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French Polynesia public-service material lists March 5 “Arrivée de l’évangile” among legal holidays, including the 2026 calendar. Assembly historical material explains that the civic holida…
Art Basel and the Canton of Basel-Stadt both list the 2026 Basel fair for June 18–21, with Art Basel separately identifying June 16–17 preview days. Art Basel’s official history says the fa…
The founder’s site states that Jason Kirton founded Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day on 16 July 2021 and intended it as an annual reminder about AI and ethics.
ASPCA materials identify April 26 as its annual Help a Horse Day, used to support equine rescues and adoption awareness.
Kurdistan Region sources list Assyrian New Year (Akito) on April 1 in the 2026 official calendar, declare April 1, 2026 a regional government holiday, and preserve consecutive presidential…
Spain’s national labor-holiday regulation lists 15 August as Asunción de la Virgen within the national holiday framework.
The City of Augsburg states that the Hohe Friedensfest is observed annually on 8 August as a municipal holiday applying only within Augsburg city limits, and that it is unique in Germany.
Republic of Türkiye government material identifies August 30 Victory Day with the decisive 1922 victory and continuing annual commemoration. Current national-holiday law, Law No. 2429, list…
Melanie Notkin’s first-party site states that she established Auntie's Day in 2009 and that it recurs every fourth Sunday in July.
Fair Work lists January 26 Australia Day as a public holiday under the National Employment Standards; NADC documents current facilitation and multiple meanings; National Museum sources esta…
The Australian Department of Home Affairs states that Australian Citizenship Day is celebrated every year on September 17, was established by the Australian Government and first celebrated…
UK parliamentary material identifies Ivan and Charika Corea as founders and describes the event as growing since 2002; church-sector material supports the second-Sunday-in-February recurren…
The Federal Aviation Administration identifies May 24 as Aviation Maintenance Technician Day and describes it as an opportunity to recognize aviation maintenance technicians.
Bolivia’s Supreme Decree No. 173 (2009) made June 21 an immovable nationwide holiday for the winter solstice, while Law No. 1128 (2018) declares June 21 of each year the Año Nuevo Andino Am…
Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism cultural material describes the Baba Marta/Martenitsa spring custom and the March 1 tradition of wearing or exchanging martenitsi.
BabySleep.com, organized by the Pediatric Sleep Council, states that Baby Sleep Day is every March 1 and describes the council as an international team of pediatric sleep experts.
Bacolod City Government announced the 2026 MassKara Festival for October 1–18, with major highlights October 9–18 and closing/awards activity on October 25. Bacolod City Ordinance No. 1020…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Bad Poetry Day on August 18 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Bathtub Party Day on December 5 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy; unsupported origin stories and unsafe or pri…
Ecuador’s National Assembly identifies May 24 as the Battle of Pichincha commemoration and links the 1822 battle to the country’s independence; Ecuador’s holiday-law framework uses May 24 a…
GOV.UK lists the Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) for Northern Ireland and shows Monday 13 July as the 2026 substitute bank holiday because 12 July falls on a Sunday.
The Fondazione dello Storico Carnevale di Ivrea describes the Battle of the Oranges as the best-known part of the Historic Carnival, fought over three days from Carnival Sunday through Shro…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Be a Dork Day on July 15 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
Covenant House states that Be an Angel Day is celebrated annually on 22 August and was created by Jayne Howard Feldman in 1993; Punchbowl independently gives the same date, creator and 1993…
The Beer Institute repeatedly identifies January 24 as Beer Can Appreciation Day and ties the date to the first public sale of canned beer on January 24, 1935. The recurring day’s original…
Beer Day Britain’s official site states that the observance is held annually on 15 June and describes it as the UK’s national beer day.
Belize government sources identify September 21, 1981 as the date of independence. The current public-holiday framework is separate: the Holidays Act makes scheduled days public holidays, a…
Article 74(III) of Mexico’s current Federal Labor Law lists the third Monday in March as a mandatory rest day in commemoration of March 21, the anniversary of Benito Juárez’s birth. The 17…
Vermont statute 1 V.S.A. §371 lists Bennington Battle Day on 16 August as a legal holiday, and the Vermont historic-preservation agency documented the 2026 commemoration.
Government of Bermuda currently lists Bermuda Day as a public holiday under the Public Holidays Act 1947 framework, uses the fourth Friday in May, and states that the first Bermuda Day Para…
Government of India tourism material describes Bhai Dooj as a Hindu/South Asian sibling festival in the Diwali cycle and gives Wednesday, 11 November for 2026; a Government of India restric…
The Philippine Bible Society currently observes Bible Sunday on the last Sunday of January within the National Bible Month framework. Proclamation No. 44 (1986) explicitly named the Sunday…
The League of American Bicyclists lists Bike to Work Day on May 15, 2026 and explicitly gives the future-date rule as the third Friday in May.
Public Law 77-243, approved August 21, 1941, requested a presidential proclamation designating December 15, 1941 as Bill of Rights Day for the 150th anniversary of the Bill of Rights. Natio…
Government and Dr. Ambedkar Foundation sources verify annual 14 April birth-anniversary commemoration; 14 April 2026 was separately declared a Central Government office holiday by year-spec…
The DILG Aurora advocacy calendar lists the birth anniversary of Manlilikha ng Bayan Masino Intaray on April 10 and gives 1943 as the birth year.
Philippine government cultural sources verify Honorata “Atang” de la Rama’s birth on January 11, 1902 and her National Artist recognition for Theater and Music. The inherited DILG cultural…
Philippine government cultural sources verify Lino O. Brocka’s birth on April 3, 1939 and his posthumous 1997 recognition as National Artist for Film. The inherited DILG cultural calendar l…
NCCA’s current Monthly Observances and Significant Dates calendar explicitly lists January 26 as the birth anniversary of National Artist Napoleon Abueva (1930). NCCA’s official National Ar…
Republic Act No. 7792 declares 31 August each year a special nonworking public holiday in the Province of Zambales to commemorate former President Ramon Magsaysay’s birth anniversary; curre…
Current Venezuelan diplomatic and foreign-ministry publications commemorate Simón Bolívar’s birth anniversary on 24 July, including the 243rd anniversary in 2026. The date is a stable histo…
A New York State Senate resolution describes Birth Mother’s Day as observed on the Saturday before Mother’s Day and traces its creation to Seattle in 1990.
5 U.S.C. §6103 lists the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third Monday in January as a legal public holiday.
UPI reports that Wayne H. Morris started Black Cat Appreciation Day in 2011; ASPCA independently documents August 17 recurrence and continued shelter/adoption-awareness use.
The Black Love Day founder site identifies 13 February as Black Love Day and says Ayo Handy-Kendi founded the observance in 1993.
March 16 recurrence is supported by the Congressional Record (2000), New York Assembly Resolution K233 (2025), and current NNPA/Howard programming around the March 16, 1827 Freedom’s Journa…
The James Joyce Centre identifies 16 June as Bloomsday because Ulysses is set on 16 June 1904, and its educational material records the first Bloomsday celebration in 1954. The Centre organ…
Lao News Agency documents the Vientiane Boat Racing Festival as an annual tradition tied to the end of Buddhist Lent and local organizing schedules. Gregorian dates are edition-specific and…
The official Bob Wills Day organizer and Turkey, Texas material identify the annual event and its last-Saturday-in-April tradition.
The Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Foundation states that the day takes place every 6 April, that Taylor Gurganus organized the first observance on 6 April 2015, and that the date marks the first B…
UK Parliament documents the 1606 Thanksgiving Act and annual 5 November commemoration after the Gunpowder Plot; current GOV.UK material continues to recognize Bonfire Night in fireworks-law…
Act No. 2946 made 30 November a legal holiday in 1921; later national holiday law retains Bonifacio Day while Republic Act No. 9492 permits movable observance, and Proclamation No. 1006 set…
Books for Treats’ official history identifies Rebecca Morgan’s home book-giving precursor from 1995 and the community-wide Books for Treats launch in 2001. Participation remains local and H…
The Booksellers Association sets Bookshop Day on the second Saturday in October. Contemporaneous BA releases identify 8 October 2016 as the first UK and Ireland Bookshop Day; the wider Book…
AbbVie states that BOTOX® Cosmetic Day is held annually on the third Wednesday of November and identifies it as an Allergan Aesthetics/AbbVie brand observance.
GOV.UK current bank-holiday calendars list Boxing Day and substitute-day treatment across the UK. The Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 provides the statutory December 26 bank-holiday…
The official Pie Day site and the City of Braham describe the annual community festival as occurring on the first Friday in August.
ASPS documents the annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day USA (BRA Day) campaign and its educational focus on reconstruction choices after mastectomy or lumpectomy.
Samaritans identifies Brew Monday as its third-Monday-in-January campaign encouraging people to connect over a cuppa, with 19 January for 2026.
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GOV.UK states the reusable UK rule: clocks go forward one hour at 1am on the last Sunday in March. UK Parliament material documents William Willett’s campaign and the Summer Time Act 1916 h…
Broadcast software company WideOrbit documents the observance’s link to the 2 November 1920 broadcast milestone and its purpose of recognizing broadcast traffic professionals; recurrence do…
Government of Brunei Darussalam official holiday calendar and 2026 National Day communications
Romanian parliamentary records list Law no. 305 of 2 December 2015 declaring 19 February ‘Ziua Brâncuși’. AGERPRES documents Laurian Stănchescu’s February 2015 initiative, final Chamber app…
Sealed Air states that Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day is celebrated on the last Monday of January and published a 2026 observance for January 26.
The City of Lodi states in its 2026 proclamation background that Building and Code Staff Appreciation Day is observed annually on September 1; EventGuide independently lists September 1 eac…
Bullying No Way’s current national campaign is Bullying No Way Week, held in the third week of August; the official 2026 edition runs 17–21 August.
Massachusetts law gives June 17 Bunker Hill Day legal-holiday status with respect to Suffolk County only while requiring public offices there to remain open; NPS ties the date to the June 1…
VisitScotland and the National Trust for Scotland identify January 25 as Robert Burns’s birthday, document the first Burns Supper at Burns Cottage in 1801, and explain the transition to bir…
Reese’s Purpose maintains June 12 Button Battery Awareness Day; 2021 Good Morning America reporting identifies Trista Hamsmith as creator of a national Button Battery Awareness Day and foun…
A contemporaneous Los Angeles Times report identifies September 24, 1992 as the first annual Buy Nothing Day and Ted Dave as its originator. Adbusters documents later popularization and a s…
NFTA’s public-transport history feature identifies 17 January as National Cable Car Day and ties it to Andrew Smith Hallidie’s 1871 cable-car patent.
