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Day Date Holiday Name
Tuesday 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tuesday 27 January International Day Of Commemoration In Memory Of The Victims Of The Holocaust   -  UNESCO
Wednesday 4 February World Cancer Day   -  WHO
Friday 6 February International Day Of Zero Tolerance To Female Genital Mutilation
Wednesday 11 February International Day Of Women And Girls In Science   -  UNESCO
Friday 13 February World Radio Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 20 February World Day Of Social Justice
Saturday 21 February International Mother Language Day   -  UNESCO
Sunday 1 March Zero Discrimination Day
Tuesday 3 March World Wildlife Day   -  UN
Sunday 8 March International Women's Day
Friday 20 March International Day Of Happiness
Friday 20 March International Francophonie Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 20 March French Language Day
Saturday 21 March International Day For The Elimination Of Racial Discrimination
Saturday 21 March World Poetry Day   -  UNESCO
Saturday 21 March International Day Of Nowruz
Saturday 21 March World Down Syndrome Day
Saturday 21 March International Day Of Forests
Saturday 21 March World Forestry Day   -  UN
Sunday 22 March World Water Day
Monday 23 March World Meteorological Day   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 24 March World Tuberculosis Day   -  WHO
Tuesday 24 March International Day Of Remembrance Of The Victims Of Slavery And The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Tuesday 24 March International Day For The Right To The Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations And For The Dignity Of Victims
Wednesday 25 March Remembrance Of The Victims Of Slavery And The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Wednesday 25 March International Day Of Solidarity With Detained And Missing Staff Members
Thursday 2 April World Autism Awareness Day
Saturday 4 April International Day For Mine Awareness And Assistance In Mine Action
Monday 6 April International Day Of Sport For Development And Peace   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 7 April Day Of Remembrance Of The Victims Of The Rwanda Genocide
Tuesday 7 April World Health Day   -  WHO
Sunday 12 April International Day Of Human Space Flight
Saturday 18 April World Heritage Day   -  ICOMOS,UNESCO
Monday 20 April Chinese Language Day
Tuesday 21 April World Creativity And Innovation Day
Wednesday 22 April International Mother Earth Day
Thursday 23 April English Language Day
Thursday 23 April World Book And Copyright Day   -  UNESCO
Thursday 23 April Spanish Language Day
Saturday 25 April World Malaria Day   -  WHO
Sunday 26 April International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Sunday 26 April World Intellectual Property Day
Tuesday 28 April World Day For Safety And Health At Work   -  ILO
Wednesday 29 April Day Of Remembrance For All Victims Of Chemical Warfare   -  UN
Wednesday 29 April International Dance Day   -  UNESCO
Thursday 30 April International Jazz Day   -  UNESCO
Saturday 2 May World Tuna Day   -  UN
Sunday 3 May World Press Freedom Day   -  UN
Tuesday 5 May African World Heritage Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 8 May Time Of Remembrance And Reconciliation For Those Who Lost Their Lives During The Second World War   -  UN
Monday 11 May World Migratory Bird Day
Friday 15 May International Day Of Families   -  UN
Saturday 16 May International Day Of Light   -  UNESCO
Saturday 16 May International Day Of Living Together In Peace
Sunday 17 May World Telecommunication And Information Society Day   -  ITU
Monday 18 May International Day Of Vesak
Thursday 21 May World Day For Cultural Diversity For Dialogue And Development   -  UNESCO
Friday 22 May International Day For Biological Diversity   -  UNESCO
Saturday 23 May International Day To End Obstetric Fistula
Monday 25 May Africa Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 29 May International Peacekeepers Day
Sunday 31 May World No Tobacco Day   -  WHO
Monday 1 June Global Day Of Parents
Thursday 4 June International Day Of Innocent Children Victims Of Aggression
Friday 5 June World Environment Day   -  UNEP
Saturday 6 June Russian Language Day
Monday 8 June World Oceans Day   -  ICOD,UNCED
Friday 12 June World Day Against Child Labour   -  ILO
Saturday 13 June International Albinism Awareness Day
Sunday 14 June World Blood Donor Day   -  WHO
Monday 15 June World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Tuesday 16 June International Day Of Family Remittances
Wednesday 17 June World Day To Combat Desertification And Drought   -  UNESCO
Thursday 18 June Sustainable Gastronomy Day
Friday 19 June World Sickle Cell Day
Friday 19 June International Day For The Elimination Of Sexual Violence In Conflict
Saturday 20 June World Refugee Day
Sunday 21 June World Music Day
Sunday 21 June International Yoga Day
Tuesday 23 June Public Service Day
Tuesday 23 June International Widows' Day
Thursday 25 June Day Of The Seafarer
Friday 26 June International Day Against Drug Abuse And Illicit Trafficking
Friday 26 June International Day In Support Of Victims Of Torture
Saturday 27 June Micro- Small And Medium-sized Enterprises Day
Monday 29 June International Day Of The Tropics
Tuesday 30 June International Asteroid Day
Monday 6 July International Day Of Cooperatives
Saturday 11 July World Population Day
Sunday 12 July Malala Day
Wednesday 15 July World Youth Skills Day
Saturday 18 July Nelson Mandela Day   -  UNESCO
Sunday 26 July International Day For The Conservation Of The Mangrove Ecosystem   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 28 July World Hepatitis Day   -  WHO
Thursday 30 July International Day Of Friendship   -  UN
Thursday 30 July World Day Against Trafficking In Persons   -  UN
Sunday 9 August International Day Of The World's Indigenous People
Wednesday 12 August International Youth Day   -  UNESCO
Wednesday 19 August World Humanitarian Day
Sunday 23 August International Day For The Remembrance Of The Slave Trade And Its Abolition   -  UNESCO
Saturday 29 August International Day Against Nuclear Tests   -  UN
Sunday 30 August International Day Of The Victims Of Enforced Disappearances
Saturday 5 September International Day Of Charity   -  UN
Tuesday 8 September International Literacy Day   -  UNESCO
Thursday 10 September World Suicide Prevention Day   -  WHO
Saturday 12 September South-South Cooperation Day
Tuesday 15 September International Day Of Democracy   -  UNESCO
Wednesday 16 September International Day For The Preservation Of The Ozone Layer   -  UN
Sunday 20 September International Day Of University Sport   -  UNESCO
Monday 21 September International Day Of Peace   -  UNESCO
Saturday 26 September International Day For The Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons   -  UN
Sunday 27 September World Tourism Day   -  UNWTO
Monday 28 September World Rabies Day   -  WHO
Monday 28 September International Day For The Universal Access To Information   -  UNESCO
Monday 28 September International Day For Universal Access To Information   -  UNESCO
Monday 28 September World Maritime Day
Tuesday 29 September World Heart Day   -  WHO
Wednesday 30 September International Translation Day
Thursday 1 October International Day Of Older Persons
Friday 2 October International Day Of Non-Violence
Monday 5 October World Teachers' Day   -  UNESCO
Wednesday 7 October World Habitat Day   -  UN
Friday 9 October World Post Day
Saturday 10 October World Sight Day   -  UWH,IAPB
Saturday 10 October World Mental Health Day
Sunday 11 October International Day Of The Girl Child
Tuesday 13 October International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction   -  UN
Tuesday 13 October International Day For Disaster Reduction   -  UNESCO
Thursday 15 October World Students' Day
Thursday 15 October Global Handwashing Day
Thursday 15 October International Day Of Rural Women
Friday 16 October World Food Day
Saturday 17 October International Day For The Eradication Of Poverty   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 20 October World Statistics Day   -  UNESCO
Saturday 24 October United Nations Day
Saturday 24 October World Development Information Day
Tuesday 27 October World Day For Audiovisual Heritage   -  UNESCO
Saturday 31 October World Cities Day
Monday 2 November International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists   -  UNESCO
Thursday 5 November World Tsunami Awareness Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 6 November International Day For Preventing The Exploitation Of The Environment In War And Armed Conflict   -  WHO
Tuesday 10 November World Science Day For Peace And Development   -  UNESCO
Thursday 12 November World Pneumonia Day   -  WHO
Saturday 14 November World Diabetes Day   -  WHO
Monday 16 November International Day For Tolerance   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 17 November World Day Of Remembrance For Road Traffic Victims   -  WHO
Thursday 19 November International Journalist's Remembrance Day
Thursday 19 November World Toilet Day
Friday 20 November Universal Children's Day
Friday 20 November Africa Industrialization Day
Saturday 21 November World Television Day
Saturday 21 November World Philosophy Day   -  UNESCO
Wednesday 25 November International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women   -  UNESCO
Sunday 29 November International Day Of Solidarity With The Palestinian People   -  UNESCO
Tuesday 1 December World AIDS Day   -  WHO
Wednesday 2 December International Day For The Abolition Of Slavery
Thursday 3 December International Day Of Disabled Persons
Thursday 3 December International Day Of Persons With Disabilities
Saturday 5 December World Soil Day   -  UN
Saturday 5 December International Volunteer Day
Monday 7 December International Civil Aviation Day   -  ICAO
Wednesday 9 December International Anti-Corruption Day
Wednesday 9 December International Day Of Commemoration And Dignity Of The Victims Of The Crime Of Genocide And Of The Prevention Of This Crime
Thursday 10 December Human Rights Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 11 December International Mountain Day   -  UN
Saturday 12 December International Day Of Neutrality
Friday 18 December International Migrants Day   -  UNESCO
Friday 18 December Arabic Language Day   -  UNESCO
Sunday 20 December International Human Solidarity Day


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Not all holidays have to be serious or for a sensitive reason. Some holidays have been set for having fun. These are normally awareness days or commemorative days. For example, people celebrate Hangover Day on the first day of the year to recover from the hangover of late night parties that take place on New Year,s Eve. Similarly, Cuddle up Day is celebrated to cuddly with your partner and enjoy some quality time together. Bring your Daughter/Son/Pet to Work Day are also celebrated across the world. There are several days for:

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