List of commemorative days

The following is a list of observed commemorative days, that is, days that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.

January

• New Year's Day – January 1
• World Day of Snowman – January 18
• Australia Day – January 26
• Indian Republic Day – January 26

Week

• 20–26 National Non-Smoking Week

Day

• 23 Weedless Wednesday
• 27 Family Literacy Day
• 11 Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day

February

• Darwin Day – February 12
• Black Love Day - February 13*
• Valentine's Day – February 14
• Mistake Day – February 15
• International Mother Language Day -February 21
• National Science Day – February 28

Week

• 3–9 White Cane Week
• 3–9 Eating Disorders Awareness Week
• 6th–12th Tinnitus Awareness Week

Day

• 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
• 9 Formal Announcement Day
• 12 Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day
• 16 National Day in Lithuania, commemorating the recovery of national independence in 1918
• 23 World Rotary Day

Month

• African American History Month
• Heart Month
• GLBT History Month (U.K.)

March

• Texas Independence Day – March 2
• International Women's Day – March 8
• Pi Day – March 14
• Saint Patrick's Day – March 17
• Purple Day - March 26
• Bangladesh Independence Day – March 26

Month

• Women's History Month
• "Help Fight Liver Disease" Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Epilepsy Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Nutrition Month
• Red Cross Month
• Supply Management Month

Week

• 3–7 National Social Work Week
• 10–16 Brain Awareness Week
• 14–20 National Farm Safety Week
• 13 (including this day) World Rotaract Week

Day

• 6 World Glaucoma Day
• 8 International Women's Day
• 11 National Day in Lithuania, commemorating the recovery of national independence in 1990
• 22 World Water Day
• 23 World Meteorological Day
• 24 World Tuberculosis Day
• 31 [World Backup Day]

April

• National Beer Day – April 7
• Day of Silence – April 15
• Day of Dialogue – April 15
• Earth Day – April 22
• Green Day – April 20
• ANZAC Day – April 25

St George's Day (England), April 23

Month

• Earth Month
• Poetry Month
• Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
• Dental Health Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
• National Cancer Month
• Parkinson Awareness Month
• National Physiotherapy Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Week

• 13–19 National Dental Hygienists Week
• 27 – May 3 National Volunteer Week
• 20–26 National Immunization Awareness Week
• 20–27 National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week

Day

• 2 World Autism Awareness Day
• 7 World Health Day
• 11 World Parkinson's Disease Day
• 17 Equality Day (Canada)
• 17 World Hemophilia Day
• 20 National Pot Day
• 22 Earth Day
• 23 World Book and Copyright Day – UNESCO
• 28 National Day of Mourning: Remembering lives lost or injured in the workplace

May

• May Day – May 1
• Star Wars Day - May 4
• Victory in Europe Day – May 7/May 8
• Mother's Day – May 11
• Telecommunication Day – May 17
• International Day for Biological Diversity – May 22
• European Day of Parks – May 24
• Towel Day – May 25

Month

• Mental Health Awareness Month
• Cystic Fibrosis Month
• Foot Health Awareness Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
• Medic Alert Month
• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
• National Physiotherapy Month
• Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Week

• 1–7 National Summer Safety Week
• 1–7 Spinal Health Week
• 4–10 National Mental Health Week
• 4–10 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
• 4–11 Naturopathic Medicine Week
• 5–11 National Hospice Palliative Care Week
• 12–18 National Nursing Week
• 12–18 National Road Safety Week
• 26 – June 1 National Sun Awareness Week
• Aboriginal Awareness Week
• Emergency Preparedness Week

Day

• 4 Annual Hike for Hospice Palliative Care
• 5 International Day of the Midwife
• 6 International No Diet Day
• 8 World Red Cross Day
• 10 WHO, Move for Health Day
• 12 International Nursing Day
• 12 Canada Health Day
• 12 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome National Awareness Day
• 15 International Day of Families
• 17 National Day Against Homophobia
• 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
• 25 National Missing Children's Day
• 27 Schizophrenia Walk of Hope
• 28 National Multiple Births Awareness Day
• 31 World No-Tobacco Day

June

• D-Day – June 6, 1944
• World Ocean Day – June 8
• Father's Day – Third Sunday of June

Month

• ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
• National Athletic Therapy Month
• National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture Month
• National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
• Relay for Life
• Seniors Month
• Stroke Awareness Month
• Black Music Month
• LGBT Pride Month

Week

• 2–6 Canadian Environment Week

Day

• 1 National Cancer Survivors Day
• 2 International World's Whore Day
• 4 Clean Air Day
• 5 World Environment Day
• 8 World Oceans Day
• 14 World Blood Donor Day or World Health Organization
• 17 in West Germany, from 1953 "Day of German Unity" ("Tag der Deutschen Einheit"), commemorating the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
• 21 National Aboriginal Day
• 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

July

• 1 Canada Day
• 4 Independence Day in U.S. (Fourth of July)
• 24 National Amelia Earhart Day

Month

• Caucasian History Month
• Hot Dog Month

Week

• National Motorsport Week (UK) - 30th June to 8th July. Starting with The Goodwood Festival of Speed and ending with the Santander British Grand Prix at Silverstone National Motorsport Week is a celebration of British motor sport and a chance for everyone to get involved in every level of motor sport with local teams, clubs and events in their area.
• Bleak Week - 3rd week of July (Southern Hemisphere)

Day

• 11 World Population Day
• 16 World Funny Day (AK's birthday)
• 19 Canada's Parks Day

August

• International Cat-Day / World Cat-Day – August 8/August 8
• Manipur Patriots' Day – August 13
• Victory over Japan Day – August 14/August 15
• Pakistan Independence Day – August 14
• Indian Independence Day – August 15
• World Fashion Day – August 21
• European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism – August 23
  • Known as the Black Ribbon Day in Canada
• International Sex Bomb Day – August 30
• Malaysian Independence Day – August 31

Month

Week

• 1–7 World Breastfeeding Week

Day

• 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 12 International Youth Day

September

• World Rubber Day – September 12 – In September 1909, the chemical engineer Fritz Hofmann received a patent for inventing the first "method for manufacturing artificial rubber." To mark the 100th anniversary of this patent, the German specialty chemicals company Lanxess organized the first "World Rubber Day" in September 2009.
• Constitution Day marks the day the constitution was ratified. – September 17
• Engineer's Day – September 15
• International Talk Like a Pirate Day – September 19
• European Day of Languages – September 26, sponsored by the Council of Europe and European Union

Month

• National Arthritis Month
• Ovarian Cancer Month
• National Library Card Sign-up Month

Week

• 14–21 AIDS Walk for Life
• 19–25 Prostate Cancer Awareness

Day

• 25 Ataxia Awareness Day

October

• Mahatma Gandhi Birthday October 2
• German Unity Day – October 3
• World Animal Day – October 4
• National Holiday in Lesotho – October 4
• German-American Day – October 6
• National "Ah Nothin.." Day – October 11
• International Suit Up Day - October 13
• Steve Jobs Day - October 14
• Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15
• Boss' Day- Oct 16
• International Menopausal Day – October 20
• Mole Day – October 23
• National Holiday in Austria – October 26
• National Cat Day - October 29
• Halloween – October 31
• world habitat day- 1st Monday of October

MONTH

• LGBT History Month (U.S.)
• Breast Cancer Awareness Month

November

• It's 50 Llamas Day - November 1
• All Saints' Day – November 1
• Alzheimer Awareness Month
• Day of the Dead – November 1(All Saints' Day) or November 2(All Souls' Day).
• All Souls' Day – November 2
• Bonfire Night (also Guy Fawkes Night) - November 5
• Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day) – November 11
• Veterans Day – November 11
• Kindness Day UK – November 13
• National Physician Assistant Day Nov 15
• Transgender Day of Remembrance – November 20
• International Osteoporosis Day – November 20
• Cities for Life Day – November 30
• Children's Day (India) – November 14
• Day of Road Traffic Victims- November 22
• Day of Singers& Musicians- November 22

December

• National Jandal Day New Zealand - December 1
• World AIDS Day – December 1
• international volunteer day 5
• Christmas Eve - December 24
• Christmas Day – December 25
• Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Birth Day – December 25
• Kwanzaa – December 26 to January 1
• International day of broadcasting 10

Moving dates

• Washington's Birthday – USA 3rd Monday of February.
• Ash Wednesday – depends on the date of Easter (as early as February 4 or as late as March 10)
• Easter – Western Christianity-Sunday March 22 to April 25 inclusive :: Eastern Christianity-April 4 and May 8 (1900 to 2100)
• Lantern Festival – 15th day of the 1st month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar
• Lunar New Year – 1st day of the 1st month of the Chinese calendar.
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 3rd Monday of January
• Melbourne Cup Day – 1st Tuesday in November
• Purim – 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar
• Shrove Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday

all days for enjoy

Other dates

• Arbor Day
• Bank Holiday
• Chinese New Year
• Fathers' Day
• Flag Day
• Hangul Day – October 9 (South Korea) January 15 (North Korea)
• Dussehra or Vijay Dashami
• Deepawali or Diwali
• Holi
• Imbolc – beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring
• Inventor's Day
• Labour Day
• Mardi Gras
• Middle Name Pride Day – Week of Celebrate Your Name Week
• Queen's Birthday
• Monee Wednesday - Every Wednesday is Monee Wednesday

Sources

• 2005 National Health Observances
• National Health Information Center
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
• Stay Free Magazine
• Thinkquest
• Eid ul-Fitr

See also

• Awareness days
• International observance
• List of commemorative months
• List of environmental dates

External links

• Awareness Calendar — Americas & Americas' comprehensive listing of awareness observances.