List of minor secular observances

A national or international awareness day or observance is a date usually set by a major organisation or government to commemorate a public health or ethical cause of importance on a national or international level.

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People handing out button badges in Madrid for World Haemophilia Day (April 17)

An international observance, also known as an international dedication or international anniversary, is a period of time to observe some issue of international interest or concern. This is used to commemorate, promote and mobilize for action. Many of these periods have been established by the United Nations General Assembly (UN), Economic and Social Council, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),[1] World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations bodies including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In this case, the lead agency for a particular international observance uses the symbolism of the United Nations (UN), perhaps a specially designed logo for the year, and the UN infrastructure to coordinate events worldwide. It also presents a written report about the event. This summarizes the activities that took place around the world under the auspices of the international observance, and makes recommendations for the future.

The lists below include some days, month, years, and decades that have been recognized as international observances by the United Nations, or by other organizations that declare international observances but are not as widely recognized.

Days

January
Date Name Established/recognized by
January 1 Global Family Day[2]
January 1 Polar Bear Swim Day Various organizations in Canada
January 1 International Public Domain Day Wallace McLean
January 2 National Science Fiction Day (United States)
January 4 World Braille Day (birthday of Louis Braille) World Health Organization[3]
January 7 Distaff Day Tradition in parts of Europe
January 9 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day) Ministry of External Affairs (India)
January 11 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day[4]
January 11 International Parity at Work Day[5]
January 12 National Youth Day (India)

National Vision Board Day[6]

 Government of India
January 14 World Logic Day UNESCO, CIPSH[7]
January 15 Indian Army Day
January 15 Wikipedia Day[8] Wikipedia editors
January 15 Intestinal malrotation and Volvulus Awareness Day[9] Intestinal Malrotation Foundation
January 16 National Religious Freedom Day President of the United States
January 21 National Hugging Day (United States) Kevin Zaborney
January 24 Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day[10]
January 24 National Compliment Day [11]
January 24 International Day of Education United Nations General Assembly[12]
January 25 National Voters' Day (India) Government of India
January 25 Burns Night (Roberts Burns' birth anniversary) Friends of Robert Burns in Scotland
January 26 Australia Day
January 26 Indian Republic Day
January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day United Nations General Assembly[13]
January 27 Family Literacy Day[14] Canada; national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999
January 28 Data Privacy Day a.k.a. Data Protection Day Council of Europe and various national governments[15]
January 30 CTE Awareness Day Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation[16]
January 30 (or closest school day) School Day of Non-violence and Peace Llorenç Vidal Vidal
January 31 Street Children's Day Jugend Eine Welt
First Monday of January Handsel Monday[17] Tradition in Scotland
First Monday after Epiphany Plough Monday Tradition in parts of England and Belgium
Third Sunday in January World Religion Day National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States
Last Sunday of January Leprosy Prevention Day World Health Organization[18][15]

February
Day Name Established/recognized by
February 1 Imbolc Gaelic Traditional
February 1 World Hijab Day[19]
February 1 World Aspergillosis Day [20]
February 2 Groundhog Day
February 2 World Wetlands Day
February 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day[21]
February 4 Sri Lankan Independence Day
February 4 World Cancer Day UN, WHO[13][22]
February 5 Kashmir Solidarity Day
February 5 World Nutella Day
February 6 Sami National Day
February 6 Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
February 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation WHO[13][23]
February 10 World Pulses Day UN, FAO
February 11 European 112 Day Instituted by the European Union[24]
February 11 World Day of the Sick Instituted by Pope John Paul II
February 11 International Day of Women and Girls in Science UN Women
February 12 Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day Canadian Federation for Sexual Health[25]
February 12 Darwin Day
February 12 International Day of Women's Health Canadian Foundation for Women's Health[26]
February 12 Red Hand Day Child Soldier Awareness
February 13 World Radio Day UN, UNESCO[13][27]
February 14 World Valentine Day
February 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (Canada) Children's Heart Society[28]
February 14 V-Day Global day to end violence against women
February 15 (variously, February 13, 14, or 15) Singles Awareness Day
February 15 Total Defence Day (Singapore)
February 15 International Childhood Cancer Day Childhood Cancer Foundation[29]
February 17 Random Acts of Kindness Day (USA)
February 17 Serbian Statehood Day
February 20 World Day of Social Justice UN[30]
February 21 International Mother Language Day[31] UN, UNESCO[13]
February 21 Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)
February 21 Global Information Governance Day
February 22 Founders Day[32] Scouts' Day, worldwide
February 22 World Thinking Day[33]
February 26 (in UK, first Friday in February in USA) National Wear Red Day
February 27 World NGO Day[34][35] Baltic Sea NGO Forum of the Council of the Baltic Sea States,[36] Communities, International Leaders and Organizations
February 27 Anosmia Awareness Day,[37] World NGO Day[38]
February 27 National Pancake Day (USA)
February 28/29 (last day of February) Rare Disease Day[39]
February (first Saturday) Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
February (the Tuesday falling between the 5th and 11th inclusive) Safer Internet Day[40][41]
February (third Monday) Washington's Birthday

March
Day Name Established/recognized by
March 1 World Civil Defence Day[42]
March 1 National Pig Day (USA)
March 1 Self-Injury Awareness Day Also known as Self-Harm Awareness Day
March 2 Employee Appreciation Day
March 2 Texas Independence Day
March 2 (or closest school day) Read Across America Day (USA) National Education Association
March 3 World Wildlife Day UN[43]
March 3 Liberation Day of the Republic of Bulgaria
March 5 Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day [44]
March 8 International Women's Day UN[45]
March 10 National Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day[46]
March 10 Mario Day
March 10 or Friday of first full week Middle Name Pride Day[47]
March 11 National Singles Day and Solo Poly Day (worldwide) UK[48] [49]
March 12 World Glaucoma Day[50]
March 14 Pi Day
March 14 Steak and Blowjob Day
March 14 White Day (Japan)
March 15 World Consumer Rights Day, World Sleep Day
March 15 World Contact Day
March 18 Transit Driver Appreciation Day
March 19 Mario Monti Day (Italy)
March 20 World Oral Health Day[51] The most important day in the dental calendar worldwide; organized by World Dental Federation (FDI)
March 20 International Day of Francophonie[52]
March 20 International Day of Happiness UN[13][53]
March 20 World Sparrow Day[54]
March 20 World Rights to Water Day[55]
March 21 Anal Cancer Awareness Day[56]
March 21 Cluster Headache Awareness Day[57] Promoted by OUCH (Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches) alongside The European Headache Federation and European Headache Alliance.
Cluster headaches are one of the ten most painful conditions known to medical science, with a 1 in 1000 prevalence rate but zero drug research funding.
March 21 Human Rights Day (South Africa)[58] South Africa
March 21 International Colour Day
March 21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination UN[13]
March 21 World Poetry Day UN, UNESCO[13][59]
March 21 International Day of Nowruz UN[13][60]
March 21 World Down Syndrome Day UN[13][61]
March 21 World Puppetry Day UNIMA
March 21 International Day of Forests UN[13][62]
March 22 World Water Day UN[13][63]
March 23 Pakistan Day
March 23 World Meteorological Day UN, WMO, WHO[13][64]
March 23 National Puppy Day (USA)[65][66]
March 24 World Tuberculosis Day[67] UN, WHO[13][68]
March 25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade UN[13][69]
March 25 International Day of the Unborn Child Catholic Church
March 25 Observance of National Genocide Day[70] BPCA[71]
March 25 EU Talent Day
March 25 FND Awareness Day UK For functional neurological disorder and non-epileptic attack disorder[72][73]
March 25 Tolkien Reading Day
March 26 Bangladesh Independence Day
March 26 Purple Day for epilepsy
March 27 World Theatre Day
March 30 World Bipolar Day[74] International Society for Bipolar Disorders
March 31 International Drug Checking Day[75][76][77][78]
March 31 World Backup Day[79]
March 31 International Transgender Day of Visibility
March (First Saturday of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship) National Corndog Day (USA)
March (Second Thursday) World Kidney Day
Monday before Shrove Tuesday Nickanan Night, Collop Monday. Hall' Monday[80]

April
Day Name Established/recognized by
April 1 April Fools' Day
April 1 Edible Book Festival
April 2 World Autism Awareness Day UN[13][81]
April 2 International Children's Book Day
April 2 Male Escorts' Day[82]
April 5 National Maritime Day
April 6 International Day of Sport for Development and Peace UN[13]
April 6 World Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day[83]
April 7 Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide UN[13][84]
April 7 World Health Day[67] UN, WHO[13][85]
April 8 International Romani Day
April 10 World Homeopathy Day
April 10 Siblings Day (some countries)
April 11 International Louie Louie Day
April 12 Equal Pay Day
April 12 Cosmonautics Day
April 13 FND Awareness Day[86] functional neurological disorder and conversion disorder.
FND Hope; since adopted by other groups and medical professionals worldwide.[87][88][89]
April 14 Black Day (South Korea)
April 14 Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New Year's Day)
April 15 Day of Dialogue
April 15 World Bleeding Disorders Awareness Day Supported by the World Federation of Hemophilia
April 16 National Healthcare Decisions Day (US)[90]
April 16 Foursquare Day
April 16 World Voice Day
April 17, 18 and 19 have been used Record Store Day
April 17 World Haemophilia Day
April 18 International Day For Monuments and Sites
April 18 Youth Homelessness Matters Day National Youth Coalition for Housing, Australia
April 19 Bicycle Day
Third Thursday of April National High Five Day (USA)
April 20 420: international day for cannabis-related protests and events Global cannabis culture[91][92][93]
April 21 Day of Silence
April 21 National Tea Day
April 22 Earth Day
April 22 International Mother Earth Day UN[13][94]
April 22 (UK) Administrative Professionals' Day
April 23 World Book and Copyright Day UN, UNESCO[13][95]
April 23 English Language Day[13]
April 24 Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
April 24 World Meningitis Day[96]
April 24 Fashion Revolution Day
April 24 International Sculpture Day
April 24 World Day for Laboratory Animals
April 25 DNA day
April 25 World Malaria Day[67] UN, WHO[13][97]
April 25 International Delegate's Day[98] UN[13]
April 25 Parental Alienation Awareness Day
April 25 ANZAC Day
April 25 Liberation Day (Italy)
April (North America: Wednesday of last full week) Administrative Professionals' Day
April 26 World Intellectual Property Day
April 27 King's Day (The Netherlands)
April 27 Freedom Day (South Africa)
April 28 World Day for Safety and Health at Work UN, ILO[13][99]
April 29 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare UN[13][100]
April 29 International Dance Day UNESCO[101]
April 30 International Jazz Day UN[13][102]

May
Day Name Established/recognized by
May 1 May Day
May 1 International Workers' Day
1 st Saturday in May World Naked Gardening Day
May 3 World Press Freedom Day UN[13][103]
May 4 International Firefighters' Day
May 4 Star Wars Day
May 4 Cinco de Cuatro
May 4 Greenery Day
May 4 Remembrance of the Dead
May 5 International Midwives Day
May 5 Cinco de Mayo
May 5 World Carnivorous Plant Day[104]
May 6 International No Diet Day
May 7 World Password Day[105]
May 7 National Masturbation Day
May 7 World Wide Day of Genital Autonomy
May 8 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
May 8 Teacher's Day
May 8 Victory in Europe Day
May 8–9 Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War UN[13][106]
May 9 Europe Day
May 10 International Migratory Bird Day North America
May 10 Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Awareness Day[107]
May 11 Military Spouse Day
May 11 National Technology Day
May 12 International Nurses Day
May 12 International May 12th Awareness Day[108] Centers for Disease Control and others
May 13 Mother's Day
May 13 World Cocktail Day
May 15 International Day of Families UN[13][109]
May 16 International Day of Light UNESCO
May 17 Shades Day Family Holiday Association
May 17 Norwegian Constitution Day
May 17 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia UN[13]
May 17 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day ITU[110]
May 18 World AIDS Vaccine Day
May 18 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
May 18 International Museum Day
May 19 World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day[111]
May 20 World Metrology Day BIPM, OIML[112]
May 20 World Bee Day UN, FAO[113]
May 20 Blue Cone Monochromacy International Awareness Day[114]
May 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development UN[13][115]
May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity UN[13][116]
May 23 World Turtle Day
May 23 Labour Day (Jamaica)
May 24 World Schizophrenia Day 2018
May 24 World Orienteering Day[117]
May 25 Geek Pride Day
May 25 African Liberation Day
May 25 International Missing Children's Day
May 25 World Multiple Sclerosis Day[118]
May 25 Towel Day
May 26 National Paper Airplane Day (USA)
May 28 Menstrual Hygiene Day
May 29 International Day of UN Peacekeepers UN[119]
May 31 World No-Tobacco Day[67] UN, WHO[13][120]
1st Tuesday of May World Asthma Day
1st Sunday in May World Laughter Day
2nd Saturday in May World Fair Trade Day
3rd Thursday in May Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Last Monday in May Memorial Day
Full moon in May Vesak[13]
Second weekend of May World Migratory Bird Day UN, UNEP[13][121]
May (Saturday of third full week) International Heritage Breeds Day[122][123] (USA)
May (First Saturday of the month) Free Comic Book Day[124]


June
Day Name Established/recognized by
June (First Friday) National Donut Day (USA)
June 1 Global Day of Parents UN[13][125]
June 1 International Children's Day
June 1 World Milk Day
June 2 International Whores' Day
June 3 World Bicycle Day UN[126]
June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression UN[13][127]
June 5 World Environment Day UN, UNEP[13][128]
June 6 D-Day
June 6 World Pest Day CEPA, NPMA[129]
June 6 National Day of Sweden
First, second or third Saturday in June Queen's Official Birthday
First Sunday in June National Cancer Survivors Day (US)
National Cancer Survivors Day (US) – first Sunday of June
June 7 World Swift Day Swifts Without Frontiers[130]
June 8 World Oceans Day UN[13][131]
June 10 Portugal Day Portugal
June 10 World Art Nouveau Day
June 11 Brazilian Navy Day
June 12 Anne Frank Day[132] Anne Frank Centre
June 12 International Shia Day[133]
June 12 World Day Against Child Labour[13][134]
June 12 Independence Day (Philippines)
June 13 International Albinism Awareness Day UN[135][136]
June 14 World Blood Donor Day[67] UN, WHO[13][137]
June 15 Global Wind Day
June 16 Youth Day (South Africa)
June 16 International Day of the African Child AU (OAU)
June 16 Bloomsday
June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought UN[13][138]
June 17 Icelandic National Day
June 18 Autistic Pride Day
June 19 or third Saturday of the month Juneteenth
June 19 World Sickle Cell Day United Nations General Assembly (63rd session)
June 20 World Refugee Day UN[13][139]
June 20–21 (Solstice) International Surfing Day
June 21 World Humanist Day
June 21 Go Skateboarding Day
June 21 World Music Day, International Day of Yoga, International Day of Purpose, National Indigenous Day (Canada) UN,[140] Day of Purpose[141]
June 22 World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day[142]
June 23 International Widow's Day UN[13][143]
June 23 UN Public Service Day
June 24 Take Your Dog to Work Day
June 25 World Vitiligo Day VITSAF[144][145]
June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking UN[13][146]
June 26 United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture UN[13][147]
June 26 World Refrigeration Day
June 27 National PTSD Awareness Day
June 28 Tau Day
June 28 (Also October 22) CAPS LOCK DAY
June 30 United Nations International Asteroid Day raises public awareness of the asteroid impact hazard UN[13][148]
3rd Sun in Jun Father's Day in some countries
June (Last Saturday) Bundle Day (Switzerland)

July
Day Name Established/recognized by
July (First Saturday) International Free Hugs Day
July (First Saturday) International Day of Cooperatives UN[13][149]
July (First Weekend) World Aquatics Day FINA[150]
July 1 Somalia Independence Day
July 1 Canada Day
July 1 National Doctors' Day (India)
July 1 Chartered Accountants' Day (India)
July 2 World UFO Day
July 4 Independence Day (United States)
July 5 X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
July 5 Tynwald Day (Isle of Man)
July 6 National Fried Chicken Day (USA)
July 6 International Kissing Day [151]
July 7 World Chocolate Day
July 11 World Population Day UN[13][152]
July 12 Malala Day UN
July 12 The Twelfth (Northern Ireland)
July 14 Bastille Day
July 14 International Non-Binary People's Day
July 15 World Youth Skills Day UN[153]
July 17 World Day for International Justice
July 17 World Emoji Day[154]
July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day UN[13][155]
July 20 International Chess Day
July 21 Belgian National Day
July 22 Pi Approximation Day
July 25 Christmas in July
July 26 International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem UN[156]
July 26 Kargil Vijay Diwas
July 26 Esperanto Day
July 28 World Hepatitis Day[67] UN, WHO[13][157]
July 29 International Tiger Day
July 30 International Day of Friendship UN[13][158]
July 30 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons UN[13][159]
July 30 National Whistleblower Appreciation Day
July (Last Friday) System Administrator Appreciation Day

August
Day Name Established/recognized by
1st Sunday in August International Friendship Day
1st Wednesday in August Professional Engineers Day
1st Friday in August International Beer Day
3rd Saturday in August National Honey Bee Day
August 1 Emancipation Day (Jamaica)
August 1 Yorkshire Day
August 6 Independence Day (Jamaica)
August 8 International Cat Day
August 9 National Day (Singapore)
August 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People UN[13][160]
August 12 International Youth Day UN[13][161]
August 13 International Lefthanders Day
August 14 World Lizard Day[162]
August 14 Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
August 15 National day of mourning (Bangladesh)
August 15 Independence Day (India)
August 15 Victory over Japan Day (UK)
August 16 Bennington Battle Day
August 17 Indonesian Independence Day
August 19 World Humanitarian Day UN[13][163]
August 20 World Mosquito Day
August 20 Indian Akshay Urja Day
August 21 World Senior Citizens Day
August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition UN, UNESCO[13][164]
August 23 European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
August 25 Christmas in August
August 25 Brazilian Army Day
August 26 Women's Equality Day
August 29 International Day against Nuclear Tests UN[13][165]
August 29 National Sports Day
August 30 International Day of the Disappeared
August 30 El 'Ouardighi Day
August 31 Hari Merdeka (Malaysia Independence Day)

September
Day Name Established/recognized by
3rd Saturday in September Software Freedom Day
September 1 National Insurance Day (Sri Lanka)[166] Government of Sri Lanka
September 1 Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand)
September 2 Victory over Japan Day (US)
September 3 Skyscraper Day
September 4 National Finnish Food Day (Finland)
September 5 International Day of Charity UN [13]
September 5 Teachers' Day (India)
September 6 Defense Day (Pakistan)
September 6 Colour Blindness Awareness Day[167]
September 7 Brazilian Independence Day
September 7 International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies UN[168][169]
September 8 World Physical Therapy Day
September 8 International Literacy Day UN, UNESCO[13][170]
September 9 International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day[171] NIH/International
September 9 International Day to Protect Education from Attack UN [172]
September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day UN, WHO[13][173]
September 11 Patriot Day
September 12 ATSEP Day Air traffic safety electronics personnel
September 13 RUOK? Day Depression awareness and suicide prevention (Australia)[174]
September 13 International Chocolate Day, Birthday of Milton S. Hershey.[175][176][177]
September 14 National Quiet Day (UK)[178]
September 14 Hindi Day
September 15 International Day of Democracy UN[13][179]
September 15 Engineer's Day (India)
September 16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer UN[13][180]
September 16 Start of Mexican Independence Day
September 16 Malaysia Day
September 17 World Patient Safety Day WHO[181]
September 18 World Water Monitoring Day
September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 20 International Day of University Sport FISU, UNESCO [182]
September 21 International Day of Peace UN[13][183]
September 22 Baltic Unity Day Seimas of Lithuania and Saeima of Latvia[184]
September 22 World Rhino Day[185]
September 22 Hobbit Day
September 22 World Car Free Day
September 23 International Day of Sign Languages UN[186][187]
September 23 Celebrate Bisexuality Day[188] Also known as Bisexual Pride or Bisexual Visibility Day
September 24 Heritage Day (South Africa)
September 25 World Pharmacists Day[189] International Pharmaceutical Federation
September 25 As You Wish Day
September 26 European Day of Languages
September 26 World Contraception Day[190]
September 27 World Tourism Day UN, UNWTO[13][191]
September 28 World Rabies Day UN, WHO[13][192]
September 28 International Right to Know Day[193]
September 28 International Safe Abortion Day[194]
September 28 Ask a Stupid Question Day
September 29 World Heart Day UN, WHO[13][195]
September 30 International Translation Day
September 30 Botswana Day

October
Day Name Established/recognized by
October 1 International Day of Older Persons UN[13][196]
October 1 World Vegetarian Day
October 1 International Coffee Day
October 2 International Day of Non-Violence UN[13][197]
October 2 World Cerebral Palsy Day
First Monday in October World Habitat Day
First Friday in October World Smile Day[198]
October 2 Gandhi Jayanthi
October 2 Produce Misting Day
October 3 German Unity Day
October 3 Stevie Ray Vaughan Day (Austin, Texas, US)
October 4 World Animal Day
October 4 Cinnamon roll day Sweden
October 4 eDay Electronic Waste Awareness Day (New Zealand)
October 5 International Day of No Prostitution[199]
October 5 World Teachers' Day UN, UNESCO[13][200]
October 6 German-American Day
October 6 National Poetry Day (Britain)
Second Saturday in October International Migratory Bird Day South America
October 9 World Post Day UN[13][201]
October 10 World Mental Health Day UN, WHO[13][202]
October 10 World Day Against the Death Penalty
October 10 Fiji Day (Fiji)
October 11 International Day of the Girl Child UN[13][203]
October 11 World Obesity Day
October 11 National Coming Out Day
October 12 World Sight Day
October 12 Columbus Day Celebrated in Spain, US, and Latin American countries
October 12 Spain National Day
October 13 World Thrombosis Day International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis World Thrombosis Day[204]
October 13 International Day for Disaster Reduction UN[13][205]
October 14 World Standards Day
October 15 Global Handwashing Day
October 15 White Cane Safety Day
October 15 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
October 16 National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
October 16 World Anaesthesia Day WFSA[206]
October 16 World Food Day
October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty UN[13][207]
October 18 World Vasectomy Day[208]
October 20 World Osteoporosis Day[209]
October 20 World Statistics Day
October 21 International Day of the Nacho
October 21 (2015 only) Back to the Future Day
October 21 Trafalgar Day (United Kingdom)
October 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 22 (also June 28) CAPS LOCK DAY
October 23 International Cyrus The Great Memorial Day[210][13] UN,[13] IR
October 23 Mole Day
October 23 Brazilian Air Force Day
October 24 United Nations Day UN[13][211]
October 24 World Development Information Day UN[13][212]
October 26 Intersex Awareness Day
Fourth Monday in October Labour Day (New Zealand)
October 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage UN, UNESCO[13][213]
October 28 International Animation Day
October 29 World Stroke Day
October 29 National Cat Day (USA)
October 30 Mischief Night
1st Mon in Oct World Habitat Day UN[13][214]
Day in 1st week in Oct World Ballet Day
2nd Thu in Oct World Sight Day UN, WHO,[13][215] IAPB[216]
October 31 Reformation Day

November

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Day Name Established/recognized by
November 1 World Vegan Day
November 1 International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
November 1 Kerala Piravi
November 2 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists UN[217]
November 4 The Slovak Day of Nursery Schools
November 5 Guy Fawkes Day (United Kingdom)
November 6 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict UN, WHO[13][218]
November 7 International African Writers' Day Pan African Writers' Association[219]
November 8 International Day of Radiology
November 8 Aaron Swartz Day Aaron Swartz family and associates;[220] Hermes Center (Italy)[221]
November 8 Intersex Day of Remembrance
November 9 World Freedom Day
November 9 Iqbal Day
November 10 Keratoconus awareness day/World KC Day[222][223]
November 10 World Science Day for Peace and Development UNESCO
November 11 Armistice Day, also known as Remembrance Day
November 11 National Independence Day (Poland)
November 11 Singles' Day Chinese people, Alibaba Group
November 12 World Pneumonia Day UN, WHO[13][224]
November 13 World Kindness Day[225]
November 14 World Diabetes Day UN, WHO[13][226]
November 14 Children's Day
November 15 Day of the Imprisoned Writer PEN International[227]
November 16 International Day for Tolerance UN[13][228]
November 17 International Students Day
November 17 World Prematurity Day
November 19 International Journalist's Remembrance Day UN[13][229]
November 19 World Toilet Day UN[230]
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, France, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
November 19 Citizen's Day
November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 20 Universal Children's Day
November 20 Africa Industrialization Day UN[13][231]
November 21 World Television Day UN[13][232]
November 21 World Hello Day
November 23 World Continuous Improvement Day
November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women UN[13][233]
November 26 Anti Obesity Day
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People UN[13][234]
3rd Thu in Nov World Philosophy Day UN, UNESCO[13][235]
3rd Sun in Nov World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims UN, WHO[13][236]
November 29 International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
November (First Friday in November) Love Your Lawyer Day[237]
November 23 (Day after Thanksgiving) National Day of Listening (USA)
Third Thursday in November World Philosophy Day
November 25–26 Buy Nothing Day
November 26 Law Day (India)
November 26 National Milk Day (India)
November 26 Constitution Day (India)
November 30 Cities for Life Day
November 30 Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
November (second Thursday) World Quality Day Chartered Quality Institute[238]

December
Day Name Established/recognized by
December 1 World AIDS Day[67] UN[13][239]
December 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery UN[13][240]
December 2 UAE National Day
December 3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities UN[13][241]
December 5 World Soil Day UN: A/RES/68/232
December 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development UN[13][242]
December 6 Independence Day (Finland)
December 7 International Civil Aviation Day UN, ICAO[13][243]
December 9 International Anti-Corruption Day UN[13][244]
December 10 Human Rights Day UN[13][245]
December 11 International Mountain Day UN[13][246]
December 12 Universal Health Coverage Day
December 14 Monkey Day
December 15 International Tea Day
December 16 Victory day of Bangladesh
December 16 Day of Reconciliation
December 16 Bahrain National Day
December 17 International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
December 18 International Migrants Day UN[13][247]
December 20 International Human Solidarity Day UN
December 22 National Mathematics Day (India)
December 23 Festivus
December (Winter Solstice) Global Orgasm
December (Thursday before Christmas) National Regifting Day (USA)
December 25 Good Governance Day (India)
December 25 Quaid-e-Azam Day
December 26 Boxing Day
December 27 Benazir Bhutto Memorial Day (Karachi, Pakistan)
Full moon day during December Purnima Sukla Paksha
December 31 New Year's Eve

Other days that vary by location

Weeks

International
Week Name Recognized by
February 1–7 World Interfaith Harmony Week UN with A/RES/65/5[248]
February 7–14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week Mended Hearts[249]
Begins every 2nd Sunday of March World Glaucoma Week WGA[250][251]
March 27 – April 2 (2017) Global Money Week[252]
Last week of April World Immunization Week World Health Organization
Last week of April Vaccination Week In The Americas[253]
April 25 – May 2 (2009) Vaccination Week in the Americas[254] Pan American Health Organization
May 8 to May 14 Mental Health Awareness Week - 8–14 May[255] Mental Health Foundation and others
May 20 to May 26 Dementia Action Week[256]
Third week in June Mosquito Awareness Week[257][258] Pan American Health Organization
August 1–7 World Breastfeeding Week WHO[259]
September 5–11, 2016-2017 Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week[260]
First week in September Zero Waste Week[261][262]
Last week in September Global ITP Awareness Week [263] Global ITP Alliance
October 5 to October 11 Mental Illness Awareness Week - 5–11 October 2008
December 26 to January 1 Kwanzaa

Regional or national
  • OCDAction - week of Action 15–19 February; raising awareness of obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK[264]
  • Celebrate Your Name Week - first full week in March
  • Fix a Leak Week - March[265]
  • UK Parkinson's Awareness Week - April 10–16, 2017
  • Sleep Awareness Week - Last week of April[266]
  • National Dark-Sky Week (USA) - April (Week of new moon)
  • Public Service Recognition Week - 1–7 May[267]
  • National Postcard Week (USA) - May (First full week)
  • National Dairy Goat Awareness Week (US) - from the second Saturday to the third Saturday of June
  • Gifted Awareness Week in New Zealand - the full week including George Parkyn's birthday, 17 June
  • Speech Pathology Awareness Week (Australia[268]) - 20 August
  • Contact Lens Health Week — August 21–25, 2017[269]
  • Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week -[270] worldwide event designed to raise awareness and educate the community about the rare neurological sleep disorder idiopathic hypersomnia; first week in September
  • Free Speech Week - third full week in October in the United States
  • National Map Reading Week - educational campaign to increase awareness of map skills; third full week in October
  • UK Charity Week[271] - 4–10 December

Months

See List of month-long observances.

Years
2024International Year of Camelids[272]
2022International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture[273]
2021International Year of Peace and Trust[274]
2021International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development[275]
2021International Year of Fruits and Vegetables[276]
2021International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour[277]
2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife[278][279]
2020 International Year of Plant Health[280]
2010s
2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages (A/RES/71/178) [281] by UNESCO;
Moderation (A/RES/72/129) by Alliance of Civilizations;
Periodic table of Chemical Elements (A/RES/72/228) by UNESCO.[282]
2017 International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development[283]
2016 International Year of Pulses[284]
2015Year of the Gibbon[285]
2015International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies[286]
2015International Year of Soils[287]
2014International Year of Crystallography[288][289]
2014International Year of Family Farming[290]
2014International Year of Small Island Developing States[291]
2014International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People[292][293]
2013International Year of Quinoa[294]
2013The Year of Luigi[295]
2012Alan Turing Year
2011World Veterinary Year 2011
2011International Year for People of African Descent, recognized by UNESCO, proclaimed by UN on December 18, 2009[296][297][298]
2011International year of homophobia prevention and tables
2011International Year of Chemistry, recognized by UNESCO
2011International Year of Forests
2010International Year of Youth
2010International Year of Biodiversity
2010International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures[299]
2000s
2009International Year of the Shark[300]
2009Year of the Gorilla[301]
2009International Year of Reconciliation[302][303]
2009International Year of Natural Fibres[304]
2009International Year of Astronomy[305] (proposal accepted by 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference, proclaimed by United Nations 62nd General Assembly)
2008International Year of Sanitation
2008International Year of the Potato
2008International Year of Languages
2007Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in Colombia
(2007)–2008–(2009)International Year of Planet Earth (N.B. Triennium)[306]
2007–2008–(2009)International Polar Year
2007–2008International Heliophysical Year
2007International Year of the Scout[307]
2007Year of the Dolphin (extended to 2008)
2006International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2005World Year of Physics (declared by IUPAP)[308]
2005International Year of Sport and Physical Education[309]
2005International Year of Microcredit[310]
2004International Year of Rice
2004International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition[311]
2003International Year of Freshwater[312]
2002United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage[313]
2002International Year of Mountains[314]
2002International Year of Ecotourism[315]
2001United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations[316][317][318]
2001International Year of Volunteers
2001International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2000International Year for the Culture of Peace
1990s
1999International Men's Day
1999International Year of Older Persons
1995United Nations Year for Tolerance
1994International Year of the Family
1992International Space Year
1990International Literacy Year[319]
1980s
1987International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1986International Year of Peace
1985International Youth Year
1984Year of Women in South Africa[320]
1981International Year of Disabled Persons
1970s
1979International Year of the Child
1975International Women's Year
1974World Population Year[321]
1960s
1965International Cooperation Year
1950s
1957/1958International Geophysical Year
Before 1950
1932/1933International Polar Year
1882/1883International Polar Year

Decades
Decade Name Recognized by
2021–2030 Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development[322] UNESCO
2015–2024International Decade for People of African DescentUN General Assembly[323][324]
2014–2024United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All[323][325]UN
2013–2022International Decade for the Rapprochement of CulturesUNESCO[326][327]
2011–2020United Nations Decade on BiodiversityUN
2011–2020Third International Decade for the Eradication of ColonialismUN
2011–2020Decade of Action for Road Safety[328]UN
2008–2017Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty[323]UN
2005–2015Water for Life DecadeUN
2005–2014Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People[329]UN
2005–2014United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development[330]UN
2003–2012United Nations Literacy Decade[331]UN
2001–2010International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World[332]UN
2000–2010Bone and Joint Decade[333]WHO, UN
2000–2010Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism[334]UN
1997–2006First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty[335]UN
1994–2004First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People[336]UN[323]
1993–2003Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination[323]UN
1990sInternational Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
1976–1985United Nations Decade for Women[337]UN

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