Holidays Calendar for September 5, 2026
Mother Teresa Day is a public and national holiday in Albania. It is celebrated on September 5 each year to commemorate Mother Teresa’s death anniversary, as well as her canonization by Pope Francis in 2016.
World Beard Day is an annual celebration held on the first Saturday in September. The exact origins of the holiday are unclear, but that does not prevent bearded communities throughout the world from celebrating it by organizing numerous festive events.
World Samosa Day is celebrated annually on September 5. The holiday was created to celebrate a delicious pastry that is a popular appetizer, snack or main dish in many Asian cuisines, as well as in East Africa.
World Spinal Cord Injury Day, also known as World SCI Day, is observed annually on September 5. It was created to raise awareness of the challenges that people with spinal cord injuries face and promote a more accessible world.
International Vulture Awareness Day, sometimes referred to as International Turkey Vulture Day, is observed annually on the first Saturday in September. It was created to raise awareness of the ecological role of vultures and their conservation status.
Egyptian Engineering Day is a special day of all young engineers and one of the main programs of Young Professionals in Egypt. This is an annual two-day event, that is organized as an expo for engineering graduation projects.
National Teachers’ Day is celebrated in many countries as a special holiday dedicated to honoring teachers for their contributions. The date of the holiday varies from country to country. For example, Teachers’ Day in India is celebrated on September 5 to commemorate Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, a renowned Indian philosopher and statesman.
On the first Saturday of September, we celebrate a holiday dedicated to small birds with a big attitude. National Hummingbird Day was created to raise awareness of the smallest birds in the world.
The Day of Languages of the Peoples of Kazakhstan is observed annually on September 5. It was established in 1998 by a Presidential Decree to celebrate all the languages spoken in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Its date commemorates the birthday of Akhmet Baitursynov, a famed Kazakh intellectual and educator.
Denmark has a number of official flag flying days, when all public institutions must fly the national flag. They include national days, religious holidays, birthdays in the Royal Family, and military flag-flying days. For example, on September 5, the national flag of Denmark is flown in honor of all deployed Danish soldiers.
September 5 is the National Cheese Pizza Day. It is the perfect occasion to indulge yourself with a slice or two of delicious cheese pizza.
Be Late for Something Day is an informal observance celebrated on September 5. On this day, you can stop rushing everywhere, forget about punctuality and be fashionably late for anything and everything.
International Bacon Day is a special holiday for all people who love bacon and dishes with it. Celebrated on the Saturday before Labor Day every year, this is one of the most popular unofficial holidays in the United States.
National Cellulite Day is observed annually on September 5. It was created to dispel the stigma surrounding cellulite and encourage women to embrace their bodies with all their perceived imperfections.
International Day of Charity is an official United Nations observance held on September 5 every year. It was declared by the UN General Assembly in 2012 to commemorate the death anniversary of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity.
In addition to international holidays celebrated by Scouts and Guides around the world (for example, Founders’ Day, World Thinking Day, World Scout Day, and World Scout Scarf Day), national Scout organizations in different countries have their own observances. For example, Scouts’ Day in Argentina is celebrated on September 5.
This Day in History
- 2022 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan province, China, killing 93 people and damaging or destroying more than 13,000 homes and other infrastructure.
- 2021 Died: Sarah Harding, English singer, model and actress best known as a member of the girl group Girls Aloud. She succumbed to breast cancer at the age of 39.
- 1998 Died: Verner Panton, Danish furniture and interior designer. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant and exotic colors.
- 1997 Died: Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. He was awarded the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize and canonized by the Catholic Church in 2016.
- 1996 Hurricane Fran made landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina, USA. The hurricane killed 27 people and caused over $3 billion damage.
- 1991 Born: Skandar Keynes, English political adviser and former actor, best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series.
- 1990 Born: Yuna Kim, South Korean retired competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medalist, and a two-time World champion.
- 1989 Born: Kat Graham, American actress, singer, dancer, and activist. She is known for playing Bonnie Bennett on The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries.
- 1988 Born: Emmy Raver-Lampman, American actress and singer. She is known for her musical theater performances and for playing Allison Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy.
- 1986 Pan Am Flight 73 with 358 people on board was hijacked at Karachi International Airport by four armed Palestinian men of the Abu Nidal Organization.
- 1984 Died: Indonesian politician, diplomat, and journalist, who served as the third vice president of Indonesia from 1978 until 1983. He was one of the pioneers of Indonesian journalism.
- 1980 The longest highway tunnel in the world, the Gotthard Road Tunnel, opened in Switzerland. It runs from Göschenen to Airolo for 10.14 miles (16.32 km).
- 1976 Born: Carice van Houten, Dutch actress and singer, best known for roles as Rachel Stein in the film Black Book and as Melisandre on the HBO series Game of Thrones.
- 1975 Lynette Fromme attempted to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and was released on parole after serving 34 years.
- 1973 Born: Rose McGowan, American actress and activist best known for playing Paige Matthews in Charmed. She also appeared in the films Scream, The Black Dahlia, Grindhouse, and others.
- 1972 A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacked and took hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. Two hostages died in the attack and nine others were murdered the following day.
- 1951 Born: Michael Keaton, American actor. His most notable film credits include Beetlejuice, Batman, Batman Returns, Birdman, The Trial of Chicago 7, Spider Man: Homecoming, and more.
- 1946 Born: Freddie Mercury, British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead vocalist and pianist of the rock band Queen. He is regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music.
- 1944 Exiled representatives of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the London Customs Convention, establishing the Benelux Customs Union.
- 1921 American model and silent film actress Virginia Rappe allegedly suffered a trauma during a party in Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's suite at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco. She died on September 9.
- 1906 Died: Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher, remembered for the development of statistical mechanics and the statistical explanation of the second law of thermodynamics.
- 1905 The Russian and Japanese delegations signed the Treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire, United States. It was mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and officially ended the Russo-Japanese War.
- 1888 Born: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian politician, philosopher and statesman who served as the second president of India from 1962 to 1967. He was awarded several high awards during his life, including a knighthood in 1931.
- 1887 186 people were killed in a fire that broke out at Theater Royal in Exeter, England.
- 1877 Died: Crazy Horse, Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota people. He fought against the federal government to protect the territories and preserve the traditional way of life of his people.
- 1876 Died: Manuel Blanco Encalada, Chilean vice-admiral and politician, the first President of Chile. Since he was the head of provisional government, his presidency lasted for just two months in 1826, from July 9 to September 9.
- 1857 Died: Auguste Comte, French philosopher, mathematician and writer who formulated the doctrine of positivism. His ideas were fundamental to the development of sociology.
- 1849 Born: Jack Daniel, American businessman and distiller, the founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman Corporation since 1956.
- 1812 Born: John Cage, American composer and music theorist. He was a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments.
- 1803 Died: Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French novelist, official, Freemason and army general, best known for writing the epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons).
- 1791 Born: Giacomo Meyerbeer, German opera composer whose notable works include Il crociato in Egitto, Robert le diable, Les Huguenots, Le prophète, L'Africaine, and many more.
- 1666 The Great Fire of London ended. It lasted for three days and destroyed over 10,000 buildings. The death toll is generally thought to have been relatively small, although some historians have challenged this belief.
- 1638 Born: Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great and the Sun King, King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
- 1629 Died: Domenico Allegri, Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School. He is mainly famous for being one of the first to include specific instrumental accompaniments to sacred vocal music on a small scale.
- 1568 Born: Tommaso Campanella, Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet. His most famous work is The City of the Sun, an important early utopia.
- 1548 Died: Catherine Parr, Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage in 1543 until Henry's death in 1547.