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Federal Nigerian government sources verify June 12 as Democracy Day/public holiday, the first June 12 edition in 2019 and the transition from May 29; legislative/assent records establish th…
Angola government material identifies 11 November as National Independence Day and commemorates the proclamation of independence in 1975.
The Regional Government of Madeira publishes the official 1 July programme for the Day of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and Madeiran Communities.
Portugal’s Armed Forces commemorated Dia da Restauração da Independência on 1 December 2025, marking the restoration of national sovereignty in 1640; the Government’s national-holiday regis…
The Government of Andorra identifies 8 September as the feast of the Virgin of Meritxell and a national holiday in the Andorran labor calendar.
The Dutch central government lists 6 September for Bonaire as Dia di Boneiru, Dia di Himno i Bandera; Bonaire’s public body called 6 September 2026 its national day and published the offici…
Agência Brasil identifies Dia dos Namorados as a 12 June Brazilian extraofficial observance dating to a 1948 advertising campaign; Fundação Joaquim Nabuco independently documents that Brazi…
Current American Diabetes Association material states that Diabetes Alert Day is a day set aside by the ADA, observed annually on the fourth Tuesday in March, and identifies March 24 for 20…
Lviv Polytechnic identifies 23 February as Diesel Engine Day and connects the date to Rudolf Diesel’s patent for the engine in 1893.
All4Ed launched the first national Digital Learning Day on 1 February 2012 and currently marks the campaign on the second Thursday in February.
Rootless Living Magazine’s dated 2020 first-party press release announced the first annual National Digital Nomad Day for 8 August 2020; its 2021 newsroom calls the next edition the second…
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ISSTD states that Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day occurs annually on March 5 and documents recurring public education programming; ISSTD also explicitly notes that the origin o…
The Holy See identifies the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday in the 2026 papal calendar
Heidi Richards Mooney’s creator-authored Quirky Marketing Calendar states that July is National Doghouse Repairs Month, identifies her as the person behind the holiday and says it was estab…
SAMPA identifies March 14 as its annual Dog Theft Awareness Day and maintains current prevention/recovery campaigning; the reviewed first-party material does not sufficiently establish the…
The Animal Medical Center repeatedly lists Dog Therapy Appreciation Day on April 11 in annual pet-awareness calendars.
British Small Animal Veterinary Association material identifies Dogs in Yellow Day on 20 March as awareness for dogs that may need space.
The Draw A Bird Day site states that the observance is held on April 8 every year and explicitly notes that it is not an official holiday.
Mid America Motorworks states that its annual Drive Your Corvette To Work Day is held on the Friday closest to June 30, commemorating the date the first Corvette rolled off the assembly lin…
California Senate Concurrent Resolution 27 proclaimed April 6, 2005 as Drowsy Driver Awareness Day and designated April 6 of every following year as the state’s memorial observance.
Duran Duran’s own site repeatedly recognizes August 10 as Duran Duran Appreciation Day while explicitly noting that the band did not establish the day and is unsure of its origin.
Welsh government tourism and Cadw heritage sources verify the recurring January 25 Dydd Santes Dwynwen identity and cultural scope; founder/first-edition provenance remains unresolved.
Argentina Law 26.199
Junta de Andalucía; permanent regional holiday designation
Dominican Republic Ministry of Labour annual holiday calendar published through the Presidency
Puerto Rico statutory, education and historical sources verify March 22 as the recurring abolition-of-slavery holiday and tie the date to the formal abolition of slavery on March 22, 1873.
Argentina’s official government portal states that Law 12,361 fixed 20 June as Flag Day, and the official legal database records the law declaring that date Día de la Bandera.
Mexico’s federal government identifies February 24 as Mexican Flag Day and documents its annual observance.
Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms 7 August 2026 as the commemoration of the Battle of Boyacá and a holiday in Colombia.
Costa Rica Legislative Assembly and cultural-history sources verify April 11 as the annual Battle of Rivas commemoration, the April 11, 1856 historical anchor and Act 8886 later date-protec…
Puerto Rico Act No. 1 of August 1, 1952 directly establishes July 25 each year as Día de la Constitución and ties the date to the Constitution taking effect on July 25, 1952.
El Salvador Ministry of Culture repeatedly documents Día de la Cruz on May 3 as a living syncretic Salvadoran cultural-religious tradition with Christian, Indigenous and agricultural elemen…
Bolivia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs documents 17 October as Día de la Dignidad Nacional and records its establishment by law in 2013.
Uruguay’s Legislative Library identifies October 12 as Día de la Diversidad Cultural and explains the 2014 move away from the older “Día de la Raza” wording.
Panama’s Ministry of Government currently observes Día de las Madres on 8 December. The historical 1930 Law 69 that declared the date a holiday is recorded by Infojurídica as repealed by La…
Mexico’s 2020 federal decree declares 12 October of every year Día de la Nación Pluricultural
Puerto Rico Law No. 91 of 1938, as amended, declares November 19 a holiday known as Día de la Puertorriqueñidad; current government calendar material also retains older discovery terminolog…
Honduran government and historical sources identify October 12 as Día de la Raza, while Decrees 75-2014 and 78-2015 move the practical October civic-holiday period under Semana Morazánica;…
Government of the Region of Murcia
Venezuela Ministry of Culture verifies October 12 recurrence and identifies Presidential Decree No. 2028 of October 11, 2002 as the renaming/redefinition from Día de la Raza to Día de la Re…
Argentina’s national government identifies May 25 as Día de la Revolución de Mayo y Primer Gobierno Patrio and treats it as an immovable national holiday.
Government of La Rioja official labour-holiday calendar
Argentina’s Casa Rosada states that every 20 November the country commemorates National Sovereignty Day in memory of the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.
Paraguayan law, tourism/culture authorities and Catholic institutional sources verify December 8 as the recurring national holiday and major Caacupé Marian pilgrimage festival; current stat…
Costa Rica's Ministry of Labour states that August 2 commemorates the Virgen de los Ángeles under article 148 of the Labour Code and that the holiday is not moved to another day.
Official Honduran defense sources repeatedly identify October 21 as Armed Forces Day. Current legal material also preserves October 21 among the October civic holidays while later legislati…
Chilean Army; legal-holiday tradition traced to a 1915 decree
Chilean Navy
Parliament of Cantabria records the 1993 institutional declaration and 1778 date rationale; the Official Gazette lists July 28 in the 2026 autonomous-community labour-holiday calendar.
Mexico’s National Population Council documents Día de las Madres on May 10 and traces the Mexican commemoration to 1922.
Puerto Rico OGP’s current compilation of Law 111-2014, as amended, declares the third Monday in February each year an official holiday in the Government of Puerto Rico under the name Día de…
Honduras Decree No. 80-96 declares July 20 a national civic festival called Día de Lempira and repeals the 1935 decree; education authorities also use Día de la Identidad Nacional for July…
The Presidency of Panama marks November 4 as Día de los Símbolos de la Nación, with official acts honoring the flag and other national symbols.
Foral Law 18/1985, published in the Spanish Official State Gazette
Mexican judicial and federal legislative sources identify July 12 as Día del Abogado since 1960 and connect the date to a July 12, 1553 law-teaching milestone. A 2022 Chamber of Deputies hi…
Guatemala's Congress describes July 1 as Día del Empleado Bancario; government notices show that banking closure arrangements may be moved in a particular year.
Puerto Rico Law 76-1995 fixes July 27 as the annual commemoration of José Celso Barbosa’s birthday and documents the earlier statutory scheduling layer. Current Puerto Rico government law/p…
Argentina’s current consolidated holiday decree lists 12 October as Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural and sets transfer rules for some national holidays.
Honduras’s Secretariat of National Defense repeatedly identifies October 3 as Día del Soldado Hondureño on Francisco Morazán’s birth anniversary, and its historical record attributes the de…
El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly calendar records Legislative Decree No. 952 declaring March 26 of every year as the National Day for Life, Peace and Justice.
EARTHDAY.ORG’s current 2026 page identifies Earth Day 2026 as Wednesday, 22 April.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Eat What You Want Day on May 11 and identifies the Wellcat holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
Official Edinburgh festival and destination sources identify Edinburgh’s Hogmanay as a multi-day New Year festival, state that the branded festival dates back to 1993, and list the 2026–27…
Philippine government information states that 25 February 2026, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, was declared a special working day under Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025.
Federal law begins the reviewed lineage with Education Day, U.S.A. in 1978, identifies the Lubavitch Movement proposal and ties the inaugural date to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s birt…
Current UAE government material lists National Day on 2 December and the official holiday period on 2–3 December for public and private sectors. Current official celebration material uses t…
The U.S. National Archives records ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment on January 16, 1919 and its one-year phase-in. This record is a historical anniversary; “Prohibition Remembrance…
Federal law sets the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year for House elections, while Title 3 uses the same timing for presidential election day every…
Creator-linked archival references and current wildlife/institutional sources support Wayne Hepburn / Mission Media-WildHeart Productions, a 1996 start and annual September 22 use; exclusiv…
Alaska State Archives documents 1988 AS 44.12.065 and 1945 Anti-Discrimination Act; governor proclaimed February 16 2026
Sesame Workshop’s official Elmo character profile lists his birthday as February 3.
