September 28

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on September 28, include:

• Ask a Stupid Question Day - September 28, 2026 (Last School Day of September)
• Drink Beer Day 
• Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Kids - September 28, 2026 (Fourth Monday in September)
• Family Day - Be Involved. Stay Involved. - September 28, 2026 (Fourth Monday in September)
• Fish Tank Floorshow Night 
• Freedom From Hunger Day 
• Gold Lining Day 
• International Right to Know Day 
• National Good Neighbor Day 
• Read a Child a Book You Like Day 
• Strawberry Cream Pie Day 
• World Rabies Day

2026 Weekly Holidays that include September 28, are:

• Fairtrade Fortnight - September 21 - October 4, 2026
• Food Waste Prevention Week - September 28 - October 4, 2026
• International Women's E-Commerce Days - September 22-29, 2026
• National Chimney Safety Week - September 27 - October 3, 2026 (Week before Fire Prevention Week)
• National Dog Week - September 27 - October 3, 2026 (Last Week of September)
• National Fall Foliage Week - September 27 - October 4, 2026 (Begins on the Last Sunday in September)
• Shetland Wool Week - September 27 - October 3, 2026
• Sukkot - Evening of September 25, 2026, to Evening of October 2, 2026 (Jewish)

2026 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 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 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!

Season

September 28th 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

• 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!