OIE Calendar
                                         
                       

 

Valuing Diversity

Month (click on each month for an extensive list)

        Day

          Event

January

  National Poverty Awareness Month

Second           Monday          

  Coming-of-Age Day, Japan

Third Monday   

  Martin Luther King Day in the United States

1st                  

  New Year's Day

7th                  

  Coptic Christmas 

26th                  

  Australia Day, Australia

26th                  

  Republic Day, India

 
February

  Black History Month

2nd                   

Yemanja, African Tribal

3rd                   

Heroes' Day, Mozambique

4th                   

Independence Day, Sri Lanka

7th                   

Chinese New Year

8th                   

 Nirvana Day, Buddhism

14th                  

Trifon Zarezan (Wine-grower’s Day), Bulgaria

14th                  

St Valentine's Day

26th                  

Day 1 of Ayyam-i-Ha (Intercalary Days)

 
March

Women's History Month (United States) 

Mardi Gras

Hanami, Japan

Norouz, Islam

Easter (some Sunday between March 22 to April 25) 

8th                 

International Women's Day

17th                 

Saint Patrick's Day

23rd                 

Pakistan Day

 
April
1st                  

April Fools' Day 

9th                  

Araw ng Kagitingan, Philippines

22nd                 

Earth Day

25th                 

ANZAC Day, Australia and New Zealand

25th                 

Carnation Revolution Day, Portugal

 
May

 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 

Second Sunday      

Mothers Day for many countries.

    1st                   

May Day aka Labor Day

5th                   

Cinco de Mayo or Batalla de Puebla, Mexico

5th                   

Children's Day, Japan and Korea.

24th                  

Independence Day, Eritrea

25th                  

May Revolution or Revolucion de Mayo, Argentina

 
June
1st                   

Madaraka Day, Kenya

6th                   

D-Day, Normandy

12th                  

Independence Day, Philippines

 
July
1st                    

Canada Day

4th                    

Independence Day, United States of America

14th                   

Bastille Day, France

 
August
Last Sunday        

National Heroes Day, Philippines

9th                   

Independence Day, Singapore

10th                   

Independence Day, Ecuador

14th                   

Independence Day, Pakistan

15th                   

Naadym, Tuvalu 

17th                   

Independence Day, Indonesia

19th                   

August Revolution, Vietnam

25th                   

Independence Day, Uruguay

31st                   

Hari Merdeka, Malaysia 

 
September

 Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15

First Monday      

Labor Day, United States

First Sunday       

Father's Day, New Zealand and Australia

 Last Sunday       

King Shaka Commemoration, KwaZulu-Natal

Third Monday      

Aged Day, Japan

Counterintuitively, the German Oktoberfest and the Chinese August Moon festival (more correctly called the Mid-Autumn Festival) both occur in September. 

5th              

Teachers' Day, India

19th              

Independence Day, In Saint Kitts and Nevis

 
October

LGBT Month 

Thanksgiving, Canada - Second Monday of October 

1st               

National Day, China

1st               

Independence Day, Cyprus and Nigeria

3rd               

German Unity Day, Germany

5th               

Proclamation of Portuguese Republic, Portugal

8th               

Independence day, Croatia

24th              

United Nations Day

27th              

Independence Day, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Turkmenistan

28th              

Independence Day, Greece

31st              

Halloween

 
November

Thanksgiving, United States and Puerto Rico

1st               

All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day), a Christian holy day, is celebrated the day after Halloween. In Sweden the All Saints' official holiday takes place on the first Saturday of November. 

2nd               

All Souls Day. It is known in Mexico as el Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), and the whole month of November is especially dedicated to praying for the dead 

 10th              

National Heroes Day, Indonesia

 11th              

Remembrance Day is celebrated in the Commonwealth of Nations and various European countries (including France and Belgium) to commemorate World War I and other wars. It is known as Veterans' Day is the United States. 

 14th              

Children's Day, India

20th              

Dia de la Revolucion, Mexico

24th              

Lachit Divas, India

30th              

St Andrews Day, Scotland

 
December
1st               

Independence Day, Romania 

2nd               

National Day, United Arab Emirates

5th               

Sinterklaas, The Netherlands

5th               

Father's Day (King's Birthday), Thailand

 6th               

Independence Day, Finland

6th               

Constitution Day, Spain

7th               

Pearl Harbor Day, United States

8th               

Dia de la Madre en Panama (Mother's Day), Panama.

12th               

Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe, or Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico

12th               

Independence Day (Jamhuri Day), Kenya

23rd               

The Emperor's Birthday, Japan

25th               

Christmas

26th               

Kwanzaa

30th               

Rizal Day, Philippines