September 22nd is...

Autumn Equinox
- This is the moment when day (light) is equal to night (dark)
and balance is created between them.

Band-Aid Invented
- Earle Dickson was employed as a cotton buyer for the Johnson & Johnson when he invented the band-aid in 1921. His wife Josephine Dickson was always cutting her fingers in the kitchen while preparing food.

Dear Diary Day
- What a great day to start journaling!

Elephant Appreciation Day
- Elephants deserve to be appreciated and upheld as an example of courage, strength, self-reliance, patience, persistence, and general high quality of being.

Ice Cream Cone Birthday
- Edible cones have been mentioned in French cooking books as early as 1825, Julien Archambault describes a cone where one can roll "little waffles".

U.S. Post Office Opened
- The first postal service in America arose in February of 1692 when a grant from King William & Queen Mary empowered Thomas Neale "to erect, settle and establish within the chief parts of their majesties' colonies and plantations in America, an office or offices for the receiving and dispatching letters and pacquets, and to receive, send and deliver the same under such rates and sums of money as the planters shall agree to give, and to hold and enjoy the same for the term of twenty-one years."

American Business Women's Day
- marks the 1949 founding date of the American Business Women's Association, the mission of which is "to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership; education, networking support and national recognition"

Hobbit Day
- the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

National White Chocolate Day
- White chocolate was first invented by Nestle in Switzerland in the 1930s and distributed in the U.S. in 1948.

Pledge Across America Day
- Pledge Across America is the nationally synchronized recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools.

National Centenarian's Day
- To 100 year olds and all of those even older, we celebrate — on this day particularly — your remarkable achievements.

- This was posted by Catherine on September 22, 2011 -

Category: September