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Holidays in September

Day / Holiday(s)

1.
Constitution of the Slovak Republic in Slovakia
Independence Day in Uzbekistan
Luxembourg City Kermesse in Luxembourg
National Day in Libya
Presidential Address to the Nation in Mexico
Settlers Day in South Africa
Start of the Armed Struggle in Eritrea
Workers Day in Marshall Islands

2.
National Day in Vietnam

3.
Celebration of September 3, 1934 in Tunisia
Festa del Santo Patrono in San Marino
Independence Day in Qatar
Labor Day in Bermuda, Canada and United States

4.
National Unit Day in Chile

6.
Defense of Pakistan Day in Pakistan
Independence Day in Swaziland

7.
Independence Day in Brazil
Victory Day in Mozambique

8.
Crowning of Vytautas the Great in Lithuania
Feast of Our Lady of Victories in Malta
Independence Day in Macedonia
Internal Autonomy Day in French Polynesia
National Day in Andorra
Nativity of Our Lady in Liechtenstein

9.
Admission Day in United States (California)
Anniversary of the Great October Revolution in Bulgaria
Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution (2 days) in Bulgaria
DPRK Foundation Day in Korea, North
Independence Day in Tajikistan
National Day in Korea, North

10.
Gibraltar National Day in Gibraltar
Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau
St. George's Caye Day in Belize

11.
Anniversary of the Death of Qaid-i-Azam in Pakistan
Coptic New Year in Egypt
Ethiopian New Year in Ethiopia
La Diana Nacional de Catalunya/Catalan Region Bank Holiday in Spain
Liberation Day in Micronesia (Kosrae, Pohnpei)

12.
Amilcar Cabral's Birthday in Guinea-Bissau
Defender's Day in United States (Maryland)
National Day in Cape Verde
Revolution Day in Ethiopia

13.
Barry Day in United States

15.
Independence Day in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Slovakia
Respect for the Aged Day in Japan

16.
Independence and Constitution Day in Papua New Guinea
Independence Day in Mexico
Ordino in Andorra

17.
Heroes' Day in Angola

18.
Independence Day in Chile
Victory of Uprona Day in Burundi

19.
Army Day in Chile
Independence Day in Saint Kitts & Nevis

21.
Independence Day in Belize
Independence Day in Malta
National Day in Belize
National Day in Malta
Referendum Day/Independence Day in Armenia

22.
Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic in Mali
Independence Day in Mali

23.
Charter Day in Micronesia (Chuuk)
National Day in Saudi Arabia

24.
Constitution Day in Cambodia
Heritage Day in South Africa
Our Lady of Mercedes in Dominican Republic
Republic Day in Tobago
Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago
Unification of the Kingdom in Saudi Arabia

25
Army Day/Armed Forces Day in Mozambique
Kamarampaka Day in Rwanda

26.
Revolution Day in Yemen

27.
Feast of Finding the New Cross in Ethiopia
French Community Holiday in Belgium

28.
Confucious' Day in Taiwan
Referendum Day in Guinea

29.
Battle of Boqueron in Paraguay
St. Michael's Day in Papua New Guinea

30.
Botswanna Day in Botswanna
Customs Day in Marshall Islands
National Youth Day in Turks & Caicos

This week in history

September:

1
Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in World Chess Match, 1972
Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself Emperor Norton I, 1859

2
Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
Japan signs unconditional surrender on U.S. battleship `Missouri,'

5
Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774

6
149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
First Star Trek episode ("The Man Trap") is broadcast, 1966
President McKinley shot, 1901

7
Keith Moon (The Who) dies in London of a drug overdose, 1978

8
Star Trek debuts on NBC, 1966
Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
President Gerald Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
Anton Dvorak born in Nelahozeves, Czechoslovakia, 1841
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (Grateful Dead) is born in San Bruno, California, 1945