some of the important celebrated days are as follows...
commemorative days:
All Saints' Day - November 1
All Souls' Day - November 2
Australia Day - January 26
ANZAC Day - April 25
April Fools Day - April 1
Arbor Day
Armistice Day (also Remembrance Day) - November 11
Ash Wednesday - depends on the date of Easter (as early as February 4 or as late as March 10)
Bank Holiday
Boss' Day- Oct 16
Children's Book Day - April 2
Chinese New Year
Cities for Life Day - November 30
D-Day - June 6 1944
Darwin Day - February 12
Day of the Dead - November 1(All Saints' Day) or November 2(All Souls' Day).
Earth Day - April 22
Easter - Western Christianity-Sunday March 22 to April 25 inclusive :: Eastern Christianity-April 4 and May 8 (1900 to 2100)
European Day of Languages - 26 September, sponsored by the Council of Europe and European Union
Fathers' Day
Flag Day
German Unity Day - October 3
Groundhog Day - February 2
Halloween - October 31
Hangul Day - October 9 (South Korea) January 15 (North Korea)
Holi
Imbolc - beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring
International Day for Biological Diversity - May 22
International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19
Inventor's Day
Kwanzaa - December 26 to January 1
Labour Day
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.
Mardi Gras
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - 3rd Monday of January
May Day - May 1
Melbourne Cup Day - 1st Tuesday in November
Mole Day - October 23
Mother's Day - May 11
New Year's Day - January 1
Pi Day - March 14
Purim - 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar
Queen's Birthday
Saint Patrick's Day - March 17
Shrove Tuesday - the day before Ash Wednesday
Towel Day - May 25
Transgender Day of Remembrance - November 20
Valentine's Day - February 14
Veterans Day - November 11
Victory in Europe Day - May 7/May 8
Victory over Japan Day - August 14/August 15
Washington's Birthday - USA 3rd Monday of February.
International Women's Day - March 8
World Ocean Day - June 8
awareness days:
Arthritis Awareness Week - 3-7 Jan
World Religion Day - 15 Jan
Potato Day - 28 Jan
Loud Tie Week - 29 Jan-5 Feb
World Cancer Day - 4 Feb
Eating Disorders Week - 5-14 Feb
Contraceptive Week - 13-19 Feb
Chemical Sensitivity Day - 21 Feb
Work Your Proper Hours Day - 24 Feb
Pig Day - 1 Mar
Self-Injury Awareness Day - 1 Mar
International Women's Day - 8 Mar
Zoo Awareness Day - 17 Apr
Parental Alienation Awareness Day - 25 Apr
Penguin Day - 25 Apr
International Dance Day - 29 Apr
Missing Person's Month - May
World Naturist Day - 1 May
Condom Week - 8-13 May
World Hepatitis Day - 19 May
Let's Talk About Sex Week - 23-29 May
Hunger Day - 6 Jun
Father's Day - Belgium & Austria - Second Sunday in June
Badger Day - 17 Jun
Father's Day - Netherlands - Third Sunday in June
Panic Day - 18 Jun
Disability Awareness Day - 31 Jul
Orgasm Day - 31 Jul
National Women's Day in South Africa, 9 Aug
Youth Day - 12 Aug
Allotment Week - 14-20 Aug
Farmers Market Month - Sep
Dating Day - 24 Sep
Day of Older Persons - 1 Oct
Poetry Day - 5 Oct
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day-13 Oct
World Food Day - 16 Oct
Sleep-In Day - 29 Oct
Novel Writing Month - Nov
World Diabetes Day - 14 Nov
Maintenance Week - 17-24 Nov
Universal Children's Day - 20 Nov
World Television Day - 21 Nov
World AIDS Day - 1 December
Civil Aviation Day - 7 Dec
Human Rights Day - 10 Dec
for the international observance visit- htt
Answered by
A Banerji
at
2:05 AM on February 09, 2009
