodiac sign ends National Laundry Workers Day Ice Cream Cone Day Kiwanis Kids Day National White Chocolate Day St. Phocas' Day (patron of gardeners, sailors) Pennsylvania Bed Making Tournament National Hunting & Fishing Day St. Maurice's Day (patron of Austria, dyers, hatters, infantrymen, knife grinders, Sardinia; against arthritis, cramps, gout) Breakfast, Snack, Elevenses, Snack, Lunch, Snack, Tea, Snack, Dinner, Snack, More Snacks, Supper, Snack, and Bilgewack Day (Borms, relatives of Goblins; Fairy) |
| September 22 Events | Nathan Hale gave his one life (1776) France declared itself a Republic (1789) Man From U.N.C.L.E. debuted Room Service premiered Salem Witch Trials began Friends debuted (1994) Amps, Volts, & Ohms standardized US Post Office 1st opened (1789) Band-Aid invented (1921) 8 witches hanged in Salem, Massachusetts (1692) Seven premiered (1995) Ice Cream Cone invented (1903) Peter Gunn debuted (1958) USSR exploded an atomic bomb Tacy Richardson's Ride (1777) Shaka Zulu murdered (1828) Poland's Solidarity Union formed (1980) War between Iraq and Iran began (1980) New French Revolutionary calendar began (1792) Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation (1862) 1st survey of US national langs began (1785) Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting ageed to merge (1995) Farm Aid concert 1st held (1982) Yellowstone National Park ravaged by a fire (1988) Royal College of Physicians founded (1518) Laura married on Little House on the Prairie (1980) No. 10 Downing Street 1st used as residence for UK Prime Minister (1735) Idi Amin gave the 80,000 Asians living in Uganda 48 hours to get out of the country (1972) France admitted sinking the Greenpeace ship, Rainbow Warrior (1985) Russian trappers established a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska (1784) Unsuccessful assassination attempt made of US President Gerald Ford (1975) John Waite's Missing You reached No. 1 (1984) Gene Tunny beat Jack Dempsey for heavyweight boxing title in controversial "long count" decision (1927) 2 Women crawled out of their graves in South Sumatra, having been buried by robbers believing them to be dead (1988) |
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| 23 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Sylvie Garant (Pb 11/79) John Coltrane Euripides Julius Caesar Armand Hyppolyte Ray Charles Gene Kelly William Halstead Harumi Inoue John Lomax Walter Pidgeon Louise Nevelson Victoria Woodhull Jason Alexander Mickey Rooney William McGuffey John Sevier Les McCann Gaius Octavius Caesar Baroness Orczy Walter Lippmann Tony Mandarich William McGuffey Larry Mize Marty Schottenheimer Anthony Toney Dennis Lamp John Boyd Orr Romy Schneider Mary Kay Place Louise Nevelson Bruce Springsteen Ferdinand VI Julio Iglesias Friedrich Paulus |
Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere @) Dogs in Politics Day Feast of the Millenium Landscape-Nursery Day Feast of Carman (Celtic Goddess of Poetry) Unification Day (Saudi Arabia) Festival of Papa, wife of Rangi (Maori; New Zealand) Libra zodiac sign begins Alban Elfed (aka Mabon; Celtic Winter Finding, 2nd Station) Feast of Chukem (Diety of Footraces; Colombia) Proposal Day (@) St. Adaman's Day Feast of Carpo (Celtic Goddess of Autumn) Bunster Winding (Fairy) Checkers Day St. Cadoc's Day (patron against cramps, deafness, glandular disorders) Frontier Day (Wyoming) St. Linus' Day National Chocolate Day |
| September 23 Events | Neptune discovered (1846) Paul McCartney Is Dead Rumors began Jetsons debuted 1st baseball club, New York Knickerbockers, organized (1845) Lewis and Clark finished their expedition (1806) Dodge introduced the Charger (1969) 1st Air Mail Pilot hired Keystone Comedies premiered (1912) Fountain Pen patented Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day reached No. 1 (1957) Lewis & Clark returned Bob Fosse died (1987) Ceefax teletext service began (BBC; 1974) Fiddler on the Roof premiered on Broadway (1964) UK introduced the George Cross for civilian bravery (1940) Richard Nixon gave his "Checkers" speech (1952) Jim Carrey & Lauren Holly married (1996) Bon Homme Richard defeated Serapis & Countess of Scarborough UK loses appeal to keep book Spycatcher from being published in Australia (1987) Time capsule buried at 1939 New York World's Fair, not to be opened until 6939 Atomic Bomb secretly tested by South Africa (1979) Siege of Paris began (Franco-Prussian War; 1870) Jerry wore the "puffy shirt" (Seinfeld; 1993) British Spy captured with secrets given to him by Benedict Arnold (1780) World Bank released figures showing bank took more money from 3rd world countries than it gave (1991) John Paul Jones said his famous "I have not yet begun to fight" during battle off the coast of England (1779) |
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| 24 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Jim Henson F. Scott Fitzgerald Horace Walpole John Marshall Lisa Matthews (Pb 4/90) Antoine Louis Barye Francis Scott Key Linda McCartney Anthony Newley Jim McKay Svetlana Beriosova Anne H. Carlson Sheila MacRae Rafael Palmeiro John Mackey Fred "Dixie" Walker Joe Greene Georges Claude Jacquie Courtney Tim Worley Cheryl Crawford Alan Herbert John W. Young Rafael Palmeiro John Brunner |
Fidelity Day Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving (Pennsylvania Dutch) Buy Nothing Day Festival of the Latest Novelties Bolton Fair (UK) Feast of Maiso (pre-existent Mother Goddess; Brazil) National Cherries Jubilee Day Feast of the Ingathering (aka Harvest Festival; UK @) Nuestra Senora De Las Mercedes (Peru) Feast Day of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes (Dominican Republic) National Bluebird of Happiness Day Trinidad Republic Day Feast of Maiso (Pre-Existent Mother Goddess; Brazil) Guinea-Bissau Independence Day St. Gerard's Day (patron of Hungary) Festival of Latest Novelties Third Republic Day (Ghana) American Indian Day (New York) Festival of Nafulectu Dilxiln (Black Big Spider; San Carlos Apache, Arizona) Milligan Mini-Polka Day (Nebraska) Feast of Our Lady of Mercy 18th Century Military Encampment Day |
| September 24 Events | Norman Conquest began (1066) 1st Toy Store opened Bullwinkle and Rocky debuted on TV (1961) 60 Minutes debuted (1968) 1st recorded autopsy performed Charly premiered U.S. Supreme Court established 1st Nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise, launched (1960) Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color debuted Munsters debuted Devil's Tower National Park established Faneuil Hall opened (Boston; 1742) 1st Hydrogen Airship flew (1852) Mod Squad debuted (1968) Love of Life debuted (1951) Siege of Leningrad began (WW2; 1941) Juan Peron retured to Argentina (1973) 1st Transatlantic telephone cable finished (1956) Record Bar opened its 1st Record Store Michael Archer murdered by Castor Troy (1991; in Face/Off, 1997) Business Executives responsible for Seveso dioxin disater jailed (Italy; 1983) Sikhs murdered 1200 Muslim refugees on train in Punjab (1947) Washington ordered militia to put down Whisky Rebellion (1792) UN International Development Association established (1960) Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy reached No. 1 (1988) Japanese Samurais all but wiped out rebelling against new modern Japanese Army (1877) Sam returned from his failed sailing trip around the world to find Rebecca Howe running his bar (on Cheers; 1987) US Senate approved nuclear test ban treaty signed by US, USSR, UK, but not France (1963) Scheme to corner the gold market failed when US President Grant refused to play along (aka Black Friday; 1869) |
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| 25 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Glenn Gould Felicity Kendall Dmitri Shostakovich William Faulkner Mark Rothko Jean Phillipe Rameau Ralston Crawford Olaus Roemer Michael Douglas Helen Broderick Mark Hamill Red Smith James Lick Heather Locklear Scottie Pippen Kerri Kendall (Pb 9/90) Pedro Almodovar Joseph Jesse Russell Christopher Reeve William Jenney Phil Rizzuto Barbara Walters Jodie Kidd Armand-Emmanuel Plutarco Eljas Calles Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Thomas Hunt Morgan Lyle Blackwood Aldo Ray Robert Walden Mimi Kennedy Jim Jackson Robert Muldoon Juliet Prowse |
Salute the Sun Day (China) Feast of Nammu (Sumerian Goddess of Primeval Sea) National Food Service Workers Day Feast of Nariwiinyapah (God of Immortal Water) Ashura (Muslim nations) National One-Hit Wonder Day St. Sergius of Radonezh's Day (aka Rostov; Eastern) Kamarampaka Day (Rwanda) St. Finnbar's Day National Crabmeat Newberg Day Origin of Life Day Toad Tempting Day (Fairy) Mozambique Popular Liberation Forces Day Join A Cabal of International Bankers Today Day St. Joseph Calasanctius' Day (patron of Christian schools) |
| September 25 Events | Life on Earth began (Sagan calendar) Balboa discovered the Pacific (1513) Mary Poppins premiered 1st State Poorhouse opened Cream Separator patented 1st Steam engine ran Sequoia National Park established (1890) 1st US Newspaper published (it was suppressed by UK; 1690) USA Today 1st published Baseball's 1st Double Header played (1882) 1st Bank Robbery Gomer Pyle, USMC debuted Beatles cartoon debuted Sam Malone proposed to Diane Chambers (Cheers; 1986) "Popa" Doc Duvalier elected President of Haiti (1954) Bus Service began in UK (1897) 1st Cremation Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman US Supreme Court Justice, sworn in (1981) Bill of Rights submitted to the states (1789) 8 Hour, 5 day work week established Casablanca Affair (North Africa) Mary Poppins premiered Chris Columbus left on his 2nd voyage (1493) Largest Dolphin caught (87 lbs.) Shroud of Turin 1st publicly displayed (1933) 1st blood transfusion performed using human blood (1818) Michael Palin left to go around the world in 80 days (1988) Sri Lanak Prime Minister assassinated by Buddist Monk (1933) Reverand Jim Ignatowski started driving a cab (on Taxi; 1979) Sam Malone proposed to Diane Chambers (on Cheers; 1986) Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction reached No. 1 (1965) Sonny Liston KO'd Floyd Patterson to take heavyweight boxing title (1962) Taiping rebels chose Hung Hsiu Chaun, who claimed to be Jesus' younger brother, as king (1851) Eisenhowers odrers the Army to escort 9 black children to school in Little Rock, Arkansas (1957) Nigerian herdsman sentenced to life for cutting off his 12-year old wife's legs to stop her from running away (1987) |
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| 26 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| T.S. Eliot Windsor McKay George Gershwin Edmund Gwen Martin Heidegger Charles Munch John Coltrane Linda Hamilton Johnny Appleseed George Raft Theodore Gericault Arthur Bowen Davies Jack LaLanne Bryan Ferry Olivia Newton-John Melissa Sue Anderson Kent McCord Julie London Lynn Anderson Mary Beth Hurt Patrick O'Neal Jack La Lanne Henry Lawrence Moses Mendelssohn Edith Abbott George Chambers John Chapman Barbara Britton Martin Ryle Shamu the Killer Whale Christine T. Whitman Dave Martinez Marty Robbins Julio Iglesias Paul VI |
Feast of Lamps (India) Good Neighbor Day Feast of Zame ye Mebege (God of Narcotics; Gabon) Bureflux (Discordian) St. John Cyprian of Carthage's Day (Eastern) National Pancake Day Yemen Independence Day Neptune Festival Balaclava Day Ceremony of the Dead (Cambodia) Mifflin County Goose Festival (Pennsylvania) Cobweb Pie Making Day (Fairy) St. Cosmas and Damian' Day (patron of physicians, barbers, druggists, chemical workers; against bladder diseases) |
| September 26 Events | Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) 1st British Open golf tournament held Grammophone patented Beverly Hillbillies debuted (1962) Gilligan's Island debuts Holy Alliance signed (1815) San Jose chosen as 1st Capitol of California C.I.A. established Kinks' You Really Got Me released Federal Trade Commission created (1914) John Jay confirmed as 1st Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1789) West Side Story premiered on Broadway (1957) Cement patented Skytrain air service began (1977) Beatles' Abbey Road released (1969) HMS Queen Mary launched (1934) Sousa's Liberty Bell march premiered Battle of the Argonne Forest began (WW1; 1918) Theatres abolished censorship in UK AMC introduced the Javelin (1967) Shay's Rebellion began (1786) New Zealand became a Dominion (1907) Last Vietnamese troops left Cambodia (1989) Women got the vote for Connecticut state elections (1903) Australia won the America's Cup for the 1st time (1983) Parthenon wrecked by bomb blast by Venitian Army (1687) Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman reached No. 1 (1964) Bob Dylan played his 1st Concert in NYC (1961) Eddie Fisher married Debbie Reynolds (1955) New Jersey became 1st state to make it illegal to practice medicine without a license (1772) Bessie Smith died after an automobile crash, because the ambulance refused to hurry since she was black (1937) |
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| 27 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Samuel Adams Peter Sellers William Conrad Thomas Nast Audrey Meadows Cheryl Tiegs Sophia (1657) Karen Ishizaki Sam Ervin Arthur Penn Bud Powell Shaun Cassidy Louis XIII Sandor Kisfaludy Meatloaf Alfred Thayer Mahan Greg Morris Anne Marie Fox (Pb 2/82) Randy Bachman Wilford Brimley Stephen Kerr Mike Schmidt Sada Thompson Augustin de Iturbide Grazia Deledda Vincent Youmans Jayne Meadows Terry Orr Kathy Whitworth George Cruikshank Charles Percy Alfred Thayer Mahan Louis Botha Kathy Nolan Top Cat Louis XIII |
Ancestor Appreciation Day Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia) Dragonfight Day Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India) Crush A Can Day El Salvador Independence Day Gold Star Mother's Day St. Elzear's Day (patron of Christian gentlemen) Cosme e Damiao (Brazil) National Chocolate Milk Day Feast of the Finding of the True Cross St. Vincent De Paul's Day (patron of Madagascar, hospital workers, prisoners) London Bridge Days begin (Arizona) Thanksgiving Day for Disappearance of Kelp-Koli Again (Fairy) Runic half-month of Ken ends St. Frumentius' Day |
| September 27 Events | 1st Santa Claus school opened (1937) Book matches patented 1st Blues song published (W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues; 1912) Warren Commission Report released (1964) British seized Philadelphia (1777) Damn Yankees premiered Edgar Degas died (1917) Jessica Tandy & Hume Cronyn married (1942) Top Cat debuted SS Jews granted French citizenship (1791) 1st Passenger Railroad service began (1825) John Denver's I'm Sorry reached No. 1 (1975) 2 Days in the Valley premiered (1996) Royal African Company charhered with monopoly on slave trade (1672) Bob Marley's No Woman, No Cry reached No. 1 in UK (1975) Japan signed an alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (1940) Greek King Constantine I abdicated (1922) Disney's Fun and Fancy Free premiered (1947) 1st Moving sidealk in Europe installed (London; 1960) Aldous Huxley's After Many a Summer published 1st Claim Jumper restaurant opened (1977) Al Fusco of the Fusco Brothers comic strip had his 15 minutes of fame (1992) Ohio Indians finally submitted to giving up 4 million acres of their land after decades of resistence (1817) London's Central News Agency received a letter signed "Jack the Ripper" (1888) Passenger Ship Artic sank, with almost al 200 passengers drowning because the crew monopolized the life boats (1854) Model Caroline "Tula" Cossey, a former man, failed to overturn law preventing her from marrying because her birth certificate said "male" (1990) |
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| 28 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Confucius Michelangelo Buanarroti Caravaggio Bridgette Bardot Janeane Garafalo Ed Sullivan George de Forest Brush Marcello Mastriantonio Bridget Bardot John Sayles Freidrich Engels Johann Mattheson Georges Clemenceau Pompey Al Capp Peter Finch Carre Otis Wilbur "Lefty" Good Sylvia Kristel Frances Willard Ben E. King Propser Merimee William Windom Pietro Badoglio Kate Wiggins Seymour Cray Francis Turner Palgrave Johnny Dawkins Herman McNeile Steve Largent Glen "Turk" Edwards Koko Taylor Jack Fourier Henri Moissan Charley Taylor Madeleine Kunin "Gentleman John" Jackson David Salle Tuli Kupferberg Arnold Stang Florent Smith Max Schmeling Jerry Clower |
Ask A Stupid Question Day Bird Day St. Wenceslaus' Day (patron of brewers, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, sheep) Francis Willard Day (Minnesota) Teacher's Day (China) Runic half-month of Gyfu (gift) begins St. Vaclav's Day (patron of Czechoslovakia) Feast of Khepera (Egyptian Beetle God) Cabrillo Day (California) National Hunting & Fishing Day St. Exuperius' Day Festival of Wawatsari (God of Deer Peyote; Huichol, Mexico) Confucius Day (Old China) Fiesta of San Miguel (Mexico) Thailand Independence Day National Strawberry Cream Pie Day Referendum Day (Guinea) Drink As Much Beer As Possible Day Tales of Kelp-Koli's Second Visit begin (Fairy) St. Bernardino of Feltre (patron of bankers, pawnbrokers) |
| September 28 Events | 1st Airport opened Battle of Marathon ended 1st Musical Comedy on TV California discovered (1542) US Navy abolished flogging (1850) Black Sox 8 indicted (1920) Frodo wounded at Weathertop (Hobbit) Hazel debuted King Crimson disbanded Dr. Kildare debuted (1961) San Diego Bay discovered (1542) Chevrolet's Corvette Stingray 1st shown (1962) Andy Kim's Rock Me Gently reached No. 1 (1974) Queen Isabella ousted from Spain by rebel generals (1868) Ted Williams hit a home run in his last at bat (1960) Communist First International formed (London, UK; 18640 Pope John Paul I died after only 34 days as pope (1978) Ferry Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea (900 died; 1994) Roman general Pompey murdered by King Ptolemy in Egypt (44 BCE) William the Conqueror & his Norman invaders landed in England (1066) Frank "Whispering Jack" Carter made head of Scotland Yard's Flying Squad, Robbery Division Hitler and Mussolini falsely promised peace in a dual speech in Berlin (1937) Joseph Galloway of Pennsylvania proposed a plan for America to be granted "dominion" status since, he argued, that the colonies hated the idea of being independent communities, which proposal was defeated by only 1 vote, and later expunged from the Continental Congress minutes (1774) |
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| 29 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Miguel de Cervantes Horatio Nelson Erika Eleniak (Pb 7/89) Tintoretto Edward Everett Horton Robert Francois Boucher George Hitchcock Jerry Lee Lewis Hans Geiger Michelangelo Antonioni Lech Walsea Honor Orlando Gibbons Emily Lloyd Miguel Unamuno Greer Garson Stanley Kramer Madeline Kahn Jayne Meadows Trevor Howard Bryant Gumbel Enrico Fermi Bill Nelson Jean-Luc Ponty Gene Autry Hersey Hawkins John MacBeth Paxson Larry Linville Julie Peterson (Pb 2/87) Anita Ekberg Sebastian Coe Bum Phillips Ken Norton Steve Busby Lisbeth Scott Fabien Sevitzky John Tower Wendy White Caroline A. Yale Quick Draw McGraw |
All Angels Day Michaelmas (Feast of St. Michael) Leif Erickson Day St. Michael's Day (patron of bankers, the Basques, Brussels, Germany, grocers, Papua New Guinea, radiologists, paratroopers, policemen) Goose Day (Germany) Payment of Quit Rent by London Royal Courts of Justice National Mocha Day Festival of Tezcatzonctl (Chief God of Intoxication; Mexico) Xenophobe Understanding Day Sts. Gabriel and Raphael's Day Celtic tree month of Muin ends Gwynn ap Nudd (Celtic Lord of Underworld) Poisoned Blackberries Day Constitution Day (Brunei) International Whistle Off |
| September 29 Events | Rocky & His Friends debuts (1959) Scotland Yard established (1829) Congress establishes US Army (1789) 1st Night football game played Love American Style debuted Tylenol bottle tampering deaths began (1982) My Three Sons debuted Colored money 1st proposed in US Make Room for Daddy debuted (1953) Greeks routed Persian fleet in Straits of Salamis (480 BCE) 1st telephone answering machine tested by Bell Telephone (1950) Construction of 1st US Paper Mill began (1690) Prince's Let's Go Crazy reached No. 1 (1984) Italy declared war on Ottoman Empire (1911) George Bernard Shaw turned down a peerage (1930) Muich Conference began (1938) Nazi death squad killed 30,000 jews in 1 day in Kiev (1941) Ulster, Ireland, Protestants vowed to fight home rule (1913) Shuttle Discovery renewed manned US space flights (1988) Mr. Ed steps up to the plate to take a pitch from Sandy Koufax (on Mr. Ed; 1963) John Poindexter resigned from US Navy over Iran-Contra scandal (1987) Border Pact signed recognizing English claims to Long Island coastline (1650) Space Shuttle Discovery launched, 1st shuttle to go up after Challenger disaster (1988) US Army Colonel Billy Mitchell proposed the creation of the US Air Force, for which he was court-martialed (1925) |
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| 30 September | |
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| Birthdays | Holidays - Observances |
| Robinson Crusoe Truman Capote William Wriggly Ian Ogilvy Deborah Kerr Johnny Mathis Freddie King Victoria Tennant Hans Geiger Lewis Milestone David Oistrakh Frankie Lymon Lester Maddox Jacques Necker Lewis Milestone Mickey Winters (Pb 9/62) Crystal Bernard Lester Maddox James Ralph Sasser Robin Roberts Trey Anastasio Angie Dickinson George Jamison Brentson Buckner Johnny Podres Chung Hee Park Jean Perrin Eli Weisel Catherine Ball Kenny Baker Marilyn McCoo Deborah Allen |
Army Incompentence Day International Night II (David Letterman) Botswana Independence Day St. Jerome's Day (patron of students of scripture, librarians) Feast of Soma (God of Ambrosia & Immortality; India) Celtic tree month of Gort (Ivy) begins Festival of Maheo (Cheyenne God of the Void) National Mulled Cider Day British Footfair Fair St. Otto's Day Festival of Tereteth (Goddess of the Coconaut Toddy; Yap Islamd, Micronesia) Medetrinalia (Old Roman Goddess of Medicine) St. Gregory the Enlightener (or Illuminator; patron of Armenia) National Mud Pack Day Fiscal Year ends |
| September 30 Events | Robinson Crusoe shipwrecked HBO began broadcasting nationwide Football Game 1st televised Safety pin invented 1st Annual fair held (UK) Cheers debuted (1982) Battle of Yorktown (American War of Independence) 1st Execution in US (1630) James Dean killed in car crash (1955) Mozart's Magic Flute premieres (1791) 1st Right to Die law enacted (California) Flinstones debuted (1960) Boulder Dam opened (1935) Rifleman debuted (1958) Vulgate Bible finished Rayon patented FDR announced the New Deal (1933) James Dean died in car crash (1955) French troops took Speyer in the Rhineland (1792) Mao-Tse Tung became of Chairman of People's Republic of China 1949) College Football game 1st televised (1939) 1st Tooth pulled with anesthesia (1846) Water Power 1st used to generate electricity (Wisconsin; 1882) Machine for Sticking Pins in Paper patented Jack the Ripper killed his 3rd and 4th victims (1888) British troops shot dead 2 joy-riding teenagers in Belfast (1990) Exile's Kiss You All Over reached No. 1 (1978) Stravinsky's Les Noces premiered Bull Tales, by G.B. Trudeau 1st appeared in Yale Daily (1968) USS Columbia set sail on 1st American circumnavigation of the earth (1787) Brigham Young ordered his followers to give up of their horses and wagons and push handcarts, causing many to die (1855) Munich Conference agreed to abandon Czecholsovakia to Nazi Germany in exchange for Germany's false promise not to seek more territory (1938) |
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