September 26th is

World Contraception Day *

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Family and Community Day

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U.N. International Day for Total
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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MORE! Julius Caesar, George Gershwin and Rachel Carson, click

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WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS

Australia – Queen’s Birthday

Azerbaijan –
Constitutional Referendum Day

Canada – Toronto:
Canada Kids Festival

China – Qufu:
International Confucius Culture Festival

New Zealand – Canterbury South:
Provincial Anniversary Day

Yemen – The September Revolution

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On This Day in HISTORY

46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix

1687 – The Parthenon is damaged by bombing from Venetian forces besieging Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens

1789 – Thomas Jefferson appointed as first U.S. Secretary of State; John Jay as first Supreme Court Chief Justice; Samuel Osgood as Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph as Attorney General

1810 – Former Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne

1898 – George Gershwin, American composer and pianist, is born

1907 – New Zealand and Newfoundland become dominions within the British Empire

1914 – The Federal Trade Commission Act establishes the FTC

1933 – ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly surrenders to the FBI, shouting “Don’t shoot, G-Men!” which becomes a nickname for FBI agents

1934 – The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched

1957 – West Side Story opens on Broadway

1960 – First televised presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy

1962 – Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is published

1969 – The Beatles release their last recorded album, Abbey Road

1973 – The Concorde makes its first non-stop transatlantic flight in record time

1990 – The Motion Picture Association of America announces the NC-17 rating

1997 – Part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi collapses during an earthquake

2000 – Anti-globalization protests by crowds of up to 20,000 protesters in Prague for the IMF/World Bank summits turn violent

2007 – International Planned Parenthood joins with other organizations worldwide to inaugurate World Contraception Day * so that ‘every pregnancy will be a planned one’

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Visuals

• Origami Crane for International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
• International flags
• The Parthenon
• RMS Queen Mary is launched
• Rachel Carson on science
• World Contraception Day infographic

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