Holidays Calendar for September 1, 2020
Constitution Day is a public holiday in Slovakia. This holiday celebrates the day, when Slovakia adopted constitution in Bratislava on September 1, 1992.
People of State of Eritrea annually celebrate Revolution Day on September 1. This public holiday commemorates the day, when the Eritrean Liberation Front led the revolution, that marked the beginning of the Eritrean War of Independence.
The Republic of Uzbekistan, as other former Soviet countries, celebrates its Independence Day. This holiday annually falls on September 1.
International Observances →
Armenia,
Belarus,
Kazakhstan,
Russia,
Ukraine,
Moldova,
Turkmenistan
Knowledge Day
Knowledge Day is an iconic cultural holiday in many post-Soviet countries. This holiday is observed on September 1, marking the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year.
September 1 is the perfect day to pick up a pen and paper and write a letter to someone because it is World Letter Writing Day. The holiday was created to keep the art of letter writing alive in our digital age.
International Primate Day is celebrated annually on September 1. It was created to raise awareness of the world’s primates, support primate conservation efforts, and end the use of primates in research.
Journalist Day is annually observed in Taiwan on September 1. This isn't one of the public holidays in China, that is why it is not widely celebrated in the Republic of China. However, the holiday is widespread among local journalists.
Trade Union Action for Peace Day, sometimes shortened to Trade Union Day, is an official holiday celebrated by Tajikistani trade unions annually on September 1. It was created to highlight the important role of trade unions in maintaining good employer-employee relationships and protecting the rights of employees.
Arbor Day in Peru is celebrated on September 1. This special day was established to raise awareness of the important of trees for the ecosystem and to promote the need to plant trees in order to contribute to reforestation.
People of Honduras annually observe Flag Day on September 1. This holiday opens celebration of independence month.
Since 1960 people of Japan annually observe Disaster Prevention Day on September 1. This observance commemorates the anniversary of the Great Kantō earthquake, that struck the Japanese main island of Honshu on September 1, 1923. Every year schools across Japan take a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the earthquake.
Veterans Day is a Polish statutory holiday celebrated on September 1. It is normally a working day unless falling on a weekend. It is marked with remembrance ceremonies held throughout the country.
Wattle Day is a popular Australian holiday celebrated on September 1, which is the first day of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. This is a time when several wattle (acacia) species are in bloom and many people wear a sprig of wattle to celebrate the beginning of spring and as a sign of patriotism.
Baguio City Day (Araw ng Lungsod ng Baguio) is a special non-working holiday in Baguio, Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines, It is celebrated annually on September 1 to commemorate the day when Baguio was converted from a municipality to a city.
Jasaan Day (Araw ng Jasaan) is a special non-working holiday in the Philippine municipality of Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. It is celebrated annually on September 1 to commemorate Jasaan’s founding anniversary.
Gregorio L. Aglipay Day (Paggunita sa Kamatayan ni Obispo Gregorio L. Aglipay) is a special non-working holiday in the Philippine city of Batac. It is celebrated on September 1 to commemorate the death anniversary of the first head of the Philippine Independent Church.
September 1 is the National Cherry Popover Day. Popovers are the American variation of Yorkshire pudding. They are light, hollow rolls made from an egg batter. Popovers are baked in special popover pans or in muffin tins.
Acne is a very common skin condition that affects over half a billion people worldwide. National Acne Positivity Day, observed annually on September 1, was created to highlight the commonality of acne, combat the associated stigma, and empower people with acne.
Cap Classique Day, sometimes referred to as International Cap Classique Day, is celebrated by South African winemakers every September 1. It was created to promote South African sparkling wines produced using the traditional method.
Festivals on September 1, 2020
- Nigeria International Book Fair in Lagos, Nigeria
- Apollonia Festival of Arts in Sozopol, Bulgaria
- Manifesta (European Nomadic Biennial) in Marseille, France
- Imagine Film Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Chorus Inside International in Rovinj, Croatia
- Onam Festival in Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram, India
- Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada
- Paris Jazz Festival in Paris, France
- Bienal de Flamenco in Seville, Spain
- International Istanbul Film Festival in Istanbul, Turkey
- Chartres en lumières (Chartres in Lights) in Chartres, France
- World Amigurumi Exhibition in New York, USA
This Day in History
- 2020 Died: Erick Morillo, Colombian disc jockey, music producer, and record label owner, best known for the 1993 hit "I Like to Move It", which he produced under the pseudonym Reel 2 Real.
- 2013 Died: Zvonko Bušić, Croatian emigrant, who was one of the hijackers of TWA Flight 355 in September 1976. He spent 32 years in prison.
- 2008 Died: Jerry Reed, American country music singer, songwriter, musician and actor whose prolific career spanned over five decades.
- 2008 Died: Don LaFontaine, American voice actor who recorded thousands of television advertisements and over 5,000 movie trailers.
- 2004 A group of armed Islamic separatist militants occupied School No 1 in the town of Beslan, North Ossetia, taking over 1,100 people hostage.
- 1996 Born: Zendaya, American actress and singer. She is known for her roles in the MCU Spider-Man films, Euphoria, Challengers, the Dune films, and other movies and shows.
- 1989 Born: Bill and Tom Kaulitz, German musicians best known as the founding members of the pop rock band Tokio Hotel created in 2001.
- 1988 Died: Luis Walter Alvarez, American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor who was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics.
- 1985 A Franco-American expedition led by Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the RMS Titanic 370 miles south-southeast of Newfoundland.
- 1983 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island in the Sea of Japan. All 269 people on board died.
- 1981 Died: Albert Speer, German architect who served as Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich during World War II.
- 1980 Canadian cancer research activist Terry Fox was forced to end his cross-Canada Marathon of Hope due to the spread of his cancer.
- 1980 Born: Lara Pulver, English actress of stage and screen best known for her role as Irene Adler in the British television crime drama Sherlock.
- 1979 The American robotic space probe Pioneer 11 (also known as Pioneer G) ,launched in 1973, became the first spacecraft to fly past Saturn.
- 1970 Died: François Mauriac, French novelist, dramatist, poet, critic, and journalist who was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1970 Born: Padma Lakshmi, Indian-born American actress, former model, cookbook author, and host of the American reality TV show Top Chef.
- 1969 King Idris I of Libya was overthrown by a group of army officers led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. The Kingdom of Libya ceased to exist.
- 1967 Died: Ilse Koch (née Köhler), the wife of Karl-Otto Koch, commandant of the Nazi concentration camps Buchenwald and Majdanek.
- 1961 The Eritrean War for Independence began when a group of Eritrean rebels led by Hamid Idris Awat attacked Ethiopian police posts.
- 1957 Born: Gloria Estefan, Cuban American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She is one of the world's best-selling music artists of all time.
- 1953 Died: Jacques Thibaud, French violinist who co-established the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Competition in 1943.
- 1952 Ernest Hemingway's famous novel The Old Man and the Sea was first published. In 1953, the novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
- 1946 Born: Barry Gibb, British musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the co-founder of the pop music group Bee Gees.
- 1939 The Second World War began when Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany.
- 1939 Born: Lily Tomlin, American actress, stand-up comedian, producer, and writer who has been a major force in American comedy for decades.
- 1935 Born: Seiji Ozawa, outstanding Japanese conductor who was the music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1973 to 2002.
- 1902 The world's first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune), was released in Paris. It was directed by Georges Méliès.
- 1877 Born: Francis William Aston, British chemist and physicist who was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of isotopes.
- 1875 Born: Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist best known for his Tarzan series that comprise over 25 novels, although he wrote in many genres.
- 1715 Died: Louis XIV of France, also known as the Sun King or Louis the Great, King of France who ruled for 72 years and 110 days, from 1643 until his death.
- 1678 Died: Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish Baroque painter, the son of Jan Brueghel the Elder. His best works are his landscapes.
- 1653 Born: Johann Pachelbel, German composer, organist and teacher who is credited with bringing the south German organ tradition to its peak.