September 22 Holidays (2023/2024), Historical Events, Famous Birthdays

Holiday name	Holiday location	Holiday type
Independence Day	Multiple [Show]	National Holiday
Independence Day	Multiple [Show]	Public Holiday
American Business Women’s Day	-	Unofficial (Work & Occupation)
Car Free Day	-	Unofficial (Activity & Action, Nature & Environment)
National Centenarian’s Day	-	Unofficial (Appreciation & Honor)
Elephant Appreciation Day	-	Unofficial (Animals)
National Girls’ Night In Day	-	Unofficial (Fun & Joy, Relationships & Family)
Hobbit Day	-	Unofficial (Art & Entertainment, Weird & Obscure)
National Ice Cream Cone Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
National Legwear Day	-	Unofficial (Lifestyle)
National White Chocolate Day	-	Unofficial (Food & Drinks)
September Equinox	Multiple [Show]	Season
September equinox	Multiple [Show]	Season
Emancipation Day	United States (Ohio)	Local Observance
Rosh Hashana Eve	Argentina	Hebrew
South Canterbury Anniversary Day	New Zealand (Canterbury*)	Local Holiday
Erev Rosh Hashana	Israel	Observance, Hebrew
Saint Mauritius' Day	Switzerland (Appenzell Innerrhoden, Solothurn)	Common Local Holiday
Federal Fast Monday	Switzerland (Vaud)	Common Local Holiday
Founder's Day observed	Ghana	Public Holiday
Mabon	-	(Culture & History)

Historical Events on September 22

1776: During the American Revolution, Nathan Hale is hanged for being a spy.
1789: Office of U.S Postmaster General is founded.
1823: Joseph Smith claims he found the golden plates after God directed him to the place they were buried.
1862: The preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
1888: National Geographic Magazine is published for the first time.
1941: During WWII, the German SS murder over six thousand Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
1948: As part of the Berlin Air Lift, Gail Halvorsen began parachuting candy to children.
1979: The Vela Incident occurred on this day. A double flash of light – believed by many to be of nuclear origin – occurred on the Prince Edward Islands near Antartica.
1980: Iran is invaded by Iraq.
1991: The Huntington Library makes the Dead Sea Scrolls publicly available for the very first time.

Queen of England and 4^th wife of Henry VIII, Anne of Cleves is born in 1515.
Tsar Vasili IV of Russia is born in 1552.
Scottish author Quintin Craufurd is born in 1743.
American actress Martha Scott is born in 1912.
German activist Hans Scholl is born in 1918.
Welsh doctor, poet and author Dannie Abse is born in 1923.
English author and illustrator Charles Keeping is born in 1924.
English author Rosamunde Pilcher is born in 1924.
English singer-songwriter and rock star David Coverdale is born in 1951.
American singer, actress and author Debby Boone is born in 1956.
American singer-songwriter and bass player Johnette Napolitano is born in 1957.
American astrophysicist, astronomer and Nobel Prize laureate Saul Perlmutter is born in 1959.
American actor Scott Baio is born in 1960.
American novelist Brian Keene is born in 1967.
Cuban boxer Felix Savon is born in 1967.
American author and poet Elizabeth Bear is born in 1971.
American journalist Gloria Borger is born in 1971.
American singer-songwriter David Berkeley is born in 1976.
American singer-songwriter and poet Emilie Autumn is born in 1979.
Australian rugby player Phil Waugh is born in 1979.