January

• 1 Jan – New Years Day
• 3^rd Monday in Jan – MLK Day
• 27 Jan – Internaional Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

February

• Black History Month
• Lent begins this Month
• 4 Feb – World Cancer Day (UN)
• 6 Feb – International Day of Zero tolerance to Female Mutiation (UN)
• 13 Feb – World Radio Day (UN)
• 14 Feb – Valentine’s Day
• 20 Feb – World Day of Social Justice (UN)
• 21 Feb – International Mother Language Day (UN)

March

• Women’s History Month
• 1^st Friday in March – World Day of Prayer
• 1 Mar – Zero Discrimination Day (UN)
• 3 Mar – World Wildlife Day (UN)
• 8 Mar – International Women’s Day (UN)
• 20 Mar – International Day of Happiness (UN)
• 21 Mar – International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN)
• 21 Mar – International Day of Nowruz (UN)
• 21 Mar – International Day of Forests and the Tree (UN)
• 22 Mar – World Water Day (UN)
• 23 Mar – World Meteorological Day (UN)
• 24 Mar – World Tuberculosis Day (UN)
• 24 Mar – International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims (UN)
• 25 Mar – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (UN)
• 25 Mar – International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members (UN)

April

• Easter Happens this Month
• 2 Apr – World Autism Awareness Day (UN)
• 4 Apr – International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (UN)
• 6 Apr – International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
• 7 Apr – Day of Remembrance for Victims of the Rwanda Genocide (UN)
• 7 Apr – World Health Day (UN)
• 12 Apr – International Day of Human Space Flight (UN)
• 22 Apr – Earth Day
• 23 Apr – World Book and Copyright Day (UN)
• 23 Apr – English Language Day (UN)
• 25 Apr – World Malaria Day (UN)
• 26 Apr – World Intellectual Property Day (UN)
• 28 Apr – World Day for Safety and Health at Work (UN)
• 29 Apr – Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare (UN)
• 30 Apr – International Jazz Day (UN)

May

• 1^st Thursday in May – National Day of Prayer
• 1^st Friday in May – May Friendship Day
• 3 May – World Press Freedom Day (UN)
• 8-9 May – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War (UN)
• 10-11 May – Migratory Bird Day (UN)
• 15 May – International Day of Families (UN)
• 17 May – World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (UN)
• 21 May – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)
• 22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity (UN)
• 23 May – International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (UN)
• Last Monday in May – Memorial Day
• 29 May – International Day of UN Peacekeepers (UN)
• 31 May – World No-Tobacco Day (UN)

June

• 1 June – Global Day of Parents (UN)
• 4 June – International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN)
• 5 June – World Environment Day
• 6 June – Russian Language Day (UN)
• 8 June – World Oceans Day (UN)
• 12 June – World Day Against Child Labour (UN)
• 14 June – World Blood Donor Day (UN)
• 15 June – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (UN)
• 17 June – World Day to Combat Desertification and Draught (UN)
• 20 June – World Refugee Day (UN)
• 21 June – International Day of Yoga (UN)
• 23 June – International Widows’ Day (UN)
• 25 June – Day of the Seafarer (UN)
• 26 June – International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (UN)
• 26 June – UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (UN)
• 26 June – International Albinism Awareness Day (UN)

July

• 1^st Saturday in July – International Day of Cooperatives (UN)
• 4 July – Independence Day
• 11 July – World Population Day (UN)
• 15 July – World Youth Skills Day (UN)
• 18 July – Nelson Mandela International Day (UN)
• 28 July – World Hepatitis Day (UN)
• 30 July – International Day of Friendship (UN)
• 30 July – World Day against Trafficking in Persons (UN)

August

• 9 Aug – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (UN)
• 12 Aug – International Youth Day (UN)
• 19 Aug – World Humanitarian Day (UN)
• 23 Aug – International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition (UN)
• 26 Aug – Women’s Equality Day
• 29 Aug – International Day against Nuclear Tests (UN)
• 30 Aug – International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances (UN)

September

• 1^st Monday in Sept – Labor Day
• 5 Sept – International Day of Charity (UN)
• 8 Sept – International Literacy Day (UN)
• 12 Sept – UN Day for South-South Cooperation (UN)
• 16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)
• 21 Sept – International Day of Peace (UN)
• 25 Sept – World Maritime Day (UN)
• 26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (UN)
• 27 Sept – World Tourism Day (UN)

October

• 1^st Monday in Oct – Child Health Day
• 1 Oct – International Day of Older Persons (UN)
• 2 Oct – International Day of Non-Violence (UN)
• 5 Oct – World Teachers’ Day (UN)
• 9 Oct – World Post Day (UN)
• 10 Oct – World Mental Health Day
• 11 Oct – International Day of the Girl Child (UN)
• 13 Oct – International Day for Disaster Reduction (UN)
• 15 Oct – Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
• 16 Oct – World Food Day (UN)
• 17 Oct – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (UN)
• 24 Oct – United Nations Day (UN)
• 27 Oct – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (UN)
• 31 Oct – World Cities Day (UN)

November

• 1^st Friday in Nov – World Community Day
• 2 Nov – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists (UN)
• 6 Nov – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (UN)
• 10 Nov – World Science Day for Peace and Development (UN)
• 11 Nov – Veterans Day
• 14 Nov – World Diabetes Day (UN)
• 16 Nov – International Day for Tolerance (UN)
• 3^rd Sunday in Nov – World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (UN)
• 3^rd Thursday in Nov – World Philosophy Day (Un)
• 19 Nov – World Toilet Day (UN)
• 20 Nov – Africa Industrialization Day (UN)
• 20 Nov – Universal Children’s Day (UN)
• 21 Nov – World Television Day (UN)
• 4^th Thursday in Nov – Thanskgiving
• 25 Nov – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (UN)
• 29 Nov – International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (UN)

December

• 1 Dec – World AIDS Day (UN)
• 2 Dec – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (UN)
• 3 Dec – International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)
• 5 Dec – International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (UN)
• 5 Dec – World Soil Day (UN)
• 7 Dec – International Civil Aviation Day (UN)
• 9 Dec – International Anti-Corruption Day (UN)
• 10 Dec – Human Rights Day (UN)
• 11 Dec – CWU Birthday
• 11 Dec – International Mountain Day (UN)
• 18 Dec – International Migrants Day (UN)
• 20 Dec – International Human Solidarity Day (UN)
• 25 Dec – Christmas