September 20

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on September 20, include:

• National Back to Church Sunday - September 20, 2026 (Third Sunday in September)
• National Fried Rice Day
• National Gibberish Day 
• National Neighborhood Day - September 20, 2026 (Third Sunday in September)
• National Pepperoni Pizza Day 
• National Punch Day 
• National Rum Punch Day 
  
• National String Cheese Day 
• National Women's Friendship Day - September 20, 2026 (Third Sunday in September)
• Wife Appreciation Day - September 20, 2026 (Third Sunday in September)
• World Cleanup Day

2026 Weekly Holidays that include September 20, are:

• Info. to Come!

2026 Monthly Holidays that include September 20, 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)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 20 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

• 1486 - Arthur, Prince of Wales (d. 1502)
• 1934 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
• 1956 - Gary Cole, American actor (The West Wing, Midnight Caller, Suits)

Famous Deaths

• 1973 - Jim Croce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Operator) (b. 1943)
• 2014 - Polly Bergen, American actress and singer (The Polly Bergen Show) (b. 1930)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1997 - Actor Erik Estrada (CHiPs) marries Nanette Mirkovich
• 2002 - Actor Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix Trilogy) marries actress Gina Torres (Firefly, Suits) in New York City

Quote of the Day

Success.....go get it! Success takes action! You get an idea, you plan, you take action to accomplish your plan! 

Break the tasks down into manageable sections! This last week my daughter called me and said she was overwhelmed by her yard and she needed my help.  What was a beautiful yard when she bought her house several years ago had gotten overgrown. Yards do that when you don't tend to them!  

I went to her house, took pictures of the front and back and made a TO DO list after breaking her yard into 12 different projects, or areas.  Each project has different tasks. I sent the list to her and said, lets pick an area and spend time on just that area....forget the entire overwhelming yard, just focus on one area and one task in that area at a time. After three days of working several hours, it already looks so much better.  It will take another 2-3 weeks to complete all the areas, but she has her plan and her path to success and is no longer overwhelmed!

It helps her stay motivated to have my help, and she is so excited over our success, that she is tackling tasks in between my visits to help!

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

Cabbage soup is a must for the colder months of the year! It is full of nutrition and a large pot stewing on your stove will make your house smell heavenly, especially if you brown your bacon first! 

It's a tasty meal that will get you excited about leftovers! Adding a pot of soup each week to your weekly menu plan is a great lifestyle solution to adopt!

All soups can be tweaked to your taste buds! Vegetable soups cooked in broth, versus a cream base, are a healthy diet habit. They offer nutrition from various vegetables and are generally a low calorie, filling meal. Pair this cabbage soup with a slice of hearty bread and a salad! The added bonus is leftovers.

You can get the Recipe for Cabbage Soup from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

Season

September 20th falls within the Summer Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Summer is the Hottest of the Four Seasons! It follows Spring and is before Fall! The kids are out of school and many vacations happen in summer, which means more family time. Hopefully a beach is involved!

The first day of Summer is also known as the Summer Solstice where we enjoy the most sunlight of the year! After this day, the amount of daylight starts to decrease each day.

Check out our Summer Season page for information about Summer, Summer Dates, Major Summer Holidays and Observances, Major Summer Festivals, Fun Facts About Summer, Summer Food Tips, Summer Gardening, Summer Preparation, Summer Quotes, and Summer Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on Summer Foods: 

• Summer Cooking

• Summer Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Winter Season. 

• Winter Foods

• Winter Weight Gain

• Winter Weight Loss Tips

This Day in History

• 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Spain with 270 men to circumnavigate the globe
• 1737 - The Walking Purchase gives 1.2 million acreas of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony
• 1860 - The first visit to North America by a Prince of Wales occurs when the future King Edward VII of the United Kingdom visits
• 1881 - The morning after President James A. Garfield's death, Chester A. Arthur is sworn in as the United States President
• 1893 - The first American-made gasoline powered automobile is road tested by Charles Duryea and his brother
• 1911 - The RMS Olympic collides with the British warship HMS Hawke
• 1941 - Lithuanian Nazis and local police murder 403 Jews in Nemencine
• 1942 - During two days, German Einsatzgruppe murders at least 3,000 Jews in Letychiv
• 1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held
• 1967 - The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 sets sail from Clydebank, Scotland
• 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
• 1977 - Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations
• 1984 - The U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon is attacked by a suicide bomber in a car, killing twenty-two people
• 2000 - Individuals using a Russian built RPG-22 anti-tank missile, attack the UK's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building
• 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush declares War on Terror in an address to a joint session of Congress and the American people
• 2008 - In front of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, a dump truck full of explosives detonates killing 54 people and injuring 266 others
• 2017 - Category 4 Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico resulting in 2,975 deaths, and causing $90 billion in damages

This Day in Music

• 1969 - John Lennon leaves The Beatles, but agrees to not make an official announcement
• 1969 - Sugar, Sugar by the cartoon group The Archies hit #1 in America
• 1977 - Ringo the 4th is released by Ringo Starr
• 1980 - Modern Girl by Sheena Easton hits #8 in the UK, while she also had 9 To 5 in the Top 10
• 1986 - Their fourth album Fore! is released by Huey Lewis & the News, containing two #1 hits, Stuck With You and Jacob's Ladder
• 2014 - All About that Bass by Meghan Trainor hits #1 (video below)

This Day in Sports

• 1939 - Joe Louis wins the heavyweight boxing title in 11 against Bob Pastor
• 1948 - Mexican Baseball league is disbanded
• 1955 - Willy Mays is the 7th player to reach 50 HRs in a season
• 1973 - In the Battle of Sexes tennis match, Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs
• 1980 - Spectacular Bid runs in the Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out
• 1982 - During the 1982 NFL season, Football players begin a 57-day strike
• 1988 - After hitting his head on the diving board the previous day, American diver Greg Louganis wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Seoul Olympics
• 2013- Alex Rodriquez of the New York Yankees sets a new MLB record with 24 Grand Slam HRs 

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!