Holidays Calendar for September 19, 2020
In Chile, Army Day is celebrated as a public holiday on September 19. Its Spanish name is Día de las Glorias del Ejército, which literally means Day of the Glories of the Army. Army Day is considered part of the two-day celebration known as the Fiestas Patrias.
Independence Day in Saint Kitts and Nevis is celebrated on September 19. This public holiday marks the country’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1983.
Constitution Day is a public holiday in Nepal celebrated on September 19 every year. It commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 2015 Constitution of Nepal that officially consolidated the country’s transition from a constitutional monarchy to a federal republic.
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year celebrated on the first and second day of Tishrei, the first month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar. It usually falls occurs in September or October in terms of the Georgian calendar.
Aortic Dissection Awareness Day is observed annually on September 19. It was created to raise awareness of a relatively rare condition that is difficult to diagnose and can be fatal when diagnosed too late in an emergency situation.
Software Freedom Day is one of the worldwide celebrations held by Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF), an NPO that focuses on promoting free software, open hardware, and access to knowledge via technology. It is observed on the third Saturday in September.
World Marrow Donor Day is observed annually on the third Saturday of September. It was created to celebrate all hematopoietic stem cell donors across the world, as well as to raise awareness of the importance of bone marrow transplant for saving patients’ lives.
International Red Panda Day is observed annually on the third Saturday of September. It celebrates one of the cutest animals on the planet that desperately needs our protection; red pandas are endangered in all countries where they occur.
Arms Designer Day is a professional holiday celebrated in Russia on September 19. It was officially established in 2011. The first celebration was held on September 19, 2012.
Civil Aviation Day, also known as Day of Civil Aviation Employees, is an official professional holiday in the Republic of Moldova. It was established in 1994 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's civil aviation.
Day of Inventors and Innovators, also known as Inventor's Day, is celebrated in Ukraine on the third Saturday in September. This professional holiday was officially established in 1994.
Pharmaceutical Worker's Day is an official professional holiday in Ukraine celebrated on the third Saturday in September. It was established in 1999 and has been celebrated each year ever since.
Surgeons in Russia, Ukraine and some other countries celebrate their professional holiday on the third Saturday of September. Although Surgeon Day hasn’t been recognized officially yet, more and more surgeons join the celebration every year.
Puppy Mill Awareness Day, also referred to as National Puppy Mill Awareness Day, is observed annually on the third Saturday of September. It was created to raise awareness of the horrible conditions at puppy mills and put an end to commercial puppy breeding.
National Cleanup Day is an annual observance held on the third Saturday of September. Its main goal is to raise awareness of the importance of litter reduction in the outdoors and to encourage people to clean up parks, trails, beaches, mountains and open spaces throughout the United States.
Thai Museum Day is a national observance in Thailand celebrated on September 19. It was officially established in 1995 to commemorate the foundation anniversary of the Bangkok National Museum.
National Dance Day in the United States is held on the third Saturday of September. This annual observance was created by Nigel Lythgoe, the co-creator and producer of the television dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance.
Von Steuben Day is considered to be one of the major German-American events in the United States. It is celebrated in many cities across the country on a weekend in mid-September. The largest parade is held on the third Saturday of September in New York.
National Gymnastics Day was created in honor of one world’s oldest sports: the roots of modern gymnastics can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is celebrated annually on the third Saturday of September.
Anniversaries and Memorial Days →
Slovakia
Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council
In Slovakia, September 19 is observed as Day of the First Public Appearance of the Slovak National Council. It is one of Slovakia's official remembrance days. Just like the rest of remembrance days, it is a working day.
September 19 is the National Butterscotch Pudding Day. This food related holiday is dedicated to a rich and creamy dessert.
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLPD) is a parodic holiday celebrated on September 19. It was created by Mark Summers and John Baur in 1995 and drew international attention in 2002 thanks to the columnist Dave Barry.
Emoticons have become an indispensable part of online communication, because they help us express our mood or feelings when the other person can’t see our facial expression or hear our voice. Some people even celebrate the smiley face emoticon’s birthday, which falls on September 19.
Juice Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated in Russia on the third Saturday in September. Its main goal is to promote fruit and vegetable juices as a tasty and healthy beverage, as well as an important source of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in the human diet.
On the third Saturday in September, comic book fans across the world celebrate Batman Day. It is an annual even dedicated to one of the most famous and popular comic book characters, whose history goes back more than eight decades.
Usher Syndrome Awareness Day is observed annually on the third Saturday of September. It was created to raise awareness of a rare genetic disease that is the most common genetic cause of combined blindness and deafness.
Festivals on September 19, 2020
- St. Louis Renaissance Festival in Wentzville, USA
- Royal Medieval Faire in Waterloo (ON), Canada
- GogolFest in Fastiv, Ukraine
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Australia
- NATO Days in Ostrava & Czech Air Force Days in Ostrava, Czech Republic
- Kyiv Half Marathon in Kyiv, Ukraine
- International Moscow Tattoo Convention in Moscow, Russia
- Bloody Scotland in Stirling, United Kingdom
- Harvest Moon Festival in Clearwater, Canada
- San Sebastian International Film Festival in San Sebastian, Spain
- Warsaw Autumn Music Festival in Warsaw, Poland
- Egremont Crab Fair in Egremont, United Kingdom
- Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival in Strasbourg, France
- Atlanta Film Festival in Atlanta, USA
- Züri-Wiesn (Swiss Oktoberfest) in Zürich, Switzerland
This Day in History
- 2022 The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was held. It was the first state funeral held in the United Kingdom since Winston Churchill's in 1965.
- 2021 Tajogaite Volcano in the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge, comprising the southern half of the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, began to erupt. The eruption lasted until December 13.
- 2014 Died: Audrey Long, American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- 2013 Died: Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman who was the third president of Nintendo. He transformed Nintendo from a small card-making company to a multibillion-dollar video game publisher.
- 2010 The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was sealed. The spill began on April 20, 2010 and was capped only on July 15.
- 2002 Died: Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician who was the military ruler of Côte d'Ivoire from December 1999 to October 2000. He was killed on the first day of the First Ivorian Civil War.
- 1991 German tourists discovered Ötzi the Iceman, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC, at the Austria–Italy border.
- 1989 A bomb destroyed UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing all 170 passengers and crew.
- 1987 Born: Danielle Panabaker, American actress. She is best known for her role as Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost / Frost / Khione in the CW television series The Flash.
- 1987 Died: Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965, with a total of 16 years in office.
- 1985 Mexico City was struck by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0. It caused the deaths of at least 5,000 people and destroyed about 400 buildings.
- 1984 Born: Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Josh Framm in the Air Bud film series, Toby Osbourne in Transamerica, and others.
- 1976 Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hit the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey. All 154 passengers and crew died. The accident was caused by a pilot's error made on approach to landing.
- 1976 Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets flew out to investigate an unidentified flying object sighted over Tehran. Both jets independently lost instrumentation and communications as they approached the object.
- 1974 Born: Jimmy Fallon, American comedian, television host, actor, singer, writer, and producer. Best known for his work in television, he is the anchor of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
- 1972 Died: Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer, the most prominent member of a famous musical family, being the nephew of Henri and Marius Casadesus, husband of Gaby Casadesus, and father of Jean Casadesus.
- 1968 Died: Chester Carlson, American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney known for inventing electrophotography that produced a dry copy in contrast to the wet copies then produced by the Photostat process.
- 1952 Charlie Chaplin was barred from re-entering the United States after a trip to England. He and his wife decided to settle in Switzerland instead.
- 1949 Died: Will Cuppy, American humorist and literary critic, known for his satirical books about nature and historical figures. He died of an overdose of sleeping pills.
- 1949 Born: Lesley Lawson, better known by her nickname Twiggy, English model, actress and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the swinging '60s in London.
- 1948 Born: Jeremy Irons, English actor and activist. He is one of the few actors who has achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US having won Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Awards.
- 1946 Sir Winston Churchill delivered his famous speech at the University of Zurich, which eventually led to the creation of the Council of Europe.
- 1944 Died: Guy Gibson, distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for leading the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943.
- 1940 Polish soldier Witold Pilecki was voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in order to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement.
- 1934 Born: Brian Epstein, English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967.
- 1928 Born: Adam West, American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017.
- 1926 Born: Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos.
- 1922 Born: Damon Knight, American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He founded the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and became its first president.
- 1911 Born: William Golding, English novelist, playwright and poet, best known for his debut novel Lord of the Flies. He was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1881 Died: James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, the 20th President of the United States. He served in office from March 1881 until his assassination in September.
- 1846 Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experienced a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
- 1843 Died: Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist, best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference.
- 1782 Born: Karl von Fischer, German architect whose plans had considerable influence on the architecture of neo-classicism in South Germany. Unfortunately, many of this works were destroyed during WWII.
- 1759 Born: William Kirby, English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society. His four-volume Introduction to Entomology, co-written with William Spence, was widely influential.
- 1551 Born: Henry III, King of France from 1574 until his assassination in 1589, as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1573 to 1575.