Holidays Calendar for September 14, 2025
San Jacinto Day is a Nicaraguan public holiday celebrated on September 14. It commemorates the Battle of San Jacinto which took place in 1856 during the Filibuster War.
On September 14, Western Christian churches celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, often referred to as the Feast of the Cross. It commemorates the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 355.
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachaverats) is one of the most important feasts in the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is typically observed on the Sunday closest to September 14.
World Atopic Eczema Day, also known as World Eczema Day, is observed annually on September 14 to raise awareness of a skin condition that affects millions of people around the globe and severely impacts their well-being and quality of life.
All Romanian engineers annually celebrate their professional holiday, known as Engineer's Day, on September 14. This holiday was officially established in 2000.
Tank Crewman's Day is one of the official professional days observed in Russia. It was established by a presidential decree in order to honor and appreciate the role of tank crews in the defense of the country and the role they played during World War II.
The second Sunday in September is Workers of Natural Gas and Petroleum Industry Day in Ukraine. This professional day was established by the first President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk in 1993.
Armored Troops Day, also known as Tank Troops Day, is a professional holiday in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Its roots can be traced back to the Soviet era, but the current date of the holiday, September 14, was officially adopted in 2023.
Road Workers Day in Tajikistan is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of September. It is one of the two official holidays that have to do with the most important mode of transport in the transport system of Tajikistan, the other one being Road Transport Workers’ Day.
Sustainable House Day is an annual event held across Australia in September. It typically falls on the second Sunday in September, although the date may vary. The event aims to educate a wide audience about energy efficiency and sustainable living.
Fjord Day (Fjordens Dag) is an annual nature-related observance held in Denmark on the second Sunday of September. It honors one of the most popular natural attractions of Scandinavia.
In India, Hindi Day is celebrated on September 14. It commemorates the day Hindi was adopted as the official language of the Dominion of India.
Latvia is adopting new traditions and holidays, that promote valuable cultural ideas. For instance, relatively recently Latvians started celebrating Father's Day, that annually falls on the second Sunday in September.
Turkmen Bakshy Day is celebrated in Turkmenistan on the second Sunday in September. This national festival is dedicated to bakshy, the folk performers of the peoples of Central Asia.
Education Sunday is an annual ecumenical event held by churches in the UK on the second Sunday in September. It is a nationwide day of prayer for everyone involved in any aspect of education, from school students to education employees.
Cochabamba Day in Bolivia is celebrated annually on September 14. This is a regional holiday marked in the Cochabamba Department to commemorate the revolution of 1810, which was an important event of the Bolivian war of independence.
The second Sunday in September is National Grandparents' Day in Canada. This holiday was recognized in 1995 after about 20 years of celebration in the U.S.
The second Sunday in September is Remembrance Day for Victims of Fascism. This day is observed in many countries around the world, by people, whose families or friends fell as victims of fascism during World War II.
September 14 is a holiday for all of your with a sweet tooth out there as it is the National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day. To celebrate this holiday, indulge yourself with this delicious pastry.
The origin of National Eat a Hoagie Day, celebrated annually on September 14, its unclear but it is safe to assume that this food day originated in or around Philadelphia, since this is where submarine sandwiches are called hoagies.
Karam (also known as Karma, Karam Puja or Karma Puja) is a traditional harvest festival celebrated by a number of ethnic groups living in the Indian states of Assam, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal. In Jharkhand, it even has the status of an official state holiday.
Nepal is the land of festivals and colorful events, that people enjoy very much. One of the most favorite non-religious events in Nepal is Children's Day, that's annually celebrated on September 14 (or September 15 in leap years).
Grandparents' Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, including in the Philippines. Annually this jolly holiday takes place on the second Sunday in September.
National Pet Memorial Day is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of September. It was created to honor the memory of pets who have passed and help their owners to grieve.
Grandparents' Day is a new holiday in Estonia. It's celebrated annually on the second Sunday in September since 2010. The holiday was established by the government of Estonia in order to strengthen relations between different generations within the families.
Family Day in Kazakhstan is celebrated annually on the second Sunday of September. It was initiated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The first celebration of Family Day was held in 2013.
Festivals on September 14, 2025
- Wedding Expos Australia in Adelaide, Australia
- Truckfest in Knutsford, United Kingdom
- International Motor Show Germany (IAA Mobility / Transportation) in Munich, Germany
This Day in History
- 2009 Died: Patrick Swayze, American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter best known for his roles in Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break, and Donnie Darko.
- 2008 Aeroflot Flight 821 crashed into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport in Russia, killing all 88 people on board.
- 2005 Died: Robert Wise, American filmmaker who won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for West Side Story and The Sound of Music.
- 2000 Microsoft launched Windows Millennium Edition, also known as Windows ME. This release had a short shelf life of just over a year.
- 1987 Born: Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress. She is probably best known for playing Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey.
- 1984 Retired U.S. Air Force pilot Joseph Kittinger began his solo Atlantic crossing in a gas balloon. He was the first to complete such a crossing.
- 1983 Born: Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter known for her eclectic mix of musical genres and deep vocals. She died at the age of 27.
- 1982 Died: Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco. She met Prince Rainier III at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival and married him in 1956.
- 1975 Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. She was canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1973 Born: Andrew Lincoln, English actor known for his roles as Mark in Love Actually and Rick Grimes on the AMC post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead.
- 1971 Born: Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress best known for her roles in Father of the Bride, The 10th Kingdom, According to Jim, and Nashville.
- 1960 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was established in Baghdad, Iraq. As of 2024, it had a total of 12 member states.
- 1959 Born: Morten Harket, Norwegian musician and singer-songwriter, primarily known as the lead singer of the synthpop/rock band A-ha.
- 1954 The Soviet army undertook a nuclear exercise in Totskoye range in order to explore defensive and offensive warfare during nuclear war.
- 1947 Born: Sam Neill, New Zealand actor. Considered an "international leading man", he has been regarded as one of the most versatile actors of his generation.
- 1939 Igor Sikorsky's single-engine helicopter Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 made its first flight. It was flown by Sikorsky himself, tethered by cables.
- 1937 Died: Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czechoslovak politician, sociologist, and philosopher who served as the first President of Czechoslovakia.
- 1936 Born: Walter Koenig, American actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Pavel Chekov in Star Trek: The Original Series and subsequent films.
- 1936 Born: Ferid Murad, American pharmacologist and physician who was co-awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- 1927 Died: Isadora Duncan, American dancer and choreographer who had to leave the United States due to her pro-Soviet sympathies.
- 1920 Born: Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician. He is regarded as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th century.
- 1920 Born: Lawrence Klein, American economist who won the 1980 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for the creation of econometric models.
- 1915 Born: John Dobson, American amateur astronomer who designed the Dobsonian telescope, a type of the Newtonian telescope.
- 1901 Died: William McKinley, American politician who served as the 25th President of the US. He was assassinated during his second term.
- 1879 Born: Margaret Sanger, American nurse, sex educator, and birth control activist, known for opening the first birth control clinic in the United States.
- 1864 Born: Robert Cecil, British lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was awarded the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the League of Nations.
- 1852 Died: Augustus Pugin, English architect, designer, artist, and citric who created the interior design for the Palace of Westminster.
- 1851 Died: James Fenimore Cooper, American author of historical fiction whose best known work is his Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans.
- 1829 Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Adrianople, also known as the Treaty of Edirne, that ended the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte's troops entered Moscow following the Battle of Borodino. The fire that broke out that day destroyed most of the city.
- 1769 Born: Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist, geographer, and explorer, best known for his contributions to botanical geography.
- 1712 Died: Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian mathematician, engineer, astronomer, and astrologist. He discovered four satellites of Saturn.
- 1638 Died: John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist who contributed to the foundation of the college that was named after him.
- 786 Harun al-Rashid became the fifth Abbasid Caliph following the death of his brother Al-Hadi. He ruled during the peak of the Islamic Golden Age.