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Fun Facts
Dates that vary from year to year
- 1st Monday: Labor Day, Sep. 2, 2013
- 1st Sunday after Labor Day: Grandparent’s Day
- 2nd Weekend: Fête de la Carotte, Croissy sur Seine, France
- 3rd Sunday: World Peace Day
- 3rd Tuesday International Day of Peace, UN
- 3rd Friday: POW/MIA Recognition Day
- 16 days ending on 1st Sunday in October: Oktoberfest, begins Sep. 21, 2013
- 7th day of 7th Chinese moon: Double Seventh
- 15th Day of 7th Chinese moon: Chinese Hungry Ghosts Festival
- 10th Day of bright 1/2 of Asvina, 7th Hindu month: Dussehra
- 15th Day of 8th Chinese moon: Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
- 9th Islamic month: Ramadan, Jul. 9, 2013
- 1st Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Rosh Hashanah, Sep. 4, 2013
- 10th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Yom Kippur
- 15th Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Sukkot begins
- 23rd Day of Tishri, 1st Jewish month: Simhat Torah
- Full Moon nearest Autumnal Equinox: Harvest Moon
- In September: Annual Carrot Festival, Schenectady County, NY
Weekly Observances
~Week 1~
- Independence Week, Brazil
- Self-University Week
~Week 2~
- National Housekeepers Week
~Week 3~
- National Courtesy Week
- National Flower Week
~Week 4~
- National Dog Week
- National Pickled Pepper Week
- National Roller Skating Week
- Religious Freedom Week
Monthly Observances
- Autumn Month
- Classical Music Month
- Latino Heritage Month
- Mom and Apple Pie Month, Massachusetts
- National Chicken Month
- National Cholesteral Education and Awareness Month
- National Courtesy Month
- National Honey Month
- National Literacy Month
- National Papaya Month
- National Piano Month
- National Rice Month
- National Sewing Month
- Organic Harvest Month
- Read-A-New-Book Month
- Self-Improvement Month
- Women of Achievement Month
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Daily Observances
| 1 |
Draft Horse Day
Feast of Macuilxochitl, Mexico
Iroquios Indian Festival
National Cherry Popover Day
Oyster Season begins
Partridge Season begins
Slovakia National Day |
| 2 |
Braemar Royal Highland
Feast of Bishamon-Ten, Japan
Festival of P’ing An Fu Chu Wang, China
Historical Regatta, Italy
National Blueberry Popsicle Day
Old Timer’s Day
St. Sulien’s Day
V-J Day (WW 2) Gathering, Scotland |
| 3 |
Cromwell’s Day
National Welsh Rarebit Day
St. Gregory the Great’s Day
St. Marinus’ Day
South Carolina Applefest |
| 4 |
Animals’ Day, Curacao
National Macadamia Nut Day
St. Boniface I’s Day
St. Rose of Viterbo’s Day |
| 5 |
National Cheese Pizza Day
St. Laurence Gustiani’s Day
St. Zacharias’ Day
Western Samoa National Day |
| 6 |
National Coffee Ice Cream Day
Read A Book Day
St. Bega’s Day
Sumhlulu Day, Swaziland |
| 7 |
Brazil Independence day
Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Fiesta de Santa Fe
Kielbasa Festival
National Napoleon Day
Onam Festival
St. Cloud’s Day
United Tribes International Pow-Wow |
| 8 |
Andorra National Day
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
International Literacy Day
National Date Nut Bread Day
One World Festival, New York |
| 9 |
Chusok, Korea
Horned Dance at Abbots Bromley, Celtic
National Steak Au Poivre Day
St. Peter Claver’s Day
Teddy Bear Day |
| 10 |
Air Force Day, Canada
Festival of the Poets, Japan
Hot Dog Day
Moon Festival
National Weiner Schnitzel Day
St. Finnian’s Day
St. Pulcheria’s Day |
| 11 |
Diocletian New Year
Harvest Festival, Hungary
Jinnah Day, Pakistan
National Hot Cross Bun Day
St. Deiniol’s Day
St. Ethelburga’s Day
St. Paphnutius’ Day
St. Protus and Hyacinth’s Day |
| 12 |
Ethiopia National Day
National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Respect For the Aged Day, Japan
St. Alibe’s Day
St. Guy’s Day |
| 13 |
Johnny Appleseed Festival
Knabenschiessen, Zurich, Switzerland
Lectisternia
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking Day
St. Venerius’ Day |
| 14 |
Eat a Hoagie Day
Feast of Lights, Ancient Egypt
National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
Wo-Zha-Wa Festival |
| 15 |
Battle of Britain Day, UK
Birthday of the Moon, China
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
National Creme De Menthe Day
St. Catherine of Genoa’s Day |
| 16 |
Collect Rocks Day
Feast of St. Ludmilla
International Peace Day
Mexico Independence Day
National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
National Working Parents Day
Singapore Independence Day
St. Cornelius’ Day
St. Cyprian of Carthage’s Day
St. Euphemia’s Day |
| 17 |
Citizenship Day, US
Constitution Day, US
Festival of Min Kyawzwa, Burma
International Day of Peace
National Apple Dumpling Day
Stigmata of St. Francis’ Day
St. Hildegard’s Day |
| 18 |
Kasteilet, Switzerland
National Chocolate Day
St. Joseph of Cupertin |
| 19 |
Feast of Mato, Lakota & Ogalala Sioux
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
National Student Day
Scouring the White Horse, Berkshire, UK
St. Januarius’ Day
World Peace Day |
| 20 |
Birthday of the Sun, Inca
Feast of Orlog, Scandinavia
Feast of Zywie, Poland
Italian National Feast
National Rum Punch Day
St. Agapetus’ Day
St. Eustace’s Day |
| 21 |
Apple Festival
Biosphere Day
Feast of Kuodor-gup, Siberia
Festival of Nyamuzinda, Zaire
International Banana Festival
National Pecan Cookie Day
St. Matthew’s Day |
| 22 |
Festival of the Sea Goddess, Eskimo
Ice Cream Cone Day
National White Chocolate Day
St. Maurice’s Day |
| 23 |
Autumnal Equinox
Feast of Carman, Celtic Goddess
Feast of Carpo, Celtic
Frontier Day, Wyoming
Mabon, Celtic
St. Adaman’s Day
St. Cadoc’s Day |
| 24 |
American Indian Day, New York
Feast of Maiso, Brazil
Festival of Nafulectu Dilxiln
National Cherries Jubilee Day
Nuestra Senora De Las Mercedes, Peru
St. Gerard’s Day |
| 25 |
Ashura, Muslim nations
Kamarampaka Day, Rwanda
National Crabmeat Newberg Day
St. Finnbar’s Day |
| 26 |
Balaclava Day
Ceremony of the Dead, Cambodia
Feast of Lamps, India
National Pancake Day
Neptune Festival |
| 27 |
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Festival of Namakungwe, Zambia
Festival of Varuni, India
National Chocolate Milk Day
St. Frumentius’ Day |
| 28 |
Bird Day
Cabrillo Day, California
Festival of Wawatsari, Mexico
Fiesta of San Miguel, Mexico
National Strawberry Cream Pie Day
St. Vaclav’s Day
St. Wenceslaus’ Day
Teacher’s Day, China |
| 29 |
All Angels Day
Festival of Tezcatzonctl, Mexico
Goose Day, Germany
Gwynn ap Nudd, Celtic Lord of Underworld
Leif Erickson Day
Michaelmas
National Mocha Day |
| 30 |
Feast of Soma, India
Festival of Maheo
National Mulled Cider Day
St. Jerome’s Day
St. Otto’s Day |
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