Illegal Drinking Festival
Celebrated on 16 SeptemberThe state limited the sale of alcohol in the USSR during Prohibition under Gorbachev, and in America during the Great Depression.
A similar ban was established in the Russian Empire after the outbreak of the First World War. In 1914, on September 16, the State Duma approved a law restricting the sale of vodka. Strong alcohol was allowed to be sold only in restaurants.
Other holidays on 16 September
- International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- Juliet's Birthday in Italy (Compleanno di Giulietta)
- Oktoberfest beer festival in Germany
- World Juice Day
- Locate An Old Friend Day
- International Surgeons Day
- Stavropol Territory Day
- Day of curls, ringlets, volutes and monograms
- Mexican Independence Day (Dia de Independencia)
- All-Russian running day “Cross of Nations”
- Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah)
- World Cleanup Day
- World Marrow Donor Day
- Day of Pharmaceutical Worker of Ukraine
- Inventor and Innovator Day in Ukraine
- Day of Workers of the State Security Service of Kyrgyzstan
- According to the folk calendar - Domna Dobrorodnaya
- Memorial Day of Saint Euphemia in Croatia
- Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God of Pisidia
- Memorial Day of St. John the Merciful
- Memorial Day of Saint Thebes of Cenchreae
- Memorial Day of St. Theoctistus of Palestine
- Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Anthimus, Bishop of Nicomedia
- Memorial Day of Blessed John Vlasaty, Wonderworker of Rostov
- Memorial Day of the Holy Martyr Basilissa of Nicomedia