Saturday, September 30, 2017

Also on This Day: September 30

Also on this day...
Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement - ends at nightfall.

National Public Lands Day
National Mud Pack Day
National Mulled Cider Day

Buddy Rich was born in 1917, and Truman Capote was born in 1924.  Rula Lenska was born in 1947.

Feast of St. Jerome

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Friday, September 29, 2017

Yom Kippur Begins

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Also on This Day: September 29

Also on this day...
National Ask a Stupid Question Day
Broadway Musicals Day
Happy Goose Day
Hug a Vegetarian Day
World Heart Day

Miguel de Cervantes was born in 1547, and Caravaggio was born in 1571.  Greer Garson was born in 1904.

Feast of the Holy Archangels

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Also on This Day: September 27

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Vincent de Paul - the Apostle of Charity - the Father of the Poor - Patron of Charities

Ancestor Appreciation Day
National Chocolate Milk Day
National Corned Beef Hash Day
National Crush-a-Can Day

James Cooke walked on a tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks in San Francisco in 1865.

Harry Blackstone, Sr., magician was born in 1885.

Cosimo de' Medici

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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Also on This Day: September 26

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Cosmas and St. Damian - Patrons of Pharmacists

Lumberjack Day

John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, American pioneer nurseryman, was born in 1774.

T. S. Eliot was born in 1888.  George Gershwin was born in 1898, and Jack LaLanne was born in 1914.

A Short Stack of Pancakes

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Monday, September 25, 2017

Mark Rothko

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Sunday, September 24, 2017

Also on This Day: September 24

Also on this day...
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving (Gedaechtnisz Tag) - the Schwenkfelders are a small Protestant sect in Pennsylvania Dutch country who celebrate a Thanksgiving on this day

National Bluebird of Happiness Day
World Rivers Day

Lottie Dod, tennis player, was born in 1871, and F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896.

Jim Henson

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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Also on This Day: September 23

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Padre Pio - Patron of Civil Defense Volunteers, Adolescents, Stress Relief, and January Blues - who advised, "Pray, hope, and don't worry."

International Rabbit Day
National Dogs in Politics Day

Louise Nevelson was born in 1899, and Mickey Rooney was born in 1920.

Great American Pot Pie Day

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Friday, September 22, 2017

Also on This Day: September 22

Also on this day...
Rosh Hashanah - the Jewish New Year - ends at nightfall.

Feast of St. Phocas the Gardener - Patron of Gardeners, and Mariners

Dear Diary Day
National Hobbit Day
National White Chocolate Day

Anne of Cleves, Queen of England, was born in 1515.  Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician, was born in 1765.  King Sunny Ade, Nigerian musician, was born in 1946.

Tomie's twin cousins, Franny and Fuffy, were born in 1919.

The Autumnal Equinox

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Thursday, September 21, 2017

Also on This Day: September 21

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Matthew - Patron of Bankers

Pause the World Day
World Gratitude Day

The Angel Moroni visited Joseph Smith, for the first time, in 1823.

Francis Hopkinson, who designed the first official American flag, was born in 1737.

John Bunny, comedic actor, was born in 1863, and H. G. Wells was born in 1866.  Marsha Norman was born in 1947.

International Day of Peace

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Also on This Day: September 20

Also on this day...
National Gibberish Day
National Punch Day

Upton Sinclair was born in 1878, and Sister Elizabeth Kenny was born in 1880.  Donald Hall was born in 1928, and Mia Martini, Italian singer, was born in 1947.

Rosh Hashanah

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Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Also on This Day: September 19

Also on this day...
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
Talk Like a Pirate Day

Arthur Rackham was born in 1867.  James Lipton was born in 1926, and Twiggy was born in 1949.

Charles Massey

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Monday, September 18, 2017

Also on This Day: September 18

Also on this day...
National Cheeseburger Day
Rice Krispies Treats Day
National Respect Day

Agnes De Mille and Greta Garbo were born in 1905.

Feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Also on This Day: September 17

Also on this day...
Constitution Day
Citizenship Day
National Apple Dumpling Day
National Women's Friendship Day
National Neighborhood Day

Joshua Abraham Norton proclaimed himself "Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States" in 1859.

Hank Williams was born in 1923, and Anne Bancroft was born in 1931.

Feast of St. Hildegard von Bingen

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Also on This Day: September 16

Also on this day...
Big Whopper Liar Day
Mayflower Day
Wrinkled Raincoat Day
National Guacamole Day
National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day

James Cash Penney was born in 1875, and H. A. Rey was born in 1898.  Lauren Bacall was born in 1924.

Eat an Apple Day

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Thursday, September 14, 2017

First Tree of Fall, Sweet Autumn Clematis, and Tall Cimicifuga


Also on This Day: September 14

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Notburga - Patron of Servants, and Peasants

National Eat a Hoagie Day
National Cream-Filled Donut Day

Robert McCloskey was born in 1914.

Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Also on This Day: September 13

Also on this day...
Bald Is Beautiful Day
International Chocolate Day
National Defy Superstition Day

Milton S. Hershey was born in 1857.  Roald Dahl was born in 1916, and Nell Carter was born in 1948.

St. Venerius, the Hermit

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Also on This Day: September 12

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Ailbhe - Patron of Wolves
Feast of St. Guy of Anderlecht - Patron of Bachelors, Laborers, and Work Horses

National Chocolate Milkshake Day
National Day of Encouragement

Maurice Chevalier was born in 1888, and Jesse Owens was born in 1913.

Ben Shahn

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Monday, September 11, 2017

Also on This Day: September 11

Also on this day...
September 11, 2001

National Day of Service and Remembrance
National Hot Cross Buns Day

Carl Zeiss was born in 1816, and O. Henry was born in 1862.  D. H. Lawrence was born in 1885, and Arvo Part was born in 1935.

Make Your Bed Day

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Sunday, September 10, 2017

Also on This Day: September 10

Also on this day...
National Grandparent's Day
National Hug Your Hound Day

Hilda Doolittle, poet, was born in 1886, and Waldo Wedel, archaeologist, was born in 1908.  Karl Lagerfeld was born in 1933.

Rin Tin Tin

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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Day Nine of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word.  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 9

Also on this day...
International Drive Your Studebaker Day
National Teddy Bear Day
National Wiener Schnitzel Day

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828.

Colonel Harland Sanders

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Friday, September 8, 2017

Day Eight of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Feast of the Nativity of Mary

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

Day Seven of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 7

Also on this day...
National Acorn Squash Day
National Neither Rain nor Snow Day
National Salami Day

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, was born in 1533.

Grandma Moses was born in 1860, and Edith Sitwell was born in 1887.  Eric Hill was born in 1927.

Feast of St. Cloud

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Day Six of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Great Egg Toss Day

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Day Five of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta

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Monday, September 4, 2017

Day Four of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 4

Also on this day...
Labor Day

Feast of St. Candida the Elder - Patroness of Hog Roasts, and Dining Clubs

Mary Renault was born in 1905.  Craig Claiborne was born in 1920, and Mitzi Gaynor was born in 1931.

National Wildlife Day

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Sunday, September 3, 2017

Day Three of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 3

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Gregory, the Great

National Welsh Rarebit Day
U.S. Bowling League Day

1967.  "Dagen H" (Swedish for H Day) - the day when Sweden changed from driving on the left-hand-side of the road to driving on the right.

Louis Sullivan

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Saturday, September 2, 2017

Day Two of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word, or "Peace."  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 2

Also on this day...
V-J Day (1945)

International Bacon Day

Marge Champion was born in 1919.

World Beard Day

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Friday, September 1, 2017

Day One of the September Peace Novena

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The Peace Novena lasts for nine days -
the first nine days of each new month.
Say the word.  That's all.

Also on This Day: September 1

Also on this day...
Feast of St. Giles, Abbot - Patron of Noctiphobics
Feast of St. Fiacre - Patron of Gardeners, and Cab Drivers (French cabs are called fiacres)

Wear Teal Day
National No Rhyme (nor Reason) Day

"Boxcar" Willie was born in 1931, and Ann Richards was born in 1933.  Seiji Ozawa was born in 1935, and Lily Tomlin was born in 1939.

Feast of St. Fiacre

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