List of unofficial observances by date
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This is a list of unofficial observances or holidays attached to specific dates (fixed or movable), organized by date for easy reference.
Date | Holiday |
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26th of each month | Furo no hi (day of bathing: Japan)[1] |
Christmas in August | |
Christmas in July | |
January (first Monday of the year) | Handsel Monday[2] |
January 7 | Distaff Day |
January 15 | Wikipedia Day[3] |
January 16 | National Religious Freedom Day (USA) |
January 21 | National Hugging Day (USA) |
January 28 | Data Privacy Day |
January 30 (or closest school day) | School Day of Non-violence and Peace |
January 31 | Street Children's Day |
February (first Saturday) | Ice Cream for Breakfast Day |
February 12 | Darwin Day |
February 13, 14 or 15 | Singles Awareness Day |
February 17 | Random Acts of Kindness Day (USA) |
February 22 | World Thinking Day |
February 26 (celebrated on 26th in UK, on first Friday in February in USA) | National Wear Red Day |
March (first Saturday of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship) | National Corndog Day (USA) |
March 10 or Friday of first full week | Middle Name Pride Day[4] |
March 14 | Pi Day |
March 19 | Client's Day |
March 25 | Tolkien Reading Day |
Monday before Shrove Tuesday | Nickanan Night, Collop Monday. Hall' Monday[5] |
April (North America: Wednesday of last full week) | Administrative Professionals' Day |
April 1 | April Fools' Day; Edible Book Festival |
April (Week of new moon) | National Dark-Sky Week (USA) |
April 14 | Black Day (South Korea) |
April 16 | Foursquare Day |
April (19th, 18th and 17th have been used) | Record Store Day |
April 20 | 420 (cannabis culture) |
April 22 (UK) | Administrative Professionals' Day |
April 22 | Earth Day |
April 25 | DNA day |
April 26 | Hug A Friend Day[6] |
April 30 | Honesty Day (USA) |
May (first Sunday) | World Laughter Day |
May (first full week) | National Postcard Week (USA) |
May 4 | Star Wars Day |
May 6 | International No Diet Day |
May (Saturday of third full week) | International Heritage Breeds Day[7][8] (USA) |
May 25 | Geek Pride Day; Towel Day |
May 26 | National Paper Airplane Day (USA) |
June 5 | National Donut Day (USA) |
June 12 | Anne Frank Day[9] |
June 16 | Bloomsday |
June 18 | Autistic Pride Day |
June 18 | Women Gamers Day |
June 20–21 (Solstice) | International Surfing Day |
June 21 | Go Skateboarding Day |
June 28 (Also October 22) | CAPS LOCK DAY |
July (First Saturday) | International Free Hugs Day |
July 5 | X-Day (Church of the SubGenius) |
July 22 | Pi Approximation Day |
July (last Friday) | System Administrator Appreciation Day |
August (first Sunday) | International Friendship Day |
August (first Friday) | International Beer Day |
September (third Saturday) | Software Freedom Day |
September 1 | Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand) |
September 5 | International Bacon Day |
September 13 | International Chocolate Day, on the birthday of Milton S. Hershey.[10][11][12] |
September 19 | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
September 22 | Hobbit Day |
September 28 | Ask a Stupid Question Day |
October 1-31 | National Pizza Month |
October (first friday) | World Smile Day |
October 9 | World Post Day |
October 21 (2015 only) | Back to the Future Day |
October 21 | International Day of the Nacho |
October 22 (also June 28) | CAPS LOCK DAY |
October 23 | Mole Day |
October 30 | Mischief Night |
November - December (Second Friday after Thanksgiving) | International Sweater Vestival |
November (first Friday in November) | Love Your Lawyer Day[13] |
November (Day after Thanksgiving) | National Day of Listening (USA) |
November 17 | International Students' Day |
November 25–26 | Buy Nothing Day |
December (Thursday before Christmas) | National Regifting Day (USA) |
December 14 | Monkey Day |
December 23 | Festivus |
References
- ^ 風呂の日(furo no hi): Day of Bath
- ^ The Book of Days, edited by Robert Chambers, page 52, Lippencott, Philadelphia, 1863
- ^ "Today's Top 10: Observances for January". Delco Times. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Perez, Sandra (March 10, 2011). "Happy Middle Name Pride Day". The Examiner.
- ^ Notes & Queries Vol 12, July - December 1855, G. Bell, entry for Oct. 20, 1855
- ^ ABC4 News - Hug a Friend Day - And the health benefits of hugging
- ^ "National Heritage Breeds Week". The Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "About International Heritage Breeds Week & Day". livestockconservancy.org. Livestock Conservancy. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (2011). The end of the Holocaust. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780253000927. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ ""September 2008 dates to celebrate"". Creative Forecasting. 20 (7–12): 6. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
International Chocolate Day - This day celebrates the birth anniversary of Milton Hershey (1857 - 1945)
- ^ Marks, Ginger (2010). Weird and Wacky Holiday Marketing Guide. p. 58. ISBN 9780982600573. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Pandey, Anita (2012). Language building blocks : essential linguistics for early childhood educators. New York: Teachers College Press. p. 88. ISBN 9780807753552. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "A Day for Spreading Love to Lawyers Everywhere". bol.bna.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.