Holidays Calendar for September 27, 2020
Independence Day is one of the two most important public holidays in Turkmenistan, along with Neutrality Day. It is celebrated on September 27 to commemorate the proclamation of Turkmenistan’s independence in 1991.
Meskel is a religious feast, that is celebrated in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The feast falls on the 17 Meskerem in the Ethiopian calendar, that is September 27 or 28 according to the Gregorian calendar.
The holiday named Labor Day is celebrated in many states across the world, but its date differs from country to country. For example, Labor Day in Kazakhstan is celebrated on the last Sunday in September. The holiday was officially established in late 2013.
Julien Alfred Day is a public holiday in Saint Lucia established in honor of a Saint Lucian sprinter who was the first athlete to win an Olympic medal for Saint Lucia. It is celebrated on September 27.
The Elevation of the Holy Cross, also referred to as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is one of the twelve Great Feasts celebrated by the Orthodox Church. It is observed on September 14 in the Julian calendar, which corresponds to September 27 in the Gregorian calendar.
The World Day of Migrants and Refugees is observed on the last Sunday of September every year. It was established by the Catholic Church in 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the refugee crisis during the first months of World War I, when millions of people were forced to leave their homes.
World Day of the Deaf, also known as International Day of the Deaf, is observed annually on the last Sunday of September. It was created to advocate for the rights of deaf people around the world and raise awareness of the challenges deaf people face on the daily basis.
World Retina Day is observed annually on the Sunday of the last week of September. It was created to educate people about the importance of retinal health and highlight the challenges that people living with retinal conditions face on a daily basis.
The Day of Preschool Employees is a Russian professional holiday celebrated on September 27. Although it has not been officially established by a presidential decree, the observance is supported by the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
On September 27, the employees of Ukrainian travel agencies, tour operators, airlines, and other organizations in the travel industry celebrate their national professional day. Tourism Day in Ukraine coincides with World Tourism Day.
Post and Telecommunications Service Day (Hari Bakti Pos dan Telekomunikasi) in Indonesia is observed annually on September 27. On this day in 1945, Indonesian nationalists took over the post, telegraph and telephone systems that used to be controlled by the Japanese military authorities.
Mechanical Engineer's Day is a professional holiday in Ukraine celebrated on the fourth Sunday in September. It was officially established by President Leonid Kravchuk in 1993, but the history of the holiday begins during the Soviet era.
Mechanical Engineer's Day is an official professional holiday celebrated in some former Soviet republics (namely Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan) on the last Sunday in September. It was first celebrated in 1981.
Rivers are valuable world's waterways, but due to human activity they are endangered. World Rivers Day, annually celebrated on the last Sunday in September, was created to improve and protect the rivers around the world.
Day of the Polish Underground State is an annual commemorative day observed in Poland on September 27. It celebrates the creation of Poland's first underground organization during the Second World War.
In Belgium, there are three constituent constitutional linguistic communities. Each of these communities has its own parliament, government, administration, flag, capital, and public holiday. For example, French Community Day (Fête de la Communauté française) is celebrated on September 27.
On September 27, Mexicans celebrate the end of the Mexican War of Independence. It is a civic holiday, which means it is observed nationwide, but employees are not given a paid day off.
Gold Star Mother's Day is a United States national observance which falls on the last Sunday in September. It honors mothers who lost sons or daughters in the line of duty of the U. S. Armed Forces.
Memorial Day (Anım Günü) is observed in Azerbaijan annually on September 27. It was established by President Ilham Aliyev in 2020 to honor the military personnel who were killed during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
In the United States, September 27 is the National Corned Beef Hash Day. This food related holiday is dedicated to a well-known dish that became especially popular in some countries during and after the Second World War and has recently made a comeback.
Pets, or companion animals, play a very important role in many people’s lives. Some people even regard them as family members. So it’s not surprising that many pet owners (or “guardians”) celebrate World Pet Day. This unofficial holiday has several possible dates, the most popular ones being September 27 and November 30.
September 27 is a perfect day to enjoy a glass or two of delicious chocolate milk since it is National Chocolate Milk Day. Like with many other food days, the origin of this holiday is unclear, but don’t let it stop your from celebrating!
World Tourism Day is an annual global observance that was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in 1979. Events organized on the occasion aim at highlighting the cultural, social, political and economic value of tourism.
National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NGMHAAD) is an annual awareness day in the United States observed every year on September 27. Its main goal is to raise public awareness of the disproportionate impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.
National Blood Donor Day in Kyrgyzstan is celebrated on the last Sunday in September. It was officially established by the government of the Kyrgyz Republic in 1997 in order to honor the contribution of blood donors and promote voluntary blood donation.
Festivals on September 27, 2020
- Taste of Roma in Rome, Italy
- BUFF International Film Festival in Malmö, Sweden
- Supanova Pop Culture Expo in Perth, Australia
- Auto China (Beijing International Automotive Exhibition) in Beijing, China
- Oktoberfest in Canada in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada
- Galway International Oyster & Seafood Festival in Galway, Ireland
- Burning Seed in Matong, Australia
- Odesa International Film Festival in Odesa, Ukraine
- Kyiv Tattoo Collection in Kyiv, Ukraine
- Vancouver International Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada
- Dublin Theatre Festival in Dublin, Ireland
- Gothenburg Book Fair in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Dublin Book Festival in Dublin, Ireland
- Zurich Film Festival in Zurich, Switzerland
- Nairobi International Book Fair in Nairobi, Kenya
This Day in History
- 2024 Died: Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese cleric and politician who served as the secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militia, from 1992 until his assassination.
- 2024 Died: Maggie Smith, British actress. Known for her wit in comedic roles, she had an extensive career on stage and screen over seven decades and is one of Britain's most recognizable and prolific actresses.
- 2023 Died: Michael Gambon, Irish-English actor of stage and screen who was knighted for his services to drama in 1998. He played Albus Dumbledore in six Harry Potter films.
- 2020 Azerbaijan launched a military offensive on the self-proclaimed Armenian breakaway state of Artsakh, which marked the beginning of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 2017 Died: Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher, editor, and businessman. He was best known as the editor-in-chief and publisher of the Playboy magazine, which he founded in 1953.
- 2014 Died: Gaby Aghion (née Hanoka), French fashion designer, the founder of Chloé. She is credited with coining the term prêt-à-porter.
- 2012 Little, Brown and Company published The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling. It was Rowling's first publication apart from the Harry Potter series.
- 2005 The final episode of the Tom and Jerry series, "The Karate Guard", was released in Los Angeles cinemas. It aired on TV on January 27, 2006.
- 2002 Born: Jenna Ortega, American actress, who received recognition for her role as young Jane in Jane the Virgin and rose to fame starring as Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series Wednesday.
- 2001 A mass shooting took place at Accent Signage Systems in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The perpetrator killed 6 people and committed suicide.
- 1993 The Sukhumi massacre took place at the end of the War in Abkhazia. Abkhaz separatists executed the members of Georgian administration.
- 1991 Died: Oona O'Neill, American actress, the fourth and last wife of famous English actor and fillmmaker Charlie Chaplin. They were together for 18 years.
- 1987 Born: Vanessa James, Canadian retired pair skater who represented France with Yannick Bonheur and Morgan Ciprès, and Canada with Eric Redford. She is a two-time World bronze medalist.
- 1986 Died: Cliff Burton, American musician and songwriter, best known as the bass guitarist for the band Metallica. He was killed in a bus accident.
- 1984 Born: Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter. Her debut album Let Go made her the youngest female soloist to reach number 1 in the UK.
- 1982 Born: Anna Camp, American actress best known for her roles as Sarah Newlin in True Blood and Aubrey Posen in the musical comedy Pitch Perfect film series.
- 1982 Born: Lil Wayne (stage name of Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr.), American rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur who began his career at age 14.
- 1973 Born: Indira Varma, British actress known for her roles as Niobe in Rome, Suzie Costello in Torchwood, Zoe Luther in Luther, Ellaria Sand in Game of Thrones, and more.
- 1972 Born: Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress, singer, author, and entrepreneur. She rose to fame due to her role in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love.
- 1965 Died: Clara Bow, American actress who was a famous silent film star during the 1920s. She was the leading sex symbol of the Roaring Twenties.
- 1960 Died: Sylvia Pankhurst, English political activist and author. She supported the suffragette movement and was a prominent left communist.
- 1958 Born: Irvine Welsh, Scottish novelist, short story writer, and dramatist best known for his debut novel Trainspotting, which was first released in 1993.
- 1954 Born: Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author, most widely known for developing the Perl programming language in 1987.
- 1947 Born: Meat Loaf (stage name of Michael Lee Aday, born Marvin Lee Aday), renowned American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor.
- 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, creating a defensive military alliance during World War II.
- 1940 Died: Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician who won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He was notorious for supporting Nazis.
- 1937 The Bali tiger was declared extinct when the last specimen definitely recorded was shot. It was driven to extinction due to habitat loss and hunting.
- 1925 Born: Robert Edwards, English physiologist who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of in vitro fertilization.
- 1918 Born: Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer who was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering research in radio astrophysics.
- 1917 Died: Edgar Degas, French artist famous for his paintings, drawings, prints, and sculptures. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism.
- 1915 Died: Remy de Gourmont, French Symbolist poet, novelist, and critic. His best known works include Litanies de la Rose and Hieroglyphes.
- 1876 Died: Braxton Bragg, career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
- 1871 Born: Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist who won the 1926 Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the first Italian woman to receive this honor.
- 1854 The paddle steamer SS Arctic collided with SS Vesta 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland. It sank with 300 people on board.
- 1777 The city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania became the capital of the United States for one day, when the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia.
- 1605 The Battle of Kircholm was fought during the Polish–Swedish War. It lasted for 20 minutes and resulted in a decisive Polish-Lithuanian victory.
- 1601 Born: Louis XIII of France, monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France from 1610 to 1643 and King of Navarre from 1610 to 1620.
- 1590 Died: Pope Urban VII (born Giovanni Battista Castagna), Pope from September 15, 1590 until his death. His 12-day papacy was the shortest in history.
- 1540 The Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola who received its charter from Pope Paul III. The number of its members was limited to sixty.