September 5

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on September 5, include:

• Be Late for Something Day 
  
• International Bacon Day - September 5, 2026
• International Day of Charity 
• International Vulture Awareness Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday in September)
• Jury Rights Day 
• National Cheese Pizza Day 
• National Franchise Appreciation Day - September 5, 2026
• National Hummingbird Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday in September)
• National Play Outside Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday of Every Month)
• National Shrink Day 
• National Tailgating Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday in September)
• National Writing Date Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday in September)
• World Beard Day - September 5, 2026 (First Saturday in September)
• World Samosa Day

2026 Weekly Holidays that include September 5, are:

• Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over - Labor Day: August 19 - September 6, 2026
• International Enthusiasm Week - September 1-7
• Janmashtami - Evening of September 4 - Evening of September 5, 2026
• National Childhood Injury Prevention Week - September 1-7
• National Nutrition Week - September 1-7
• National Sweet Corn Week - September 3-7, 2026
• Rabi 'al Awwal - August 14 - September 11, 2026
• Self-University Week - September 1-7

2026 Monthly Holidays that include September 5, 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)

• National Championship Chuckwagon Races - August 29 - September 6, 2026 (Held in Clinton, Arkansas)
• US Open Tennis Championships - August 30 - September 13, 2026

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for September 5 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

• 1847 - Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882)
• 1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian (Bob Newhart Show)
• 1940 - Raquel Welch, American actress and singer
• 1946 - Freddie Mercury, British singer, songwriter, producer, and lead vocalist for Queen (d. 1991)

Famous Deaths

• 1877 - Crazy Horse, American tribal leader (b. 1849)
• 1997 - Mother Teresa, Albanian-Indian nun, missionary, and saint, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 2016 - Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer and political activist (b. 1924)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1725 - Louis XV, King of France marries Maria Leszczynska
• 1959 - Motorcycle stunt performer Evel Knieval marries Linda Joan Bork

Quote of the Day

September 5th is International Day of Charity! 

All of us can choose to Make This World Better! 

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

National Nutrition Week is September 1-7!

Nutrition is described as getting the nutrients that your body needs to be healthy. What does that mean? Everywhere you turn you are told to do this and that, until you have no clue. You have heard it all, but do not really know what it means enough to apply it to your life. Your motto is, "If it tastes great, I will eat it!"

Unfortunately fast food restaurants and processed food manufacturers know your motto well! They add fats, sugars, and salt, to their empty nutritionally bankrupt foods to make them taste delicious!

These foods cause food cravings, blood sugar highs and lows, plus weight gain. Our culture now is a large one, with 2/3 of our people overweight or obese.

Find out some basics about Nutrition from Kerry's Healthy Diet Habits website!

Season

September 5th 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

• 1666 - The Great First of London ends with ten thousand buildings, including Old St. Paul's Cathedral destroyed and six people killed
• 1774 - The First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia
• 1836 - Sam Houston is elected as the first President of the Republic of Texas
• 1839 - The United Kingdom declares war on the Qing dynasty of China
• 1862 - The Army of Northern Virginia crosses the Potomac River at White's Ford 
• 1877 - After resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort robinson in Nebraska, Oglala Sious chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a U.S. soldier
• 1882 - New York City holds the first United States Labor Day parade
• 1941 - Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany
• 1975 - Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, CA
• 1977 - NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft
• 1980 - The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland between
  Goschenen and Airolo as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles
• 1984 - The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage
• 1984 - Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish capital punishment
• 1986 - With 358 people on board, Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India is hijacked at Karachi International Airport
• 1996 - Hurricane Fran makes landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina as a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds, causing over $3 billion in damages and killing 27 people

This Day in Music

• 1964 - The House of the Rising Sun by British group The Animals hits #1 in America
• 1972 - Where Is The Love? by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway is certified Gold
• 1987 - American Bandstand airs on network TV for the last time.
• 1990 - B.B. King receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• 2014 - Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert open a bed and breakfast called The Ladysmith in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.
• 2018 - Fleetwood Mac perform on the Ellen show debuting their new band members Neil Finn and Mike Campbell who replaced Lindsey Buckingham (video below of The Chain)

This Day in Sports

• 1960 - Muhammad Ali wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome
• 1960 - A.J. Foyt wins the first of 67 Indy car victories
• 1995 - Cal Ripken Jr plays in 2,130 straight games and ties Gehrig's record

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!