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January 1 - Friday New Year's Day US National Holiday
January 2 - Saturday Day After New Year's Day Scotland National Holiday
January 5 - Tuesday Birth of Guru Gobind Singh 10th/Last Sikh Spiritual
Master
January 6 - Wednesday Epiphany (Christian)
January 18 - Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day US National Holiday
January 26 - Monday Australia Day
Jan 29-30 - Friday TuBishavat Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
January 31 - Saturday Vasant Panchami (Hindu)
February National Heart Month
February Black History Month US
February National Dental Month
February 2 - Tuesday Groundhog Day
February 7 - Sunday Super Bowl
February 8 - Monday Boy Scout Day 100th Anniversary
February 12 - Friday Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)
February 12 - Friday Lincoln's Birthday
February 14 - Sunday Valentine's Day
February 14 - Sunday Chinese New Year Year of the Tiger
February 15 - Monday Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
February 15 - Monday Presidents' Day (Observed) US National Holiday
February 15 - Monday Family Day Canada, Third Monday in Feb
February 16 - Tuesday Mardi Gras a.k.a. Fat Tuesday
February 17 - Wednesday Ash Wednesday - First Day of Lent (Christian)
February 22 - Monday Washington's Birthday
February 26 - Friday Prophet's Birthday Begins at Sunset (Islamic -
Sunni)
February 27 - Saturday Purim Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
Feb 28 - Mar 1 - Sunday-Monday Holi Hindi New Year
March National Nutrition Month
March National Women's History Month
March 1-6 Save Your Vision Week March is Save Your Vision Month
March 1 - Monday Hola Mohalla - Spring Festival (Sikh)
March 2 - Tuesday Read Across America Day Dr. Suess's Birthday
March 3 - Wednesday Prophet's Birthday Begins at Sunset (Islamic - Shia)
March 7 - Sunday Academy Awards
March 8 - Monday International Women's Day
March 7-13 Girl Scout Week
March 14 - Sunday Daylight Savings Time Begins (US)
March 17 - Wednesday St. Patrick's Day
March 20 - Saturday Vernal Equinox (1st Day of Spring) Equal periods of
daylight and darkness
March 19 - Friday Maulid an-Nabi Begins at Sunset (Islamic)
March 21 - Sunday UK Mothering Sunday UK
March 24 - Wednesday Ramanavami (Hindi)
March 28 - Sunday Palm Sunday (Christian)
March 29 - Monday Passover Begins Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
March 30 - Tuesday Doctor's Day
March 30 - Tuesday Magha Puja (Buddhist)
March 31 - Wednesday Cesar Chavez Day Labor, Justice
April Cancer Control Month
April Poetry Month
April 1 - Thursday April Fool's Day
April 1 - Thursday Maundy Thursday (Christian)
April 2 - Friday Good Friday (Christian)
April 4 - Sunday Easter (Christian)
April 5 - Monday Easter Monday Canada, UK (Christian)
April 10 - Saturday Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Begins at
Sunset (Jewish)
April 12 - 18 National Library Week 51st Anniversary
April 13 - Monday Baisakhi - Birthday of Khalsa (Sikh New Year)
April 15 - Thursday Income Tax Day US
April 16 - Friday Day of Silence
April 17 - Saturday Yom Hazikaron Israel Memorial Day Begins at Sunset
(Jewish)
April 18 - Sunday Yom Haatzma-ut Israel Independence Begins at Sunset
(Jewish)
April 21 - Wednesday Administrative Professionals Day Admin. Prof. Week
is April 18-24
April 22 - Thursday Earth Day
April 28 - Wednesday Theravada New Year (Buddhist)
April 30 - Friday Arbor Day
May National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
May Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1 - Saturday May Day
May 1 - Saturday Ascension Day (Christian)
May 1 - Saturday Lag Ba'Omer Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
May 3 - Monday World Press Freedom Day
May 3 - Monday Early May Bank Holiday UK
May 4 - Tuesday Teacher's Day
May 5 - Wednesday Cinco de Mayo Mexico
May 9 - Sunday Mother's Day
May 12 - Wednesday Nurse's Day Nurses Week May 9 - 15
May 15 - Saturday Armed Forces Day
May 18 - Tuesday Shavouth Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
May 23 - Sunday Pentecost (Christian)
May 24 - Monday Victoria Day Canada
May 27 - Thursday Buddha Day (Buddhist)
May 31 - Monday Spring Bank Holiday UK
May 31 - Monday Memorial Day Observed, US National Holiday
June National Dairy Month
June National Rose Month
June 5 - Saturday World Environment Day
June 12 - Saturday Worldwide Knit in Public Day Second Saturday in June
June 14 - Monday Flag Day
June 16 - Tuesday Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev (Sikh)
June 19 - Saturday Juneteenth African American Freedom and Achievement
June 20 - Sunday Father's Day
June 21 - Monday Summer Solstice (1st Day of Summer) Longest day of the
year
June 24 - Thursday St. John Baptiste Day Canada
July 1 - Wednesday Canada Day Observed, Canada
July 4 - Sunday Independence Day 4th of July, US National Holiday
July 5 - Monday Independence Day Observed, US
July 12 - Monday Orangeman's Day Ireland
July 14 - Wednesday Bastille Day
July 19 - Monday Tishah B'av Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
August 1 - Sunday Friendship Day
August 2 - Monday Can. Civic Holiday Canada, most provinces
August 2 - Monday Summer Bank Holiday UK
August 11 - Wednesday Ramadan Begins Begins at Sunset (Islamic)
August 15 - Sunday Assumption Day
August 19 - Thursday National Aviation Day
August 26 - Thursday Women's Equality Day
August 30 - Monday Summer Bank Holiday UK
September National Hispanic Heritage Month
September 1 - Tuesday Compilation of Holy Scriptures (Sikh)
Sept 2 - Thursday Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
September 4 - Saturday S'lichot Service (Jewish)
Sept 5 - Sunday Laylat al-Qadr Begins at Sunset (Islamic)
September 6 - Monday Labor Day US, Canadian National Holiday
September 8 - Wednesday Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
September 10 - Friday Eid-al-Fitr End of Ramadan (Islamic)
September 11 - Saturday Patriot Day
September 12 - Sunday Grandparent's Day
September 17 - Friday Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
September 19 - Sunday Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 22 - Wednesday National Hunting and Fishing Day 38th Annual
September 22 - Wednesday Sukkot Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
September 23 - Thursday Autumnal Equinox (1st Day of Fall) Equal periods
of daylight and darkness
September 28 - Tuesday Native American Day
September 29 - Wednesday Sh'mini Atzeret Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
September 30 - Thursday Simchat Torah Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
October Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 4 - Monday Child Health Day
October 8-17 - Friday Navarati/Dassehra (Hindu)
October 11 - Monday Columbus Day Observed (Traditional on 12th)
October 11 - Monday Can. Thanksgiving Day Canada
October 15 - Friday National Bosses Day (observed) October 16, actual
October 16 - Saturday Sweetest Day Third Saturday in Oct
October 24 - Sunday United Nations Day
October 31 - Sunday Halloween
November American Indian Heritage Month
November 1 - Monday Dia de los Muertos Mexico, Day of the Dead
November 1 - Monday All Saint's Day
November 2 - Monday All Soul's Day
November 2 - Tuesday Election Day US
November 5 - Friday Diwali Festival of Lights (Hindu)
November 5 - Friday Sikh Festival of Lights (Sikh)
November 7 - Sunday End of Daylight Savings Time US
November 11 - Thursday Veterans Day US National Holiday
November 11 - Thursday Can. Remembrance Day Canada
November 14 - Sunday Hajj Begins (Islamic)
November 17 - Wednesday Eid-al-Adha (Islamic)
November 20 - Saturday Can. National Child Day Canada
November 21 - Sunday Birth of Guru Nanak Founder of Sikhism
November 24 - Wednesday Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur (Sikh)
November 25 - Thursday Thanksgiving Day US National Holiday
November 28 - Sunday First Sunday of Advent (Christian)
December AIDS Awareness Month
December 1 - Wednesday Hanukkah Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
December 6 - Monday Muharram - Islamic New Year Begins at Sunset
(Islamic)
December 17 - Friday Wright Brother's Day
December 21 - Tuesday Winter Solstice (1st Day of Winter) Shortest Day
of the Year
December 24 - Friday Christmas Day Observed US National Holiday
December 25 - Saturday Christmas US National Holiday (Christian)
December 26 - Sunday Kwanzaa Begins, ends Jan. 1
December 26 - Sunday Boxing Day Canada, UK
December 27 - Monday Christmas Bank Holiday UK
December 28 - Tuesday Boxing Day Bank Holiday UK
December 31 - Friday New Year's Eve
December 31 - Friday New Year's Day 2011 Observed US National Holiday
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