September 11 :: World-wide Holidays

Holidays and observances

• RC Saints - Virgin of the Holy cave; Saint Deiniol, Our Lady of Coromoto, Protus and Hyacinth.


• Also see September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (Revised Julian Calendar).


• Beheading of John the Baptist (or The Forerunner) in the Eastern Orthodox tradition (Julian Calendar).


• Feast of Neyrouz, the New Year's Day in the Coptic calendar.


• New Year's Day in the Ethiopian calendar (Enkutatash).


• Catalonia - National Day.


• Latin America Teacher's Day, after the death of Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento.


• Death anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.


• Proclaimed 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day by President Reagan on August 26 in 1987 and celebrated since then by some United States communities, particularly the local emergency services.


• Patriot Day (USA) - Anniversary of the September 11 attacks.


• Feast day of Saint Deiniol.


• National Day of Catalonia, remembering those Catalan patriots who died in the Siege of Barcelona, in defense of the city, against the Franco-Spanish army.