September 25

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on September 25, include:

• Binge Day 
• California Native American Day - September 25, 2026
• Comic Book Day 
• Crab Meat Newburg Day 
• German Butterbrot Day - September 25, 2026 (Last Friday in September)
• Hug a Vegetarian Day - September 25, 2026 (Last Friday in September)
• Love Note Day - September 25, 2026 (Fourth Friday in September)
• Math Story Telling Day 
• National Bakery Day 
• National Brave Day - September 25, 2026 (Fourth Friday in September)
• National Cooking Day 
• National Food Service Employees Day 
• National Lobster Day 
• National One-Hit Wonder Day 
• National Psychotherapy Day 
• National Research Administrators Day 
• National Tune Up Day 
• Native American Day (California) - September 25, 2026 (Fourth Friday in September)
• Save the Koala Day - September 25, 2026 (Last Friday in September)
• World Ataxia Awareness Day 
• World Dream Day 
• World Pharmacists Day 

2026 Weekly Holidays that include September 25, are:

• Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week in September)
• Deaf Dog Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Full Week of September)
• Fairtrade Fortnight - September 21 - October 4, 2026
• International Clean Hands Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week of September)
• International Deaf Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Whole Week in September from Monday - Sunday)
• International Interpreters and Translators Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Full Week in September)
• International Week of the Deaf - September 20-26, 2026 (Monday - Sunday Week that has the last Sunday in September)
• International Women's E-Commerce Days - September 22-29, 2026
• National Adult Day Services Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third week of September)
• National Deaf Dog Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Employ Older Workers Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Falls Prevention Awareness Week - September 21-25, 2026
• National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Farm Animals Awareness Week - September 19-25, 2026 (Third week of September)
• National Keep Kids Creative Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Week of September)
• National Postdoc Appreciation Week - September 21-25, 2026
• National Security Officer Appreciation Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Singles Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week in September) 
• National Surgical Technologist Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Wild Rice Week -September 20-26, 2026 (Fourth Week of September)
• Pollution Prevention Week - September 21-27, 2026 (Begins on the Third Monday in September)
• Remember to Register to Vote Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Week in September)
• Rodent Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Third Full Week of September)
• Sea Otter Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Week of September)
• Sukkot - Evening of September 25, 2026, to Evening of October 2, 2026 (Jewish)
• Tolkien Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Week that Hobbit Day 9/22 falls on)
• World Hearing Aid Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Week in September)
• World Reflexology Week - September 20-26, 2026 (Last Full Week in September)

2026 Monthly Holidays that include September 25, 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 19, 2026 - October 4, 2026, Beer Festival in Munich, Germany. This festival is now held all over the World. Also, check out our Holidays in Germany page!
• International Sand Sculpting Championship - September 25 - October 4, 2026

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 25 is Libra.

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

• 1944 - Michael Douglas, American actor and producer (Fatal Attraction, Romancing the Stone)
• 1951 - Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer (Played Luke Skywalker in Star Wars)
• 1952 - Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (Superman) (d. 2004)
• 1969 - Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress (The Mask of Zorro, Chicago, Ocean's Twelve)

Famous Deaths

• 1960 - Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873)
• 2016 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1953 - Russian Mikhail Gorbachev marries Raisa Maximovna
• 1954 - Actress Audrey Hepburn (Roman Holiday) marries actor Mel Ferrer
• 2004 - Actor Kevin Costner (Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard, Yellowstone) marries model and handbag designer Christine Baumgartner

Quote of the Day

September 25th is World Dream Day! 

Work Hard to Make Your Dreams Come True!

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

September 25th is National Cooking Day! We are also in the fall season, so our Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day are some Fall Cooking Tips. 

Fall Cooking is all about keeping warm and choosing foods that offer comfort, to overcome the gloom of shortened dark days and unruly weather! The smells of simmering stews and soups, beckon family members to congregate in the kitchen! It’s about gathering up the last fruits and vegetables of the fall harvest, before the long dark winter sets in.

Find out specific tips for Fall Cooking!

Season

September 25th falls within the Fall Season in the Northern Hemisphere.  

Fall is full of all things pumpkin, leaves falling, and fun holidays and get togethers with friends and family as we enter the Holiday Season and celebrate Halloween, and Thanksgiving. With Fall ending on December 20, 2026, it draws us near to Christmas and the New Year celebrated in the winter season!

Check out our Fall Season page for information about Fall, Fall Dates, Major Fall Holidays and Observances, Major Fall Festivals, Fun Facts About Fall, Fall Food Tips, Fall Gardening, Fall Preparation (Cars, Clothes, Garden, Home), Fall Quotes, and Fall Weather info.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on fall foods: 

• Fall Cooking

• Fall Foods

• Fall Snacks

• Fall Weight Loss Tips

Fall is all about pumpkins, so please also check out our pumpkin pages:

• Pumpkins

• Pumpkin Carving 

• Pumpkin Recipes

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

• Spring Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1237 - England and Scotland establish the location of their common border by signing the Treaty of York
• 1775 - Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec begins
• 1789 - The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the 10 Bill of Rights, the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment
• 1890 - Sequoia National Park is established by the United States Congress
• 1926 - The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is signed
• 1955 - The Royal Jordanian Air Force is established
• 1956 - The first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, the TAT-1, is inaugurated
• 1978 - PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, crashes in San Diego after colliding mid-air with a Cessna 172, killing 144 people
• 1981 - Belize joins the United Nations
• 1992 - NASA launches the Mars Observer which would fail eleven months later

This Day in Music

• 1993 - The US Postal Service issues a Patsy Cline commemorative stamp
• 2010 - Bush performs at the second Epicenter Music Festival in Fontana, CA
• 2017 - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers play their last concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles
• 2019 - The first installment of an eight-part documentary series Country Music by Ken Burns airs on PBS
• 2020 - Born to be Free is released by Van Morrison to protest the coronovirus lockdown measures

The Dance by Garth Brooks

This Day in Sports

• 1934 - Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,500th consecutive game
• 1977 - The first Chicago Marathon has 4,200 participants
• 1981 - Nolan Ryan has his 5th career no-hitter as the Astros beat the Dodgers 5-0
• 1985 - Rickey Henderson steals his 75th base of the season for a Yankee record
• 1988 - Americans sweep the medals in the long jump at the Seoul Olympics; Cal Lewis wins gold with a leap of 8.72m followed by his teammates Mike Powell and Larry Myricks

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!