September 19 Holidays

Batman Day is observed on the third Saturday of September to mark the DC Comics character who first appeared in Detective Comics No. 27 in May 1939 — created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, Batman has appeared in more than 6,500 comic book issues across more than 85 years. International Coastal Cleanup Day is observed on the third Saturday of September by Ocean Conservancy, coordinating volunteers across more than 100 countries to remove plastic and debris from beaches and waterways — removing an estimated 20 million pounds of trash annually. International Red Panda Day was established to raise awareness for the red panda — an arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China whose evolutionary uniqueness places it in its own family, Ailuridae, with no close living relatives. National Meow Like a Pirate Day was created to combine Talk Like a Pirate Day’s nautical accent challenge with the daily meowing practice of the internet’s most beloved species. A bat signal, a false relative, a distant shore, and a meowing corsair.