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All communities have issues with rainwater runoff during heavy storms, but desert communities specifically struggle with this. It rains in deserts, and when it does, it pours! Excess water can quickly saturate the land, clogging sewers and initiating flash flooding in canyons. Stormwater Awareness Week educates the public about the dangers of stormwater, including flooding, and how to prevent pesticides, trash, oil, and other pollutants from entering the storm drains. Stormwater typically drains into the ocean, rivers, or lakes. Flash floods surprise dozens of hikers and outdoor enthusiasts yearly, resulting in injury and death.

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Sep

Environmental Health Day, World: September 26

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These objectives of World Environmental Health Day are eliminating food waste, increasing sustainability in energy and farming, addressing logistical concerns, and highlighting the need to protect the planet and climate to ensure life continues. Each country hosts its activities and forums for education and action. Annually on September 26.

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Sep

Johnny Appleseed Day (1774): September 26*

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Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated annually on the birthday of Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), September 26, 1774. He died on March 18, 1845 Johnny Appleseed was a conservationist and a philanthropist who planted apple trees throughout the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana, preaching the Gospel as he traveled in exchange for a place to stay.

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Sep

Love Note Day: September 26

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Love Note Day encourages people to send personalized notes to the ones they love (absent emojis and using more than 240 characters for a change). Letter writing is becoming a lost art, and the simple act of jotting a quick note of endearment to someone you love and slipping it into their lunch or wallet will make their day. Use Love Note Day as your opportunity to make someone smile.

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Sep

Lumberjack Day: September 26

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Lumberjack Day (aka National Pancake Day) was invented in 2005 by Marianne Ways and Colleen AF Venable as an excuse to eat a TON of pancakes and waffles with friends. The women were sick of pirate-themed parties after the famous "Talk Like a Pirate Day." They created Lumberjack Day to change the tone. Over the years, Lumberjack Day has grown, and more people are celebrating, getting dressed up in plaid and beards (or sometimes even as giant pancakes or trees or oxen!), carrying fake axes, and throwing colossal lumberjack-themed parties.

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Sep

Mawlid an-Nabi (M) (570 AD): September 26/27

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Mawlid an-Nabi, or Mawlid in Islam, is the day set aside for the birth of the Prophet Muhammed. Practicing Muslims usually follow the mention of his name with "Peace be upon him" or the initials PBUH. Mawlid occurs on the 12th day of Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month in the Islamic calendar, which is why it moves from year to year. The founder of the faith of Islam lived from 570 AD - June 8, 632 AD. His full name was Ab? al-Q?sim Muhammad ibn ?Abd All?h ibn ?Abd al-Mu??alib ibn H?shim. His name is quite long, a tribal tradition in Arab and Persian cultures. Each "ibn" designates "son of" in parental lineage. The Prophet rests in Medina, Saudi Arabia, beneath the mosque known as "The Green Dome." Typically Muslims do not celebrate this day. Instead, it is a day of reflection and thought.

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Sep

Nuclear Weapons, Intl. Day for the Total Elimination of: September 26

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Nuclear weapons pose a unique and potentially existential threat to our planet. Simply using them initiates a humanitarian and ecological catastrophe. International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons seeks to eliminate this manmade threat by abolishing the existence and use of nuclear weapons globally.

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Sep

US/Iran first diplomatic meeting in 35 years (US/IR)(2013): September 26

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The US and Iran's first diplomatic meeting in 35 years (Persia) happened on September 26, 2013. The two nations dissolved diplomatic ties after the Shah's overthrow and the US Embassy's seizure in Iran by student radicals in 1979. The United States CIA and British MI-6 had led a coup in 1953, which overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. At the time, Iran was one of the region's most progressive, pro-Western nations and considered a bridge between Europe and Asia. With the installation of the Shah in Iran, the people's mood toward the west changed. He was a repressive and ostentatious leader and engendered hatred in his people. Leading up to and upon his overthrow in 1979, political leanings in the region moved in an anti-West, anti-American direction. The most notable manifestation of this was the arrival of austere, highly conservative interpretations of Islam becoming the norm throughout the Arabian Peninsula and Persia in both Shi'a and Sunni nations. In May 2018, President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the treaty agreed to with Iran, resulting from this historic meeting. In 2022, the nations of Europe, Iran, and the United States seek to repair and reinvigorate the treaty that Iran obeyed and the United States violated.

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Sep

Voter Registration Day, Ntl: September 26

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National Voter Registration Day is a nonpartisan civic holiday first observed in 2012. Its objective is to get the 25% of eligible voters who aren't registered to vote, registered. On the fourth Tuesday in September, volunteers across the country hit the streets and reached out to the unregistered to help them get registered ahead of the fall elections. This event is endorsed by several groups, including the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), the National Association of State Election Directors (NASED), the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), and the National Association of Election Officials (The Election Center).

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Sep

Ancestor Appreciation Day: September 27

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Ancestor Appreciation Day allows descendants to learn more about their ancestors, their values, traditions, and ways of life. People mark this day by visiting relatives or working on their family tree.

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Sep

Banned Websites Awareness Day: September 27

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Banned Website Awareness Day raises awareness of the overly restrictive blocking of legitimate educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries. On the Wednesday of Banned Books Week, school librarians and other educators promote awareness of how overly restrictive filtering affects student learning.

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Sep

Fitness Day (UK): September 27

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The United Kingdom encourages people each year to get out and make physical fitness a part of their life and lifestyle with Fitness Day UK. Occurring on the final Wednesday in September, this is the largest fitness event in the nation held each year.

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Sep

Gay Men's AIDS/HIV Awareness Day: September 27

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Gay Men’s AIDS/HIV Awareness Day is an awareness campaign designed to educate the public on the effects of HIV and the stigma that goes along with it on gay and bisexual men. It is a day to disseminate information on what to do when a bisexual or gay man acquires HIV, what medications are available, and which prevention strategies to avoid spreading the disease.

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Sep

Milk, World School Milk Day: September 27

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World School Milk Day occurs on the last Wednesday in September, a school day in most countries. Countries worldwide celebrate World School Milk day to celebrate the health benefits of school milk programs.

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Sep

Recycle, Crush a Can Day: September 27

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Crush a Can Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of recycling and encourages people to crush cans as a symbol of that effort. Crushing cans is a great stress reliever too. Bonus!

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