Holidays and Observances
US Observances
Official / Sponsored / Traditional Holidays
- International Baby Lost Mother’s Day
- International Bereaved Mothers Day
- International No Diet Day
- Joseph Brackett Day
- National Infertility Survival Day®
- National Nurses Day
- No Homework Day
- World Laughter Day
This Week
- Be Kind to Animals Week®
- Brain Tumor Action Week
- Drinking Water Week
- Flexible Work Arrangements Week
- Goodwill Industries Week
- Kids Win Week
- National Anxiety and Depression Awareness Week
- National Charter Schools Week
- National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
- National Correctional Officers Week
- National Hospital Week
- National Hug Holiday Week
- National Nurses Week
- National Pet Week
- National Receptionists Week
- North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
- Salute to 35+ Moms Week
Unofficial / Unponsored / Urban Legend Holidays
- Beverage Day
- National Crêpes Suzette Day
- National RN Recognition Day
- National Tourist Appreciation Day
International Observances
- Hıdırellez – Turkey
- Labor Day – Barbuda
- Martyrs’ Day – Lebanon and Syria
- Visakha Puja – Buddhism
Trivia
- 1536 King Henry VIII orders English language Bibles be placed in every church.
- 1782 Construction began on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
- 1844 World’s first mechanically frozen ice rink
- 1889 Eiffel Tower officially opened to the public
- 1937 Hindenburg Disaster
- 1940 John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize
- 1941 Bob Hope’s first USO show
- 1954 First person to run the mile in under four minutes
- 1960 First televised royal wedding
- 1985 Jonas Salk Day
- 1989 First roller coaster to exceed 200 ft height
- 1994 Paula Jones filed a lawsuit against President Bill Clinton
- 1994 Channel Tunnel opened
- 2001 First pope to enter a mosque
