International Days and Observations

January

    January 1 - Global Family Day - formerly One Day of Peace and Sharing, recognized by the UN
    January 1 - World Day of Peace - established by Pope Paul VI in his letter dated on 8.12.1967
    January 9 - Non- Resident Indian Day.
    January 11- international add a minute and 4 degrees day.
    January 26 - International Customs Day[citation needed]
    January 27 - International Holocaust Remembrance Day
    January 30 - International Adopt-A-Rabbit Day

February

    February 2 - World Wetlands Day
    February 4 - World Cancer Day
    February 6 - International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
    February 11 - World Day of the Sick, an observance day instituted by pope John Paul II
    February 13 - World Radio Day, recognized by UNESCO
    February 14 - Valentines Day
    February 20 - World Day of Social Justice, recognized by the UN

    February 21 - International Mother Language Day, recognized by the UN
    February 22 - International Scouts Day[citation needed]
    February 22 - World Thinking Day
    February 28 - International Pashtun Jirga Day[citation needed]

March

    March 1 - International Cat Day[citation needed]
    March 3 - International Day for Ear and Hearing,[1] recognized by WHO
    March 8 - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
    March 11 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
    March 12 - World Day of Tequila
    March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers[2]
    March 14 - Pi Day
    March 14 - International Superman/Superwoman Day (Wear Underwear Inside Out Day)
    March 15 - World Consumer Rights DayInternational Crow Day
    March 16 - Halabja's chemical attack day (genocide against kurdish people)
    March 20 - National Post Something On My Wall Day
    March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie[3]
    March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People[4]
    March 20 - World House Sparrow Day[5]
    March 20 or 21 – Earth Day
    March 21 - World Down Syndrome Daynewroz (kurdish new year) day
    March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recognized by the UN
    March 21 - World Poetry Day, recognized by UNESCO
    March 21 - World Puppetry Day, recognized by UNIMA
    March 21 - World Forest Day,[6] recognized by FAO
    March 22 - World Day for Water, recognized by the UN
    March 23 - World Meteorological Day[citation needed], recognized by the UN
    March 24 - International Day for Achievers[citation needed],
    March 24 - World Tuberculosis Day, recognized by the UN/WHO
    March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, recognized by the UN
    March 27 - World Theatre Day
    March 27 - World Whisky Day[7]

April

    April 1 - April Fool's Day recognized by Canada,Greece, New Zealand, the UK, Australia, Cyprus, and South Africa, France, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Russia, Armenia, The Netherlands, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, and the U.S.
    April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day, recognized by the UN
    April 2 - International Children's Book Day
    April 3 - International Beer Drinking Day
    April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, recognized by the UN
    April 7 - World Health Day, recognized by the UN
    April 7 - International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, recognized by the UN
    April 8 - International Day of the Roma
    April 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight [1] - an official United Nations day
    April 12 - International Day for Street Children
    April 14 - Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
    April 15 - International Crow Day recognized by Global Green Community.
    April 16 - World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
    April 16 - International day against child slavery
    April 17 - World Hemophilia Day, recognized by the UN
    April 20 - International Pearse Finnerty Day
    April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day. Celebrations begin April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday
    April 22 - International Mother Earth Day, recognized by the UN
    April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day, recognized by the UN
    April 24 - World Day for Laboratory Animals, recognized by the UN
    April 25 - World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO
    April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day, recognized by the UN
    April 27 - international sports day
    April 28 - International Workers' Memorial Day
    April 28 - International Ernest Day
    April 29 - World Dance Day
    1st Thursday - International burrito day

May

    May 1 - May Day - Labour Day
    May 3 - World Press Freedom Day, recognized by the UN
    May 4 - International Firefighters' Day, Star Wars Day
    May 5 - International Midwives Day
    May 5 - Happy Birth Day of Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum
    May 6 - International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)
    May 7 - Rabindranath Tagore's Anniversary Day
    May 8 - World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
    May 9 - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, recognized by the UN
    May 10 - [The International Mothers Day]
    May 12 - International Owl and Pussycat Day celebrating the birthday of Edward Lear and his bicentenary 2012

    May 12 - International Nurses Day
    May 15 - International Day of Families, recognized by the UN
    May 17 - World Information Society Day, recognized by the UN
    May 17 - Vesak Day Birth of Siddhartha, Buddhism found and Death of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
    May 17 - Vesak Day 2600 Sri Sambuddha Jayanthiya found of Buddhism
    May 17 - World AIDS Vaccine Day
    May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
    May 18 - International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
    May 18 - International Museum Day
    May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, recognized by the UN
    May 22 - World Goth Day
    May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity, recognized by the UN
    May 23 - World Turtle Day
    May 25 - Geek Pride Day
    May 25 - Towel day Tribute to Author Douglas Adams
    May 25 - Horse Day Day to celebrate and appreciate Horses
    May 29 - International Sleeping Day
    May 29 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, recognized by the UN
    May 31 - World No Tobacco Day, recognized by the UN
    May 29 - International No Homework Day
    1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
    2nd Saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
    2nd Sunday of May - International Mothers' Day

June

    June 1 - International Children's Day
    June 4 - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, recognized by the UN
    June 5 - World Environment Day, recognized by the UN
    June 5 - International Phoebe Day
    June 8 - World Brain Tumor Day
    June 8 - World Ocean Day
    June 10 - Ballpoint Pen Day
    June 12 - World Day Against Child Labour
    June 14 - World Blood Donor Day, recognized by the UN
    June 17 - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, recognized by the UN
    June 18 - International Ride to Work Day
    June 18 - Autistic Pride Day
    June 19 - World Sickle Cell Day, by UN Resolution
    June 20 - World Refugee Day, recognized by the UN
    June 21 - World Music Day
    June 23 - United Nations Public Service Day, recognized by the UN
    June 26 - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, recognized by the UN
    June 26 - International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, recognized by the UN
    June 28 - International Caps Lock Day
    3rd Sunday of June - International Fathers' Day

July

    July 1 - Doctor's Day,Bidhan Chandra Roy Birth Day (July 1 in India; March 30 in some other countries)
    1st Saturday of July - International Day of Cooperatives, recognized by the UN
    July 7 - International Cooperative Day, International Chocolate Day
    July 8 - Writer's Day
    July 11 - World Population Day, recognized by the UN
    July 18 - Mandela Day, recognized by the UN[8]
    July 28 - World Hepatitis Day
    July 29 - International Tiger Day
    July 30 - Friendship Day recognized by the UN
    Last Friday of July - System Administrator Appreciation Day

August

    August 5 - International Beer Day[4]
    August 9 - International Day of the World's Indigenous People, recognized by the UN [5][6]
    August 12 - International Youth Day, recognized by the UN
    August 13 - International Lefthanders Day
    August 19 - World Humanitarian Day
    August 20 - Akshaya Urja DIN
    August 21 - World Fashion Day
    August 21 - International day of Lucid Dreaming
    August 23 - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, recognized by the UN

September

    September 8 - International Literacy Day, recognized by the UN
    September 8 - World Physical Therapy Day
    September 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
    September 11 - 9/11 anniversary
    September 11 - World First Aid Day
    September 15 - International Day of Democracy, recognized by the UN
    September 16 - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, recognized by the UN
    September 19 - International Talk Like a Pirate Day
    September 21 - International Day of Peace, recognized by the UN
    September 21 - World Alzheimer's Day
    September 22 - (World) Car Free Day(s),world rhino day
    September 26 - European Day of Languages
    September 27 - World Tourism Day
    September 28 - Right to Know Day (RightToKnowDay.net)
    September 28 - World Rabies Day
    September 29 - World Heart Day ([7]}
    During last week of September - World Maritime Day, recognized by the UN

October


    First Monday of October - World Habitat Day, recognized by the UN
    October 1 - International Day of Older Persons, recognized by the UN
    October 1 - World Vegetarian Day
    October 2 - International Day of Non-Violence, recognized by the UN, observed on M.K. Gandhi's birthday
    October 4 - International Taco Day
    October 4 - World Animal Day
    October 5 - World Teachers' Day
    October 7 - World Smile Day[9]
    October 8 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
    October 8 - World Humanitarian Action Day
    October 9 - World Post Day, recognized by the UN
    October 9 - Global Jamie Day, recognized by the UN
    October 10 - World Mental Health Day, recognized by the UN
    October 10 - World Day Against Death Penalty, recognized by the WCADP
    October 12 - CubeSat Appreciation Day, a new initiative
    October 13 - International Day for Disaster Reduction, recognized by the UN
    October 14 - World Standards Day
    October 15 - International Day of Rural Women, recognized by the UN
    October 15 - Global Handwashing Day
    October 16 - National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
    October 16 - World Food Day, recognized by the UN
    October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, recognized by the UN
    October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day[10]
    October 20 - International Day of the Air Traffic Controller[11]
    October 20 - World Statistics Day
    October 24 - United Nations Day, recognized by the UN
    October 24 - World Development Information Day, recognized by the UN
    October 27 - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, recognized by the UN
    October 28 - INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY
    October 28 - International Animation Day
    Second Thursday of October - World Sight Day[12]
    Second Friday of October - World Egg Day[13]

November

    Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, recognized by the UN
    November 1 - World Vegan Day
    November 6 - International nachos day
    November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, recognized by the UN
    November 9 - World Freedom Day
    November 10 - World Immunization Day, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen).
    November 12 - World Pneumonia Day[14]
    November 13 - World Kindness Day
    November 14 - World Diabetes Day, recognized by the UN
    November 16 - International Day for Tolerance, recognized by the UN
    November 17 - International Students Day
    November 19 - International Men's Day (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hungary, Ireland, Ghana, Canada, Denmark, Austria, England, France, Scotland, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
    November 19 - World flower Day
    November 20 - Africa Industrialization Day, recognized by the UN
    November 20 - Universal Children's Day, recognized by the UN
    November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
    November 21 - World Fisheries Day, Pakistan Fisher Folk Forum
    November 21 - World Hello Day
    November 21 - World Television Day, recognized by the UN
    November 22 - International Hug a Dragon Day.
    November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, recognized by the UN
    November 29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, recognized by the UN
    November 30 - Computer Security Day

December

    December 1 - World Aids Day, recognized by the UN
    December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, recognized by the UN
    December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognized by the UN
    December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, recognized by the UN
    December 6 - World Colonics Day, recognized by the UN
    December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, recognized by the UN
    December 9 - The International Day against Corruption, recognized by the UN
    December 10 - Human Rights Day, recognized by the UN
    December 10 - International Animal Rights Day, founded in 1998 by Uncaged Campaigns[15]
    December 11 - International Mountain Day, recognized by the UN
    December 13 - International Day Day, a meme celebrated by followers of Reddit[citation needed]
    December 18 - International Migrants Day, recognized by the UN
    December 19 - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, recognized by the UN
    December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day, recognized by the UN
    December 25 - Christmas

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