Educators' Calendar: Canada

September 2020

30th August

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31st August

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1st September

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2nd September

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3rd September

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4th September

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5th September

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30th August

31st August

1st September

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" Published (1830)

Germany Invaded Poland, Starting WWII (1939)

Titanic Wreckage Located (1985)

Oka Crisis Stare-Off (1992)

2nd September

National Blueberry Popsicle Day

Great Fire of London (1666)

3rd September

Wizard of Oz Published (1900)

First Pictures Taken of Mars's Surface (1976)

Multicultural TV Went on Air (1979)

4th September

Newspaper Carrier Day

Largest Art Theft in Canadian History (1972)

5th September

Gouzenko Exposed Soviet Spy Ring (1945)

Tragedy at Munich Summer Olympics (1972)

6th September

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7th September

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8th September

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9th September

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10th September

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11th September

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12th September

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6th September

Read a Book Day

Yellow Star of David Required for All German Jews (1941)

Star Trek Debuted on TV (1966)

7th September

World's First Submarine Attack (1776)

8th September

International Literacy Day

CBC Made Its Television Debut (1952)

9th September

Good Neighbour Day

First Person to Swim Across Lake Ontario (1954)

10th September

Grandparents Day

Swap Ideas Day

Rickshaw Invented (1869)

Canada Declared War on Germany (1939)

11th September

Coptic New Year

Massive Terrorist Attack on Three American Cities (2001)

12th September

Olympian Jesse Owens Birthday (1913)

28 Million Rotten Eggs Destroyed (1974)

First African-American Woman in Space (1992)

13th September

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14th September

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15th September

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16th September

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17th September

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18th September

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19th September

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13th September

International Chocolate Day

Confectioner Milton Hershey's Birthday (1857)

14th September

Psychologist Ivan Pavlov's Birthday (1849)

Baseball Season Cancelled Due to Players' Strike (1994)

15th September

Make a Hat Day

Author Agatha Christie's Birthday (1890)

The Nuremberg Law Enacted in Germany (1935)

Greenpeace Founded (1996)

16th September

International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer

General Motors Founded (1908)

First Women Appointed RCMP Officers (1972)

17th September

Mulroney Took Office (1984)

First Deaf Miss America Crowned (1994)

18th September

Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sundown

National Play-Doh^® Day

First Issue of The New York Times Published (1851)

Sep. 18-22
Hunger Awareness Week

19th September

International Talk Like a Pirate Day

20th September

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21st September

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22nd September

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23rd September

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24th September

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25th September

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26th September

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20th September

Some Women Given the Right to Vote (1917)

Hockey Player Guy Lafleur's Birthday (1951)

The Pope Traveled North as Promised (1987)

21st September

International Day of Peace

"Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus" Editorial Published (1897)

Author Stephen King's Birthday (1947)

Toonie Debuted (1995)

Sep. 21-29
Navratri Celebration Begins

22nd September

Elephant Appreciation Day

Iran-Iraq War Erupted (1980)

Apology to Japanese Canadians Issued (1988)

23rd September

Autumn Begins

Neptune Discovered (1846)

Nintendo Founded (1889)

First Woman to Play Pro Hockey (1992)

24th September

Peace/Police Officers' Memorial Day

Author F. Scott Fitzgerald's Birthday (1896)

Canada Lifted Sanctions on South Africa (1993)

25th September

Balboa Discovered Pacific Ocean (1513)

Pianist Glenn Gould's Birthday (1932)

Last Streetcar in Winnipeg (1955)

26th September

National Postal Museum Opened (1974)

27th September

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28th September

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29th September

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30th September

30

1st October

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2nd October

2

3rd October

3

27th September

Yom Kippur Begins at Sundown

Ancestor Appreciation Day

World's First Railway Opened (1825)

28th September

Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin (1928)

Blue Sun Shined Over England (1950)

Team Canada Beat Soviet Union in Hockey (1972)

29th September

Final Game for Expos In Montreal (2004)

30th September

International Translation Day

Nuremberg Trials Found 22 Guilty (1946)

1st October

2nd October

3rd October

Month-Long Holidays and Events

Canadian Library Month

Energy Awareness Month

Youth Against Tobacco Month

Women's History Month

Family Health Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Diversity Awareness Month