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International Daughters Day, created by Indian greeting card company Archies Limited, occurs on the fourth Sunday of September. The day raises awareness and appreciation of women, daughters, and girls in a nation prone to patriarchy and was quickly adopted internationally in several countries. Daughters Day has mistakenly been picked up in the United States as a fixed observance on September 25 each year, a misreading of the original event that moves dates. The American observance is an internet invention, unofficial and unsponsored. International Daughters Day is the actual and official event each year, and it always occurs on the 4th Sunday of the month.

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Sep

Environmental Health Day, World: September 26

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These objectives of World Environmental Health Day are eliminating food waste, increasing sustainability in energy and farming, addressing logistical concerns, and highlighting the need to protect the planet and climate to ensure life continues. Each country hosts its activities and forums for education and action. Annually on September 26.

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Sep

Family Day, Keep Kids Away from Drugs: September 26

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Family Day is a national initiative created by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse to promote simple acts of parental engagement as key ways to help prevent substance use in children and teens.

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Sep

Family Day: September 26

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Previously referred to as Eat Dinner with Your Children Day, Family Day is celebrated annually in the U.S. on the 4th Monday of September. Conceived and promoted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, this event aims to encourage parents to pay more attention to their children and drive parental engagement as an effective tool to help keep kids away from trouble. Sitting down to dinner as a family goes a long way towards achieving this goal.

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Sep

Johnny Appleseed Day (1774): September 26*

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Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated annually on the birthday of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), September 26, 1774. He died on March 18, 1845 Johnny Appleseed was a conservationist and a philanthropist who planted apple trees throughout the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, preaching the Gospel as he traveled in exchange for a place to stay.

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Sep

Love Note Day: September 26

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Love Note Day encourages people to send personalized notes to the ones they love (absent emojis and using more than 240 characters for a change). Letter writing is becoming a lost art, and the simple act of jotting a quick note of endearment to someone you love and slipping it into their lunch or wallet will make their day. Use Love Note Day as your opportunity to make someone smile.

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Sep

Lumberjack Day: September 26

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Lumberjack Day (aka National Pancake Day) was invented in 2005 by Marianne Ways and Colleen AF Venable as an excuse to eat a TON of pancakes and waffles with friends. The women were sick of pirate-themed parties after the famous "Talk Like a Pirate Day." They created Lumberjack Day to change the tone. Over the years, Lumberjack Day has grown, and more people are celebrating, getting dressed up in plaid and beards (or sometimes even as giant pancakes or trees or oxen!), carrying fake axes, and throwing colossal lumberjack-themed parties.

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Sep

Native American Day, (US-TN): September 26*

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Native American Day in Tennessee honors the Native American culture and its contributions to the fabric and vitality of the United States. In 1994, the General Assembly of Tennessee passed legislation declaring the fourth Monday of September as American Indian Day. Similar celebrations occur on the 4th Friday in September or the 2nd Monday in October, depending upon the state.

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Sep

Nuclear Weapons, Intl. Day for the Total Elimination of: September 26

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Nuclear weapons pose a unique and potentially existential threat to our planet. Simply using them initiates a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons seeks to eliminate this manmade threat by abolishing the existence and use of nuclear weapons globally.

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Sep

Queen's Birthday (AU-WA): September 26

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The Queen’s birthday is a national holiday in Australia. Australia is one of several constitutional monarchies that considers the English Queen head of state. Most states celebrate this day in June. However, Western Australia celebrates in September, and Queensland marks the day in October. Queen Elizabeth II’s actual birthday is April 21, 1926. She ascended to the throne on February 6, 1952, and was coronated on June 2, 1953.

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Sep

US/Iran first diplomatic meeting in 35 years (US/IR)(2013): September 26

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The US and Iran's first diplomatic meeting in 35 years (Persia) happened on September 26, 2013. The two nations dissolved diplomatic ties after the Shah's overthrow and the US Embassy's seizure in Iran by student radicals in 1979. The United States CIA and British MI-6 had led a coup in 1953, which overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. At the time, Iran was one of the region's most progressive, pro-Western nations and considered a bridge between Europe and Asia. With the installation of the Shah in Iran, the people's mood toward the west changed. He was a repressive and ostentatious leader and engendered hatred in his people. Leading up to and upon his overthrow in 1979, political leanings in the region moved in an anti-West, anti-American direction. The most notable manifestation of this was the arrival of austere, highly conservative interpretations of Islam becoming the norm throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Persia in both Shi'a and Sunni nations. In May 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the treaty agreed to with Iran, resulting from this historic meeting. In 2022, the nations of Europe, Iran, and the United States seek to repair and reinvigorate the treaty that Iran obeyed and the United States violated.

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Sep

Ancestor Appreciation Day: September 27

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Ancestor Appreciation Day allows descendants to learn more about their ancestors, their values, traditions, and ways of life. People mark this day by visiting relatives or working on their family tree.

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Sep

Gay Men's AIDS/HIV Awareness Day: September 27

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Gay Men’s AIDS/HIV Awareness Day is an awareness campaign designed to educate the public on the effects of HIV and the stigma that goes along with it on gay and bisexual men. It is a day to disseminate information on what to do when a bisexual or gay man acquires HIV, what medications are available, and which prevention strategies avoid spreading the disease.

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Sep

Recycle, Crush a Can Day: September 27

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Crush a Can Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of recycling and encourages people to crush cans as a symbol of that effort. Crushing cans is a great stress reliever too. Bonus!

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Sep

Tourism Day, World: September 27

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Each year the United Nations World Tourism Organization sponsors World Tourism Day. The theme changes yearly and is announced sometime in the summer. World Tourism Day is one of three tourism-specific events in the United States. The first week of May features National Travel & Tourism Week and Tourist Appreciation Day.

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