September 16 has been selected by many organizations as “their day”:
National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
Guacamole Day
Avocados are native to Central and South America. They have been cultivated for over 10,000 years.
Avocados are also known as “alligator pears”.
The Aztec word for avocado was ahuacatl, which means “testicle tree”.
Spanish explorers could not pronounce ahuacatl, so they called the avocado, “aguacate.” This is the origin of the word guacamole.
Collect Rocks Day
Step-Family Day
Working Parents’ Day
National Stay Away From Seattle Day, an anti-tourism sentiment observed worldwide, except in Seattle, to give America’s ‘Best Place to Live’ city a break from the influx of people moving to the area. Not a problem in 2020.
Anne Bradstreet Day
Anne Bradstreet, née Dudley, was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in England’s North American colonies to be published. She was also a prominent Puritan figure in American Literature. Quotes from Anne Bradstreet:
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.
If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.
Mayflower Day – Anniversary of the sailing of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower from Plymouth England in 1620
Mexican Independence Day
September 16 is one of Mexico’s most important holidays. Every year, local mayors and politicians re-enact the famous Grito de Dolores. It marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence. The “grito” or cry by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest. On September 16, 1810, Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation. He addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt.
1630 – The village of Shawmut changed its name to Boston.
The Land Run of 1893, also known as the Cherokee Strip Land Run, marked the opening to settlement of the Cherokee Outlet, in what would become the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The run began at noon on September 16, 1893, with more than 100,000 participants hoping to claim land. The land offices for the run were set up in Perry, Enid, Woodward, and Alva with over 6.5 million acres (26,000 km²) of land. It was the largest land run in United States history.
1908 – General Motors was founded by William Crapo “Billy” Durant. The company was formed by merging the Buick and Olds car companies.
1940 – U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Selective Training and Service Act, which set up the first peacetime military draft in U.S. history.
1953 – The St. Louis Browns of the American League were given permission to move to Baltimore, MD, where they became the Baltimore Orioles.