September 2011
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Holidays 9.28
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Corned Beef Hash Day
Crush A Can Day
Earth Overshoot Day
Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia)
Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India)
French Community Day (Belgium)
Independence Day (Mexico; Date Recognized, 1821)
Maskal Day (a.k.a. Finding of the True Cross; Ethiopia)
National Chocolate Milk Day
National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS...
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Holidays 9.27
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Corned Beef Hash Day
Crush A Can Day
Earth Overshoot Day
Festival of Namakungwe (The Originator; Zambia)
Festival of Varuni (Goddess of Wine; India)
French Community Day (Belgium)
Independence Day (Mexico; Date Recognized, 1821)
Maskal Day (a.k.a. Finding of the True Cross; Ethiopia)
National Chocolate Milk Day
National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS...
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Holidays 9.25
Crab Meat Newburg Day
Feast of Nmmu (Sumerian Goddess of Primeval Sea)
Feast of Nariwiinyapah (God of Immortal Water)
Gold Star Mother’s Day [last Sunday]
Join A Cabal of International Bankers Today Day
National Comic Book Day
National Food Service Workers Day
One-Hit Wonder Day
Origin of Life Day
Salute the Sun Day (China)
Tap-Up Day (Guilford, UK) [Sunday before Oct....
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“Buy a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, waste a lifetime!”
– attributed to Bill Owens, among others, but it’s Bill’s birthday today
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Holidays 9.24
Bluebird of Happiness Day
Cherries Jubilee Day
Dating Day
Family Health & Fitness Day USA
Feast of Maiso (pre-existent Mother Goddess; Brazil)
Festival of Nafulectu Dilxiln (Black Big Spider; San Carlos Apache, Arizona)
Festival of the Latest Novelties
Fidelity Day
Fish Amnesty Day
Heritage Day (South Africa)
Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau; from Portugal, 1973)
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“O Beer! O Hodgson, Guinness, Allsopp, Bass! Names that should be on every...”
– C.V. Calverly
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Holidays 9.23
Autumnal Equinox
Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Checkers Day
Dogs in Politics Day
Feast of Carpo (Celtic Goddess of Autumn)
Feast of Chukem (Deity of Footraces; Colombia)
Festival of Papa, wife of Rangi (Maori; New Zealand)
Festival of the Goddess Ninkasi (Sumerian Goddess of Brewing)
Global Be(er) Responsible Day
Great American Pot Pie Day
Hug A Vegetarian Day
Innergize Day
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“I know I’m drinking myself to a slow death, but then I’m in no...”
– Robert Benchley
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Holidays 9.21
Biosphere Day
Bleeding Hearts Club Day
Dear Diary Day
Do You Remember Day (the 21st night of September; Earth, Wind & Fire)
Elephant Appreciation Day
Feast of Kuodor-gup (God of Riches; Siberia)
Feast of Nyamuzinda (God of Famine & Epidemics; Zaire)
Feast of the Divine Light (Ancient Egypt)
Get Out Of Town Day
Hobbit Day
Independence Day (Armenia; from USSR, 1991)
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“He who truly believes he has a hangover has no hangover.”
– Kingsley Amis
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Holidays 9.20
Birthday of the Sun (Inca)
Feast of Orlog (Deity of Destiny; Scandinavia)
Feast of Zywie (Goddess of Longevity; Poland)
Get Ready Day
Gibberish Day
Independence Day (South Ossentia; from Georgia, 1990) [unrecognized]
Make Your Own Junk Food At Home Day
Rum Punch Day
Women’s Friendship Day
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“I know the truth is in between the 1st and 40th drink.”
– Tori Amos
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Holidays 9.19
Butterscotch Pudding Day
Cosmetic Bridge Day
Independence Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis; from UK, 1983)
International Eat An Apple Day
International Talk Like A Pirate Day [ website ]
International Women’s Commerce Day
Moscow Day (Russia)
Respect For the Aged Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]
Visit a Sick Friend Today Day
Woman Road Warrior Day [3rd Monday]
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“Dousing oneself in beer is a perfectly acceptable replacement for a shower.”
– — Pirate Law
Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day
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Holidays 9.18
Aging Awareness Day
Cheeseburger Day
Festival of Inner Worlds
Independence Day (Chile; 1st Gov’t Junta, 1818)
International Day of Prayer & Action for Human Habitat [3rd Sunday]
Kasteilet (Dividing of the Cheese; Switzerland)
National Chocolate Day
National Neighborhood Day [3rd Sunday]
National Play-Doh Day
National Respect Day
National Women’s Friendship Day...
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“I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where...”
– Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Holidays 9.16
Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
Citizenship Day (f.k.a. “I Am An American” Day)
Collect Rocks Day
Constitution Day
Guacamole Day
Independence Day (Mexico; from Spain, 1810)
Independence Day (Papua New Guinea; from Australia, 1975)
International Day For the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)
Malaysia Day
Mayflower Day
National POW/MIA Recognition Day [3rd Friday]
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Holidays 9.15
Battle of Britain Day (UK)
Chicken Lovers’ Day
Engineer’s Day (India)
Felt Hat Day
Greenpeace Day
Independence Day (Costa Rica; from Spain, 1821)
Independence Day (El Salvador; from Spain, 1821)
Independence Day (Guatemala; from Spain, 1821)
Independence Day (Honduras; from Spain, 1821)
Independence Day (Nicaragua; from Spain, 1821)
International Day of Democracy...
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Holidays 9.14
Cream-Filled Doughnut Day
Eat a Hoagie Day
Feast of Uru-Wadu (the Primal Couple; Kisar Island, Indonesia)
Formation of the Earth Day
Hindi Day (India)
Holy Cross Day (aka Holy Rood Day)
Hug A Crabby Stranger Day
International Cross-Culture Day
National Anthem Day
Nutting Day
Pig’s Face Feast
Wo-Zha-Wa Festival
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“There are only two times when I drink beer, when I’m alone and when I’m with...”
– Anonymous
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Holidays 9.13
Defender’s Day (everywhere except Maryland)
Defy Superstition Day
Epulum Jovis (Old Roman) [Ides of September]
Fortune Cookie Day
International Chocolate Day
Lictisternia (Old Roman festival to Jupiter, Juno & Minerva)
National Celiac Awareness Day
National Peanut Day
National Urban Eden Day
Positive Thinking Day
Programmers’ Day [256th day]
Scooby Doo Day
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“We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the...”
– Charles Bukowski
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Holidays 9.12
Burlesque Day
Chocolate Milkshake Day
Defender’s Day (Maryland)
Diocletian New Year
Feast of Atabei (Goddess Mother; Tainos, West Indies)
I’m On Top Of It Day
Marathon Day
Moon Festival (China) [15th of 8th Lunar Month]
National Boss/Employee Day
Respect For the Aged Day (Japan)
Video Games Day
World Rubber Day
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“I’ve made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink...”
– H.L. Mencken
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Holidays 9.11
Auditor’s Day [2nd Sunday]
Emergency Number Day
Enkutatash (Ethiopia)
Grandparent’s Day [Sunday after Labor Day]
Hot Cross Bun Day
Libraries Remember Day
Make Your Bed Day
National Day of Catalonia
National Day of Service and Remembrance
National Hug Your Hound Day
National Pet Memorial Day [2nd Sunday]
National Tricky Handshake Day
New Year’s Day (a.k.a....
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“Ah beer, my one weakness. My Achilles heel if you will.”
– Homer Simpson
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Holidays 9.10
Blame It On the Large Haldron Collider Day
Farmers’ Consumer Awareness Day
Federal Lands Cleanup Day [1st Saturday after Labor Day]
Festival of the Poets (Japan)
Godsall Day (Day of Rest in Southern Outer Tibet)
Hot Dog Day
International Drive Your Studebaker Day
Knabenschiessen (Switzerland) [2nd weekend]
National Employee/Boss Exchange Day
National Lacemaking Day
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“‘Would you like some ice tea?’ she asks. ‘Unless you’ve...”
– Raymond Chandler, in Double Indemnity, 1944
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Holidays 9.9
Bonza Bottler Day
California Statehood Day (#31; 1850)
Carry Nation Festival begins (Holly, MIchigan) [weekend after Labor Day]
Chrysanthemum Day (Japan)
Independence Day (North Korea; from Korea, 1948)
Independence Day (Tajikstan; from USSR, 1991)
Marathon Day
National Steal au Poivre Day
Santa Maria de la Cabeza (Saint Mary of the Head)
Stand Up To Cancer Day
Teddy Bear Day...
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Holidays 9.8
Date Nut Bread Day
Feast of Papa-Lea (God of Kava Drinking)
Fiestas de Santa Fe begins with the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)
Independence Day (Macedonia; from Yugoslavia, 1991)
International Literacy Day (UN)
Jeûne Genevois (Geneva, Switzerland) [Thursday after 1st Sunday]
National Literacy Day
National Neighborhood Day
National Pardon Day
Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra)...
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“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually...”
– Clement Freud
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Holidays 9.6
Another Look Unlimited Day
Coffee Ice Cream Day
Fight Procrastination Day
Independence Day (Swaziland; from UK, 1968)
National Do It Day
Player Piano Day
Read A Book Day
St. Magnus of Fussen’s Day (patron saint of croups)
Unification Day (Bulgaria)
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Holidays 9.5
Be Late for Something Day
Great Bathtub Race (Nome, Alaska) [1st Monday]
Jupiter Stator (Ancient Rome)
Labor Day (U.S. & Canada) [1st Monday]
National Cheese Pizza Day
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Holidays 9.4
Anthracite Coal Miner’s Day
Clear Day (Scientology)
Eat An Extra Dessert Day
Father’s Day (Australia, New Zealand) [1st Sunday]
Joust of the Saracen (Italy) [1st Sunday]
Macadamia Nut Day
Newspaper Carrier Day
National Wildlife Day
Pffiferdaj (Day of the Strolling Fiddlers, or Fiddlers’ Festival; Alsace, France) [1st Sunday]
Running of the Sheep (Montana) [1st...
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“My problem with most athletic challenges is training. I’m lazy and find that...”
– Tim Cahill, in A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg
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Holidays 9.3
Feast of Atqksak (Baffin Land)
Feast of San Marino
Independence Day (Qatar; from UK, 1971)
International Bacon Day [Sat. before 1st Mon.]
National Championship Chuckwagon Races begin [Labor Day weekend]
National Hummingbird Day [1st Saturday]
National Lazy Moms Day
Penny Press Day
Skyscraper Day
Welsh Rarebit Day
Wisconsin State Cow-Chip Throw [Labor Day weekend]
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“Smithers, this beer isn’t working, I don’t feel any younger or funkier.”
– Mr. Burns, on The Simpsons
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Holidays 9.2
Beer & Can Day
Bison-Ten-Yell Day
Blueberry Popsicle Day
Calendar Adjustment Day
Democracy Day (Tibet)
Good Society Day
Independence Day (Transnistria; from USSR, 1990) [unrecognized]
Independence Day (Vietnam; from France & Japan, 1945)
National Beheading Day
Old Timer’s Day
Sedantag (Germany)
Spalding Baseball Day
V-J Day
Wear Teal Day
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“I’m not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.”
– Noel Coward
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Holidays 9.1
Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day
Cherry Popover Day
Creation Day
Draft Horse Day
Emma M. Nutt Day
Feast of Macuilxochitl (5 Flower God; Mexico)
Independence Day (Uzbekistan; from USSR, 1991)
Knowledge Day (Russia)
National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day
Partridge Day
Revolution Day (Libya; 1969)
Tourist Day
Toy Tips Executive Toy Test Day
Wattle Day (Australia)
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“No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness — or as good as drink.”
– G.K. Chesterton 