September 22

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2023 Daily Holidays that fall on September 22, include:

• American Business Women's Day
• Car Free Day 
• Chainmail Day 
• Dear Diary Day 
• Elephant Appreciation Day 
  
• Emancipation Day (State Holiday in Ohio)
• Hobbit Day 
  
• International Day of Radiant Peace 
• Love Note Day - September 22, 2023 (Fourth Friday in September)
• National Brave Day - September 22, 2023 (Fourth Friday in September)
• National Centenarian's Day 
• National Girls Night in Day 
• National Ice Cream Cone Day 
• National Leg Wear Day 
• National Rock n' Roll Dog Day 
• National White Chocolate Day 
• Native American Day - September 22, 2023 (Fourth Friday in September)
• Remote Employee Appreciation Day 
• World Car Free Day 
• World Rhino Day 

2023 Weekly Holidays that include September 22, are:

• Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Week in September)
• Astronomy Week (Fall) - September 18-24, 2023
• Balance Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week of September)
• Build a Better Image Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week of September)
• Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September)
• Constitution Week - September 17-23
  
• International Clean Hands Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week of September)
• International Women's E-Commerce Days - September 17-23, 2023
• Malnutrition Awareness Week - September 18-22, 2023
• Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Adult Day Services Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third week of September)
• National Ballroom Dancing Week - September 17-23, 2023
• National Drive Electric Week (Formerly National Plug In Week) - September 22 - October 1, 2023
• National Family Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Also on May 7-13, 2023)
  
• National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Farm Animals Awareness Week - September 16-22, 2023 (Third week of September)
• National Go-Kart Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Week in September)
• National Hispanic Heritage Weeks - September 15, 2023 - October 15, 2023 (Starts on September 15 and ends on October 15th each year)
• National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week - September 17-23, 2023
• National Indoor Plant Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Love Your Files Week - September 18-22, 2023 (Third Full Mon-Fri Week)
• National Postdoc Appreciation Week - September 19-23, 2023
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Security Officer Appreciation Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Singles Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September) 
• National Surgical Technologist Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Full Week in September)
• North American International Auto Show (Detroit) - September 16-24, 2023
  
• Pollution Prevention Week - September 18-24, 2023 (Begins on the Third Monday in September)
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Week of September)
• Rabi 'al Awwal - September 17 - October 15, 2023
• Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Week of September)
• Tolkien Week - September 17-23, 2023 (Third Week that Hobbit Day 9/22 falls on)
  
• World Goat Days - September 18-23, 2022 (Every 2 years)

2023 Monthly Holidays that include September 22, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our September Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of September.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Oktoberfest - September 16, 2023 - October 3, 2023 Beer Festival in Munich, Germany. This festival is now held all over the World. Also, check out our Holidays in Germany page!
• Expo East (Philadelphia, PA) - September 20-23, 2023
• Great American Beer Festival - September 21-23, 2023 (Denver, CO)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 22 is Virgo.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month of September are:

• Aster - symbols of powerful love.
• Morning Glory - simple symbols of affection.

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for September is Sapphires:

• Sapphires have a centuries long association with royalty and romance, and September's birthstone jewelry incorporates beautiful sapphire gems.

Famous Birthdays

• 1912 - Martha Scott, American actress (The Ten Commandments and Ben-Hur she played the mother of Charles Heston in both films) (d. 2003)
• 1920 - Eric Baker, English activist, co-founded Amnesty Internatonal (d. 1976)
• 1956 - Debby Boone, American singer, actress and author (You Light Up My Life)
• 1958 - Joan Jett, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
• 1960 - Scott Baio, American actor (Happy Days)
• 1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, American actress (Dynasty)

Famous Deaths

• 1776 - Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
• 1961 - Marion Davies, American actress, comedian and Mistress of William Randall Hearst (b. 1897)
• 1987 - Dan Rowan, American actor, comedian, and producer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) (b. 1922)
• 1989 - Irving Berlin, Russian born, American composer and songwriter (b. 1888)
• 1999 - George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (Patton) (b. 1927)
• 2015 - Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager who was an 18 time All-Star and won 10 World Series championships as a player

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1940 - Actor George Reeves (Superman) marries Ellanora Needles
• 1973 - Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) marries Jean Forsyth Clyde
• 2004 - Race car driver Al Unser Jr marries Gina Soto

Quote of the Day

Today, September 22th is Autumnal Equinox or the First Day of Fall, or Autumn! The hot weather should finally be winding down, and fall is a season to prepare for winter if your live in an area with harsh winters.

The picture above is referring to the Holy Spirit in a Christian's Life.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ~Galations 5:22-23

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

Welcome to Fall - on September 23rd in 2023

As the seasons change, so do food choices, cooking styles, healthy recipes, and tastes. The more you can cook and eat with the seasons, the easier it will be to keep your grocery bill and weight under control. Fill your grocery bags full of fresh fall foods like local produce, grains, legumes, and real foods that don’t require a label. Cook from scratch and learn to cook well!

Life with Fall Foods is about so much more than food: It's about comfort foods, fall cooking, shopping, and dealing with the holidays!

Find out more information about Fall Foods from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

Many Blessings for a Happy Fall Season!

This Day in History

• 1692 - The last hanging of those convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials
• 1776 - Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution
• 1789 - The office of the United States Postmaster General is established
• 1862 - Abraham Lincoln releases a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation
• 1896 - Queen Victoria passes up her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history
• 1910 - The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton 
• 1914 - Over a seventy minute period, a German submarine sinks three British cruisers, killing close to 1,500 sailors
• 1919 - The steel strike of 1919 begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States
• 1941 - On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine
• 1960 - The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali
• 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is stopped by the Secret Service
• 1979 - Prince Edward Islands experiences a bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, but the cause is never determined
• 1980 - Iraq invades Iran
• 1991 - For the first time, the Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public
• 1993 - The deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history kills forty seven passengers when a barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama
• 1995 - After multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff, an E-3B AWACS crashes outside of Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, killing all 24 on board
• 2013 - At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan

This Day in Music

• 1964 - Fiddler on the Roof makes its Broadway musical debut at the Imperial Theatre
• 1985 - The first Farm Aid concert to benefit American farmers trying to survive amidst a National Agricultural crisis happens in Champaign, Illinois
• 2012 - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together by Taylor Swift hits its third week at #1 on the Hot 100 (Video below)
• 2015 - The Happy Birthday copyright is ruled invalid which puts the song into the public domain
• 2018 - Paul Simon does a final show on his farewell tour in his hometown of Queens, New York
• 2018 - The album Egypt Station by Paul McCartney hits #1 in America

This Day in Sports

• 1912 - Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game
• 1927 - Earle Coombs of the NY Yankees hits 3 triples
• 1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants becomes 2nd player to hit 600 HRs
• 1990 - Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is the only player besides Willie Mays to have 300 HRs, 300 steals & 2,000 hits
• 1993 - Nolan Ryan pitches his last game
• 2004 - In a 9 inning game, San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds was intentionally walked 4 times

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!