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National Youth Day

11 February 2026; 60th edition · Cameroon / national youth commemoration

Cameroon’s state broadcaster publishes the President’s message for the 60th edition of National Youth Day in February 2026, while the official youth-event platform identifies 11 February as…

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Native American Day (California)

Fourth Friday in September; 25 September 2026 · California / state educational observance

California’s Department of Education quotes Education Code section 37220.7 and identifies the fourth Friday in September as Native American Day, including 25 September 2026.

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Native American Heritage Day

Friday immediately after Thanksgiving Day each year · United States / federal commemorative observance

Public Law 111-33 identifies the Friday immediately succeeding Thanksgiving Day of each year as the appropriate day for Native American Heritage Day, and current Senate recognition follows…

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Nature Photography Day

15 June · International / North American Nature Photography Association initiative

The North American Nature Photography Association states that Nature Photography Day is June 15 and traces the initiative to its first celebration in 2006.

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Nauryz Holiday

21–23 March; substitute days may extend time off · Kazakhstan national public holiday

Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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Navy Day

4 December · India — Indian Navy observance

Government of India Ministry of Defence / Press Information Bureau

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Navy Reserve Birthday

3 March annually · United States / U.S. Navy Reserve institutional anniversary

The U.S. Navy Reserve identifies 3 March as the birthday of the Navy Reserve.

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Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day

31 May · United States / awareness day repeatedly recognized by state proclamations

State government proclamations in multiple years designate May 31 as Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day, supporting a recurring commemorative date while not making it a federal holiday.

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Nevada Day

31 October anniversary; observed as a Nevada legal holiday on the last Friday in October · State of Nevada legal holiday and statehood commemoration

Nevada Revised Statutes / State of Nevada holiday guidance

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New Beer’s Eve

6 April · United States / 1933 beer-legalization history and modern beer-culture observance

Boulevard Brewing documents New Beer’s Eve on 6 April as the eve of the 1933 return of legally saleable beer under the Cullen-Harrison Act; Library of Congress material independently anchor…

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New Brunswick Day

First Monday in August · New Brunswick provincial general holiday

New Brunswick Day Act / Government of New Brunswick

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New South Wales Bank Holiday

First Monday in August · New South Wales / bank and certain financial-institution holiday; not a general statewide public holiday

NSW Government guidance verifies the first Monday in August and expressly says the Bank Holiday is not a declared public holiday. Part 3A of the Retail Trading Act 2008 supplies the current…

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New Year’s Day

1 January; federal observed workday can shift when the date falls on a weekend · United States federal holiday

5 U.S.C. §6103 lists New Year’s Day, January 1, as a legal public holiday for the federal system; OPM applies the federal observed-day rules, while Congressional Research Service history tr…

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NFT Day / International NFT Day

20 September annually · Web3 industry / 2022 Dapper Labs and partner-consortium campaign

Dapper Labs, Flow and an industry consortium launched the first official NFT Day for September 20, 2022. The date commemorates an original non-fungible-token standard draft dated September…

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Nigeria Independence Day

1 October · Nigeria / national public holiday and independence anniversary

Nigerian government sources establish 1 October 1960 as the independence date; the Public Holidays Act and current Ministry of Interior notices support October 1 public-holiday status.

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Ninoy Aquino Day

21 August every year · Philippines — special nonworking holiday under Republic Act No. 9256

Republic Act No. 9256

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No Homework Day

6 May · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists No Homework Day on May 6 and identifies the holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

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No One Eats Alone Day

Second Friday of February (13 February in 2026) · United States / Beyond Differences student-led inclusion program

Beyond Differences documents the program’s 2012 origin; its recent calendars and independent calendar records support the second-Friday-in-February recurrence, including February 13 in 2026.

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No Pet Store Puppies Day

21 July · United States / ASPCA puppy-mill awareness campaign

ASPCA campaign materials consistently identify July 21 as No Pet Store Puppies Day.

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No Socks Day

8 May · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists No Socks Day on May 8 and identifies the holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.

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Nobel Day

10 December each year · Nobel Foundation / Nobel Prize award ceremonies in Oslo and Stockholm

The Nobel Foundation identifies 10 December as Nobel Day, when the Nobel Prize award ceremonies take place in Oslo and Stockholm

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North Dakota Winter Show

4–7 March in 2026 · North Dakota agricultural and community event

The official organizer traces the show to 1937; North Dakota law treats it as an annual Valley City exhibition; current edition dates remain schedule-specific.

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Nova Scotia Heritage Day

Third Monday in February annually · Nova Scotia, Canada / provincial statutory holiday

Nova Scotia’s official Heritage Day site states the holiday is celebrated on the third Monday in February.

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Nunavut Day

9 July · Nunavut commemoration

Government of Canada / Polar Knowledge Canada

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NY Dog Film Festival®

Organizer-scheduled touring dates; edition and city vary · United States / touring NY Dog Film Festival

The NY Dog Film Festival describes itself as an annual festival that premieres in New York City and tours to other cities, with dates published by edition.

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Nystagmus Awareness Day

20 June annually · Nystagmus Network / national and international awareness campaign

Nystagmus Network documents the Wobbly Wednesday precursor, the 2018 move to a permanent 20 June date and the stated reasons for that change.

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O. Henry Museum Pun-Off World Championships

9 May in 2026 · Austin, Texas / annual O. Henry Museum pun competition

Official Pun-Off and Brush Square Museums pages verify that the event began in 1977, is an annual Austin pun competition, and that the 49th edition was held on 9 May 2026. The exact annual…

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Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day

Wednesday of the first full week of May (6 May in 2026) · North America / occupational-safety and health professional recognition

Historical safety-industry reporting states that the American Society of Safety Engineers board approved creation of OSHP Day in 2006. The 2007 U.S. Congressional Record calls that year the…

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October 14 Revolution

14 October · Yemen / national public-holiday and revolution-anniversary context

Republic of Yemen Law No. 2 of 2000 on official holidays lists the anniversary of the 14 October Revolution as a one-day official holiday. Current Aden-based Ministry of Civil Service notic…

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October Public Holiday (Ireland)

Last Monday in October · Ireland / statutory public holiday on the last Monday in October

Irish Statute Book records the 1977 public-holiday statutory instrument and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 continues the last Monday in October in the current schedule; WRC guida…

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Odisha Day (Utkala Dibasa)

1 April · Odisha state observance

Chief Minister of Odisha / Government of Odisha

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Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary / Annual Remembrance Ceremony

19 April annually; the 31st anniversary was 19 April 2026 · Oklahoma City bombing remembrance; the canonical “National ... Commemoration Day” title is not treated as a federal holiday designation

The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum maintains an annual April 19 Remembrance Ceremony and NPS anchors the memorial scope. Proclamation 6880 designated April 19, 1996 as a one-time…

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Olympic Day

23 June · IOC-led global Olympic Movement observance

IOC historical material verifies 42nd Session approval in January 1948, the first World Olympic Day on June 23, 1948 and the date’s link to the June 23, 1894 birth of the modern Olympic Mov…

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One Boston Day

15 April · City of Boston annual civic day

City of Boston material documents the 2015 beginning of One Boston Day, a 2016 mayoral proclamation permanently designating April 15, and continuing City stewardship in 2026.

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Open Farms — New Zealand’s National Open Farm Day

No nationwide event in 2026; organizer states the programme is taking a break in 2026 · New Zealand farm-visitor and rural-urban connection initiative

Open Farms identifies the programme as New Zealand’s nationwide farm-visit initiative and states it is taking a break in 2026. Beef + Lamb New Zealand identifies Daniel Eb as the founder an…

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Optimist Day

First Thursday of February · Optimist International / worldwide club observance

Optimist International states that Optimist Day is celebrated annually on the first Thursday of February and traces the organization’s adoption of that rule to 2013.

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Orange Shirt Day

30 September · Canada / Indigenous-led remembrance and awareness observance

Orange Shirt Society identifies Phyllis Webstad and other founding members as creators of Orange Shirt Day in 2013, explains the September 30 date, and continues Indigenous-led stewardship;…

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Orangemen’s Day

12 July, with Monday observance mechanics set out in Newfoundland and Labrador law · Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador legislation names Orangemen’s Day and sets out its July observance mechanics

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Oranges and Lemons Day

Late March; verify the current St Clement Danes service schedule · St Clement Danes Church, London / continuing Oranges and Lemons Service tradition

St Clement Danes states that 31 March 1920 was the first Oranges and Lemons Service for parish children and that the fruit-giving custom continues; modern service scheduling varies and must…

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Order of National Artists (Orden ng mga Pambansang Alagad ng Sining)

Triennial selection/conferral; June 11 or another appropriate date · Philippines / highest national recognition for Filipino artists

Philippine legal and judicial sources describe the Order of National Artists as the country’s highest national recognition for Filipino artists. The selection/conferral cycle is no more fre…

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Our Lady of Africa

30 April · Catholic / Missionaries of Africa and Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa patronal feast

Missionaries of Africa and Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa first-party sources consistently document April 30 as the feast/patronal feast of Our Lady of Africa. Congregational hist…

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Our Lady of Suyapa

3 February · Catholic / Honduran patronal Marian feast with later civil national-festive-day recognition

Vatican sources verify the February 3 feast and patronal role in Honduras; Honduran Legislative Decree No. 188-2012 declares February 3 a national festive day in her honor. The later civil…

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Overseas NHS Workers Day

First Friday in March (6 March in 2026) · United Kingdom / NHS international-worker appreciation campaign

BMA, NHS bodies and UK parliamentary records document Overseas NHS Workers Day; recent editions fall on the first Friday in March (3 March 2023, 7 March 2025, 6 March 2026).

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Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma

12 December · Meghalaya commemorative holiday

Government of Meghalaya

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Pakistan Day

23 March · Pakistan national observance

Press Information Department, Government of Pakistan

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Pakistan Independence Day

14 August · Pakistan

Pakistan Cabinet Division lists Independence Day on 14 August 2026 as a public holiday, and National Assembly history records the transfer of power on 14 August 1947. The Indian Independenc…

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Pan American Day

14 April · Organization of American States hemispheric commemoration

Organization of American States

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Paperback Book Day

30 July · Publishing / anniversary of the first Penguin paperbacks in 1935

University of Alabama Press states that Paperback Book Day is celebrated each year on 30 July and marks the 1935 first Penguin paperbacks.

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Paraguay Independence Day

14 and 15 May · Paraguay

Paraguay’s current Law No. 7544/2025 lists both May 14 and May 15 as annual national holidays for National Independence Day, while Ministry of Foreign Affairs material identifies May 14 and…

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Parakram Diwas

23 January annually; principal 2026 observance on 23 January · India; national commemoration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose

Government of India announced on January 19, 2021 that January 23 would be celebrated every year as Parakram Diwas, stated that a Gazette notification had been published, began the 125th-an…

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Paraprofessional Appreciation Day

First Wednesday of April (1 April in 2026) · United States / education-community appreciation observance

AFT and Colorado Education Association materials verify Paraprofessional Appreciation Day and the first-Wednesday-in-April recurrence.

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Parental Alienation Awareness Day

25 April · Advocacy / family-awareness observance associated with Parental Alienation Awareness organizations

The UK Charity Commission record for Parental Alienation Awareness describes an annual event held on April 25; New York Senate records also document April 25 awareness recognition.

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Parents as Teachers Day

8 November annually · Parents as Teachers National Center recognition / international Parents as Teachers network

Parents as Teachers National Center identifies 8 November as Parents as Teachers Day; its earlier first-party announcement used “National Parents as Teachers Day” and says the observance ha…

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Parents' Day

Fourth Sunday in July annually · United States / statutory national observance

36 U.S.C. §135 designates the fourth Sunday in July as Parents' Day; Public Law 103-362 established the recurring observance in 1994 and Proclamation 6811 marked July 23, 1995.

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Parinirvana Day

15 February in the Triratna fixed-date festival calendar; other Buddhist traditions may use different dates · Buddhist commemoration of the Buddha’s final nirvana, with tradition-specific calendars

The Buddhist Centre / Triratna festival calendar lists Parinirvana Day as a fixed-date festival on 15 February, and 2026 community material continues the observance.

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Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day

7 August · United States / creator-defined informal Wellcat observance about frustrating or excessive product packaging.

The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day on August 7, while Wellcat’s creator biography identifies Ruth and Tom Roy as creators of its holiday…

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Pascua Florida Day

2 April each year · Florida State Day by statute

Florida Statutes

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Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes

15 June in 2026 (17 June statutory commemorative date; holiday transferred under federal rules) · Argentina / national holiday

Argentina’s Law 27,258 establishes the 17 June national holiday commemorating General Martín Miguel de Güemes; Law 27,399 classifies 17 June as a transferable national holiday, so the obser…

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Pastor Appreciation Day

Second Sunday of October (11 October in 2026) · Christian / U.S. church pastor-recognition observance

Focus on the Family currently marks the second Sunday in October as Clergy Appreciation Day within October’s clergy/pastor appreciation tradition; exact creator claims for the named day rem…

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Pathologists’ Assistants Day

14 April · International / American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants professional recognition

The American Association of Pathologists’ Assistants identifies April 14 as PA Day/Pathologists’ Assistants Day and has repeatedly promoted the annual professional recognition.

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Patriot Day

11 September · United States national day of remembrance

U.S. Government Publishing Office

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Paz del Chaco

12 June · Paraguay / national holiday and historical commemoration

Paraguay’s official holiday list names 12 June as Paz del Chaco, and state media commemorated the 91st anniversary on 12 June 2026.

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Peace Corps Day

1 March each year; agency materials also describe celebration on or near this date · United States / Peace Corps agency observance

Peace Corps materials state that Peace Corps Day is held every year on March 1 and commemorate the March 1, 1961 executive order that established the agency.

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Peace Memorial Day (228 Peace Memorial Day)

28 February · Taiwan / Republic of China memorial-day framework

Taiwan legal sources designate February 28 as Peace Memorial Day. The February 28 Incident Act was promulgated in 1995 and amended in February 1997 to designate the day as a national memori…

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Peace Officers Memorial Day

15 May · United States

The White House’s 2026 proclamation states that law authorizes 15 May of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day.

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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses’ Day

8 September every year · Pediatric hematology/oncology nursing profession / APHON

The Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses states that Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses’ Day was established by APHON in 2010 and is celebrated every year on September 8.

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Peppermint Patty Day

11 February · Informal food-calendar usage documented by Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter material

Two Association of Nutrition & Foodservice Professionals chapter calendars list Peppermint Patty Day on 11 February.

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Perseid meteor shower peak

Night of 12–13 August 2026 · Global astronomical event / 2026 observing season

NASA identifies the 2026 Perseid meteor shower peak around the night of 12–13 August.

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Pet Birth Defect Awareness Day

13 September · Pet/veterinary awareness-calendar usage

September 13 is repeated by veterinary-awareness calendars; Valley Animal Center reports a 2014 establishment associated with Rogers and the MB Jungle Foundation, while unsupported launch/s…