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  • January

    New Year's Day - January 1

    Myanmar Independence Day - January 4

    Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) - January 9

    National Youth Day (India) - January 12

    lohri - January 14

    Makar Sankranti - January 15

    Indian Army Day - January 15

    National Hug Day - January 21

    Desh Prem Divas (Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's Birth anniversary) - January

    23

    vasant panchami - January 24

    National Voters' Day (India) - January 25

    Dydd Santes Dwynwen (Saint Dwynwen's - Welsh Valentine's Day) - January 25

    Burns Night (Roberts Burns birth anniversary) - January 25

    Republic Day(India) - January 26

    Australia Day - January 26

    World Leprosy Day - January 26

    International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the

    Holocaust- January 27

    Martyr's Day (Mahatma Gandhi's Martyrdom Day) - January 30

    Street Children's Day - January 31

    February

    World Cancer Day - February 4

    Sri Lanka Independence Day - February 4

    International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation - February 6

    Waitangi Day (New Zealand) - February 6

    Darwin Day February 12 Hug Day - February 13

    Valentine's Day February 14 International Mother Language Day February 21 Language Martyrs' Day (Bangladesh) - February 21

    Thinking Day - February 22

    National Science Day (India) February 28 Rare Disease Day February 28 Washington's Birthday Third Monday of February

    March

    Saint David's Day - March 1 (Wales)

    Texas Independence Day March 2 International Women's Day March 8 Pi Day March 14 White Day March 14

  • World Consumer Rights Day March 15 Saint Patrick's Day March 17 World Sparrow Day March 20 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

    April

    April Fools Day - April 1

    World Autism Awareness Day - April 2

    World Health Day - April 7

    International Romani Day - April 8

    International Louie Louie Day - April 11

    International Day of Human Space Flight - April 12

    Black Day - April 14

    Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New Year's Day) - April 14

    Day of Silence - April 15

    Day of Dialogue - April 15

    Foursquare Day - April 16

    World Hemophilia Day - April 17

    Earth Day - April 22

    St George's Day- April 23

    World Book Day - April 23

    ANZAC Day - April 25

    Liberation Day (Italy) - April 25

    World Malaria Day - April 25

    World Intellectual Property Day - April 26

    King's Day (The Netherlands) - April 27

    International Jazz Day - April 30

    May

    World Laughter Day - First Sunday of May every year

    Mother's Day - Second Sunday of May every year

    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

  • 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

    World Turtle Day - May 23

    Commonwealth Day - May 24

    International Missing Children's Day - May 25

    Towel Day - May 25

    Geek Pride Day - May 25

    World No Tobacco Day - May 31

    June

    Queen's Official Birthday First, Second or third Saturday in June National Cancer Survivors Day (USA) - First Sunday of June

    International Children's Day - June 1

    World Environment Day - June 5

    D-Day - June 6

    World Oceans Day - June 8

    Independence Day (Philippines) - June 12

    World Blood Donor Day - June 14

    Father's Day - June 15 (Third Sunday of June)

    Autistic Pride Day - June 18

    World Refugee Day - June 20

    World Hydrography Day - June 21

    Fte de la Musique - June 21

    International Yoga Day - June 21

    International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26

    July

    Canada Day - July 1

    World UFO Day - July 2

    Independence Day (United States) - July 4

    World Population Day - July 11

    Bastille Day - July 14

    Pi Approximation Day - July 22

    International Tiger Day - July 29

    Malala Day-12 July

    August

    International Beer Day - First Friday of August

    Friendship Day - First Sunday of August

    International Youth Day - August 12

  • International Lefthanders Day - August 13

    Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day) - August 14

    National day of mourning (Bangladesh) - August 15

    Victory over Japan Day - August 15 (UK)

    Indian Independence Day - August 15

    Bennington Battle Day - August 16

    Indonesian Independence Day - August 17

    World Mosquito Day - August 20

    Indian Akshay Urja Day - August 20

    European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism August 23

    Women's Equality Day August 26 National Sports Day August 29 Hari Merdeka (Malaysia National Day) - August 31

    September

    Victory over Japan Day - September 2 (USA)

    International Day of Charity - September 5

    Teachers' Day (India) - September 5

    Brazilian Independence Day - September 7

    World Suicide Prevention Day - September 10

    Patriot Day - September 11

    Engineer's Day (India) - September 15

    International Day of Democracy - September 15

    Malaysia Day - September 16

    International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19

    International Day of Peace - September 21

    European Day of Languages - September 26

    World Contraception Day - September 26

    World Rabies Day - September 28

    World Tourism Day - September 27

    International Coffee Day - September 29

    World Heart Day - September 29

    October

    World Habitat Day First Monday of October World Sight Day Second Thursday of October World Vegetarian Day October 1 International Day of Non-Violence - October 2

    Stevie Ray Vaughan Day (Austin, Texas)-October 3

    World Animal Day October 4 German-American Day October 6 Indian Air Force October 8 World Post Day October 9 World Mental Health Day - October 10

    World Standards Day - October 14

  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day - October 15

    Global Handwashing Day - October 15

    World Food Day - October 16

    International Day for the Eradication of Poverty - October 17

    Mole Day October 23 United Nations Day October 24 Labour Day (New Zealand) - October 27

    National Cat Day (USA) October 29 Halloween October 31

    November

    Thanksgiving (United States) Fourth Thursday of November Melbourne Cup Day 1st Tuesday in November World Vegan Day November 1 All Saints' Day November 1 All Souls' Day November 2 Bonfire Night (also Guy Fawkes Night) November 5 Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day) November 11 Veterans Day November 11 World Pneumonia Day November 12 World Diabetes Day November 14 World Prematurity Day-November 17

    International Men's Day November 19 Citizen's Day November 19 World Toilet Day - November 19

    Universal Children's Day - November 20

    Transgender Day of Remembrance November 20 World Television Day November 21 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women November

    25

    Saint Andrew's Day - November 30 (Scotland)

    Cities for Life Day November 30 Self-injury Awareness Day - November 30

    Children's Day - November 14

    December

    World AIDS Day December 1 United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3 International Volunteer Day - December 5

    Human Rights Day - December 10

    Victory day of Bangladesh - December 16

    Christmas Eve - December 24

    Christmas Day December 25 Boxing Day December 26 Kwanzaa December 26 to January 1 New Year's Eve - December 31