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S eptem ber 19, 2012
SUNDAY
MONDAY
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National Grandparents
Day
Teddy Bear Day
California became the
31 st state in 1850
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Swap Ideas Day
Make Your Bed Day
Elias Howe patented
the sewing machine.
In 1846
World Trade Center
attack in 2001
16
"O. Henry bom, 1862
(writer)
17
Rosh Hashanah
Citizenship Day
Mayflower Day
National Apple
Dumpling Day
El Grito de
Independencia
Mexican Indepen
dence Day
TUESDAY
18
The New York Times
was first published in
1851
Constitution Day. In
1787, the U.S. Consti
tution was signed.
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25
First Toy Store
Opened
Mary Poppins
Debuted in 1964
Nintendo founded in
1889 - made playing
cards
National Bluebird of
Happiness Day
Balboa discovered the
Pacific Ocean in 1513
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Edgar d’Aulaire 1898
Alvin Tresselt bom,
1916
Safety Pin Invented
(1849)
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WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
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13
National Chocolate
Milk Shake Day
Jesse Owens Olym
pian, bom 1913
19
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking Day
Scooby Doo’s
Birthday (First
cartoon debuted)
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
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15
John Steptoe bom,
1950
Robert McCloskey
bom, 1914
Francis Scott Key
wrote the ’Star
Spangled Banner’
in 1814
National Hispanic
Heritage Month
Begins September 15
and ends October 15
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International Talk Like
a Pirate Day
First Railroad Station
Opened
Taro Tashima
Birthday
First Day of Autumn
Poet John Keats
Wrote ’To Autumn’
in 1819.
Magellan started his
search for the Spice
Islands In 1519
World Gratitude Day
Elephant
Appreciation Day
Dear Diary Day
International Peace
Day
H.G. Wells bom, 1866
Good Neighbor Day
(4th Sunday)
Supreme Court
established in 1789.
(©bserner
26
Johnny Appleseed
bom John Chapman,
in 1774.
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28 O
Bernard Waber bom,
1924.
California Native
American Day
Crush A Can Day
First Airport Opened
(1909)
First Steam Locomo
tive Run( 1825)
Ice Cream Cone
Invented In 1903
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Stanley Berenstain
The U.S. Army was
established in 1789
Telly Monster's
Birthday (Sesame
Street Character)