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► List of food days
► Lists of holidays
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January
- New Year's Day - January 1
- Street Children's Day - January 31
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February
- International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation - February 6
- Darwin Day – February 12
- Hug Day - February 13
- Valentine's Day – February 14
- International Mother Language Day – February 21
- Thinking Day - February 22
- National Science Day – February 28
- President's Day- The third Monday of February
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March
- Saint David's Day - March 1 (Wales)
- Texas Independence Day – March 2
- International Women's Day – March 8
- Pi Day – March 14
- World Consumer Rights Day – March 15
- Saint Patrick's Day – March 17
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – March 21
- World Down Syndrome Day- March 21
- World Poetry Day – March 21
- World Water Day - March 22
- Youm-e-Pakistan (Pakistan Day) - March 23
- World Tuberculosis Day - March 24
- Purple Day - March 26
- Bangladesh Independence Day – March 26
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April
- April Fools' Day - April 1
- World Autism Awareness Day - April 2
- World Health Day; National Beer Day - April 7
- International Romani Day - April 8
- Day of Silence; Day of Dialogue - April 15
- Foursquare Day - April 16
- World Hemophilia Day - April 17
- Earth Day - April 22
- St George's Day; World Book Day April 23
- ANZAC Day; Italy's Liberation Day; World Malaria Day - April 25
- World Intellectual Property Day - April 26
- International Jazz Day - April 30
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May
- International Workers' Day - May 1
- May Day - May 1
- World Press Freedom Day - May 3
- Remembrance of the Dead - May 4
- Star Wars Day - May 4
- Greenery Day - May 4
- International Midwives' Day - May 5
- International No Diet Day - May 6
- Victory in Europe Day - May 7/8
- Military Spouse Appreciation Day - May 11
- International Nurses Day - May 12
- International Day of Families - May 15
- International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia - May 17
- World Information Society Day - May 17
- International Day for Biological Diversity - May 22
- International Missing Children's Day - May 25
- Towel Day - May 25
- Mother's Day – Second Sunday of May in many nations
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June
- National Cancer Survivors Day - June 1
- World Environment Day - June 5
- D-Day - June 6
- World Oceans Day - June 8
- World Blood Donor Day - June 14
- Autistic Pride Day - June 18
- World Refugee Day - June 20
- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26
- Father's Day – Third Sunday of June
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July
- Canada Day - July 1
- Independence Day in United States (Fourth of July) - July 4
- World Population Day - July 11
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August
- Friendship Day - August 5
- International Youth Day - August 12
- International Lefthanders Day - August 13
- Victory over Japan Day - August 14/15
- Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) - August 14
- Indian Independence Day - August 15
- World Mosquito Day - August 20
- Indian Akshay Urja Day - August 20
- European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism – August 23
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September
- Engineer's Day - September 15
- International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19
- European Day of Languages - September 26
- World Contraception Day - September 26.
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October
- German Unity Day – October 3
- World Animal Day – October 4
- German-American Day – October 6
- World Mental Health Day - October 10
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15
- Mole Day – October 23
- Halloween – October 31
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November
- World Vegan Day - November 1
- All Saints' Day – November 1
- All Souls' Day – November 2
- Bonfire Night (also Guy Fawkes Night) - November 5
- Malala Day - November 10
- Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day) – November 11
- Veterans Day – November 11
- Children's Day (India) – November 14
- International Men's Day - November 19
- Transgender Day of Remembrance – November 20
- Cities for Life Day – November 30
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December
- World AIDS Day – December 1
- International Volunteer Day December 5
- Christmas Eve - December 24
- Christmas Day – December 25
- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Day - December 25 (Birthday of the founder of Pakistan)
- Kwanzaa – December 26 to January 1
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Moving dates (see movable holidiays)
- 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) ( Easter Sunday)
- 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
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- Arbor Day
- Bank Holiday
- Flag Day
- Hangul Day – October 9 (South Korea) January 15 (North Korea)
- Deepawali or Diwali
- Imbolc – beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring
- Inventors' Day
- Christmas
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► List of commemorative months
► List of food days
► Lists of holidays
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References
"UN: November 10 declared 'Malala Day'". Hindustan Times. November 12, 2012.
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