List of International and National Days:

this is a start to list all the many different days which have a exuse for some local work (as if you needed the exuse!)

Please, it is really incomplete, especially with special religious holidays.... but if you have additions, just send
me ( [email protected] ) an email with Special Days as the subject heading. Please, take this list for your own uses as well.. put
it on your own site... make it great!

Eventually, I'll link up each listing to some information on what the day is allllll about- I would really appreciate imput to good sites - especially all the national dates.

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Many more cultural dates at : http://www.earthcalendar.net

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January

15- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US)
26- Republic Day (INDIA), Australia Day

February

2- Groundhog Day
6- Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
14-St. Valentine's Day
16-Independence Day (Lithuania)
24-Independence Day (Estonia)

March

8- United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
12- Commonwealth Day (Canada)
17-St. Patrick's Day
20- First Day of Spring/Fall (Spring/Fall Equinox)
21- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
22- World Day for Water
23- World Meteorological Day ( when your feeling boring, what do YOU talk about?)
25- Independence Day (Greece)

April

1- April Fool's Day (tricks using water are my personal favourites)
7- World Health Day
13-Good Friday
15-Easter
16-Queen's Birthday (Denmark); Easter Monday
22-28 TV Turnoff Week
22- Earth Day (there's only one!)
25- ANZAC Day (Australia & New Zealand)
30- Queen's Day (Netherland's)

May

3- Constitution Day (Poland); World Press Freedom Day
7- May Day (UK)
13-Mother's Day (Hallmark© day)
15- International Day of Families
17- National Independence Day (Norway); World Telecommunication Day
21-Victoria Day (Canada)
25-Anniversary of the May Revolution (Argentina)

June

2 - Anniversary of the Republic (Italy)
4 - International Day of Innocent Children and Victims of Aggression
5 - World Environment Day
6 - National Day (Sweden)
10- National Day (Portugal)
12- Independence Day (Russia)
15- Flag Day (US)
17- Father's Day (Hallmark© Day); World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
21- First Day of Summer/Winter ( Summer/Winter Sotisce)
24- St. Jean Baptiste Day (Quebec-Canada)
26- International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July

1- Canada Day (guess where)
4- Independence Day (United States)
7-(First Saturday of July)- International Day of Cooperatives
11- World Population Day
14- Bastille Day (France)

August

9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12-International Youth Day
20-Constitution Day (Hungary)
24-Independence Day (Ukraine)
31-National Day (Malaysia)

September

2-Father's Day (Australia)
3-Labour Day (Canada); Labor Day (United States)
7-Independence Day (Brazil)
8-International Literacy Day
15-16 (Third weekend of September)- Clean up the World Campaign
15- Independence Day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua- wow what a party!)
16-Independence Day (Mexico- man, the excitement never ends this weekend!)
17 (Third Tuesday of September)- International Day of Peace
18-Independence Day (Chile)
21-World Care-Free Day
22-First Day of Autumn/Spring (Fall/Spring Equinox)
23-30(Last week in September)- World Maritime Week

October

1-International Day of Older Persons; World Vegetarian Day; Labour Day (Australia), First Mondy World Habitat Day
2-Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday
3-Day of German Unity
9-World Post Day
10 (Second Wednesday of October)- International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
12-National Day (Spain)
16-World Food Day
17-International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24-United Nations Day (hey, we wouldn't have 1/2 the Day's without these guys!!!:); World Development Information Day
26-National Day (Austria)
28- Day of Independence (Czechoslovakia)

November

11- Veterans Day (US), Remembrance Day (Canada)
16- International Day for Tolerance
18- Proclamation Day (Latvia)
20- Universal Children's Day
22- USA Thanksgiving Day
23- Buy Nothing Day (traditional "beginning" of United States holiday shopping season)

December

1- World AIDS Day
3- International Day of Disabled Persons
5- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (that's what we CISV'ers do)
6- Independence Day (Finland)
10-Human Rights Day
21-First Day of Winter/Summer (Winter/Summer Solstice)
-many, many holidays after this....
29- International Day for Biological Diveristy

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