September 26

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on September 26, include:

• Compliance Officer Day 
• European Day of Languages 
• German Butterbrot Day - September 26, 2025 (Last Friday in September)
• Hug a Vegetarian Day - September 26, 2025 (Last Friday in September)
• Human Resource Professional Day 
• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 
• Johnny Appleseed Day 
• Love Note Day - September 26, 2025 (Fourth Friday in September)
• Lumberjack Day 
• Mesothelioma Awareness Day 
• National Better Breakfast Day 
• National Brave Day - September 26, 2025 (Fourth Friday in September)
• National Doodle Day - September 26, 2025
• National Dumpling Day 
• National Pancake Day 
• Native American Day (California) - September 26, 2025 (Fourth Friday in September)
• Record Store Day - August 29, September 26, and October 24
  
• Save the Koala Day - September 26, 2025 (Last Friday in September)
• Shamu the Whale Day 
• Situational Awareness Day 
• Sport Purple for Platelets Day - September 26, 2025 (Last Friday in September)
• World Contraception Day 

2025 Weekly Holidays that include September 26, are:

• Banned Books Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week in September)
• Build a Better Image Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week of September)
• Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week in September)
• Deaf Dog Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Full Week of September)
• Fall Astronomy Week - September 22-28, 2025
• Global Week of Student Prayer - September 22-26, 2025
• International Clean Hands Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week of September)
• International Deaf Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Whole Week in September from Monday - Sunday)
• International Interpreters and Translators Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Full Week in September)
• International Week of the Deaf - September 21-27, 2025 (Monday - Sunday Week that has the last Sunday in September)
• National Dog Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week of September)
• National Drive Electric Week (Formerly National Plug In Week) - In 2025, this changed to be National Drive Electric Month celebrated September 12, 2025 to October 12, 2025 
• National Employ Older Workers Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Farm Animals Awareness Week - September 20-26, 2025 (Third week of September)
• National Hispanic Heritage Weeks - September 15, 2025 - October 15, 2025 (Starts on September 15 and ends on October 15th each year)
• National Indoor Plant Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week of September)
• National Keep Kids Creative Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week of September)
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Security Officer Appreciation Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Singles Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week in September) 
• National Surgical Technologist Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Third Full Week in September)
• National Wild Rice Week -September 21-27, 2025 (Fourth Week of September)
• Navratri - September 22, 2025 - October 1, 2025
• Remember to Register to Vote Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week in September)
• Rodent Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025
• Sea Otter Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week of September)
• Tolkien Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Week that Hobbit Day 9/22 falls on)
• World Hearing Aid Awareness Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Week in September)
• World Reflexology Week - September 21-27, 2025 (Last Full Week in September)

2025 Monthly Holidays that include September 26, 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 20, 2025 - October 5, 2025 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 26 - October 5, 2025

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 26 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

• 1774 - Johnny Appleseed, American gardener and environmentalist (d. 1845)
• 1888 - T.S. Eliot, English poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1914 - Jack LaLanne, American fitness expert (d. 2011)
• 1925 - Marty Robbins, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1948 - Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress (Grease)
• 1956 - Linda Hamilton, American actress (Beauty and the Beast, Terminator)
• 1962 - Melissa Sue Anderson, American-Canadian actress (Little House on the Prairie)

Famous Deaths

• 1820 - Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer (b. 1734)
• 1902 - Levi Strauss, German-American businessman who founded Levi Strauss & Co (b. 1829)
• 2008 - Paul Newman, American actor, (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Color of Money) director, producer and businessman who founded Newman's Own (Food Products)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1986 - Fashion designer Calvin Klein marries his assistant Kelly Rector
• 1999 - Actress, singer, beauty queen, Vanessa Williams marries basketball player Rick Fox
• 2016 - Australian actress Naomi Watts and actor Liv Schreiber announce their separation after 11 years together

Quote of the Day

Today, September 26th has two specific days related to breakfast....National Better Breakfast Day and National Pancake Day!

Coffee is one of the most popular drinks to have with Breakfast! Coffee is actually the most popular drink in the world! It just seems like a great way to start the day.  Not only is it addictive, but the caffeine helps wake you up. Mornings are definitely Coffee Time!

I'm not a consistent coffee drinker, mainly because I don't always have cream on hand for it, but I do find that I am a lot more productive when I start my day off with a cup of coffee along with breakfast!

Kerry has some great pages on her Healthy Diet Habits website with some information about breakfast and some great breakfast recipes. Check them out!

1. Healthy Breakfast
2. Healthy Breakfast Cereals
3. Healthy Breakfast Ideas
4. Bread Recipes
5. Breakfast Recipes

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

Kerry's Healthy Fall Snacks list is one that is in keeping with the seasons. Buying seasonal food is cheaper, and a better deal. There are many processed snack treats to purchase, but most are full of ingredients that are not real foods.

Kerry's list uses real foods that might need preparation, but promote healthy eating habits. Don’t just give into your hankering for processed treats that fill every aisle at this time of the year, but fill up on these healthier choices!

Check out Kerry's Healthy Fall Snacks list!

Season

September 26th 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, 2025, 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 (info. coming soon).

• Spring Weight Loss Tips 

This Day in History

• 1087 - William II is crowned the King of England, and he remains King until the year 1100
• 1580 - Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth
• 1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia during the American Revolution
• 1789 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State by George Washington
• 1914 - The Federal Trade Commission Act establishes the United States Federal Trade Commission
• 1933 - The nickname for FBI agents, G-Men is born, when Machine Gun Kelly is arrested and shouts "Don't Shoot, G-Men!"
• 1934 - RMS Queen Mary sets sail on her maiden voyage
• 1953 - The United Kingdom ends their rationing of sugar
• 1959 - Typhoon Vera hits Japan, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million people homeless
• 1960 - The first televised debate between U.S. presidential candidates takes place in Chicago, when Richard M. Nixon debates John F. Kennedy
• 1973 - The Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic Ocean
• 1980 - An Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich kills 13 people, and injures 211 more
• 1984 - China and the United Kingdom agree to a transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong which takes place in 1997
• 2000 - The MS Express Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers
• 2002 - The Senegalese ferry, MV Le Joola which was overcrowded, capsizes off the coast of Gambia killing more than 1,000 people
• 2009 - Typhoon Ketsana kills over 700 people when it hits the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand
• 2014 - A mass kidnapping of 43 male students occurs in Iguala, Mexico

This Day in Music

• 1969 - Abbey Road by The Beatles is released
• 1975 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show opens in Westwood, CA
• 1992 - Gloria Estefan puts on a star-studded concert to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Andrew
• 2000 - Good Charlotte releases their self-title debut album
• 2012 - The Truth About Love by Pink is the #1 album in America
• 2014 - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes solo album by Thom Yorke, front man of Radiohead is released for $6 a download on BitTorrent

This Day in Sports

• 1954 - Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd base 
• 1979 - The 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage is sold to ABC for $225 million
• 1983 - Australia II wins the America's Cup
• 1988 - Soviet throwers sweep the medals in the hammer throw at the Seoul Olympics
• 1992 - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
• 1996 - San Francisco Barry Bonds is the 2nd player to hit 40 HRs and steal 40 bases

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!