September 15 Holidays

September 15 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | September 15 Calendar

September 15th Daily Holidays include:

  • 8-Track Tape Day
  • Bright Pink Lipstick Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day
  • Constitution Day / Pledge Across America – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • Felt Hat Day
  • Global Be(er) Responsible Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • Google . com Day
  • Greenpeace Day
  • International Day of Democracy
  • International Dot Day
  • International Grenache Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • LGBT Center Awareness Day
  • Make a Hat Day
  • National Caregivers Day
  • National Cheese Toast Day
  • National Concussion Awareness Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • National Creme de Menthe Day
  • National Double Cheeseburger Day
  • National Linguine Day
  • National Neonatal Nurses Day
  • National On-Line Learning Day
  • National POW/MIA Recognition Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • National Thank You Day
  • National Tradesmen Day – September 15, 2023 (Third Friday in September)
  • Someday
  • Tackle Kids Cancer Day
  • World Afro Day

September 15: Famous Birthdays

  • September 15, 1857 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer and politician who became the 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
  • September 15, 1890 – Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (Fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple)(d. 1976)
  • September 15, 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor (Skippy) (d. 2011)
  • September 15, 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (The Fugitive, Men in Black, Lonesome Dove)
  • September 15, 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
  • September 15, 1984 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

September 15: Historical Events

  • September 15, 1789 – The United States Department of Foreign Affairs that was establish by law in July, is renamed to the Department of State
  • September 15, 1816 – The HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar
  • September 15, 1821 – The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain
  • September 15, 1835 – Charles Darwin on board the HMS Beagle reaches San Cristobal in the Galapagos Islands
  • September 15, 1851 – Saint Joseph’s University is founded in Philadelphia
  • September 15, 1862 – During the American Civil War, Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry in Virginia
  • September 15, 1916 – Tanks are used for the first time in battle at the Battle of the Somme during World War I
  • September 15, 1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship
  • September 15, 1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika
  • September 15, 1942 – U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by Japanese torpedoes at Guadalcanal during World War II
  • September 15, 1944 – As part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec
  • September 15, 1945 – At the Naval Air Station Richmond, 366 airplanes and 25 blimps are destroyed when a hurricane hits southern Florida and the Bahamas
  • September 15, 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits the Kanto region in Japan, killing 1,077
  • September 15, 1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 mpg
  • September 15, 1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia
  • September 15, 1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter trains runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48
  • September 15, 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States
  • September 15, 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship becomes the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere
  • September 15, 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island
  • September 15, 1974 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked and while attempting to land, crashes with 75 on board
  • September 15, 1981 – Sandra Day O’Conner is unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • September 15, 1983 – the Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns
  • September 15, 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history
  • September 15, 2017 – The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London

September 15: Music Events

  • September 15, 1979 – The album In Through The Out Door by Led Zeppelin hits #1 in the U.S.
  • September 15, 1982 – Queen plays their last American concert with Freddie Mercury at the Los Angeles Forum
  • September 15, 1983 – The album Sports is released by Huey Lewis and the News and goes on to sell over 7 million copies. It includes the singles “I Want a New Drug,” “The Heart of Rock ‘n Roll” , and “If This Is It.”
  • September 15, 1998 – Brandy and Monica perform their duet “The Boy Is Mine” at the MTV Video Music Awards
  • September 15, 1998 – Country music singer, Reba McEntire gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

September 15: Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 15 is Virgo.

August Birthstone:

What is the September Birthstone? Sapphire

The September birthstone is sapphire – a gem that’s been cherished for thousands of years. Although the term sapphire usually refers to the blue variety of corundum (ruby is the red variety), this birthstone comes in a rainbow of other colors. Sapphires are mined in many countries around the world, including Sri Lanka, Thailand, Australia, and the United States. The most valuable sapphires are those that are deep blue in color and have no visible inclusions.


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