Arthur's Day the brewing company to raise a glass to the memory of Arthur Guinness at 17:59 (5:59 pm), a reference to 1759, the year the Guinness Brewery was established. An 82c stamp of an Arthur Guinness portrait was also released by An Post to commemorate the anniversary. The last Arthur's Day was held in 2013. Guinness cancelling the event in 2014. A new music programme to help emerging artists in Ireland called "Guinness Amplify" was launched to replace the event The event was criticised as a marketing ploy to increase sales of Guinness with Arthur's day, without understanding or appreciation for
Seventieth anniversary of the United Nations Francisco. The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously elected its new president to Mogens Lykketoft who is Denmark’s former parliament speaker for the 70th anniversary session. He took the office in September after replacing Sam Kutesa of Uganda, the former president of UN general assembly. The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) is given the planning of the celebration related events and special activities which are planned to be held for a period of 16 months. Some of them includes the celebrations of the International day of Peace on 21 September and others. World Environment Day was celebrated in Istanbul on