September 20 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | September 20 Calendar
September 20th Daily Holidays include:
- National Fried Rice Day
- National Gibberish Day
- National Pepperoni Pizza Day
- National Punch Day
- National Rehabilitation Day – September 20, 2023 (Wednesday in Third Week of September)
- National Rum Punch Day
- National School Backpack Awareness Day – September 20, 2023 (Third Wednesday in September)
- National String Cheese Day
September 20: Famous Birthdays
- September 20, 1486 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)
- September 20, 1934 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- September 20, 1956 – Gary Cole, American actor (The West Wing, Midnight Caller, Suits)
September 20: Historical Events
- September 20, 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain with 270 men to circumnavigate the globe
- September 20, 1737 – The Walking Purchase gives 1.2 million acreas of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony
- September 20, 1860 – The first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales occurs when the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom visits
- September 20, 1881 – The morning after President James A. Garfield’s death, Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the United States President
- September 20, 1893 – The first American-made gasoline powered automobile is road tested by Charles Duryea and his brother
- September 20, 1911 – The RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke
- September 20, 1941 – Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemencine
- September 20, 1942 – During two days, German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv
- September 20, 1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival is held
- September 20, 1967 – The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 sets sail from Clydebank, Scotland
- September 20, 1971 – Hurricane Irene regains strength and is renamed Hurricane Olivia and is the first hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific Ocean
- September 20, 1977 – Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations
- September 20, 1984 – The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon is attacked by a suicide bomber in a car, killing twenty-two people
- September 20, 2000 – Individuals using a Russian built RPG-22 anti-tank missile, attack the UK’s MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building
- September 20, 2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush declares War on Terror in an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people
- September 20, 2008 – In front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, a dump truck full of explosives detonates killing 54 people and injuring 266 others
- September 20, 2017 – Category 4 Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico resulting in 2,975 deaths, and causing $90 billion in damages
September 20: Music Events
- September 20, 1969 – John Lennon leaves The Beatles, but agrees to not make an official announcement
- September 20, 1969 – Sugar, Sugar by the cartoon group The Archies hit #1 in America
- September 20, 1977 – Ringo the 4th is released by Ringo Starr
- September 20, 1980 – Modern Girl by Sheena Easton hits #8 in the UK, while she also had 9 To 5 in the Top 10
- September 20, 1986 – Their fourth album Fore! is released by Huey Lewis & the News, containing two #1 hits, Stuck With You and Jacob’s Ladder
- September 20, 2014 – All About that Bass by Meghan Trainor hits #1
September 20: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for September 20 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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