World Calendar Day
World Shared Table Day
A day for the meals, manners, recipes, and ordinary hospitality that help people understand one another.
Philippines Edition
September 1, 2028
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Friday, September 1, 2028
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World Calendar Day
Looking Back at 1800 Day
The British East India Company has taken Bengal after the Battle of Plassey and the wealth is draining out. The muslin weavers are being forced out of business. The Permanent Settlement locks land ownership into British-friendly landlord hands. The famine of 1770 killed a third of the population. The next famine is coming.
Regional/Cultural Day
Pagsapula ng Ber
The beginning of the Christmas season in the Philippines, the longest in the world. When the calendar hits September 1, the countdown to Christmas begins. Radio stations start playing Christmas carols, malls put up their decorations, and the word "Ber" (the suffix of September through December) becomes the signal that the most wonderful time of the year has arrived. The Philippines is one of only two predominantly Catholic countries in Asia (the other is East Timor), and the Christmas season runs from September to January, a full four months. The parol (star-shaped lantern) begins to appear in windows and doorways.