September 16 :: World-wide Holidays

Holidays and observances

• In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.


• RC Saints - Saint Cyprian, Pope Cornelius, Saint Ludmila, Curcodomus


• Also see September 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).


• Mexico - Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825; See Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)).


• Papua New Guinea - Independence Day (from Australia, 1975).