This is our day guide for Saturday September 26th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on September 26th 2015
International: Eid Al Adha
Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast in the Muslim calendar. It celebrates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael in submission to Allah's command, before he was stopped by Allah.
South Korea: Harvest Festival Holiday
Chuseok, the Harvest Moon Festival is one of Korea's most cherished holidays
Yemen: September Revolution Day
The overthrow of the monarchy of Imam Muhammad al-Badr on 26 September 26, 1962Go to Today | September 27th 2015
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| General Information for September 26th 2015 | |
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| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 269 of 2015 | |
| 96 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 39 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1984 - The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong | |
| 1983 - Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. | |
| 1959 - Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless. | |
| 1954 - Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. |
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