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List of historical anniversaries From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Updated on 10/01/2012)

JANUARY
	JANUARY	National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
	01	New Year
	06	Epiphany
	16	Martin Luther King
	23	Chinese New Year
	25	Burns Night
	26	Australia Day
	26	India Day
FEBRUARY
	FEBRUARY	Black History Month
	02	Groundhog Day
	14	Valentine's Day
	20	Presidents' Day
	21	International Mother Language Day
	21	Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday and Lent
	21	New Orleans Mardi Gras
MARCH
	MARCH	Women's History Month
	01	Saint David's Day
	08	International Women's Day
	08	Mardi Gras Shrove Tuesday and Lent
	08	New Orleans Mardi Gras
	12	Commonwealth Day
	14	Non-smoking Day (in the UK)
	16	World Sleep Day
	17	Saint Patrick's Day
	18	Mother's Day (in the UK)
	18	Red Nose Day
	21	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
	22	World Water Day
APRIL
	APRIL	Poetry Month
	01	April Fool's Day
	07	World Health Day
	08	Easter
	19	National High Five Day
	21	Earth Day
	23	Saint George's Day
	23	World Book and Copyright Day
	27	South Africa National Day
	27	Arbor Day (in the USA)
	28	Save The Frogs Day
MAY
	01	May Day
	03	World Press Freedom Day
	05	Cinco de Mayo
	09	Europe Day
	15	International Day of Families
	22	International Day for Biological Diversity
	28	Memorial Day (in the USA)
	29	Oak Apple Day
	31	World No-Tobacco Day
JUNE
	04	Pentecost (Whitsun)
	05	World Environment Day
	08	World Ocean Day
	12	World Against Child Labor Day
	14	Flag Day
	14	World Blood Donor Day
	16	Trooping the Colour
	16	Bloomsday
	17	World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought
	17	Father's Day
	19 - 23	Royal Ascot
	20	World Refugee Day
	21	World Music Day
	24	World Fairy Day
	26	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
	26	International Day in Support of Torture Victims
JULY
	01	Canada Day
	04	Independence Day
	11	Population Day
	15	St Swithins Day
	18	Nelson Mandela International Day
	Third Week in July	The Tolpuddle Procession
AUGUST
	09	International Day Of The World’s Indigenous People
	12	International Youth Day
	15	India Independence Day
	23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
	26	Women's Equity Day
	26 - 27	The Notting Hill Carnival
SEPTEMBER
	03	Labor Day (USA)
	08	World Literacy Day
	09	Grandparents' Day
	10	Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
	11	September 11, 2001 Patriot Day
	13	Roald Dahl Day
	17	Mayflower Day
	17	Constitution Day
	21	International Day of Peace
	23	World Carfree Day See Pollution and Road
	26	European Day of Languages
	27	World Maritime Day
OCTOBER	= Crime Prevention Month
	01	International Day of Older Persons
	04	World Animal Day
	05	World Teachers' Day
	08	Columbus Day
	09	World Post Day
	16	World Food Day
	20	International Day of Children`s Rights
	21	Battle of Trafalgar
	24	United Nations Day
	24-30	Disarmament Week
	31	Halloween
NOVEMBER
	NOVEMBER = National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month See Native Americans ( + Page 2 )
	05	Bonfire Night (Guy Fawkes)
	11	Veterans' Day / Remembrance Day
	13	Diwali
	16	International Day for Tolerance
	21	World Television Day
	22	J. F. Kennedy's Assassination
	22	Thanksgiving
	24	Buy Nothing Day
	25	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
	30	Black Friday
	30	Saint Andrew's Day
DECEMBER
	01	World AIDS Day
	03	International Day of the Disabled
	10	Human Rights Day
	15	Bill of Rights Day
	16	Boston Tea Party Day
	25	Christmas
	26	Boxing Day
	31	New Year's Eve