Sunday, September 20, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name days: Eustace, Davy
Astrological sign: Virgo (August 23 - September 22)
Festivals and international days on September 20:
- International Day of University Sport
- South Ossetia Independence Day
- Nepal Constitution Day
See also: September 19 - September 21 - All days of 2026
September 9-26: Men's EuroVolley, European volleyball championship in Bulgaria, Finland, Romania and Italy
September 17-20: Feria des Vendanges de Nîmes (France)
September 19-20: Heritage Days in Paris
September 19 to October 4, 2026: Beer Festival, Oktoberfest, Munich (Germany)
September 20-21: Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
September 20, 1946: The Cannes International Film Festival opens its doors for the first time.
September 20, 1947: Signing by 16 countries of the Marshall Plan, a European recovery program consisting of loans granted by the United States to help rebuild cities and facilities bombed during World War II.
September 20, 1960: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Cyprus, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, Chad, and Togo join the UN. They would be joined on September 20, 1977 by Djibouti and Vietnam.
September 20, 2001: George W. Bush delivers his address to the US Senate following the September 11 attacks. He would declare war on terrorism that day.
September 20, 2017: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons begins to be ratified, after months of negotiation. 52 countries signed it that day, and three ratified it immediately: Thailand, Guyana and the Vatican.