September 2010

6Labor Day
Birthday of Jane Addams (1860-1935)
Anniversary of Liberation Theology
8International Literacy Day
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Mary
9Rosh Hashanah (until 9/11)
Birthday of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
10Birthday of Jean Vanier (b. 1928)
11Peace Prayer Day
12National Grandparents Day
Birthday of Jesse Owens (1913-1986)
14Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15Feast of the Mother of Sorrows
Respect for the Aged (Japan)
17Feast of St. Hildegard of Bigen (1098-1179)
18Yom Kippur (Day of Antonement)
20Feast of St. Andrew Kim
21Feast of St. Matthew
International Day of Peace
22Autumn Equinox
23Sukkoth, the Feast of Tabernacles (until 9/30)
Aki-no-Higan (Traditional observance of Japanese Buddhists held twice a year at the Autumn and Spring Equinoxes to express gratefulness for the lives of ancestors.)
Navajo Sing (One of three Navajo festivals observing the coming agricultural season (January), blessings of fields in preparation for planting (February), and gratitude for the harvest (September).)
25Birthday of William Faulkner (1897-1962)
26Birthday of George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Birthday of Johnny Appleseed
Birthday of T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
27Feast of St. Vincent de Paul
28Birthday of Confucius (557-479 BCE)
29Feasts of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael
30Feast of St. Jerome


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http://www.easterbrooks.com/personal/calendar/yearly.html
http://www.historychannel.com
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