- 1 New Year’s Day
- 8 Feast of the Epiphany – Three Kings Day – date varies in U.S. Outside the U.S., it’s always on the 6th
- 4 Trivia Day
- 5 National Bird Day
- 10 Houseplant Appreciation Day
- 16 Martin Luther King’s Birthday – celebrated third Monday
- 22 Chinese New Year’s it’s the Year 4721!
- 25 Opposite Day
- 26 Australia Day
- Daily January holidays and special days
February
- 2 Groundhog’s Day
- 3 Feed the Birds Day
- 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
- 12 Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl 57
- 14 Valentine’s Day
- 15 Singles Awareness Day – Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you!
- 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day
- 20 President’s Day – third Monday of month
- 21 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday)
- 22 Ash Wednesday
- 22 Washington’s Birthday
- Leap Day – not until 2024
- Winter Olympics – not until 2024
- Daily February holidays and special days
March
- 7 Ides of March
- 7 Purim begins at sundown
- 8 International Women’s Day
- 12 Oscar Night 2023 – date varies
- 12 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. – date varies
- 17 St. Patrick’s Day
- 20 International Earth Day – also called Sun-Earth Day
- 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox – date varies
- 23 Ramadan begins
- 25 Feast of the Annunciation
- Daily March holidays and special days
April
- 1 April Fool’s Day
- 1 International Tatting Day
- 2 Palm Sunday
- 5 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
- 7 Good Friday
- 7 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
- 9 Easter Sunday
- 15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th)
- 17 Patriot’s Day Third Monday
- 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
- 26 Administrative Professionals Day formerly “Secretaries Day” – date varies
- 27 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
- 28 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
- Daily April holidays and special days
May
- 1 May Day
- 2 National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of first full week of May
- 4 Star Wars Day
- 5 Cinco de Mayo
- 6 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps anyone!? – date varies
- 8 VE Day, WW II
- 14 Mother’s Day – second Sunday
- 14 Lilac Sunday – second Sunday in May
- 20 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
- 22 Victoria Day (Canada) – usually the 24th
- 29 Memorial Day – last Monday
- Daily May holidays and special days
June
- 6 D Day, WWII
- 14 Flag Day
- 18 Father’s Day – third Sunday
- 19 Juneteenth Day
- 21 Summer Solstice – longest day of the year!, date varies
- Daily June holidays and special days
July
- 2 Canada Day (Dominion Day) – observed the following day, if July 1 falls on a Sunday
- 4 Independence Day
- 5 National Bikini Day
- 19 National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday of month
- 22 Hammock Day …relax and enjoy!
- Summer Olympics – not until 2024
- Daily July holidays and special days
August
- 1 National Mountain Climbing Day
- 3 National Watermelon Day
- 10 National S’mores Day
- 12-13 Perseid Meteor Shower – peak dates vary
- 13 Left Hander’s Day
- 14 V-J Day
- 28 Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Day
- 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
- Daily August holidays and special days
September
- 2 VJ Day, WWII
- 4 Labor Day – first Monday
- 11 911 Remembrance
- 10 Grandparents Day – first Sunday after Labor Day
- 15 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
- 17 Constitution Day
- 16 Oktoberfest begins in Germany date varies
- 21 International Peace Day (UN)
- 22 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month
- 23 Autumnal Equinox – date varies
- Daily September Holidays and special days
October
- 1 International Day for the Elderly
- 3 Oktoberfest ends in Germany
- 4 Yom Kippur
- 6 World Smile Day first Friday of month
- 9 Columbus Day observed on second Monday
- 9 Indigenous People Day second Monday of month
- 9 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
- 16 Boss’s Day – Weekday closest to October 16
- 21 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
- 24 United Nations Day
- 28 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
- 31 Halloween
- Daily October holidays and special days
November
- 1 All Saint’s Day
- 1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
- 2 All Soul’s Day – usually on the 2nd
- 5 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep – date varies
- 7 U.S. General Election Day – please exercise your right to vote
- 11 Veteran’s Day
- 13 Caregiver Appreciation Day
- 13 Sadie Hawkins Day
- 16 Great American Smokeout – third Thursday
- 20 Universal Children’s Day
- 23 Thanksgiving Day – fourth Thursday
- 24 Black Friday – day after Thanksgiving
- 25 Small Business Saturday – Saturday after Thanksgiving
- 27 Cyber Monday – Monday after Thanksgiving
- Daily November holidays and special days
December
- 3 Advent begins
- 7 Chanukah lasts 8 days
- 7 Pearl Harbor Day
- 12 Poinsettia Day
- 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
- 23 Festivus – for the rest of us!
- 25 Christmas
- 26 Boxing Day – date can vary
- 26 Kwanzaa
- 27 National Fruitcake Day
- 31 New Year’s Eve
- Daily December holidays and special days
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