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09/27/2026

September 27th, National Chocolate Milk Day

Also on this date, in 1777 during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress, having fled Philadelphia, held a session in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, making the city the capital of the American colonies for one day.

In 1918 British forces attacked the Hindenburg Line in the final offensive on the Western Front during World War I.

In 1964 following months of investigation into the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Warren Commission released its findings.

In 1066, after being delayed by bad weather, William, duke of Normandy, embarked his army and set sail for the southeastern coast of England in what would be known in history as the Norman Conquest.

09/26/2026

September 26th, National Situational Awareness Day and Johnny Appleseed Day

Also on this date, in 1960 the first in a series of historic televised debates (seen by some 85 to 120 million viewers) between U.S. presidential candidates John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon was broadcast.

In 1969 the American sitcom The Brady Bunch premiered on ABC, and it became an enduring pop culture phenomenon. Also the Beatles released Abbey Road, their last-recorded album (Let It Be, though mostly recorded earlier than Abbey Road, was released in 1970).

In 2024, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a category 4 storm. It cut through multiple states in the southeastern U.S. over the following days and was responsible for more than 230 deaths, about half of them in North Carolina.

In 1687, During the bombardment of the Acropolis by Venetian forces, part of the Parthenon was destroyed in a powder explosion.

09/25/2026

September 25th, National Daughter’s Day

Also on this date, in 1777 Philadelphia, then the American capital, was occupied by British forces during the American Revolution.

On this day in 1513, Spanish conquistador and explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa, standing “silent, upon a peak in Darién,” on the Isthmus of Panama, became the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean.

In 1970, Hostilities came to an end during Black September, the brief but violent civil war between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Jordan.

In 1962, Sonny Liston became world heavyweight boxing champion with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in Chicago.

09/24/2026

September 24th, National Punctuation Day

Also on this date, in 1957 racial desegregation took center stage when federal troops were dispatched to Little Rock, Arkansas, to maintain order and enforce the right of black students to attend the local public high school.

In 1960 the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Enterprise, was launched by the United States.

In 1906 Devils Tower in northeastern Wyoming was named the first national monument in the United States.

In 1869, Plummeting gold prices led to a panic known as Black Friday, when U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, after learning of an attempt by Jay Gould and James Fisk to drive up the gold market, ordered $4 million of government gold to be sold on the market.

09/23/2026

September 23rd, National Restless Legs Awareness Day

Also on this date, in 1846, astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle became the first person ever to observe the planet Neptune, the existence of which had been mathematically predicted by Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier and John Couch Adams.

In 1969 the American film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had its world premiere, and it became a western classic, especially noted for the pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the titular outlaws.

In 1869, Mary Mallon—who later became known as Typhoid Mary, accused of causing multiple outbreaks of typhoid fever while working as a domestic servant in the United States—was born in Ireland.

In 1779, During the American Revolution, in the midst of a naval engagement between the warships Bonhomme Richard and Serapis off the east coast of England, American commander John Paul Jones answered a call to surrender from his English counterpart with the famous quotation, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

09/22/2026

09/22/2026

September 22nd, National States and Capitals Day

Also on this date, in 1776 American officer Nathan Hale was hanged by the British for spying during the American Revolution.

In 1980 the Iran-Iraq War began when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries' joint border; fighting continued until 1988, and a formal peace agreement was signed in 1990.

In 1994 the first episode of Friends aired on NBC, and the show became one of the most popular sitcoms in the United States.

In 1888, The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published, and it became famous for its richly illustrated articles on the various geographic regions of the world.

In 2025, Super Typhoon Ragasa made landfall in the Philippines, with top winds reaching 183 miles (295 km) per hour. At least 10 people were killed and 13 others injured.

09/21/2026

September 21st, National New York Day the 11th State to enter the Union

Also on this date, in 1937 English writer J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, a coming-of-age fantasy that became a classic, was published.

In 1840 while experimenting with gallic acid, a chemical he was informed would increase the sensitivity of his prepared paper, William Henry Fox Talbot discovered that the acid can be used to develop a latent image on paper, leading to a revolution in photography.

According to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moroni was an angel or resurrected being who appeared to Joseph Smith on this day in 1823 and instructed him to restore God's church on earth.

In 2013, Al-Shabaab militants launched a terrorist attack on the Westgate shopping center in Nairobi, which ended three days later and left more than 65 people dead, including Ghanian poet and novelist Kofi Awoonor.

09/21/2026

September 20th, National Pepperoni Pizza Day

Also on this date, in 1946 delayed because of World War II, the first Cannes film festival began, and it became one of cinema's major annual events.

In 1973 in a much-publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs.

In 1998 American professional baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., ended his streak of 2,632 consecutive games played.

In 1870, Italian troops occupied Rome, leading to the eventual incorporation of Rome into the Kingdom of Italy and the limiting of papal governing authority to the Vatican itself and a small district around it.