Grandparents Day (First Sunday after Labor Day)
National Peanut Day
Defy Superstition Day
International Chocolate Day
Fortune Cookie Day
Positive Thinking Day
Kids Take Over The Kitchen Day
Bald is Beautiful Day
Uncle Sam Day - his image was first used in 1813
Programmers Day
(Programmers’ Day is celebrated on the 256th day of the year – chosen because this is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, and the highest power of two which is less than 365.)
Hug Your Hound Day (Second Sunday in September )
National Celiac Awareness Day
National Pet Memorial Day (Second Sunday in September)
Birthdays
1851 - Walter Reed, army physician, bacteriologist, Walter Reed Hospital in D.C. named in his honor
1860 - John J. Pershing, World War I General
1903 - Claudette Colbert, actress
1916 - Roald Dahl Day, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach, was born
(A day to "enjoy a few snozzcumbers and partake in a little whizzpopping")
1925 - Mel Torme, singer, songwriter
1938 - Judith Martin, author, write, "Miss Manners"
1944 - Jacqueline Bisset, actress
1944 - Peter Cetera, singer, member of band "Chicago"
1948 – Nell Carter, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1952 – Iyanla Vanzant, American educator and author1959 - Fred Silverman, TV producer
1963 - MY BROTHER, CHUCK
1980 - Ben Savage, actor, "Cory Matthews" on TV series "Boy Meets World"
Today In History
1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
1969 - Scooby Doo premieres on CBS
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