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K I D S
P A G E

“September days are here, with summer's best of weather and autumn's best of cheer.”
~Helen Hunt Jackson~

Knowledge House Guide to
HOLIDAYS & SPECIAL DAYS

September is...

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Childhood Cancer Month
Children's Good Manners Month
Constitution Week
Ethnic Foods Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Library Card Sign-up Month
School Success Month
Mushroom Month
National Beach Clean-up Month
National Five-a-Day Month
National Rice Month
National Chicken Month
National Honey Month
National Literacy Month
National Piano Month
Sewing Month
Women of Achievement Month
Classical Music Month
Banned Books Week*
Deaf Awareness Week*
Rosh Hashanah*
Yom Kippur*
(10 days after Rosh Hashanah)
Labor Day*
(first Monday in September)
Public Lands Cleanup Day*
(Saturday after Labor Day)
National Grandparents Day*
(First Sunday after Labor Day)
POW-MIA Recognition Day*
(Third Friday in September)
Software Freedom Day*
(Third Saturday in September)
National Hunting & Fishing Day*
(Fourth Saturday in September)
National Good Neighbor Day*
(Fourth Sunday in September)
Oktoberfest*
(two weeks through first October Sunday)

SEPTEMBER CALENDAR
1 Edgar Rice Burroughs' Birthday (1875) Titanic Wreck Discovered (1985)
2 Marathon Day (490 BC) Great Fire of London (1666) U.S. Treasury Established (1789) Vietnam Independence Day (1945)
3 Treaty of Paris Ends American Revolution (1783) Frederick Douglass Escapes to Freedom Day (1838)
4 Newspaper Carrier Day Los Angeles Founded (1781) First Electric Lighting in Manhattan NY (1882) Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Died (2006)
5 National Cheese Pizza Day
6 Read a Book Day
7 "Neither Snow Nor Rain Day"
8 International Literacy Day Northern Pacific Railroad Completed (1883) "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Published (1900)
9 Teddy Bear Day
10 Belize Day
11 Terrorists Attack World Trade Center and Pentagon (2001) Patriot Day
12 Fort McHenry Defenders Day
13 International Chocolate Day Positive Thinking Day
14 First Solo Transatlantic Balloon Flight (1984)
15 Respect for the Aged Day (Japan)
16 Pilgrims left Plymouth England on the Mayflower (1620) Mexican Independence Day - official start date of the Mexican Revolution (1910) and the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico National Stepfamily Day Rock Collecting Day
17 U.S. Constitution Anniversary (1787) Citizenship Day
18 U.S. Air Force Established (1947) Play-Doh Day National Chocolate Day
19 Talk Like a Pirate Day
20 Orville Wright Made First Complete Circle in an Airplane (1904)
21 Autumnal Equinox
22 Elephant Appreciation Day President Lincoln Issued Emancipation Proclamation (1862) First Ice Cream Cone (1903)
23 William McGuffey's Birthday (1800)
24 National Punctuation Day National Dog Week*
25 National Comic Book Day First U.S. Newspaper (1690) Sandra Day O'Connor Sworn in as First Female Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1981)
26 Birthday of John Chapman a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed (1774) First Televised Presidential Debate (1960) Local History Day See You at the Pole National Pancake Day
27 National Chocolate Milk Day Ancestor Appreciation Day
28 Ask a Stupid Question Day (The default date is September 28, but it is often observed on the last school day of September.)
29 Michaelmas
30 Babe Ruth Hits Home Run Record (1927)
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*These dates change from year to year; check current calendar.
(National Days are American holidays unless stated otherwise.)

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