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2009 September

Month-Long Observances

Baby Safety Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Cable TV Month
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Children’s Good Manners Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Ethnic Foods Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Gynecology Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
International Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month
International People Skills Month
International Self Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Jazz Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Marriage Health Month
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Apple Month
National Backpack Safety Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Chicken Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Honey Month
National Little League Month
National Menopause Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Preparedness Month
National Rice Month
National School Success Month
National Sewing Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
One-on-One Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Read-A-New-Book Month
Reunion Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self-Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
Update Your Resume Month
Women of Achievement Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
 
WEEK-LONG OBSERVANCES
 
1st Week

Child Injury Prevention Week
International Enthusiasm Week
Self University Week
 
2nd Week
 
International Housekeepers Week
National Assisted Living Week
National Payroll Week
National Suicide Prevention Week
National Waffle Week

3rd Week

Balance Awareness Week
Constitution Week
Line Dance Week
National Child Care Week
National Farm Animals Awareness Week
National Flower Week
National Singles Week
Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week

4th Week

American Massage Therapy Week
Build a Better Image Week
Deaf Awareness Week
Equal Parents’ Week
JRR Tolkien Week
National Adult Immunization Week
National Clean Hands Week
National Dog Week
National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week
National Keep Kids Creative Week
National Love Your Files Week
National Roller Skating Week
National Singles Week
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week

5th Week

Banned Books Week
National Chimney Safety Week
Remember to Register to Vote Week
 
 
September 1st
 
Calendar Adjustment Day
Edgar Rice Borrough’s Birthday (1875)
Estee Lauder’s Birthday (1908)
Mary Had a Little Lamb Published (1830)
 

September 2nd
 

First ATM (1969)
Great Fire of London (1666)
National Beheading Day
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
US Treasury Established (1789)
V-J Day

 

September 3rd
 

 

Bathtub Race Day
First Professional Football Game (1895)
Great Fire of London (1666)
Skyscraper Day
Treaty of Paris Signed (1783)
Waffle Day
Uncle Sam’s Birthday (Uncle Sam’s image was first used on this day in 1813.)
 

 

September 4th

 

Great Fire of London (1666)
Harvest Moon
Island of Manhattan Discovered (1609)
Newspaper Carrier Day
Oatmeal Day
Paul Harvey’s Birthday (1918)
Peter Rabbit’s Birthday (1893)
Syd Hoff’s Birthday (1912)
 

 

September 5th

 

Be Late for Something Day
Bob Newhart’s Birthday (1929)
Cathy Guisewite’s Birthday (1960)
1st Continental Congress Assembled (1774)
Great Fire of London (1666)
National Cheese Pizza Day
 

 

September 6th

 

Do-It Day (Fight Procrastination)
Great Fire of London (1666)
Jane Curtain’s Birthday (1947)
Read a Book Day
Salami Day
 

 

September 7th

 

Al McGuire’s Birthday (1931)
Ann Beattie’s Birthday (1947)
Chrissie Hynde’s Birthday (1951)
Grandma Moses Day
International Angel Day
Julie Kavner’s Birthday (1951)
Labor Day
National Feel the Love Day
National Grandparents Day (First Sunday after Labor Day in September)
Neither Rain Nor Snow Day
Queen Elizabeth I’s Birthday (1533)

 

September 8th

 

Another Look Unlimited Day
Antonia Dvorak’s Birthday (1841)
Bald is Beautiful Day
International Literacy Day
King Richard I’s Birthday (1157)
Pardon Day
Potato Day
Prairie Day
World Physical Therapy Day

 

September 9th

 

Hugh Grant’s Birthday (1960)
Leo Tolstoy’s Birthday (1828)
Teddy Bear Day
United Colonies renamed United States (1776)
Wonderful Weirdos Day

 

September 10th

 

Karl Lagerfeld’s Birthday (1938)
Sewing Machine Patented (1846)
Swap Ideas Day
T.V. Dinner Day
World Suicide Prevention Day

 

September 11th

 

Creation of the Internet (1969)
D.H. Lawrence’s Birthday (1885)
Harry Connick’s Birthday (1967)
Make Your Bed Day
No News is Good News Day
O Henry’s Birthday (1862)
Patriot Day – World Trade Center Remembrance Day
Remember Freedom Day

 

September 12th

 

Alfred A. Knopf’s Birthday (1892)
International Suicide Day
Maurice Chevalier’s Birthday (1888)
Mushroom Days
National Chocolate Milk Shake Day
Popcorn Day
Video Games Day

 

September 13th

 

Defy Supestition Day
Else Minarik’s Birthday (1920)
Fortune Cookie Day
International Chocolate Day
Milton Hershey’s Birthday (1857)
National Celiac Awareness Day
National Grandparent’s Day
National Peanut Day
National Pet Memorial Day
National Urban Eden Day
Positive Thinking Day
Roald Dahl’s Birthday (1916)
Scooby Doo’s Birthday (First cartoon debuted)
Stella McCartney’s Birthday (1971)
Uncle Same Day
Walter Reed’s Birthday (1851)

 

September 14th

 

Clayton Moore’s Birthday (1914)
First Department Store Opens (Opened in 1848 by Alexander Stewart)
National Boss/Employee Exchange Day
National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
Star-Spangled Banner written (1814)

 

September 15th

 

Agatha Christie’s Birthday (1890)
America’s Day for Kids
International Eat-An-Apple Day
James Fenimore Cooper’s Birthday (1789)
Make A Hat Day
National Hispanic Heritage Month (Begins September 15 and ends October 15)
Penicillin discovered by Alexander Fleming (1928)
Responsible Dog Ownership Day
Robert McCloskey’s Birthday (1914)
Tomie de Paola’s Birthday (1934)
Tommy Lee Jones’ Birthday (1946)
Wife Appreciation Day

 

September 16th

 

Anne Bradstreet Day
Collect Rocks Day
H.A. Rey’s Birthday (1898)
John Knowles’ Birthday (1926)
Mayflower Day
National Play-Doh Day
National Stepfamily Day
National Working Parents Day
Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day
Trail of Tears Commemoration Day
Women’s Friendship Day

 

September 17th

 

Citizenship Day/Constitution Day
Ladies Auxiliary VFW Organized (1914)
National Apple Dumpling Day
National Women Road Warrior Day
Pledge Across America Day

 

September 18th

 

Agnes de Mille’s Birthday (1905)
Air Force Birthday (1947)
Chiropractor’s Day
First Edition of the New York Times Published (1851)
James Gandolfini’s Birthday (1961)
June Foray’s Birthday (1920)
Mushroom Picking Day
National Cheeseburger Day
National POW/MIA Recognition Day
National Respect Day

 

September 19th

 

Big Whopper Liar Day
Boys and Girls Club for Kids
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
Oktoberfest Begins

 

September 20th

 

America’s Day for Kids
Carter Osterhouse’s Birthday (1976)
First Railroad Station Opened
International Eat an Apple Day
National Punch Day
National Women’s Friendship Day
Responsible Dog Ownership Day
Rosh Hashanah
Sophia Loren’s Birthday (1934)
Upton Sinclair’s Birthday (1878)
Wife Appreciation Day

 

September 21st

 

H.G. Wells’ Birthday (1866)
International Day of Peace
Miniature Golf Day
National Women Road Warrior Day
Tiffany’s Founded (1837)
Women’s Friendship Day
World Alzheimer’s Day
World Gratitude Day

 

September 22nd

 

American Business Women’s Day
Andrea Bocelli’s Birthday (1958)
Autumn Equinox
Band-Aid Invented (1920)
Dear Diary Day
Elephant Appreciation Day
Hobbit Day
Ice Cream Cone invented (1903)
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National White Chocolate Day
R.E.A.D. in America Day
U.S. Post Office Opened (1789)

 

September 23rd

 

Bruce Springsteen’s Birthday (1949)
Dog in Politics Day
Checkers Day
Euripedes’ Birthday (480 BC)
Good Neighbor Day
Great American Pot Pie Day
Ray Charles’ Birthday (1930)

 

September 24th

 

Beer Days
First Toy Store Opened
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Birthday (1896)
Jim Henson’s Birthday (1936)
National Cherries Jubilee Day
National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
National Bluebird of Happiness Day
National Punctuation Day

 

September 25th

 

Aida Turturro’s Birthday (1962)
Hug a Vegetarian Day
Love Note Day
Mary Poppins Debuted in 1964
National Comic Book Day
National One-Hit Wonder Day
Native American Day
Shel Silverstein’s Birthday (1930)
William Faulkner’s Birthday (1897)
World Maritime Day

 

September 26th

 

Dog Scouts of America Day
George Gershwin’s Birthday (1898)
Ivan Pavlov’s Birthday (1849)
Jane Smiley’s Birthday (1949)
Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday (John Chapman born in 1774.)
National Family Health & Fitness Day
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
Shamu the Whale Day
T.S. Eliot’s Birthday (1888)

 

September 27th

 

Ancestor Appreciation Day
Answering Machine Patented (1950)
Crush A Can Day
Gold Star Mother’s Day
World Tourism Day

 

September 28th

 

Ask a Stupid Question Day
Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival (Also called the Moon Festival)
Ed Sullivan’s Birthday (1901)
Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children
First Airport Opened
Fish Tank Floorshow Night
Michelangelo’s Birthday (1573)
National Good Neighbor Day
World Maritime Day
Yom Kippur

 

September 29th

 

Confucius Day
Feast of Michelmas
Miguel de Cervantes’ Birthday (1547)
National Attend Your Grandchild’s Birthday Day
Scotland Yard formed in London (1829)
U.S. Army Established (1789)
VFW Day

 

September 30th

 

Fran Drescher’s Birthday (1957)
Gold Star Mother’s Day
National Mud Pack Day
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day
Safety Pin Invented
Truman Capote‘s Birthday (1924)