Listofcommemorativedays

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Contents
1January
2February
3March
4April
5May
6June
7July
8August
9September
10October
11November
12December
13Movingdates
14Otherdates
15Seealso
16References
17Externallinks

January
MyanmarIndependenceDayJanuary4
PravasiBharatiyaDivas(NonresidentIndianDay)January9
NationalYouthDay(India)January12
IndianArmyDayJanuary15
NationalHugDayJanuary21
NationalVoters'Day(India)January25
DyddSantesDwynwen(SaintDwynwen'sWelshValentine'sDay)January25
BurnsNight(RobertsBurnsbirthanniversary)January25
RepublicDay(India)January26
AustraliaDayJanuary26
InternationalDayofCommemorationinMemoryoftheVictimsoftheHolocaustJanuary27
Martyr'sDay(MahatmaGandhi'sMartyrdomDay)January30
InternationalStreetChildren'sDayJanuary31

February

CandlemasDayFebruary2
WorldCancerDayFebruary4
SriLankaIndependenceDayFebruary4
InternationalDayofZeroTolerancetoFemaleGenitalMutilationFebruary6
WaitangiDay(NewZealand)February6
DarwinDayFebruary12
HugDayFebruary13
Valentine'sDayFebruary14
InternationalMotherLanguageDayFebruary21
LanguageMartyrs'Day(Bangladesh)February21
ThinkingDayFebruary22
NationalScienceDay(India)February28
RareDiseaseDayFebruary28
Washington'sBirthdayThirdMondayofFebruary

March
SaintDavid'sDayMarch1(Wales)
TexasIndependenceDayMarch2
InternationalWomen'sDayMarch8
PiDayMarch14
WhiteDayMarch14
WorldConsumerRightsDayMarch15
SaintPatrick'sDayMarch17
WorldSparrowDayMarch20
InternationalDayfortheEliminationofRacialDiscriminationMarch21
InternationalDayofForestsMarch21
WorldDownSyndromeDayMarch21
WorldPoetryDayMarch21
WorldWoodDayMarch21
WorldWaterDayMarch22
PakistanDayMarch23
WorldTuberculosisDayMarch24
PurpleDayMarch26
BangladeshIndependenceDayMarch26

April
AprilFoolsDayApril1
WorldAutismAwarenessDayApril2
WorldHealthDayApril7
InternationalRomaniDayApril8
InternationalLouieLouieDayApril11
CosmonauticsDayApril12
BlackDayApril14
PohelaBoishakh(BanglaNewYear'sDay)April14
DayofSilenceApril15
DayofDialogueApril15
FoursquareDayApril16
WorldHemophiliaDayApril17
EarthDayApril22
StGeorge'sDayApril23
WorldBookDayApril23

ANZACDayApril25
LiberationDay(Italy)April25
WorldMalariaDayApril25
WorldIntellectualPropertyDayApril26
King'sDay(TheNetherlands)April27
InternationalDanceDayApril29
InternationalJazzDayApril30

May
WorldLaughterDayFirstSundayofMayeveryyear
InternationalWorkers'DayMay1
MayDayMay1
WorldPressFreedomDayMay3
RemembranceoftheDeadMay4
StarWarsDayMay4
GreeneryDayMay4
InternationalMidwives'DayMay5
InternationalNoDietDayMay6
VictoryinEuropeDayMay8
MilitarySpouseAppreciationDayMay11
InternationalNursesDayMay12
InternationalDayofFamiliesMay15
InternationalDayAgainstHomophobiaandTransphobiaMay17
WorldInformationSocietyDayMay17
InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversityMay22
WorldTurtleDayMay23
CommonwealthDayMay24
InternationalMissingChildren'sDayMay25
TowelDayMay25
GeekPrideDayMay25
WorldNoTobaccoDayMay31

June
Queen'sOfficialBirthdayFirst,SecondorthirdSaturdayinJune
NationalCancerSurvivorsDay(USA)FirstSundayofJune
RepublicDay(Italy)June2
WorldEnvironmentDayJune5
DDayJune6
WorldOceansDayJune8
IndependenceDay(Philippines)June12
WorldBloodDonorDayJune14
AutisticPrideDayJune18
JuneteenthJune19(CelebratedonJune19thand/or3rdSaturdayofthemonth)
WorldRefugeeDayJune20
FathersDayJune21
WorldHydrographyDayJune21
FtedelaMusiqueJune21
InternationalYogaDayJune21
InternationalDayagainstDrugAbuseandIllicitTraffickingJune26

July
CanadaDayJuly1
WorldUFODayJuly2
IndependenceDay(UnitedStates)July4
WorldPopulationDayJuly11
MalalaDayJuly12
BastilleDayJuly14
WorldDayforInternationalJusticeJuly17
MandelaDayJuly18
PiApproximationDayJuly22
InternationalTigerDayJuly29
SystemAdministratorAppreciationDaylastFridayinJuly

August
InternationalBeerDayFirstFridayofAugust
FriendshipDayFirstSundayofAugust
InternationalYouthDayAugust12
InternationalLefthandersDayAugust13
YoumeAzadi(PakistanIndependenceDay)August14
Nationaldayofmourning(Bangladesh)August15
VictoryoverJapanDayAugust15(UK)
IndianIndependenceDayAugust15
DayoftheAssumptionoftheVirginMaryAugust15
BenningtonBattleDayAugust16
IndonesianIndependenceDayAugust17
WorldMosquitoDayAugust20
IndianAkshayUrjaDayAugust20
EuropeanDayofRemembranceforVictimsofStalinismandNazismAugust23
Women'sEqualityDayAugust26
NationalSportsDayAugust29
HariMerdeka(MalaysiaNationalDay)August31

September
VictoryoverJapanDaySeptember2(USA)
InternationalDayofCharitySeptember5
Teachers'Day(India)September5
BrazilianIndependenceDaySeptember7
WorldSuicidePreventionDaySeptember10
PatriotDaySeptember11
Engineer'sDay(India)September15
InternationalDayofDemocracySeptember15
MalaysiaDaySeptember16
InternationalTalkLikeaPirateDaySeptember19
InternationalDayofPeaceSeptember21
EuropeanDayofLanguagesSeptember26
WorldTourismDaySeptember27
WorldRabiesDaySeptember28
InternationalCoffeeDaySeptember29
WorldHeartDaySeptember29

October
WorldHabitatDayFirstMondayofOctober
WorldSightDaySecondThursdayofOctober
WorldVegetarianDayOctober1
InternationalDayofNonViolenceOctober2
GermanUnityDayOctober3
StevieRayVaughanDay(Austin,Texas)October3
WorldAnimalDayOctober4
GermanAmericanDayOctober6
WorldPostDayOctober9
WorldMentalHealthDayOctober10
WorldStandardsDayOctober14[1]
PregnancyandInfantLossRemembranceDayOctober15
GlobalHandwashingDayOctober15
WorldFoodDayOctober16
InternationalDayfortheEradicationofPovertyOctober17
MoleDayOctober23
UnitedNationsDayOctober24
LabourDay(NewZealand)October27
NationalCatDay(USA)October29
HalloweenOctober31

November
MelbourneCupDay1stTuesdayinNovember
WorldVeganDayNovember1
AllSaints'DayNovember1
AllSouls'DayNovember2
BonfireNight(alsoGuyFawkesNight)November5
ArmisticeDay(alsoRemembranceDay)November11
VeteransDayNovember11
WorldPneumoniaDayNovember12
WorldDiabetesDayNovember14
WorldPrematurityDayNovember17
InternationalMen'sDayNovember19
Citizen'sDayNovember19
UniversalChildren'sDayNovember20
TransgenderDayofRemembranceNovember20
WorldTelevisionDayNovember21
InternationalDayfortheEliminationofViolenceagainstWomenNovember25
LawDay(India)November26
SaintAndrew'sDayNovember30(Scotland)
CitiesforLifeDayNovember30
SelfinjuryAwarenessDayNovember30
Children'sDay(somecountries)November14
Thanksgiving(UnitedStates)FourthThursdayofNovember

December
WorldAIDSDayDecember1
UnitedNations'InternationalDayofPersonswithDisabilitiesDecember3

InternationalVolunteerDayDecember5
InternationalCivilAviationDayDecember7
HumanRightsDayDecember10
VictorydayofBangladeshDecember16
ChristmasEveDecember24
ChristmasDayDecember25
QuaideAzamDayDecember25
BoxingDayDecember26
KwanzaaDecember26toJanuary1
NewYear'sEveDecember31

Movingdates
AdventSundaySundaynearestNovember30
AscensionDayDependsonthedateofEaster
AshWednesdayDependsonthedateofEaster
BuddhaPurnimaFullmoondayoftheVaisakhamonthoftheHinducalendar
ChineseNewYear1stdayofthe1stmonthoftheChinese(lunar)calendar
EasterWesternChristianitySundayMarch22toApril25inclusive,EasternChristianityApril4
andMay8(1900to2100)
EidulFitr1stdayofShawal
EidAlAdha10thdayofDhualHijjah
FriendshipdayFirstSundayofAugust
InternationalBaconDayFirstSaturdayBeforeLaborDay
LanternFestival15thdayofthe1stmonthinthelunaryearintheChinesecalendar
MartinLutherKing,Jr.Day(US)3rdMondayofJanuary.
Purim14thoftheHebrewmonthofAdar
PurnimaSuklaPakshaFullmoondayDecemberDattaJayanti
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datta_Jayanti)
ShroveTuesdayThedaybeforeAshWednesday
TrinitySundayTheSundayafterWhitsun
Whitsun(Pentecost)DependsonthedateofEaster
WorldKidneyDay2ndThursdayinMarch
WorldLeprosyDayLastSundayinJanuary
WorldPhilosophyDayThirdThursdayinNovember,November21

Otherdates
ArborDay
Children'sDaydatesvarybetweencountries
DeepawaliorDiwali
Fathers'Daydatesvarybetweencountries
FlagDaydatesvarybetweencountries
HangulDayOctober9(SouthKorea)January15(NorthKorea)
Holi
ImbolcbeginningofFebruaryoratthefirstlocalsignsofSpring
Inventors'Day
LabourDaydatesvarybetweencountries
MardiGras
Mothers'daydatesvarybetweencountries

Seealso

Awarenessdays
Internationalobservance
Listofcommemorativemonths
Listofenvironmentaldates
Listoffooddays
Listsofholidays

References
1. http://www.worldstandardscooperation.org/wsd.html

Externallinks
UnitedNationsObservancesCalendar(http://www.un.org/en/events/observances/)
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