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Worldwide Special, Wild & Weird Holidays

Worldwide Special, Wild & Weird Holidays

Sun Nin - Chinese New Year:  Definition: Chinese New Year is actually 2 celebrations.  New Years' and a Birthday.  According to Chinese tradition, everyone's Birthday is celebrated on New Year's Day.   The Chinese calendar is Lunisolar so it is based on the cycles of both the Sun and the Moon.  The New Year is celebrated between January 21 and February 20.  The holiday starts on the 1st day of the 2nd New Moon after the Winter Solstice.

 

January

Camaroon - Independence Day January 1
Haiti - Independence Day January 1
Western Samoa - Independence Day January 1 (Celebrated on June 1)
Sudan - Independence Day January 1
Burma - Independence Day January 4
Chad - Independence Day January 11
Australia - 1. Australia Day January 26
Nauru - Independence Day January 31

 

Apple and Apricots Month 1. Link
Artichoke and Asparagus Month Link
Bath Safety Month Link
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month Link
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month
Carnival Season (1/6 to 2/21/)
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Cancer Screening Month Link
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
International Brain Teaser Month
International Change Your Stars Month
International Creativity Month
International New Years Resolutions Month for Businesses
International Quality of Life Month
International Wayfinding Month
International Wealth Mentality Month
National Be On-Purpose Month
National Child-Centered Divorce Awareness Month
National Clean Up Your Computer MonthNational Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Mail Order Gardening Month
National Mentoring Month Link
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Link
National Stalking Awareness Month Link
National Polka Music Month Link
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Skating Month
National Soup Month Link
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month Link
Oatmeal Month
Rising Star Month Link
Self-help Group Awareness Month
Self-Love Month
Shape Up US Month
Tubers and Dried Fruit Month Link
Thyroid Awareness Month Link

Weekly Observance

New Year's Resolutions Week: 1-4
*Celebration of Life Week: 1-7
1. Link
*Diet Resolution Week: 1-7
*Silent Record Week: 1-7
*Someday We'll Laugh About This Week: 2-8
Women's Self Empowerment Week: 3-7
Elvis' Birthday Celebration Week: 5-8 (Note: This is at Graceland. His birthday is officially Jan. 8.)
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 6-12
National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week: 6-13
KidFilm Festival: 7-27
*Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14 Link
National No-Tillage Week Conference: 9-12
*Cuckoo Dancing Week: 11-17
International Snowmobile Safety and Awareness Week: 13-19 Link
National Vocation Awareness Week: 14-20 Link
National Soccer Coaches of America Week: 16-20
*National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week: 17-23
Sundance Film Festival: 17-27*Week of Christian Unity: 18-25
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 19-20
Clean Out Your Inbox Week: 20-26
Healthy Weight Week: 20-26
Hunt For Happiness Week: 20-26
National Nurse Anesthetists Week: 20-26
National Handwriting Analysis Week: 20-26
International Printing Week: 21-26
No Name Calling Week: 21-25 Link
National Take Back Your Time Week: 21-25
*National Activity Professionals Week: 22-28 Link
World Leprosy Week: 27-2/2 Link
Catholic Schools Week: 27-2/2
Meat Week: 27-2/3
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week: 28-2/2
National Medical Group Practice Week: 28-2/2 (Starts 4th Monday)
International Hoof Care Week: 29-2/1
US National Snow Sculpting Week: 1/30-2/3

Daily Observance

*Copyright Law Day: 1
*Ellis Island Day: 1
*Euro Day: 1
*Global Family Day: 11.  Link
*First Foot Day: 1 Link
*Mummer's Parade: 1
*New Years Day: 1
*New Year's Dishonor List Day: 1
*Polar Bear Plunge or Swim Day: 1 Link
*Saint Basil's Day: 1
*Z Day: 1
Rose Bowl Game: 1
National Weigh-In Day: 7 (Always First Monday after New Years) Link
*Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 1
Earth at Perihelion: 2
*Happy Mew Year for Cats Day: 2
*National Buffet Day: 2 Link
*National Motivation and Inspiration Day: 2 Link
*National Personal Trainer Awareness Day: 2 Link
*National Science Fiction Day: 2 Link
*55-MPH Speed Limit Day: 2
*Drinking Straw Day: 3
*J.R.R. Tolkien Day: 3*Memento Mori "Remember You Die" Day: 3
*National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3 Link
*Dimpled Chad Day: 4
*Pop Music Chart Day: 4
*Tom Thumb Day: 4
*Trivia Day: 4
*World Braille Day: 4 Link
*World Hypnotism Day: 4 Link
*Bean Day: 5 Link
*Bird Day: 5 Link
*Epiphany or Twelfth Night: 6
*Three Kings Day: 6
*Harlem Globetrotter's Day: 7
*I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day: 7
*International Programmers' Day: 7 Link
*Orthodox Christmas: 7
*National Tempura Day: 7 Link
"Thank God It's Monday" Day: 7
*Argyle Day: 8
*Bubble Bath Day: 8 Link
*Earth's Rotation Day: 8
*National English Toffee Day: 8 Link
*Midwife's Day or Women's Day: 8
*National Joy Germ Day: 8
*Show and Tell Day at Work: 8
*War on Poverty Day: 8
*Balloon Ascension Day: 9 Link
*National Static Electricity Day: 9 Link
*Panama's Martyr Day: 9 Link
*National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: 10
*League of Nations Day: 10
*Cigarettes Are Hazardous To Your Health Day: 11
*Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day: 11 Link
*National Human Trafficking Awareness Day: 11 Link
Fruitcake Toss Day: 12
Miss America Pageant: 12
*Public Radio Broadcasting Day: 13
*Rubber Duckie Day: 13 Link
Stephen Foster Day: 13
*Caesarean Section Day: 14
*Dress Up Your Pet Day: 14 Link
National Clean Off Your Desk Day: 14 (2nd Monday)
*Organize Your Home Day: 14 Link
*Ratification Day: 14
*Humanitarian Day: 15 (Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday. Started in 2009by a committee for King Days of Respect. Different than World Humanitarian Day in August.)
*Appreciate A Dragon Day: 16
*Nothing Day: 16
Robert E. Lee Day: 16 (3rd Monday) Link
*Religious Freedom Day: 16 Link
*Cable Car Day: 17
*Hot Heads Chili Days: 17-18
*Judgment Day: 17
*Kid Inventors' Day: 17
*Pooh (Winnie The) Day: 18
*Thesaurus Day: 18 Link
*National Sanctity of Human Life Day (or Pro-Life Day): 18 Link
Get to Know Your Customers Day: 17 ( January 17, April 18, July 18 and October 17)
Women in Blue Jeans Day: 17-18 Link
International Fetish Day: 18 (3rd Friday)
*Popcorn Day: 19 Link (Alternate date: Super Bowl Sunday)
*Tin Can Day: 19
National Day of Service: 19 Link
*Camcorder Day: 20
*Inauguration Day: 20 (traditional) See 21st this year.
*National Disc Jockey Day: 20 Link or Link (Go to 1958)
World Religion Day: 20 Link (3rd Sunday)
Inauguration Day: 21 (Observed) Link
*National Hugging Day: 21 Link
*AFRMA Fancy Rat & Mouse Day: 21
Martin Luther King Day: 21 (Observed)
*Squirrel Appreciation Day: 21 Link (Different than Squirrel Awareness Month in October)
*Answer Your Cat's Questions Day: 22
*Celebration of Life Day: 22
Rid The World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day: 22
*Roe vs. Wade Day: 22
*National Handwriting Day: 23
*National Pie Day: 23 Link
*Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day: 23
*Belly Laugh Day: 24 Link
*Beer Can Day: 24 Link
*National Compliment Day: 24
*National Peanut Butter Day: 24 Link
*Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day: 24 Link
Women's Healthy Weight Day: 24
*A Room of One's Own Day: 25
Fun at Work Day: 25 (Last Friday)
*Macintosh Computer Day: 25*Robert Burns Day: 25 Link
National Pre-school Fitness Day: 25 (Last Friday) Link
*Lotus 1-2-3 Day: 26
*National Peanut Brittle Day: 26 Link
National Seed Swap Day: 26 (Last Saturday)
*Toad Hollow Day of Encouragement: 26
Tu B'shuvat: 26
*Auschwitz Liberation Day: 27 Link
*Holocaust Memorial Day: 27 Link
*International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust: 27 Link
*Thomas Crapper Day: 27
*Viet Nam Peace Day: 27
World Leprosy Day: 27 Link
*Data Privacy Day: 28 Link
*National Kazoo Day: 28 Link
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day: 28 (Always Last Monday) Link and Link
*Thank A Plugin Developer Day: 28 Link
*Curmudgeons Day: 29
*Freethinkers Day: 29
*National Puzzle Day: 29 Link
*Seeing Eye Dog Day: 29
*Thomas Paine Day: 29
*Inane Answering Message Day: 30
*Appreciate Your Social Security Check Day: 31
*Inspire Your Heart with Art Day: 31

 

January 1 is . . . . .First Foot Day and Z Day which is a holiday that can be celebrated by letting                          all those poor unfortunate people with names that start with Z be first in line.
Jan 2 National Run it Up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day
Jan 3  Festival of Sleep Day
Jan 4  Trivia Day
Jan 5  Bird Day
Jan 6  Bean Day
Jan 7  Old Rock Day
Jan 8  Bubble Bath Day
Jan 10 Peculiar People Day
Jan 13 National Rubber Duckie Day
Jan 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day
Jan 16 National Nothing Day
Jan 17 National Ditch New Year's Resolutions Day
Jan 18 Winnie the Pooh Day
Jan 19 National Popcorn Day
Jan 24 Beer Can Appreciation Day
Jan 25 National Opposite Day Today isn't Opposite Day!
Jan 28 Fun at Work Day
Jan 31 Inspire your Heart with Art Day

February

Ceylon/Sri Lanka - Independence Day February 4
New Zealand - New Zealand Day February 6
Grenada - Independence Day February 7
Iran - National Day February 11
Lithuania - Independence February 16
Kosovo - Independence February 17
Gambia - Independence Day February 18
Dominican Republic - Independence Day February 27

Feb 1  Hula in the Coola Day
Feb 3  The Day the Music Died Day
Feb 4  Create a Vacuum Day
Feb 5  National Weatherman's Day
Feb 6  Lame Duck Day
Feb 7  Send a Card to a Friend Day
Feb 8  Kite Flying Day
Feb 9  Toothache Day
Feb 10 Umbrella Day
Feb 11 Don't Cry over Spilled Milk Day
Feb 12 National Plum Pudding Day
Feb 13 Get a Different Name Day
Feb 14 Ferris Wheel Day
Feb 15 National Gum Drop Day
Feb 18 National Battery Day
Feb 20 Hoodie Hoo Day
Feb 22 Be Humble Day
Feb 26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Feb 28 National Tooth Fairy Day

 

 

March

Wales - National Day - St. David's Day March 1
Morocco - National Day March 3
Mauritius - Independence Day March 12
Ireland - 1. St. Patrick's Day March 17
Liechtenstein - St. Joseph's Day March 19
Pakistan - Pakistan Day March 23
Greece - Independence Day March 25
Bangladesh - Independence Day March 26

Mar 1 National Pig Day
Mar 2 Old Stuff Day
Mar 3 I Want You to be Happy Day
Mar 4 Holy Experiment Day
Mar 6 National Frozen Foods Day
Mar 9 Panic Day
Mar 11 Johnny Appleseed Day
Mar 13 Ear Muffs Day
Mar 14 National Potato Chip Day
Mar 15 Buzzards' Day
Mar 16 Everything you do is Right Day
Mar 17 Submarine Day
Mar 19 Corn Dog Day
Mar 20 National Alien Abductions Day
Mar 22 International Goof Off Day
Mar 23 National Chip and Dip Day
Mar 24 National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
Mar 25 Pecan Day
Mar 26 Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

April

Hungary - Liberation Day April 4
Senegal - Independence Day April 4
Denmark - Queen's Birthday April 16
Syria - Independence Day April 17
Zimbabwe/Rhodesia - Independence Day April 18
Austria - Founding of the Second Republic April 27
Sierra Leone - Independence Day April 27
Togo - Independence Day April 27
Japan - Emporer's Birthday April 29
The Netherlands/Holland - Queen's Birthday April 30
Israel - Independence Day April or May

Apr 1 Jazz Appreciation Month
Apr 1 National Fun Day/ Fun at Work Day
Apr 2 International Children's Book Day and Tweed Day
Apr 6 Sorry Charlie Day
Apr 7 No Housework Day
Apr 10 National Siblings Day
Apr 11 Barbershop Quartet Day
Apr 14 International Moment of Laughter Day
Apr 15 National That Sucks Day
Apr 17 Blah Blah Blah Day
Apr 22 National Jelly Bean Day
Apr 23 Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Apr 22 National Jelly Bean Day
Apr 23 Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Apr 26 Hug an Australian Day
Apr 27 Babe Ruth Day
Apr 30 National Honesty Day

May

Czechoslovakia - Anniversary of Liberation May 9
Laos - Constitution or National Day May 11
Paraguay - Independence Day May 14
Israel - Independence Day May 15
Norway - Constitution Day May 17Cuba - Independence Day May 20
Argentina - Revolution Day May 25
Jordan - Independence Day May 25
Guyana - Independence Day May 26

May 1 Mother Goose Day
May 3 Lumpy Rug Day May 4 Star Wars Day "May the 4th be with you."
May 6 No Diet Day
May 8 No Socks Day
May 11 Eat What You Want Day
May 12 Limerick Day
May 13 Frog Jumping Day
May 14 National Chicken Dance Day
May 15 National Chocolate Chip Day
May 16 National Sea Monkey Day
May 17 Pack Rat Day
May 18 Visit Your Relatives Day
May 21 National Waiters and Waitresses Day
May 25 National Tap Dance Day
May 31 World Tobacco Day

June

Tunisia - National Day June 1
United Kingdom - Queen's Birthday June - the UK does not celebrate one particular national holiday
Italy - Republic or Constitution Day June 2
Seychelles - Independence Day June 5
Sweden - National Day June 6
Portugal - National Day June 10
The Philippines - Independence Day June 12
Iceland - Republic Day June 17
Kuwait - National Day June 19
Luxembourg - Grand Duke Day June 23
Croatia - Independence Day June 25
Mozambique - Independence Day June 25
Malagasy Republic/Madagascar - Independence Day June 26
Djibouti - Independence Day June 27
Republic of Congo/Kinshasa - Independence Day June 30
Zaire - Independence Day - June 30

Jun 2 National Go Barefoot Day
Jun 5 World Environment Day
Jun 7 National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
Jun 9 Donald Duck Day
Jun 10 Iced Tea Day
Jun 18 National Splurge Day
Jun 19 World Sauntering Day
Jun 21 Go Skating / Skateboarding Day

July

Burundi - Independence Day July 1
Canada - 1. Canada Day July 1
Ghana - Republic Day July 1
Rwanda - Independence Day July 1
Somalia - Independence Day July 1
United States of American - Independence Day July 4
Venezuela - Independence Day July 5
Malawi - Independence Day July 6
Argentina - Independence Day July 9
Bahamas - Independence Day July 10
Mongolia - Revolution Day July 11
Sao Tome and Principe - Independence Day July 12
France - Bastille Day July 14
Iraq - Republic Day July 14
South Korea - Constitution Day July 17
Colombia - Independence Day July 20
Belgium - Independence Day July 21
Egypt - National Day July 23
Ethiopia - Emperor's Birthday July 23
Liberia - Independence Day July 26
Maldive Islands - Independence Day July 26
Peru - Independence Day July 28

Jul 1 Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day and Build A Scarecrow Day
Jul 2  I Forgot Day and Visitation Of The Virgin Mary Day
Jul 3  Compliment Your Mirror Day, Stay Out Of The Sun Day and Compliment Your Mirror Day
Jul 4 National Country Music Day and Tom Sawyer Fence-Painting Day
Jul 5 Workaholics Day
Jul 6 National Fried Chicken Day
Jul 7 National Strawberry Sundae Day
Jul 8 Video Games Day

Jul 7  Chocolate Day
Jul 10 Teddy Bear Picnic Day
Jul 11 World Population Day
Jul 13 Embrace Your Geekness Day
Jul 14 International Nude Day
Jul 17 National Ice Cream Day
Jul 22 Rat-Catcher's Day
Jul 24 Cousins' Day
Jul 25 Thread the Needle Day
Jul 27 Take Your Plants for a Walk Day
Jul 28 National Milk Chocolate Day
Jul 29 National Lasagna Day
Jul 30 National Cheesecake Day

August

Dahomey - Independence Day August 1
Switzerland - Confederation Day August 1
Upper Volta - Independence Day August 5
Bolivia - Independence Day August 6
Jamaica - Independence Day First Monday in August
Ivory Coast - Independence Day August 7
Singapore - National Day August 9
Ecuador - Independence Day August 10
Pakistan - Independence Day August 14
Republic of Congo/Brazzaville - Independence Day August 15
India - Independence Day August 15
Cyprus - Independence Day August 16
Gabon - Independence Day August 17
Indonesia - Independence Day August 17
Afghanistan - Independence Day August 18
Uruguay - Independence Day August 25
Trinidad and Tobago - Independence Day August 31
Malaysia - Merdeka Day (Freedom Day) August 31

Aug 3 National Watermelon Day
Aug 7 National Lighthouse Day
Aug 10 National S'mores Day
Aug 11 President's Joke Day
Aug 13 International Lefthander's Day
Aug 15 National Relaxation Day
Aug 16 Joke Day
Aug 17 National Thrift Shop Day
Aug 18 Bad Poetry Day
Aug 22 Be An Angel Day
Aug 24 Vesuvius Day
Aug 25 Kiss and Make Up Day
Aug 26 National Dog Day
Aug 27 Race Your Computer Mouse / Mice Day
Aug 29 More Herbs Less Salt Day
Aug 30 National Toasted Marshmallow Day

September

Libya - Revolution Day September 1
Vietnam - National Day September 2
Qatar - Independence Day September 3
San Marino - Anniversary of Founding September 3
Swaziland - Independence Day September 6
Brazil - Independence Day September 7
Andorra - National Festival September 8
North Korea - Founding Day September 9
Bulgaria - Liberation Day September 9
Costa Rica - Independence Day September 15
El Salvador - Independence Day September 15
Guatemala - Independence Day September 15
Honduras - Independence Day September 15
Nicaragua - Independence Day September 15
Mexico - Independence Day September 16
Papua-New Guinea - Independence Day September 16
Chile - Independence Day September 18
Belize - Independence Day September 21
Malta - Independence Day September 21
Mali - Republic Day September 22
Saudi Arabia - National Day September 23
Yemen - National Day September 26
Botswana - Independence Day September 30

Sep 1 Emma M. Nutt Day First Telephone Operator
Sep 4 Newspaper Carrier Day
Sep 5 Be Late for Something Day
Sep 7 Neither Rain Nor Snow Day
Sep 10 Swap Ideas Day
Sep 15 Felt Hat Day
Sep 16 Mayflower Day Day the Pilgrims left England
Sep 17 National Eat an Apple / Apple Dumpling Day
Sep 22 Elephant Appreciation Day
Sep 26 Johnny Appleseed Day
Sep 28 National Good Neighbor Day

October

People's Republic of China - National Day October 1-2
Nigeria - Independence Day October 1
Guinea - Independence Day October 2
Lesotho (Basutoland) Independence Day October 4
Fiji - Cession Day around October 7
Germany - Unification of West Germany and East Germany October 3 1990
Uganda - Wasteland Day October 9
Republic of China/Taiwan - National Day October 10
Spain - National Day October 12
Zambia - Independence Day October 24
Iran - Birthday of the Shah October 26
South Vietnam - Republic Day October 26
Saint Vincent and Grenadines - Independence Day October 27
Turkey - Republic Day October 29

Oct 1 World Vegetarian Day
Oct 6 Mad Hatter Day
Oct 7 World Smile Day
Oct 12 International Moment of Frustration Day
Oct 14 Be Bald and Be Free Day
Oct 15 White Cane Safety Day
Oct 16 Dictionary Day
Oct 22 Make a Difference Day
Oct 23 National Mole Day
Oct 30 National Candy Corn Day

November

Algeria - Revolution Day November 1
Panama - Independence Day November 3
Dominica - Independence Day November 3
Soviet Union - Revolution Day November 7
Cambodia - Independence Day November 9
Poland - Independence Day November 11
Angola - Wasteland Day November 11
Rhodesia - Independence Day November 11
Saudi Arabia - The King's Coronation November 12
Comoros - Independence Day November 12
Monaco - National Fete November 19
Lebanon - Independence Day November 22
Suriname - Independence Day November 25
Albania - Coors Day November 28
Mauritania - Independence Day November 28
Southern Yemen - Coors Day November 29
Yugoslavia - Republic Days November 29-30
Barbados - Independence Day November 30

Nov 3 Sandwich Day
Nov 6 Saxophone Day
Nov 7 Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
Nov 8 Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Nov 13 World Kindness Day
Nov 17 Homemade Bread Day
Nov 19 Have a Bad Day Day
Nov 21 World Hello Day
Nov 29 E-Greetings Day
Nov 30 Stay at Home Because You are Well Day

December

Romania - Independence Day December 1 Central African Republic - National Day December 1
Thailand - His Majesty's Birthday December 5
Finland - Independence Day December 6
Tanzania - Independence Day December 9
Upper Volta - Republic Day December 11
Kenya - Independence Day December 12
Niger - Independence Day December 18
Nepal - Independence Day December 21

Dec 5 Bathtub Day
Dec 7 National Cotton Candy Day
Dec 12 Pointsettia Day
Dec 16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Dec 17 National Maple Syrup Day
Dec 23 Festivus
Dec 31 Make Up Your Mind Day

 

REFERENCES

Holidays by Month
http://library.thinkquest.org/2886/jul.htm

Independence National Holidays
http://www.kidsturncentral.com/holidays/glossary/defindependence.htm

Google and Bing searches:  Weird and wacky US holidays

Dictionary of Weird, Wild & Wacky Holidays
http://hstrial-psvoboda.homestead.com/weird_holidays.html

 http://www.brownielocks.com/month2.html