| January |
- 1 New Year's Day
- 4 Trivia Day
- 6 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day
- 14 Dress Up Your Pet Day
- 15 Martin Luther King's Birthday (observed on the 18th)
- 25 Opposite Day
- 26 Australia Day
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| February |
- 2 Groundhog's Day
- 7 Super Bowl Sunday ~ Superbowl XLIV
- 12 Lincoln's Birthday
- 12 Winter Olympics begin
- 14 Chinese New Years It's the Year 4708!
- 14 Valentines Day
- 15 President's Day
- 15 Singles Awareness Day!
- 16 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
- 17 Ash Wednesday
- 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
- 22 Washington's Birthday
- 28 Purim begins at sundown
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| March |
- 7 Oscar Night
- 8 International Women's Day
- 14 Daylight Savings Begins at 2:00 a.m.
- 15 Ides of March
- 17 St. Patrick's Day
- 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox
- 20 International Earth Day - also called Sun-Earth Day
- 25 Feast of the Annunciation
- 28 Palm Sunday
- 28 World Youth Day date varies widely
- 30 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
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| April |
- 1 April Fool's Day
- 1 International Tatting Day
- 2 Good Friday
- 2 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
- 4 Easter Sunday
- 15 Income taxes due
- 19 Patriot's Day Third Monday
- 21 Administrative Professionals Day ~ Secretaries Day
- 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
- 22 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
- 30 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
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| May |
- 1 May Day
- 5 Cinco de Mayo
- 6 National Teacher's Day
- 8 VE Day, WW II
- 9 Mother's Day
- 17 Armed Forces Day
- 24 Victoria Day (Canada)
- 31 Memorial Day
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| June |
- 6 D Day, WWII
- 14 Flag Day
- 20 Father's Day
- 19 Juneteenth Day
- 21 Summer Solstice (The longest day of the year!)
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| July |
- 1 Canada Day (Dominion Day)
- 4 Independence Day
- 22 Hammock Day ...relax and enjoy!
- 27 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony ~ not until 2012
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| August |
- 3 National Watermelon Day
- 10 National S'mores Day
- 11 Ramadan begins
- 13 Left Hander's Day
- 14 V-J Day
- 15 Feast of the Assumption
- 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
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| September |
- 2 VJ Day, WWII
- 6 Labor Day
- 8 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
- 12 Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day
- 17 Constitution Day
- 17 Yom Kippur
- 21 International Peace Day (UN)
- 22 Autumnal Equinox
- 22 Sukkot begins at sundown
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| October |
- 1 International Day for the Elderly
- 11 Columbus Day observed
- 11 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
- 16 Boss's Day
- 16 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
- 23 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
- 24 United Nations Day
- 31 Halloween
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| November |
- 1 All Saint's Day
- 1 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- 2 All Soul's Day - usually on the 2nd
- 2 Election Day -please exercise your right to vote
- 7 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep
- 11 Veteran's Day
- 13 Sadie Hawkins Day
- 17 Eid-Ul-Adha
- 18 Great American Smokeout - third Thursday
- 20 Universal Children's Day
- 25 Thanksgiving Day
- 26 Black Friday
- 28 Advent begins
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| December |
- 2 Chanukah lasts 8 days
- 7 Pearl Harbor Day
- 12 Poinsettia Day
- 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
- 23 Festivus - for the rest of us!
- 25 Christmas
- 26 Boxing Day
- 26 Kwanzaa
- 27 National Fruitcake Day
- 31 New Year's Eve
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