THE CALENDAR!

THE CALENDAR
I swear to the gods that I did not make any of these up! .

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**JANUARY**
*(Named after Janus, the Roman god of doors, gates, and beginnings.)*
**Birth Defects Prevention Month; Book Month; Cancer Prevention Month; Cervical Health Month**
**Clean Up Your Computer Month; Eye Care Month; Glaucoma Awareness Month; Hobby Month**
**Love Yourself Month; Oatmeal Month; Self-Defense Month; Soup Month; Thyroid Awareness Month**
**Volunteer Blood Doner Month**
01	New Year's Day Emancipation Proclimation Day (U.S.A.) Hatian Independence Day Sudan Indepencence Day Cuban Liberation Day Foundation Day (Taiwan) Commonwealth Day (Australia) Daydreamer's Day Universal Hour of Peace Lose Weight / Feel Great Week Diet Resolution Week New Year's Resolutions Week Radon Action Week	17	Liberation Day (Poland) Saint Anthony's Day Penguin Awareness Day
02	Ancestry Day (Haiti) Kakizome Day (Japan) St. Berchtold's Day (Switzerland)	18	World Religion Day Healthy Weight Week Pooh Day
03	Drinking Straw Day	19	Timket (Ethiopia) Popcorn Day Hat Day Edgar Allen Poe's Birthday
04	Joygerm Day Tenth of Tevet Trivia Day Myanmar Independence Day	20	Martyr's Day (Azerbaijan) San Sebastian's Day (Brazil) National Heroes Day (Guinea-Bissau) Army Day (Lesotho) Camcorder Day "Dieting Sucks!" Day Cheese Day
05	Monkey Around the New Year Day Bird Day	21	Hugging Day Squirrel Appreciation Day
06	Epiphany / Three Kings Day La Befana (Italy) Sherlock Holmes Day	22	St. Vincent's Day (France) Ukrainian Day (Ukraine) Women's Healthy Weight Day Talk To Your Cat Day
07	Russian Christmas Nanakusa (Japan)	23	Babin Den (Bulgaria) Measure Your Feet Day Pie Day
08	Women's Day (Greece) Elvis Presley's Birthday Show and Tell Day Bubble Bath Day Letter Writing Week	24	.
09	Baptism of Jesus Day of the Martyrs (Panama)	25	Kiss Your Pet Day Opposite Day Catholic Schools Week
10	.	26	Australia Day (Australia) Republic Day (India) Dominican Republic National Holiday Love Your Toilet Day
11	Morocco Independence Day National Unity Day (Nepal) Meitlisunntig (Switzerland) Milk Day Thank Everyone Week	27	Day of Remembrance for Victims of Nazism (Germany) Holocaust Memorial Day (U.K.) Vietnam War Treaty Day (Vietnam) Mozart's Birthday
12	Coming of Age Day (Japan) Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania) Clean Off Your Desk Day	28	Compliment Day Kazoo Day
13	Togo National Liberation Day Tyvendedagen (Norway) Radio Broadcasting Anniversary TV Dinner Day Man Watchers Week	29	National Puzzle Day
14	Makar Sankranti Army Day (Uzbekistan)	30	Heirarchs King's Birthday (Jordan) Fun At Work Day Change Your Answering Machine Message Day
15	Martin Luther King Day Dress Up Your Ped Day Customer Service Month	31	Nauru National Holiday Scotch Tape Day Backwards Day
16	National Day of Peace (El Salvador) Haru-No-Yabuiri (Japan) John Chilembwe Day (Malawi) Pongal Religious Freedom Day Humanitarian Day Nothing Day	R*	Second Monday: "Thank God it's Monday!" Day Plough Monday (England)

* "R" indicates roving holidays.

**FEBRUARY**
*(Named for Februa, the Roman feast of purification.)*
**AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month, American Heart Month,**
**Black History Month, Boost Self-Esteem Month, Cherry Month,**
**Children's Dental Health Month, Condom Month, Embroidery Month,**
**Expect Success Month, Friendship Month, Get Inspired Month, Library Lovers' Month,**
**Marfan Syndrome Awareness Month, Snack Food Month, Weddings Month**
01	Eid Al Adha (Cyprus) Freedom Day Women's Heart Health Day Women's Heart Health Week Burn Awareness Week Children's Authors and Illustrators Week Shopping Week	17	Random Acts of Kindness Day Hypertension Awareness Week
02	Groundhog Day Imbolc / Candlemas	18	Gambia Independence Day National Democracy Day (Nepal) World Thinking Day
03	Setsubun (Japan) Heroes' Day (Mozambique) Vietnam National Holiday American Pie Day Dump Your "Significant Jerk" Day	19	Copernicus Day
04	Armed Struggle Day (Angola) Sri Lanka Independence Day	20	Be Humble Day
05	Lantern Festival (China, Taiwan) Anniversary of the Mexican Constitution Weatherperson's Day	21	Martyr's Day (Bangladesh) Carnival (Brazil, Malta) Mean Mommy Day
06	Festival of Aphrodite (Greece) Waitangi Day (New Zealand) Compliment Day	22	Night of Osiris (Egypt) St. Lucia Independence Day Teddy Bear Day Eating Disorders Awareness Week Engineers Week Friendship Week Pancake Week
07	Tu B'shvat Grenada Independence Day	23	Carnival Brunei National Day Anniversary of Republic (Guyana) Army and Navy Day (Russia) Bun Day (Iceland)
08	Ha-Ri-Ku-Yo (Japan) Culture Day (Slovenia) Boy Scouts Of America Day Smiles Are Contagious Day Cardiac Rehabilitation Week Love And Laughter Week	24	Estonian Independence Day Flag Day (Mexico) Bursting Day (Iceland) Spay Day USA Calendar Day Pancake Day
09	St. Maron's Day Celebration of Love Week Sexual Responsibility Week Flirting Week	25	Kuwaiti National Day
10	Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week	26	.
11	Youth Day (Cameroon) National Foundation Day (Japan) Vatican City Independence Anniversary Iranian National Day Stay Single Day White Shirt Day	27	Dominican Republic Independence Day Polar Bear Day
12	Festival of Diana (Roman) Union Day (Myanmar) Darwin Day Lost Penny Day	28	Underlings Day Floral Design Day
13	Skeptic's Day I Value Our Friendship Day	29	Leap Year Day Burgsonndeg (Luxembourg) Bachelors' Day
14	St. Valentine's Day The Luprical / Festival of the She Wolf "Love Sucks!" Day Ferris Wheel Day Condom Week	..	..
15	Maple Leaf Flag Day (Canada) 50% Off Chocolate Day Heart Failure Awareness Week	..	..
16	Lithuanian Independence Day Heart to Heart Day Love Your Pet Week	R	Third Saturday: Second Honeymoon Weekend Fourth Sunday: Fasching Sunday (Austria, Germany) Third Monday: Presidents' Day (USA) Last Monday: Green Monday (Cyprus)
February OR March: Day before Ash Wednesday: Marti Gras / Shrove (Fat) Tuesday Forty weekdays prior to Easter: Ash Wednesday / Beginning of Lent Two days after Ash Wednesday: First Friday of Lent

**MARCH**
*(Named after Mars, the Roman god of war.)*
**American Red Cross Month, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month,**
**Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Kidney Month, Mental Retardation Awareness Month,**
**Noodle Month, Nutrition Month, On-Hold Month, Sinus Pain Awareness Month,**
**Talk With Your Teens About Sex Month, Women's History Month**
01	Bosnia-Herzegovina Independence Day Heroes' Day (Paraguay) Samiljol (South Korea) Pig Day Listening Awareness Week Rosacea Awareness Week Write a Letter of Appreciation Week	17	St. Patrick's Day Irish National Day Feast of the Maenads (Greek) Canberra Day (Australia) Freedom Of Information Day Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week Jobs For Teens Week Severe Weather Awareness Week Sports Trivia Week
02	Adwa Day (Ethiopia) Read Across America Day Procrastination Week Save Your Vision Week	18	Purim Flag Day (Aruba)
03	Bulgarian Liberation Day Magellan Day (Guam) Hinamatsuri (Japan) Martyr's Day (Malawi) Eight-Hour Day (Australia) National Anthem Day I Want You To Be Happy Day Chocolate Chip Cookie Week Pet Sitters Week	19	St. Joseph's Day National Day of Oil (Iran)
04	Anthesteria / Festival of the Dead	20	First Day of Spring Tunisian Independence Day Agriculture Day Incredible Kids Day Proposal Day
05	Stop Bad Service Day	21	Nambian Independence Day Noruz (Iran) National Tree Planting Day (Lesotho) Benito Juarez' Birthday (Mexico) Human Rights Day (South Africa) Birthday of Kuan Yin (Taiwan) Single Parents' Day Family Day Astrology Day Flower Day
06	Ghana Independence Day	22	Indian New Year Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico) World Day for Water Freak Out Day Goof-Off Day Seal Day
07	Professional Salesperson's Day Monopoly Day	23	Republic Day (Pakistan) Cuddly Kitten Day Cleaning Week
08	Employee Appreciation Day Women's Day International Working Women's Day Syrian National Day (Libya)	24	Philippine Independence Day World Tuberculosis Day Harry Houdini Day Anonymous Giving Week
09	Baron Bliss Day (Belize) Girl Scout Week	25	Greek Independence Day American Diabetes Alert
10	Commonwealth Day (England) Salvation Army Day Brain Awareness Week	26	Bangladesh Independence Day Legal Assistants' Day Night of the Crimson Thirst
11	Lithuanian Restitution of Independence Day	27	Osweiler (Luxembourg) Resistance Day (Myanmar)
12	Feast of Marduk (Babylon) Arbor Day (Taiwan) Mauritius Independence Day Moshoeshoe's Birthday (Lesotho)	28	Holi (India) Teacher's Day (Czech Republic) British Bases Evacuation Day (Libya) Hot Tub Day
13	Deaf History Month	29	Boganda Day (Central African Republic) Commemoration Day (Madagascar) Youth Day (Taiwan) Don't Do Your Homework Day
14	Einstein Day	30	Bretzelsonndeg (Luxembourg) Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Doctors' Day
15	Ides of March Constitution Day (Belarus) Day of the 1848 Revolution in (Hungary) J.J. Roberts Day (Liberia) Quilting Day	31	First Day of Summer (England) Georgian Independence Day Transfer Day (Virgin Islands) Sleep Awareness Week
16	Lips Appreciation Day Poison Prevention Week	R	Vernal (Spring) Equinox / Ostara Mothering Sunday (England)
March OR April: Seven days before Easter: Palm Sunday (Beginning of Holy Week) Three days before Easter: Maundy Thrusday (Holy Thursday) Two days before Easter: Good Friday / Night of Woe Day before Easter: Easter Saturday First Sunday following the Paschal (March 21st) Full Moon: Easter Day after Easter: Easter Monday Seven days after Easter: Orthodox Christian Easter (And all corresponding Orthodox holidays respectively)

**APRIL**
**Alcohol Awareness Month, Amateur Radio Month, Autism Awareness Month, Cancer Control Month,**
**Child Abuse Prevention Month, Customer Service Month, Frog Month, Guitar Month, Humor Month,**
**Kite Month, Mathematics Education Month, Occupational Therapy Month, Parkinson's Awareness Month,**
**Sexually Transmitted Diseases Awareness Month, Stress Awareness Month, Young Child Month**
01	April Fool's Day / All Fool's Day Saint Lasarus's Day (Bulgaria) Nanavut Anniversary (Canada) Islamic Republic Day (Iran) Fun At Work Day Lupus Alert Day One Cent Day	17	Passover (Pesach) Flag Day (American Samoa) Syrian Arab Republic Independence Day
02	Children's Book Day	18	Constitution Day (Canada) Zimbabwe Independence Day
03	Return of Persephone from the Underworld (Greek) Anniversary of the Second Republic (Guinea) Nafels Pilgrimage (Switzerland) Find A Rainbow Day Mule Day	19	Civil War Anniversary (Nicaragua) Uruguay National Holiday Sierra Leone National Holiday King Mswati's Birthday (Swaziland) Husbands' Day
04	Senegal Independence Day Learn To Read A Road Map Day	20	Pot-Smokers' Day Karaoke Week Professional Secretaries Week Sky Awareness Week
05	Qing Ming Festival / Festival of Souls (China) National Tomb-Sweeping Day (Taiwan) Equal Pay Day	21	Tiradentes (Brazil) Kartini (Indonesia) Birthday of Rome (Italy) Emaishen (Luxembourg) Family Day (South Africa) Kindergarten Day Wildlife Week
06	Chakri Memorial Day (Thailand) Check Your Batteries Day Library Week Week of the Ocean	22	Earth Day Festival of Ishtar (Babylon) Discovery of Brazil Jellybean Day
07	Genocide Remembrance Day (Rwanda) Let Someone Else Clean Day	23	Secretaries' Day St. George's Day Shakespeare's Birthday Sovereignty Day (Turkey) Children's Day (Turkey)
08	Hana Matsuri Flower Festival (Japan)	24	First Day of Summer (Iceland) Martyr's Day (Armenia)
09	Former POW Recognition Day Araw Ng Kagitingan (Philippines) Martyrs Day (Tunisia) School Librarian Day	25	Arbor Day Take Your Daughter To Work Day Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga) Sinai Day (Egypt) Liberation Day (Italy) Liberty Day (Portugal) National Flag Day (Swaziland)
10	Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Day Salvation Army Founder's Day Siblings' Day Vote Lawyers Out of Office Day	26	Native American Day Union Day (Tanzania) March of Dimes Walk America
11	Juan Santa Maria Day (Costa Rica) Liberation Day (Uganda) Barbershop Quartet Day	27	Day Care Providers Appreciation Day Sierra Leone Independence Day Togo Independence Day Insurrection Day (Slovenia) Freedom Day (South Africa) Yugoslavian National Day Volunteers Week
12	.	28	National Day of Mourning (Canada) Sham El Nessim (Egypt) Kiss-Your-Mate Day
13	Baisakhi (India) Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka) Garden Week Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Two Weeks Dumb Week (Greece)	29	Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Day) Greenery Day (Japan) Cheng Cheng Kung Landing Day (Taiwan)
14	Day of the Americas (Honduras) Moment Of Laughter Day Infant Immunization Week Jewish Heritage Week	30	Walpurgis Night (Europe) Liberation Day (Vietnam) Queen's Birthday (Netherlands) Feast of Valborg (Sweden) Honesty Day
15	Tax Day (U.S.A.)	..	..
16	Remembrance Day Queen Margrethe's Birthday (Denmark)	R	First Sunday: Care Sunday (England) Daylight Savings Time Begins
April OR May: Forty days after Easter: Ascension Day (Another Holy Thursday)

**MAY**
*(Named after Maia, one of the Pleiades.)*
**Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month, Barbecue Month,**
**Better Hearing and Speech Month, Better Sleep Month, Bike Month, Breathe Easy Month,**
**Business Image Improvement Month, Correct Posture Month, Dental Awareness Month,**
**Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, Egg Month, Family Support Month,**
**Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month, Get Caught Reading Month, Haitian Heritage Month,**
**Hamburger Month, Hepatitis Awareness Month, High Blood Pressure Education Month,**
**Law Enforcement Month, Mental Health Month, Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month,**
**Older Persons Month, Osteoporosis Prevention Month, Physical Fitness and Sports Month,**
**Reading Month, Salsa Month, Senior Citizens Month, Sight-Saving Month,**
**Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Month, Strawberry Month, Stroke Awareness Month,**
**Teaching And Joy Month, Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month, Women's Health Care Month**
01	Beltane / May Day Play of Saint Evermaar (Belgium) Constitution Day (Marshall Islands) International Labor Day Day Of Prayer Loyalty Day (USA) Law Day Lei Day Martin Z. Mollusk Day New Homeowner's Day School Principals' Day Teen Day Rhino Day Connecting Week Get Happy Week Peace Of Mind Week	17	Armed Forces Day Norwegian Independence Day Safe Boating Week
02	Sibling Appreciation Day Beginning of Cinco De Mayo Fiesta	18	Flag and University Day (Haiti) Revival and Unity Day (Turkmenistan) Battle of Las Piedras Day (Uruguay) Museum Day Neighbor Day Visit Your Relatives Day New Friends, Old Friends Week
03	Day of the Holy Cross (Mexico) Constitution Day (Japan, Poland) Tax Freedom Day Tulip Day	19	Victoria Day Youth and Sports Day (Turkey) Circus Day
04	Memorial Day (Curacao) Youth Day (China) Relationship Renewal Day Scrapbooking Day Kite Day Be Kind To Animals Week Family Week Flower Week Pet Week Postcard Week Small Business Week Suicide Awareness Week Teacher Appreciation Week	20	AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day Cameroon National Day Educational Support Personnel Week
05	Cinco de Mayo Patriots Victory Day (Ethiopia) Children's Day (Japan) Battle of Puebla (Mexico) Liberation Day (Netherlands) Children's Day (South Korea) Coronation Day (Thailand) Bank Holiday (U.K.) Significant Other Day Cartoonists Day Astronomy Week Cartoon Art Appreciation Week	21	Employee Health and Fitness Day Waitstaff Day Battle of Iquique Day (Chile)
06	Yom Ha Zikkaron (Israel) Bank Holiday (Ireland) Dieting Day Off Nurses Day Teacher Day Don't Do Your Homework Day Nurses Week	22	Immigrants Day (Canada) National Heroes Day (Sri Lanka) Yemen National Day
07	Night of the Wraith Anxiety Disorders Screening Day Yom Ha Atzma'ut (Israel) Day of the Soldier (El Salvador) Hamburg Harbor Birthday (Germany) School Nurse Day	23	Morocco National Day Turtle Day
08	VE-Day / Victory Day (France) Czech Republic Liberation Day Slovakian Liberation Day World Red Cross Day Lost Socks Day Stinky Feet Day	24	Eritrea Independence Day Brother's Day Commonwealth Day (Belize) Culture Day (Bulgaria) Battle of Pichincha (Ecuador) Jazz Day
09	Lemuria / Festival of the Dead (Roman) Vienna Festival (Austria) Victory Day (Russia) Day of Memory and Honor (Uzbekistan)	25	African Freedom Day Jordanian Independence Day Revolution Day (Argentina) Ancestor Honor Day Missing Children's Day
10	Micronesia National Holiday Vesak Day (Singapore) Small Business Day Astronomy Day Windmill Day Tourism Week	26	Independence Restoration Day (Georgia)
11	Cormorant Fishing Festival (Japan) Clergy Day Family Month Alcohol and Other Drug-related Birth Defects Awareness Week Nursing Home Week Police Week Running and Fitness Week Transportation Week Universal Family Week	27	.
12	Pilgrimage to Fatima (Portugal) Limerick Day Gamblers Week Online Romance Week Stuttering Awareness Week Reading is Fun Week	28	Day of the Republic (Azerbaijan) Ethiopian National Day Spelling Bee Day
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14	Receptionist's Day	30	Yom Yerushalayim Day (Israel) Statehood Day (Croatia) Indian Arrival Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Hug Your Cat Day
15	Peace Officer Memorial Day San Isidro Day (Mexico) Paraguay Independence Day	31	Stop Smoking Day
16	Common Prayer Day (Denmark) Be a Millionaire Day Bike to Work Day Pickle Week	R	Second Sunday: Mother's Day Last Monday: Memorial Day (U.S.A.)

**JUNE**
*(Named after Juno, Queen of the Roman gods.)*
**Cancer From the Sun Month, Candy Month, Dairy Month, Eye Injury Prevention Month,**
**Gay Pride Month, Perennial Gardening Month, Rebuild Your Life Month, Rivers Month,**
**Rose Month, Turkey Lover's Month, Vision Research Month**
01	Madaraka Day (Kenya) Western Samoan Independence Day International Children's Day (China) Nursing Assistants' Day Malaysian National Holiday Special Education Week Stepparents' Week	17	Iceland Independence Day Marriage of Orpheus and Eurydice (Greek) Organic Act Day (Virgin Islands)
02	Hristo Botev Day (Bulgaria) Republic Day (Italy) Coronation Day (U.K., Bhutan) Cancer Survivors Day Children's Awareness Day Headache Awareness Week Hug Holiday Week	18	Evacuation Day (Egypt) Constitution Day (Seychelles)
03	Bank Holiday (Ireland)	19	Corpus Christi Artigas Day (Uruguay)
04	Revolution Day (Ghana) Emancipation Day (Tonga) Flag Day (Finland) Small Business Week	20	Flag Day (Argentina)
05	Night of the Wolf Constitution Day (Denmark)	21	Greenland National Day
06	D-Day Memorial Day (South Korea) Flag Day (Sweden) Black Single Parents' Week	22	Morat Battle Anniversary (Switzerland)
07	Malta National Day People Love Picked Flowers Day Donut Day	23	Victory Day (Estonia) Birthday of Cheng Huang (Taiwan) Luxembourg National Holiday America's Kids Day Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week Amateur Radio Week
08	.	24	Saint John the Baptist Day (John's Day) Newfoundland Discovery Day (Canada) Macau Day (China) Countrymen's Day (Peru) Battle of Carabobob (Venezuela) Take Your Pet To Work Week
09	Accession Day (Jordan) Abused Women and Children's Awareness Day Race Unity Day Profess Your Love Day National Flag Week	25	Croatian Independence Day Mozambique Independence Day Slovenia National Day Bhutan National Day Columnists' Day
10	Day of National Reconciliation (Congo) Queen's Birthday (Australia, Fiji) Great Arab Revolt / Army Day (Jordan) Camoes Day (Portugal) Meet A Mate Week Men's Health Week	26	Madagascar Independence Day CN Tower Day (Canada) World Juggling Day
11	Libya National Day	27	Djibouti Independence Day HIV Testing Day Decide To Be Married Day Happy Birthday to "Happy Birthday to You" Day
12	Russian Independence Day Philippines Independence Day Peace with Bolivia Day (Paraguay)	28	St. Paul's Feast (Cyprus)
13	Blame Someone Else Day Hermit Week	29	Seychelles Independence Day Peter and Paul Day
14	Flag Day (U.S.A.) Night of Anubis (Egypt) Freedom Day (Malawi)	30	Congo Independence Day Armed Forces Day (Guatemala) Revolution Day (Sudan) Tech Support Appreciation Day Blonde Day Sobriety Checkpoint Week Special Recreation Week
15	Dragon Boat Festival (China) Tano Day (South Korea) Sneak A Kiss Day	.	.
16	Family Awareness Day Youth Day (South Africa) Fathers' Week Forgiveness Week	R	Summer Solstice / Midsummer Day before Midsummer: Midsummer Eve (Sweden, Denmark) Third Monday: Father's Day First Monday: Labor Day (Bahamas)

**JULY**
*(Named after Julius Ceasar.)*
**Bison Month, Blueberry Month, Cell Phone Month, Culinary Arts Month,**
**Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month, Hot Dog Month, Ice Cream Month,**
**Picnic Month, Purposeful Parenting Month, Recreation Month**
01	Canada Day Half Year Day (Midyear Day) Sir Seretse Khama Day (Botswana) Burundi Independence Day Republic Day (Ghana) Rwanda Independence Day Liberation Day (Suriname) Unity Day (Zambia) Joke Day National Postal Worker Day Build a Scarecrow Day	17	July Revolution (Iraq) Munoz Rivera Day (Puerto Rico) Constitution Day (South Korea)
02	I Forgot Day	18	Constitution Day (Uruguay) Birth of Nephthys (Egypt)
03	Belarus Independence Day Festival of Cerridwen (Celtic) Emancipation Day (Virgin Islands) Compliment Your Mirror Day Air Conditioning Appreciation Month	19	Liberation Day (Nicaragua) Shark Awareness Day Cow Appreciation Day Stick Your Tongue Out Day
04	American Independence Day / Fourth of July Fil-American Friendship Day (Philippines) Independence-From-Meat Day Freedom Week	20	Colombian Independence Day Marine Day (Japan) Moon Day Chess Day Ice Cream Day
05	Algerian Independence Day Cape Verde Independence Day Venezuela Independence Day St. Cyril and Methodius Day (Slovakia)	21	Liberation Day (Guam) Belgium National Holiday Mayan New Year Junk Food Day Ice Cream Cone Day Plan to Promote Your Business Week
06	Comoros Independence Day Day of Maat (Egypt) John Hus Day (Czech Republic) Day of Statehood (Lithuania) Republic Day (Malawi) Webmaster Day Laundry Workers' Week Take Charge of Change Week	22	.
07	Tanabata (Japan) Solomon Islands Independence Day Caribbean Day Saba Saba Day (Tanzania) Heroes Day (Zambia) Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day Macaroni Day Copious Compliments Week Nude Recreation Week	23	Anniversary of the Revolution (Egypt)
08	Video Games Day	24	Cousins Day
09	Argentina Independence Day Youth Day (Morocco) Sugar Cookie Day	25	Guanacaste Day (Costa Rica) Constitution Day (Puerto Rico) St. James Day (Spain) Republic Day (Tunisia) Intern Appreciation Day Salad Week
10	Bahamas Independence Day Day of Holde (Norse) Teddy Bear's Picnic Day	26	Liberian Independence Day Maldive Islands Independence Day Anniversary of the Revolution (Cuba) Curacao Day (Curacao) Day of the Funky Chicken
11	Mongolian Independence Day Cheer Up The Lonely Day	27	Barbosa's Birthday (Puerto Rico) Parents' Day Fresh Air For Your Houseplants Day
12	Festival of Yama (Tibet) Kiribati Independence Day Sao Tome Independence Day Orangemen's Day (Northern Ireland) Barn Day	28	Peruvian Independence Day Hurricane Supplication Day (U.S. Virgin Islands)
13	French Fries Day Wild About Wildlife Month	29	Olsok Eve (Norway) Lasagna Day
14	Lantern Festival (Japan) Bastille Day	30	Vanuatu Independence Day Cheesecake Day
15	Feast of Set (Egypt) Respect Canada Day	31	Jump for Jellybeans Day
16	La Paz Day (Bolivia)	R	.

**AUGUST**
*(Named after Augustus Ceasar.)*
**Admit You're Happy Month, Artist Appreciation Month, Back-To-School Month,**
**Cataract Awareness Month, Children's Vision and Learning Month, Data Entry Month,**
**Golf Month, Hypnosis Awareness Month, Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month,**
**Women's Small Business Month**
01	Lughnassad / Lammas Benin Independence Day Emancipation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Switzerland National Day Jamaican National Day Respect For Parents Day Sports Day Simplify Your Life Week Romance Awareness Week World Breastfeeding Week Clown Week	17	Indonesian Independence Day Argentina National Holiday Gabon National Day Exercise Bug Day Friendship Week
02	Our Lady of the Angeles (Costa Rica) Macedonian National Day Ice Cream Sandwich Day	18	"You're A Poet And Didn't Know It" Day Aviation Week
03	Nigerian Independence Day Night of the Revenant Colonization Martyr's Day (Guinea-Bissau) Sister's Day Friendship Day Mustard Day	19	Afghanistan Independence Day Aviation Day Penguin Awareness Day Air Conditioning Awareness Week
04	Jamaican Independence Day Picnic Day (Australia) Emancipation Day (Bahamas) Revolution Day (Burkina Faso) Civic Holiday (Canada) Emancipation Day (Grenada) Workers Day (Iceland) Youth Day (Zambia) Summer Bank Holiday (Scotland) Gay Day American Family Day Coast Guard Day Psychic Week	20	St. Stephen's Day (Hungary) Morocco National Day Radio Day
05	Homeland Thanksgiving Day (Croatia) Republic Day (Burkina Faso) Bank Holiday (Ireland) Picnic Day	21	Strange Music Day
06	Bolivian Independence Day Fresh Breath Day Wiggle Your Toes Day	22	Be An Angel Day Smile Week
07	Battle of Boyaca (Colombia) Ivory Coast National Day Sea Serpent Day	23	Make Your Own Luck Day
08	Fathers' Day (Taiwan) Farmers' Day (Tanzania) Admit You're Happy Day Odie's Birthday Prank Night	24	Ukrainian Independence Day Wedding of the Giants (Belgium) Vesuvius Day (Italy) Padua Vampire Festival (Italy) National Flag Day (Liberia)
09	Singapore Independence Day National Women's Day (South Africa) Moment Of Silence (Japan) Sing-Out Day Elvis Week	25	Liberation Day (Hong Kong) Uruguay Independence Day Summer Bank Holiday (U.K.) Kiss-And-Make-Up Day Be Kind To Humankind Week
10	Ecuador Independence Day Roller Coaster Day Resurrect Romance Week Thanks For All The Gifts Week	26	Heroes Day (Namibia) Women's Equality Day
11	Chad Independence Day Night of the Perseids Heroes' Day (Zimbabwe) Cheng Cheng Kung Birthday (Taiwan) Son's and Daughters' Day National Buckle Up Week	27	Moldova Independence Day
12	Festival of Diana and Hecate (Roman) Fox Hill Day (Bahamas) Birthday of the Queen (Thailand) Middle Children's Day	28	Emancipation Dream Day
13	Central African Republic Independence Day Women's Day (Tunisia) Skeptic's Day Left-Handers Day	29	Slovak Republic National Day
14	Pakistan Independence Day Financial Awareness Day	30	Victory Day (Turkey) Saint Rose of Lima Day (Peru) Toasted Marshmallow Day
15	VJ-Day Indian Independence Day Congo Independence Day Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea) Liechtenstein National Day Panama City Foundation Day (Panama) Liberation Day (South Korea) Relaxation Day	31	Kyrgyzstan Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day Constitution Day (Kazakhstan) Freedom Day (Malaysia) Heroes' Day (Philippines) National Language Day (Moldova) Sobriety Checkpoint Week
16	Restoration Day (Dominican Republic) Homeless Animals Day Joke Day Watermelon Day	R	First Monday: August Monday (Antigua and Barbuda)

**SEPTEMBER**
*(Septem: "Seven" in the Roman calendar.)*
**Baby Safety Month, Better Breakfast Month, Biscuit Month, Cable TV Month, Chicken Month,**
**Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, Cholesterol Education Month, Classical Music Month,**
**Courtesy Month, Fall Hat Month, Honey Month, Little League Month, Mushroom Month,**
**National 5-A-Day Month, Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, Pediculosis Prevention Month,**
**Piano Month, Pleasure Your Mate Month, Read-A-New-Book Month, Rice Month,**
**School Success Month, Self-Improvement Month, Sewing Month, Shameless Promotion Month,**
**Sickle Cell Awareness Month, Square Dance Month, Subliminal Marketing Month,**
**Youth Pastors Appreciation Month**
01	Uzbekistan Independence Day Revolution Day (Libya) Constitution Day (Slovakia) Childhood Injury Prevention Week Full Employment Week	17	Citizenship Day /Constitution Day (U.S.A.) National Heroes' Day (Angola)
02	Vietnam Independence Day	18	Chile Independence Day
03	Qatar Independence Day Republic Day (San Marino)	19	POW / MIA Recognition Day Vision Rehabilitation Day Feast of St. Januarius
04	Aunts' Day Newspaper Carrier Day Animals' Day (Curacao)	20	Student Day Banned Books Week Religious Freedom Week
05	Be Late For Something Day	21	Armenian Independence Day Belize Independence Day Maltese Independence Day Day Of Prayer Women's Friendship Day Gratitude Day Miniature Golf Day Singles Week Deaf Awareness Week Farm Animals Awareness Week Dog Week
06	Swaziland Independence Day Unification Day (Bulgaria) Defense of Pakistan Day (Pakistan) Read A Book Day	22	Mali Independence Day American Business Women's Day Centenarians' Day Diary Day Elephant Appreciation Day Ice Cream Cone Day Hobbit Day
07	Brazil Independence Day Assisted Living Week	23	Kingdom Unification Day (Saudi Arabia) Proposal Day
08	Grandparents' Day Macedonian Independence Day Andorra National Holiday Pet Memorial Day International Literacy Day Substitute Teacher Appreciation Week Back-To-School Week International Housekeepers Week	24	Guinea-Bissau Independence Day Constitutional Declaration Day (Cambodia) Armed Forces Day (Mozambique) Heritage Day (South Africa) Food Service Employees' Day
09	Tajikistan Independence Day North Korean National Day Chrysanthemum Day (Japan) Teddy Bear Day	25	Republic Day (Rwanda) One-Hit Wonder Day
10	Night of the Satyr Belize National Day Swap Ideas Day	26	Goose Day
11	September Eleventh Remembrance Day / Patriot Day (U.S.A.) New Year's Day (Ethiopia) Moon Festival (Taiwan) Thanksgiving (South Korea) Founder's Death Anniversary (Pakistan) Make Your Bed Day	27	True Cross Day (Ethiopia) Ancestor Appreciation Day Kids' Day
12	National Holiday (Guinea-Bissau) Chocolate Milkshake Day Video Games Day	28	Confucius' Day (Taiwan) Hunting and Fishing Day Good Neighbor Day
13	International Cross-Cultural Day Death Festival (Egypt) Positive Thinking Day Peanut Day	29	Battle of Boqueron (Paraguay) Pancake Day Pumpkin Day
14	Battle of San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua) Celebrate Pregnant Women Day Child Care Week Balance Awareness Week Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration Week	30	Botswana Independence Day
15	Independence Day (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) Battle of Britain Day (U.K.) Respect for the Aged Day (Japan) Hat Day Someday Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Flower Week Hispanic Heritage Month	.	.
16	International Day of Peace Mexican Independence Day Papua New Guinea Independence Day Working Parents' Day Preserve Ozone Layer Day Collect Rocks Day	R	Autumnal Equinox / Mabon Mid-Autumn Festival (China) First Monday: Labor Day (U.S.A., Canada)
First Day of Tishri: Rosh Hashana (Actual date varies widely depending upon leap years.) Tenth Day of Tishri: Yom Kippur Fifteenth Day of Tishri: Sukkot Twenty-Third Day of Tishri: Simchas Torah Oktoberfest / Weisen (Germany)

**OCTOBER**
*(Octo: "Eight" in the Roman calendar.)*
**Brain Injury Awareness Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Caramel Month,**
**Celiac Sprue Awareness Month, Computer Learning Month, Cookie Month, Crime Prevention Month,**
**Dental Hygiene Month, Depression Education & Awareness Month, Dinosaur Month,**
**Disability Employment Awareness Month, Diversity Awareness Month, Domestic Violence Awareness Month,**
**Electrology Awareness Month, Family Eye Care Month, Family Sexuality Education Month,**
**Fantasy Month, Gay And Lesbian History Month, Healthy Babies Month, Healthy Lung Month,**
**Liver Awareness Month, Lupus Awareness Month, Orthodontic Health Month, Pasta Month,**
**Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, Physical Therapy Month, Pizza Month, Polish American Heritage Month,**
**Popcorn Poppin' Month, Pork Month, Rett Syndrome Awareness Month, Roller Skating Month,**
**Sarcastics Awareness Month, Spina Bifida Month, Spinal Health Month, Stamp Collecting Month,**
**Substance Abuse Prevention Month, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month,**
**Talk About Prescriptions Month, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF Month, Vegetarian Awareness Month**
01	Night of the Dragon Cyprus Independence Day Nigerian Independence Day National Liberation Day (China) Armed Forces Day (South Korea) Tuvalu National Day World Vegetarian Day Customer Service Week Skin Care Awareness Week Universal Children's Week Wegener's Granulomatosis Awareness Week	17	My Mom Is A Student Day
02	Guinea Independence Day Farm Animals Day	18	Azerbaijan Independence Day of the Republic Sweetest Day Person's Day (Canada) Boost Your Brain Day
03	Day of German Unity (Germany) Francisco Morazan's Birthday (Honduras) Relief of Leiden Day (Netherlands) National Foundation Day (South Korea) Techies' Day Smile Day	19	Look Back On Your Life Day Reptile Awareness Day Chemistry Week Radon Action Week
04	Lesotho Independence Day Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong) Pumpkin Day Flute Day "Ten-Four" Space Week	20	Anniversary of the Revolution (Guatemala) Heroes' Day (Jamaica) Kenyatta Day (Kenya) Hurricane Thanksgiving Day (Virgin Islands) Business Women's Week Infection Control Week World Rainforest Week
05	Proclamation of the Republic Day (Portugal) Fire Prevention Week Mental Illness Awareness Week Metric Week Newspaper Week Organize Your Files Week Squirrel Awareness Week	21	Revolution Days (Somalia) Overseas Chinese Day (Taiwan) Mammography Day
06	Physician's Assistants' Day Armed Forces Day (Egypt) Ivy Day (Ireland) German American Day Nuclear Medicine Week Teller Appreciation Week	22	Shawn McGhee's Birthday
07	Sumerian New Year	23	Day Of The 1956 Revolution (Hungary) Chulalongkorn's Day (Thailand) TV Talk-Show Host Day Mole Day Red Ribbon Celebration
08	Bring Your Teddy Bear To Work Day	24	.
09	Uganda Independence Day Day of National Honor (Peru) Korean Alphabet Day (South Korea)	25	Kazakhstan Independence Day Taiwan Restoration Day (Taiwan) Diwali Begins Make A Difference Day Sourest Day Save Your Back Week Peace, Friendship and Good Will Week
10	Fiji Independence Day Taiwan National Day	26	Austrian National Day Mother-In-Law Day Horseless Carriage Day Mule Day
11	Coming Out Day	27	St. Vincent Independence Day Turkmenistan Independence Day Zambia Independence Day Navy Day
12	Equatorial Guinea Independence Day Dia De La Raza (Mexico) Spanish National Day Destiny Day Scream and Shout Day Adult Immunization Awareness Week	28	Foundation Day (Czech Republic) Ochi Day (Greece) Bank Holiday (Ireland)
13	Thanksgiving Day (Canada) Health-Sports Day (Japan) Puerto Rico Friendship Day (Virgin Islands) Native American Day Children's Day Pet Peeve Week	29	Republic Day (Turkey) Basketball Coaches' Day
14	Bald is Beautiful Day Dystonia Awareness Week Hepatitis Awareness Week	30	Devil's Night / Mischief Night
15	White Cane Safety Day Grouch Day	31	Samhain / Halloween Magic Day Chiang Kai-Shek Day (Taiwan)
16	National Boss Day World Food Day Dictionary Day	R	First Sunday: World Communion Sunday Second Sunday: White Sunday (Western Samoa) Second Monday: Columbus Day / Discovery Day (USA) Third Sunday: Sunday School Appreciation Day Last Monday: Labor Day (New Zealand)

**NOVEMBER**
*(Novem: "Nine" in the Roman calendar.)*
**Adoption Month, AIDS Awareness Month, Alzheimer's Disease Month, American Diabetes Month,**
**Aviation History Month, Diabetic Eye Disease Month, Drum Month, Epilepsy Awareness Month,**
**Flu Awareness Month, Good Nutrition Month, Home Care Month, International Impotence Education Month,**
**Marrow Awareness Month, Peanut Butter Lovers' Month, Sleep Comfort Month, Vegan Awareness Month**
01	Day of the Dead All Saints' Day Sadie Hawkins Day Kite Festival (Guatemala) Liberty Day (Virgin Islands) Revolution Anniversary (Algeria) Antigua and Barbuda National Holiday Family Literacy Day Authors' Day Communication Week	17	World Peace Day Remembrance Day Homemade Bread Day Take A Hike Day Children's Book Week
02	Deviled Egg Day All Souls' Day Notary Public Week Osteopathic Medicine Week	18	Latvia Independence Day Morocco Independence Day Army Day (Haiti) Oman National Day William Tell Day World Teddy Bear Day
03	Micronesian Independence Day Panama Independence Day Independence of Cuenca (Ecuador) Victory Day (Maldive Islands) Recreation Day (Australia) Culture Day (Japan) Dominican Republic National Day Hug a Bear Day Sandwich Day	19	Garifuna Day (Belize) Buss Und Bettag (Germany) Discovery Day (Puerto Rico) Monaco National Holiday Educational Support Personnel Day
04	Flag Day (Panama) Victory Day (Italy) Candy Day	20	Revolution Day (Mexico) Great American Smokeout Universal Children's Day
05	Guy Fawkes Day (U.K.) El Salvador Independence Day Young Readers' Day Donut Day	21	World "Hello" Day World Television Day
06	Green March Day (Morocco) Gustavus Adolphus Day (Sweden) Men Make Dinner Day Basketball Day Saxophone Day	22	Lebanon Independence Day Stop the Violence Day
07	October Revolution (Russia) Arbor Day (Samoa) Commemoration Day (Tunisia) Solidarity Day (Bangladesh) Notary Public Day Magazine Day	23	Labor Thanksgiving Day (Japan) Totensonntag (Germany) Family Week Adoption Week Bible Week Puzzle Week
08	Thanksgiving Day (Liberia) Try A New Recipe Day X-ray Discovery Day Pursuit Of Happiness Week	24	.
09	Cambodian Independence Day Remembrance Day (England) Parade Day Operating Room Nurse Week Bladder Health Week Random Acts of Kindness Week Split Pea Soup Week	25	Eid Suriname Independence Day Bosnia & Herzegovina National Day
10	U.S. Marine Corps Day Panama National Holiday Lung Cancer Awareness Day	26	Lailat Ul Qadr: The Night of Power Republic Day (Mongolia) Cake Day
11	Veterans' Day Polish Independence Day Angola Independence Day Independence of Cartagena (Colombia) Remembrance Day (Canada) King's Birthday (Bhutan) St. Martin's Day (Sweden) Republic Day (Maldive Islands) Sundae Day	27	Night of the Raven Pins and Needles Day
12	Actors' Day	28	Albanian Independence and Liberation Day Mauritanian Independence Day Independence from Spain (Panama) Republic Day (Chad)
13	World Kindness Day	29	President Tubman's Birthday (Liberia)
14	Readjustment Movement's Day (Guinea-Bissau) Children's Day (India) King Hussein's Birthday (Jordan) American Teddy Bear Day Pickle Day	30	Yemen Independence Day Barbados Independence Day Bonifacio Day (Philippines) Benin National Day Computer Security Day
15	Shichi-Go-San (Japan) Dynasty Day (Belgium) Republic Day (Brazil) America Recycles Day Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day	.	.
16	Volkstrauertag (Germany) Day of National Rebirth (Estonia) Moms' and Dads' Day Day for Tolerance Fast Food Day Education Week Geography Awareness Week	R	First Tuesday: Election Day (U.S.A.) Last Thursday: Thanksgiving (U.S.A.) Day After Thanksgiving: Black Friday "You're Welcome" Giving Day Buy Nothing Day

**DECEMBER**
*(Decem: "Ten" in the Roman calendar.)*
**Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Hug-A-Week for the Hearing Impaired Month, Human Rights Month,**
**Love Your Neighbor Month, Read A New Book Month, World AIDS Month**
01	Portugese Independence Day World AIDS Day Romanian National Day Central African Republic National Day Day With/Without Art Apple Day Pie Day Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week Cookie Cutter Week	17	Saturnalia Wright Brothers Day
02	Abolition of Slavery Day Laos National Day United Arab Emirates National Holiday	18	Republic Day (Niger) Bake Cookies Day Wear A Plunger On Your Head Day
03	Disabled Persons Awareness Day	19	Underdog Day Oatmeal Muffin Day
04	Santa's List Day Cookie Day	20	Go Caroling Day Lipstick Week
05	Discovery Day (Haiti) Thai National Day Play Hooky Day Bathtub Fun Day	21	Yalda World Peace Day Forefathers' Day Don't Be A Scrooge Day Flashlight Day
06	Saint Nicholas' Day Finland Independence Day Independence of Quito Day (Ecuador) Constitution Day (Spain) Pawnbrokers Day	22	.
07	Pearl Harbor Day Dracula's Birthday Teacher Appreciation Day Civil Aviation Day Letter-Writing Day Cotton Candy Day	23	A Festivus for the rest of us Emperor's Birthday (Japan)
08	Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Nicaragua) Lady of Camarin Day (Guam) Constitution Day (Uzbekistan) Brownie Day	24	Christmas Eve Libyan Independence Day Last-Minute Shoppers' Day
09	Tanzanian Independence Day Homemade Gift Day	25	Christmas Day Birthday of Quaid-i-Azam (Pakistan) Constitution Day (Taiwan) Pumpkin Pie Day "It's About Time!" Week
10	Thai Constitution Day (Thailand)	26	Kwanzaa (Seven Days) Boxing Day Slovenian Independence Day Junkanoo (Bahamas) Day of the Wren (Ireland) Goodwill Day (South Africa) Whiner's Day
11	Burkina Faso National Day	27	.
12	Kenyan Independence Day Guadalupe Day (Mexico) Constitution Day (Russia) Neutrality Day (Turkmenistan) Poinsettia Day	28	Holy Innocents' Day / Childermas Proclamation Day (Australia) Card Playing Day Chocolate Day
13	Santa Lucia Day (Sweden) Republic Day (Malta) Shareware Day Cocoa Day	29	.
14	E-Mail Tag Day "You're Doing a Good Job!" Week	30	Rizal (Philippines)
15	Navidades (Puerto Rico) Bill of Rights Day (U.S.A.) Kingdom Day (Curacao)	31	New Year's Eve Samoan Fire Dance (Western Samoa) Make Up Your Mind Day
16	Christmas Observance (Philippines) Bahrain Independence Day Posadas (Mexico) Victory Day (Bangladesh) Reconciliation Day (South Africa) Stupid Toy Day	R	Winter Solstice / Yule
Kislev Twenty-Fifth: Hanukkah (Eight Days)
New Moon: Month of Ramadan (Calendar date changes yearly in connection with lunar phases.)


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