September 28

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on September 28, include:

• Drink Beer Day
• Family Health and Fitness Day USA - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September) and also on June 8, 2024
• Fish Amnesty Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• Fish Tank Floorshow Night 
• Freedom From Hunger Day 
• Gold Lining Day 
• International Lace Day - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• International Rabbit Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• International Right to Know Day 
• Kids Day - September 28, 2024 (Kiwanis Clubs) (Fourth Saturday in September)
• Museum Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• National Ghost Hunting Day - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• National Good Neighbor Day 
• National Hunting and Fishing Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• National Public Lands Day - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• National Wildlife Ecology Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• R.E.A.D. in America Day - September 28, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in September)
• Read a Child a Book You Like Day 
• Save Your Photo's Day - September 28, 2024 (Last Saturday in September)
• Strawberry Cream Pie Day 
  
• World Rabies Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include September 28, are:

• Banned Books Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week in September)
  
• Deaf Dog Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week of September)
  
• International Deaf Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Whole Week in September from Monday - Sunday)
  
• International Interpreters and Translators Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in September)
• International Week of the Deaf - September 23-29, 2024 (Monday - Sunday Week that has the last Sunday in September)
• Minimally Invasive Surgery Week - September 25-28, 2024
• National Deaf Dog Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Dog Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week of September)
• National Drive Electric Week (Formerly National Plug In Week) - September 27 - October 6, 2024
• National Employ Older Workers Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in September)
• National Fall Foliage Week - September 28 - October 5, 2024 (Begins on the Last Sunday in September)
• National Hispanic Heritage Weeks - September 15, 2024 - October 15, 2024 (Starts on September 15 and ends on October 15th each year)
  
• National Keep Kids Creative Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week of September)
• National Wild Rice Week -September 22-28, 2024 (Fourth Week of September)
• Rabi 'al Awwal - September 6 - October 5, 2024
  
• Remember to Register to Vote Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week in September)
• Sea Otter Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week of September)
• Tolkien Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Week that Hobbit Day 9/22 falls on)
• World Hearing Aid Awareness Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Week in September)
• World Reflexology Week - September 22-28, 2024 (Last Full Week in September)

2024 Monthly Holidays that include September 28, 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 21, 2024 - October 6, 2024 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 27 - October 6, 2024

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 28 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

• 551 BC - Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher (d 479 BC)
• 1836 - Thomas Crapper, English plumber who invented the ballcock (d. 1910)
• 1934 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
• 1968 - Naomi Watts, English-Australian actress and producer

Famous Deaths

• 1964 - Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (Marx Brothers) (b. 1888)
• 1991 - Miles Davis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 2007 - Wally Parks, American businessman who founded the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1922 - Actor James Cagney marries dancer Frances Vernon
• 1935 - Comedian Stan Laurel marries 2nd wife actress Virginia Ruth Rogers
• 1936 - Comedian Harpo Marx (Marx Brothers) marries actress Susan Fleming
• 1956 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin marries Naina Girina
• 2010 - Oracle CEO Larry Ellison divorces romance novelist Melanie Craft after six years

Quote of the Day

September 28 is Read a Child a Book You Like Day! Start your child on the path of learning early, by reading to them! 

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

Do you eat pesticides in food? Many non-organic fruits and vegetables are heavily laden with pesticides. The worst of these offenders are called "The Dirty Dozen". These fruits and vegetables contain 47 to 67 pesticides per serving, according to The Environmental Working group.

It’s a healthy diet habit to always buy them from the organic section. This will limit your exposure to pesticides by up to 80%.

Each year a list of the Dirty Dozen (produce full of pesticides) and a Clean 15 list of produce that has the least amount of pesticides on them is published.  Find out what these are from Kerry's Pesticides in Food page on her Healthy Diet Habits website!

This Day in History

• 1066 - William the Conqueror begins the Norman conquest when he lands in England
• 1542 - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal lands in what would later be named San Diego, California
• 1779 - Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress 
• 1787 - The Congress of the Confederation votes to send the United States Constitution to the state legislatures for approval
• 1919 - Race riots start in Omaha, Nebraska
• 1924 - A team from the U.S. Army completes the first aerial circumnavigation
• 1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers what would eventually be called penicillin, when he notices a bacteria-killing mold growing in his lab
• 1994 - 852 people are killed when the cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea
• 2018 - The 7.5mw Sulawesi earthquake triggers a large tsunami which leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 people injured
  
  

This Day in Music

• 1968 - Hey Jude by The Beatles hits #1 in America
• 1972 - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone is released by The Temptations
• 1991 - Ropin' the Wind by Garth Brooks is the first country album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart
• 2012 - The musical comedy Pitch Perfect premieres in theaters and debuts the a cappella group Pentatonix

Radioactive by a cappella group Pentatonix with violinist Lindsey Stirling

This Day in Sports

• 1892 - Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal play the first American football night game
• 1930 - Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games
• 1941 - Ted Williams achieves a .406 batting average for the season
• 1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for the heavyweight boxing title
• 1979 - Larry Holmes TKOs Earnie Shavers in 11 for the heavyweight boxing title

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!