639 source-backed records whose verified scope explicitly identifies United States. This is an observance index, not a public-holiday calendar.
Camp Fire says it founded Absolutely Incredible Kid Day® in 1997 and celebrates it annually on the third Thursday in March; the current Camp Fire page identifies March 19, 2026 for #KidDay…
ARMAD was founded by Emery McClendon in 2003. Contemporary ARMAD references place the annual event on the Saturday of U.S. Memorial Day weekend.
Arizona Revised Statutes §1-301 enumerates American Family Day on the first Sunday in August and excludes it from the following-Monday substitution rule; origin details remain unresolved in…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Answer Your Cat’s Question Day on January 22 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy; Cats Protection supplies welfar…
The American Kidney Fund provides an AMKD Awareness Day proclamation template that places the observance on the last Tuesday of each April, and its 2026 campaign materials mark 28 April 202…
The State of Arizona Research Library’s Arizona Memory Project identifies February 14, 1912 as Arizona Statehood Day and records Arizona becoming the 48th state that day. This guide treats…
DARPA and UCLA document the first host-to-host ARPANET message on October 29, 1969. “National Internet Day” is retained only as a search/legacy alias for this historical anniversary, not as…
ASPCA materials identify April 26 as its annual Help a Horse Day, used to support equine rescues and adoption awareness.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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.
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…
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.
ASPS documents the annual Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day USA (BRA Day) campaign and its educational focus on reconstruction choices after mastectomy or lumpectomy.
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…
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…
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…
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.
California Government Code § 6700 lists September 9 as Admission Day; state education and parks sources connect the date to California’s September 9, 1850 admission as the 31st U.S. state.
California Department of Education material identifies Native American Day on the fourth Friday in September, while Bureau of Indian Affairs history describes California’s state recognition…
California Department of Education cites Education Code section 37222.12, which designates April 6 of each year as California Poppy Day.
36 U.S.C. §104 designates the first Saturday after Labor Day as Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day and allows federal-land managers to use an alternative date when local conditions warra…
Thomas and Ruth Roy’s first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Cat Herders' Day on 15 December and identifies the Wellcat holiday collection as their creation. The creator text frames th…
36 U.S.C. §105 requests an annual presidential proclamation designating the first Monday in October as Child Health Day. The statutory history traces the federal observance to 1928; Public…
Michigan's governor proclaimed May 13, 2019 as Children of Fallen Patriots Day, and current state/local government calendars continue to recognize May 13.
The U.S. Coast Guard Reserve’s official history identifies 19 February as the Reserve’s birthday.
The Texas State Library lists Confederate Heroes Day on 19 January as an official partial-staffing state holiday and documents its 1973 statutory consolidation; the current FY2027 state sch…
The American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging and National Center on Law and Elder Rights identify February 1 as Conservatorship & Guardianship Abuse Awareness Day and provide aw…
36 U.S.C. §106 designates September 17 as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and states that it commemorates the Constitution’s signing on September 17, 1787 and recognizes citizens. Publ…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day on November 8 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Cranky Co-Workers Day on October 27 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
Thomas and Ruth Roy’s first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Curling is Cool Day on 23 February and identifies the Wellcat holiday collection as their creation. World Curling material…
Shopify identifies Cyber Monday as the Monday after Thanksgiving and traces the term to Shop.org in 2005; Georgetown documents Ellen Davis and the Shop.org team naming the post-Thanksgiving…
DEA scheduled the 30th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for Saturday, April 25, 2026 and explicitly describes Take Back Day as a twice-yearly event.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
Current Recognition Professionals International material confirms the first-Friday-in-March observance; government-hosted workplace-recognition material attributes the 1995 creation to Dr.…
Wellcat Holidays lists Falling Needles Family Fest on December 30 and identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as the creators of the copyrighted holiday collection.
University of Hawaiʻi material describes Family Day as an annual event launched in 2001, developed from research by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia Universi…
Current National Recreation and Park Association material states that NRPA’s Family Health & Fitness Day is celebrated on the second Saturday in June each year and confirms ongoing NRPA ste…
The CDC/NIOSH Science Bulletin states that August 6 is Farmworker Appreciation Day and uses the observance to recognize farmworkers and discuss occupational safety and health.
36 U.S.C. §109 designates the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day; its historical notes trace the federal designation to Public Law 92-278 of 24 April 1972, while Library of Congress mater…
FANHS identifies itself as the originator of the October observance and documents the October 18, 1587 historical anchor; 2009 congressional records separately verify national legislative r…
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum dates Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s first free flight from American soil to 9 January 1793.
Wellcat Holidays lists Fish Tank Floorshow Night on September 28 and identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as the holiday creators.
36 U.S.C. §110 states that June 14 is Flag Day and requests an annual presidential proclamation encouraging observance of the anniversary of the Continental Congress’s adoption of the Stars…
Smithsonian Libraries documents Floral Design Day on February 28, created around floral educator Carl Rittner’s birthday and enacted by a 1995 Massachusetts gubernatorial proclamation.
CSPI’s 2011 annual report documents the relaunch of national Food Day and its October 24 date, modeled as a public education and food-system campaign.
Wellcat Holidays lists Forgive Mom and Dad Day on March 18 and identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as creators of its holiday collection.
Congress designated March 6, 1984 as Frozen Food Day and President Ronald Reagan issued Proclamation 5157 for that specific date. The U.S. Census Bureau has subsequently referenced Frozen F…
Peacock identifies the Parks and Recreation episode as inventing the pop-culture holiday concept, while LAist documents February 13 usage and the show-derived cultural history.
Public Law 100-104 documents the October 6, 1987 federal designation and 1983 tricentennial precedent; a 2025 White House message confirms continuing commemorative recognition.
The American Bankers Association states that Get Smart About Credit Day is observed on the third Thursday in October; its current materials identify 15 October 2026.
The 2025 presidential proclamation uses Gold Star Mother's and Family's Day; 36 U.S.C. §111 separately designates the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother's Day.
Defense Health Agency and Navy health-promotion resources document the Great American Spit Out as a tobacco-free campaign; current-year dates should be rechecked before publication.
National Weather Service and NOAA sources establish February 2, European/Candlemas roots, early U.S. documentation and the Punxsutawney tradition while treating shadow predictions as folklo…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Gruntled Workers Day on July 13 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
Wellcat Holidays places Happy Mew Year For Cats Day on January 2 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
The official Harbormaster Appreciation Day site states that US Harbors started the observance in 2019 and that it occurs annually on October 8.
SB 572 (Chapter 626, Statutes of 2009) established the annual May 22 California designation; current CDE material cites Education Code section 37222.13.
Iowa Code §1C.8
National Today places Herpes Awareness Day on October 13 annually, and AnydayGuide independently lists National Herpes Awareness Day on October 13.
NIH identifies HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD) as an annual May 18 observance honoring volunteers, communities, health professionals and scientists working on preventive HIV-vaccine resear…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Hug an Australian Day on April 26 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
U.S. Office of Personnel Management / 5 U.S.C. 6103
The American Booksellers Association identifies Independent Bookstore Day as a national one-day celebration held on the last Saturday in April and currently lists April 24, 2027 as the 14th…
Primary government records document Indigenous Peoples’ Day in municipal/state law and U.S. presidential proclamations, while current OPM guidance continues to identify the federal statutor…
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine states that its arctec scientists launched Bug Off, the first-ever Insect Repellent Awareness Day, for 3 June 2014; later public-health/vector-c…
The Transportation Security Administration states that K-9 Veterans Day is recognized each year on March 13; U.S. War Dogs provides additional campaign/history context.
Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 identifies May 1 as KKAD25 Day and describes the 2026 observance as its 20th annual nationwide proclamation effort.
Kentucky Historical Society uses “Statehood Day” for June 1 anniversary programming, while Kentucky government sources identify 1 June 1792 as Kentucky’s statehood date.
Current congressional materials support January 13 as Korean American Day and connect it with the first Korean immigrants’ arrival in 1903 and Korean American contributions
U.S. Department of Labor history and 5 U.S.C. 6103 verify the 1882 first celebration, the 1894 federal enactment and the current first-Monday-in-September legal holiday; founder attribution…
League of Women Voters first-party history establishes Carrie Chapman Catt’s 1919 proposal and formal organization of the national League in Chicago on 14 February 1920. The organization co…
36 U.S.C. §114 provides that the President may issue each year a proclamation designating October 9 as Leif Erikson Day.
CenterLink currently observes Center Awareness Day every October 19; its 2011 annual report documents a third annual edition, while a 2012 participating-center archive credits CenterLink an…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Lips Appreciation Day on March 16 and states that Wellcat Holidays were created by Thomas and Ruth Roy. Wellcat’s About page independently de…
The Florida Bar states that Love Your Lawyer Day is celebrated on the first Friday of every November and traces the initiative to ALPIA, with ABA Law Practice recognition.
Frieda’s first-party material places Love Your Produce Manager Day on April 2 and states that the company created the holiday on its 50th anniversary in 2012.
Texas Government Code §662.003(b)(5) fixes August 27 as Lyndon Baines Johnson Day in observance of Johnson’s birthday. Texas legislative/history sources trace the holiday to 1973 legislatio…
Points of Light documents Make A Difference Day as beginning in 1992 and taking place annually on the fourth Saturday in October.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Make Up Your Own Holiday Day on March 26 and identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as creators of the collection; no launch year or formal legal sta…
Idaho Code § 73-108 and Idaho judicial/state holiday calendars place Martin Luther King, Jr. – Idaho Human Rights Day on the third Monday in January; Idaho government history records the co…
AAMA’s recognition-week materials designate Wednesday as Medical Assistants Recognition Day; AAMA’s 2026 week runs October 19–23, placing the recognition day on October 21, 2026.
U.S. federal sources document the Grand Army of the Republic’s General Orders No. 11 of May 5, 1868, the May 30 Decoration Day observance, and current federal law placing Memorial Day on th…
36 U.S.C. §117 designates the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day and requests a presidential proclamation. Library of Congress sources trace the national campaign to Anna Jarvis and the 1…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Name Your PC Day on November 20 and identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as creators of the collection; technical device-naming sources are support…
Official NASCAR reporting documents NASCAR Day beginning in August 2004; later NASCAR Foundation campaigns and Giveathons have organizer-selected dates, not a reusable fixed date or governm…
California Association of Activity Professionals documents the history of National Activity Professionals Day, while current calendar references consistently use the fourth Friday in Januar…
ASPCA material identifies April 30 as National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, and a municipal animal shelter calendar also schedules the 2026 observance on April 30.
Contemporaneous reporting quoting Aldi says the company inaugurated National Advent Calendar Day in 2020 and set it annually on the first Wednesday of November.
The American Society of Pharmacovigilance (ASP) announced on March 24, 2021 that it was establishing March 24 as National Adverse Drug Event Awareness Day. ASP later described 2024 as the t…
A 2002 presidential proclamation designated August 16 as National Airborne Day in connection with the first official Army parachute jump on August 16, 1940. Senate resolutions have repeated…
National Day Calendar lists National Alabama Day on 14 December as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Un…
National Day Calendar lists National Alaska Day on 28 June as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Union.…
NIH/NIAAA records the first National Alcohol Screening Day in 1999; state legislative recognition describes the recurring observance as the Thursday of the first full week in April.
Shreveport Aquarium states that it obtained certification in 2019 for National American Paddlefish Day to be observed on March 9 each year.
California’s disability-access commission and the American School for the Deaf corroborate recurring April 15 National ASL Day and the school’s April 15, 1817 opening; this is not an automa…
Vermont Teddy Bear’s first-party site marks November 14 as National American Teddy Bear Day. A contemporaneous November 2002 University of Delaware Review report quoting Vermont Teddy Bear…
The ASPCA explicitly promotes National Animal Advocacy Day on 30 April, and New York legislative resolutions provide additional civic recognition.
National Day Archives lists the canonical plural National Animal Crackers Day on April 18; the public singular title is retained as an alias.
Bragg states that National Apple Cider Vinegar Day is celebrated on September 23 and identifies the observance as a Bragg-created campaign.
Arabian-horse industry and observance registry sources identify the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona as founder and February 19 as the annual observance date.
National Day Calendar lists National Arizona Day on 21 June as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Union.…
National Day Calendar lists National Arkansas Day on 11 January as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Un…
HIV.gov states that National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on May 19 and brings attention to HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.
The White House issued a National Astronaut Day message on 5 May 2026 honoring Alan Shepard’s first American human spaceflight; the observance’s organizer describes May 5 as the annual date.
AAADM announced the first National Automatic Door Day for March 19, 2021 and stated that it would be celebrated each year on that date; AAADM continues annual March 19 campaigns.
Emma Heim described applying for National Bacon Burnt End Day in 2019 and choosing June 29 because Heim Barbecue first served bacon burnt ends at its June 29, 2013 pop-up. Contemporary and…
National Day Calendar attributes December 30 Bacon Day to Danya Goodman and Meff Leonard in 1997; Checkiday traces the same creator account to the former Bacon Day website, while CooksInfo…
The National Association of Barbers identifies May 19 as Barber Mental Health Awareness Day and publishes industry-focused mental-health awareness guidance for the date.
National Day Calendar states Sweet Adelines International founded the observance in 2005 for its 60th anniversary, tied to the organization’s July 13, 1945 founding date; a Sweet Adelines r…
National Day Archives records May 25 of each calendar year and identifies Desert Bath Company as the 2021 creator; current calendar coverage preserves the same date.
National Day Calendar identifies the Procrastinators’ Club of America, founded by Les Waas in 1956, as the body whose committee designated September 5 as Be Late for Something Day; Timeandd…
National Day Calendar credits Connecticut CPA Kevin Wenig with founding National Bean Counter Day on April 16; Hartford Business Journal independently identified Wenig as the local accounta…
National Day Archives lists National Bed Bug Prevention Day on June 10 and attributes its 2019 creation to Dodson Pest Control. Dodson currently publishes first-party bed-bug prevention res…
The Brewers Association lists National Beer Day on 7 April 2026 and explains that it commemorates the Cullen-Harrison Act taking effect on 7 April 1933.
The campaign launch material and day registry identify November 1 as National Biologic Coordinators Day, launched by Janssen in 2021 to recognize biologic coordinators.
NPS says National Bison Day has been observed annually on the first Saturday in November since 2012; WCS documents the Vote Bison Coalition’s inaugural 1 November 2012 celebration. Year-spe…
National Day Archives attributes the May 1 observance to James Jean-Pierre, created in April 2021; University of Georgia Extension independently recognizes the date in community-health educ…
The National Black Bear Festival states that it secured the National Black Bear Day designation and that the day is celebrated on the first Saturday in June each year.
Founder Colleen Paige’s current materials list National Black Dog Day on October 1 and describe it as an annual awareness observance.
NIH states that National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on February 7 to increase awareness and mobilize community involvement around HIV among Black/African American peo…
National Day Archives states that Semicolon Bookstore created National Black Literacy Day in February 2021 and that it takes place on February 14 each calendar year.
Black Marketers Coalition first-party material announces creation of National Black Marketers Day and annual November 16 observance; the creator registry dates creation to September 2021.
New York legislative and SUNY Plattsburgh records trace Black Poetry Day to Stanley Ransom in 1970, observed on October 17 for Jupiter Hammon’s birthday; later state resolutions recognize t…
Multiple current observance references place the day on March 1 and attribute its establishment to the Black Women in Jazz organization/initiative.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council repeatedly identifies May 26 as National Blueberry Cheesecake Day in its industry marketing materials.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council repeatedly identifies July 8 as National Blueberry Day in industry campaign materials.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council identifies July 11 as National Blueberry Muffin Day in multiple industry materials.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council repeatedly identifies January 28 as National Blueberry Pancake Day and publishes promotional assets for the date.
The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council explicitly states that National Blueberry Pie Day is celebrated on April 28 each year and repeats the date in other campaign materials.
SHRM and Hallmark trace National Boss Day to Patricia Bays Haroski’s 1958 registration with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; October 16 was selected for her father’s birthday, with later Illin…
Go Bowling’s official campaign page documents Saturday, 9 August for the 2025 edition and says the sport has been featured on FOX & Friends for National Bowling Day each year since 2018. US…
Calendar and institutional event material use the last Friday in October for National Breadstick Day.
T-Mobile’s February 11, 2019 launch release and National Day Calendar’s founder proclamation establish February 13, 2019 as the first annual observance, T-Mobile as founder and the pre-Vale…
National Day Archives attributes National Brown Dog Day to Debra Loveless Williams, created in January 2021, and lists February 2 annually; independent observance coverage corroborates the…
Kung Fu Tea states that it founded National Bubble Tea Day on April 30, 2018, its eighth birthday, to celebrate the bubble-tea community; this verifies the modern observance, not invention…
Independent pet/holiday coverage attributes the observance to children’s author Jackie Valent in 2007, while current Truman State University and Drake University materials independently con…
Treace Medical Concepts announced the first-ever National Bunion Day in the United States on 16 April 2024, states that it founded the observance, and sets it on the third Tuesday of April…
National Day Calendar consistently places National Caesar Salad Day on July 4 and explicitly states that it has not identified the observance founder.
National Day Calendar places National California Day on February 22 within its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 and sequenced by state admission order with cal…
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record says Bright Pink founded the observance in 2016 and that the recurring date was moved to the second Tuesday in June beginning in 2017.
Designetics says it spearheaded the effort that created National Care for Kids Day for annual September 20 observance; current Care for Kids first-party material says the day was founded in…
California Assembly Rules Committee analysis describes National Caregivers Day as founded in 2015 and observed annually on the third Friday in February.
National Day Archives records Colorway Arts as the creator and states the observance occurs on the third Saturday of September; Colorway Arts documents the original September 18, 2021 event.
Industry retrospective evidence supports a National Cartoonists Society initiative first observed May 5, 1999; the Library of Congress independently verifies the May 5, 1895 Hogan’s Alley c…
Founder Colleen Paige’s current holiday list places National Cat Day on October 29; U.S. public institutions also recognize the date in programming and resolutions.
National Day Archives records September 19 and identifies Basepaws as the 2020 founder; Basepaws continues to reference National Cat DNA Day in its own materials.
The initiative’s first-party site identifies October 17 as National Catholic Men’s Conference Day and describes its U.S. Catholic men’s conference-network purpose. It is not treated as a Va…
Challenged Champions & Heroes identifies founder Dr. Robin A. Lococo as creator of its July 29 national awareness day. National Day Archives uses the longer National Challenged Champions an…
AAHA states that it and AVMA launched Check the Chip Day in 2013; AVMA and AAHA materials identify August 15 as the annual recurrence and focus on current microchip registry contact informa…
Talkspace launched National Check Your Coverage Day for January 21, 2025, states that it founded the day to encourage early-year review of mental-health benefits, and promoted the January 2…
FAA Safety Briefing states that National Checklist Day rolls around every October 30 and explains the date through the October 30, 1935 Model 299 crash that prompted formal aviation checkli…
Culver’s states that it created National Cheese Curd Day in 2015 and celebrates it every October 15.
National Day Calendar consistently places National Cheese Day on June 4 and says its origins could not be determined; the U.S. Census Bureau used “National Cheese Day: June 4” in 2023. Wisc…
The Melting Pot’s first-party 2025 material identifies April 11 as National Cheese Fondue Day, continuing a long-running brand celebration.
Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin identifies January 20 as National Cheese Lover’s Day, and Wisconsin’s governor separately proclaimed Cheese Lover’s Day for January 20, 2026.
Sizzler’s own press releases celebrate National Cheese Toast Day on September 15 and identify the chain’s participation in the observance.
Raising Cane’s states that founder Todd Graves created National Chicken Finger Day in 2010 and that it is celebrated on July 27.
National Day Calendar identifies November 4 as the annual date and documents the 2001 creation of the observance to honor Dr. Marthenia “Tina” Dupree.
New York Senate resolutions document that the City of Buffalo proclaimed July 29, 1977 as Chicken Wing Day and continued to recognize the date; modern “National” usage is informal rather th…
Experian announced on August 27, 2018 that it was designating September 1 as Child Identity Theft Awareness Day and intended it to become an annual reminder; the campaign included September…
A January 1992 Washington Post report identifies Anne Moeller as the person who got National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day entered in Chase’s Annual Events roughly a decade earlier, while current…
The official National CleanUp Day organization states that the observance takes place every year on the third Saturday in September.
Contemporaneous 2011 participant and Downtown Alliance records identify January 20 as the National Coffee Association’s National Coffee Break Day, place it within the NCA centennial campaig…
The National Coffee Association repeatedly marks National Coffee Day around September 29, including its 2025 research release issued in advance of the September 29 observance and subsequent…
Coffee with a Cop and the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office verify the program’s 2011 Hawthorne Police Department origin, the first national day on October 7, 2016, and the later/curre…
Crayola first-party materials identify October 22 as National Color Day.
Live Nation created National Concert Day for May 5, 2015 and documented later editions on May 3, 2016 and May 1, 2017. The event therefore remains variable-custom and requires current organ…
The official National Concussion Awareness Day® site states that Brooke Mills founded the observance in 2016 and that it is recognized on the third Friday of September each year. A 2018 org…
National Day Calendar lists National Connecticut Day on August 10 within its privately created National State Days series. Connecticut’s January 9, 1788 statehood date is kept separate, and…
Multiple observance references consistently place National Cookie Exchange Day on December 22.
Meyer Corporation’s creator-provided 2016 release says PotsandPans.com created National Cooking Day and identifies September 25 as the observance date.
National Day Calendar credits Brady Sahnow and Henry Otley with creating the observance in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1992; a preserved co-founder-attributed history corroborates the basketball…
National Day Calendar identifies Nicholas Strauser, Connie Strauser and Brandy Strauser-Sobanski of N Scott Distillery as the 2019 founders and records May 22 as the annual observance date.
Founder Erika Lindquist’s Sew Doggy Style archive says the official date is July 21 and that the observance started in 2012; NAPPS independently attributes the day to Lindquist.
National Day Calendar identifies Long Beach Jerky Co. as founder, states that November 27 honors “Gramps” Albert’s birthday, and records private registrar approval in 2016; the approval is…
Arla Foods announced December 13 as the inaugural National Cream Cheese Frosting Day in 2018.
The Florida Crime & Intelligence Analyst Association states that it created NCIAAD in 2021 and promotes the sixth annual observance on September 20, 2026; IALEIA also recognizes the day.
Crime Junkie’s first-party fifth-anniversary page established National Crime Junkie Day for December 18, 2022 and ties the date to the podcast’s December 18, 2017 debut; a creator-linked cu…
Tampa Bay Times reporter Christopher Spata documented creating National Cuban Sandwich Day for August 23, 2016 as a journalism experiment; later University of South Florida institutional ma…
Public-school systems corroborate October 2, while a 2021 Stanislaus County agenda item says the unofficial holiday’s origins are unknown and reports no earlier online reference than 2016;…
Sling TV’s 2020 fifth-anniversary release announced February 9, 2020 as the first National Cut the Cord Day and states that National Day Calendar declared the observance to recur annually o…
U.S. Department of Energy material lists National Cut Your Energy Costs Day on January 10, with municipal-utility and energy-industry sources independently using the same annual date.
DRESS Syndrome Foundation organizer-side 2022 launch material establishes National DRESS Syndrome Day on July 16 and identifies the foundation co-founders as creators; current foundation an…
American Dance Movement states that National Dance Day was established in 2010 and, since 2019, takes place annually on the third Saturday in September.
Archived White House material establishes the first nationwide National Day of Civic Hacking on 1–2 June 2013. Later White House and Code for America sources document continuing organizer-l…
Comfort Keepers states that it created National Day of Joy in 2019, held the first annual observance on June 26, 2019, and continues to observe it on the last Wednesday in June.
MINI USA announced National Day of Motoring for 24 July in 2021 and later described the observance as marked each July 24. This supports a stable creator-defined date while remaining distin…
The current National Day of Reason campaign and American Humanist Association identify May 4 as the annual observance date; a 2026 U.S. House resolution also recognizes May 4, 2026 without…
The U.S. Senate agreed to S. Res. 452 designating December 13, 2004 as National Day of the Horse; the American Horse Council continues to recognize December 13 as National Day of the Horse.
NCTE established the National Day on Writing in 2009 for October 20. Senate Resolution 310 supported the October 20, 2009 designation, which is recognition rather than creation of a federal…
Urban Rural Action and Ideos Institute document a modern National Days of Dialogue initiative with annual organizer-announced January windows; avoid conflating this with a distinct 1997–98…
Doulagivers identifies April 20 as National Death Doula Day, and observance-registration records trace its creation to Doulagivers in 2019.
UNO stated in 2010 that April 5 is National Deep Dish Pizza Day and that it was first designated in 2009 for UNO’s anniversary; UNO continues to promote the observance.
36 U.S.C. §120 requests an annual presidential proclamation designating the third Friday in May as National Defense Transportation Day and recognizing the importance of the U.S. transportat…
The National DEI Day organizer site states that the observance is held each year on September 17, deliberately coinciding with U.S. Constitution Day and Citizenship Day.
National Day Calendar lists National Delaware Day on July 13 within its privately created National State Days series. Delaware’s December 7, 1787 statehood date is kept separate, and Indige…
The Academy of General Dentistry explicitly celebrated National Dentist Day on March 6, 2025, supporting March 6 for the U.S. observance.
Screening for Mental Health materials and current observance guidance place NDSD on the Thursday of the first full week in October; the 2026 occurrence is October 8.
National Day Calendar’s proclamation and Detroit tourism materials identify Buddy’s Pizza as the founder and June 23 as National Detroit-Style Pizza Day.
NAQ states that it founded Developmental Disability Professionals Day as a stand-alone day every year on 15 July to recognize professionals who support people with intellectual and developm…
National Day Calendar credits Sean Alexander Sobel as founder and records a 2018 private registrar proclamation for April 27. Drake’s product history and Marine Corps historical scholarship…
EP Minerals states that it founded National Diatomaceous Earth Day, that National Day Calendar approved the day in 2016, and that the observance is on August 31.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights used the exact name National Disability Independence Day on 26 July 2025, and 2026 state/local government calendars use the observance on 26 July. ADA.go…
The Professional Disc Golf Association says the first Saturday in August was selected for National Disc Golf Day in 2016.
City of Huntsville and City of Milford proclamations credit Starr Valentino with starting the grassroots movement in Atlanta in 2009 and recognize May 16 locally; National Day Calendar says…
AMA history places the first Doctors’ Day in Winder, Georgia in 1933; Missouri State Medical Association history credits Eudora Brown Almond with conceiving the observance and explains the…
Founder Colleen Paige’s current holiday list identifies National Dog Day on August 26; the National Dog Day site describes the annual observance and its founding.
The ASPCA designated 8 April 2014 as the first National Dog Fighting Awareness Day and described the observance again as its second annual edition in 2015. Public treatment is limited to no…
Current pet calendars consistently place National Dog Mom’s Day on the second Saturday in May; the observance is traced to a 2018 launch associated with Dig.
Wag! announced the first annual National Dog Walker Appreciation Day for September 8, 2016 and established September 8 as the recognition date.
Donate Life America states National Donate Life Blue & Green Day is observed on the second Friday of April each year; New York State health authorities documented the April 10, 2026 observa…
Donate Life America lists National Donor Day on February 14 among its national observances and celebrations.
OrganDonor.gov defines National Donor Sabbath as a three-day observance celebrated two weekends prior to Thanksgiving.
The Salvation Army states that it created the first National Donut Day event in Chicago in 1938 as a fundraiser during the Great Depression and to honor the World War I Donut Lassies; it co…
Traveler Ooh La La identifies itself as founder; National Today and EventGuide support 2024 as the first celebration, and current creator-led material preserves annual November 13 recurrenc…
Ashley Lauren identifies March 6 as National Dress Day and states that the observance was founded by designer Ashley Lauren.
Pet-lifestyle advocate Colleen Paige lists National Dress Up Your Pet Day on 14 January, and observance registries attribute its creation to her.
DriveInMovie.com identifies June 6 as National Drive-In Movie Day, tied to the June 6, 1933 opening of Richard Hollingshead’s drive-in theater.
National Day Calendar records September 26 as National Dumpling Day and says TMI Food Group submitted the observance in 2015.
Lectric eBikes and the Outdoor Industry Association identify May 30 as National E-Bike Day and attribute its establishment to Lectric.
McDonald’s corporate releases establish the March 2 observance in 2020 and again use National Egg McMuffin Day on March 2 in 2025; promotions remain edition-specific.
Federal historical material documents the NAHF third-Wednesday-in-May day; Fairfax County’s 2011 official summary states the observance expanded from one day to the full month, and NAHF now…
New York Senate resolutions for both 2021 and 2022 recognize April 10 in conjunction with the observance of National Encourage a Young Writer Day, independently confirming the recurring mon…
A September 2018 RESNET-hosted announcement written from EnergyLogic’s perspective says “we’ve created National Energy Geek Day” and identifies October 6 annually; National Day Archives ind…
Thomas’/Bimbo Bakeries USA press materials identify April 23 as National English Muffin Day across multiple years.
Historical White House material documents a 2010 National Entrepreneurship Week and National Entrepreneurs’ Day celebration; modern calendar evidence places the continuing observance on the…
National Day Archives lists National Exercise Day on April 18 and identifies Jeuse Saint-Fleur, DNP as its creator in 2020.
Ramp’s October 15, 2025 first-party launch creates National Expense Report Day; National Day Archives independently identifies Ramp as creator in 2025 and records October 15 annual recurren…
H.Res.1294 and the House roll-call record support designation of the first Saturday in May as National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day; EOD Warrior Foundation material confirms the current…
The Passionate Olive published a first-party launch on August 18, 2016 for a September 30 Extra Virgin Olive Oil Day; supporting observance references identify The Passionate Olive as found…
HHS/NHGRI records show that U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona declared Thanksgiving 2004 the first annual National Family History Day as part of the Family History Initiative. Later N…
NCFL says it worked with Congress in 1994 to create/designate November 1 as National Family Literacy Day®; GovInfo records H.J. Res. 413 and 1994 congressional National Family Literacy Day…
Kennesaw State University’s Family Enterprise Center identifies June 23 as the annual observance and states the AG Center established it in 2021; registration records corroborate the founde…
National Day Calendar states National Family PJ Day was founded in 2019 with Soma and is observed annually on November 14.
Observance and historical-society sources identify April 10 as National Farm Animals Day and trace its creation to Colleen Paige in 2005.
Public proclamations and government education material recognize National Farm Workers Day on March 31, including a 2026 Colorado resolution and local proclamation language describing annua…
USDA Farm Service Agency communications identify October 12 as National Farmers Day in multiple years; a 2026 Delaware concurrent resolution also describes the observance as annual on Octob…
A creator-issued Finding Fathers Inc. release dated 26 November 2020 records founder Donald R. Adams II proclaiming the fourth Sunday of June as National Fatherless Children’s Day and ident…
Alley Cat Allies states that it created National Feral Cat Day® in 2001 for October 16. Its primary archives document the 2017 evolution to Global Cat Day® and current material treats Natio…
Splash created the inaugural National Field Marketer’s Day for September 23, 2021 and stated annual intent; official Cvent community material for Splash continued the September 23 celebrati…
National Day Calendar’s proclamation identifies Jeffrey D. Kern of Movie Scores and More Radio as founder and April 3 as the annual observance date.
Michigan DIFS identifies August 14 as National Financial Awareness Day in 2025, and Tennessee TDCI identifies Friday, August 14, 2026 as the observance date.
RoGallery’s October 16, 2018 creator account says it created the first annual National Fine Art Appreciation Day for October 25, chosen because it is Pablo Picasso’s birthday; later current…
The National First Ladies Day Commission says the observance was founded in 2021 and schedules its annual celebration on the last Saturday in April.
The U.S. Fire Administration recognizes 28 October as National First Responders Day; presidential proclamation records also use that date for national recognition.
National Day Archives records National Fish Taco Day on January 25 and attributes its creation to Rubio’s Coastal Grill in 2018; current event listings continue to tie the date to Rubio’s p…
The National Fitness Day organization states that the observance started in 2017 and is celebrated on the first Saturday of May in the United States.
National Day Calendar lists National Florida Day on January 25 within its privately created National State Days series. Florida’s March 3, 1845 statehood date is kept separate, and Indigeno…
Holland America Line announced April 6 as National Food Faces Day in honor of chef Rudi Sodamin’s food-art work; observance registration corroborates the date.
The official National Food Truck Day campaign states that the observance is always held on the last Friday in June.
National Day Archives lists National Football Day on July 19; the evidence establishes a calendar date at registry level, not an NFL or government designation.
The Industrial Truck Association’s 13th annual National Forklift Safety Day was held June 9, 2026; OSHA also published remarks for that event.
Federal records show Congress designated April 9, 1987 as National Former POW Recognition Day and President Reagan proclaimed it on April 8, 1987; VA materials continue annual April 9 remem…
The U.S. Senate agreed to S.Res.268 in 2000 designating July 22, 2000 as National Fragile X Awareness Day; the National Fragile X Foundation continues to use July 22 as the recurring awaren…
36 U.S.C. §124 authorizes an annual presidential proclamation of February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate President Lincoln’s February 1, 1865 signing of the joint resolution propo…
National Freedom of Information Day is observed on March 16, James Madison’s birthday. Congress designated March 16, 1987 as Freedom of Information Day in Public Law 99-539 and President Ro…
Benihana declared September 20 the first annual National Fried Rice Day in 2018 and has continued to associate the observance with that date.
Hallmark first-party material traces the Friendship Day idea to founder J.C. Hall in 1919, while National Day Calendar supports the current first-Sunday-in-August U.S. recurrence. This iden…
The official National Fruit at Work Day site states the observance is celebrated on the first Tuesday of October and is presented by The FruitGuys.
USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture lists April 14 as National Gardening Day in its 2026 social-media toolkit.
National Day Archives lists National Garfield the Cat Day on June 19; this matches Garfield’s widely recognized June 19 birthday, but the guide remains narrowly registry/date scoped.
National Day Calendar attributes National Get Out of the Doghouse Day to florist Heidi Richards Mooney in 1999 and gives the recurring rule as the third Monday in July; a USPTO trademark pu…
U.S. Figure Skating states that it founded National Get Up Day and has celebrated it annually on 1 February, with the campaign centered on perseverance and getting back up after setbacks.
Girl Me Too first-party material verifies April 7 and founder Symonia Montgomery. Because the organizer says the first celebration was in 2016 while National Day Calendar says 2017, the exa…
National Day Calendar’s proclamation archive states that Ketel One Botanical founded the observance in 2018 and set it annually for September 22.
National Day Calendar identifies Linda Eaton Hall-Fulcher as the founder of National Give Something Away Day in 2015 and records July 15 as the annual date.
The American Golf Industry Coalition documents its 18th annual National Golf Day in Washington, D.C. in May 2026 and separately announces May 3–5, 2027 for the next edition. The dates are o…
National Day Archives and National Day Calendar place National Golf Lover’s Day on October 4; National Day Calendar links the date to the first U.S. Open while leaving the observance origin…
The current National Good Neighbor Day organizer uses September 28. Historical congressional materials contain date-specific and fourth-Sunday recognition formulations, so the record does n…
Schnucks’ first-party page states that National Gooey Butter Cake Day is August 12 and that the observance was created by Schnucks; supporting observance history dates the launch to 2019.
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record states that Siete Family Foods founded National Grain-Free Day in 2019 and that the registrar proclaimed it annually on February 21.
36 U.S.C. §125 requests an annual presidential proclamation for the first Sunday in September after Labor Day; 1978 proclamation and 1979 law history are preserved separately.
Rolf Benirschke’s first-party biography identifies September 7, 2017 as the inaugural National Grateful Patient Day and launch of the Grateful Patient Project; National Day Calendar records…
National Day Calendar records September 23 as National Great American Pot Pie Day and attributes creation of the observance to Marie Callender’s in 2002.
National Day Archives records Lovepop Cards as creator in March 2021 for an annual April 1 observance; Lovepop first-party material ties April 1 to its April 1, 2014 launch anniversary and…
Local-government proclamations consistently recognize August 30 and identify Angie Cartwright as the 2014 founder; no federal legal-holiday status or exclusive current national facilitator…
The National Guard identifies 13 December as its birthday.
NuMe identifies founder/CEO Sabrina Maren as the creator of National Hair Day, describes an October 1 launch in 2017, and states that the observance returns every October 1; first-party mat…
The Animal Medical Center’s 2026 veterinary-awareness calendar and National Day Calendar both place Hairball Awareness Day on the last Friday in April.
Beauty-industry material published on May 27 states that Booksy designated May 27 as National Hairstylist Mental Health Awareness Day; current observance listings attribute the 2021 creatio…
Wendy’s and BurgerFi first-party materials identify May 28 as National Hamburger Day in separate years.
National Day Calendar identifies National Hawaii Day as its private July 5 National State Day founded within the 2017 series. Federal and NPS/OHA sources keep August 21, 1959 statehood, the…
The Conversation Project states that National Healthcare Decisions Day is an annual April 16 initiative founded in 2008 by attorney Nathan Kottkamp to encourage advance-care-planning conver…
Healthy Fats Coalition material calls March 21 National Healthy Fats Day, describes the 2022 observance as the fifth annual edition, and identifies the day as the coalition’s brainchild.
Consecutive New York legislative resolutions describe National Heat Awareness Day as observed each year on the last Friday in May. NWS and OSHA provide authoritative heat-safety guidance, b…
CDC records that the 2011 HHS viral hepatitis action plan established May 19 as National Hepatitis Testing Day and that the first observance occurred in 2012; current CDC material continues…
Puget Sound Educational Service District identifies June 6 as National Higher Education Day and traces the 2015 founding to Izamar Olaguez and Marcie Hronis.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says National Hire a Veteran Day is recognized annually on July 25 and traces the observance to Dan Caporale in 2017.
HIV.gov states that National HIV Testing Day is June 27 and was first observed on June 27, 1995; the federal HIV history timeline identifies the National Association of People With AIDS (NA…
HIV.gov and NIH identify September 18 as National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. NIH states that The AIDS Institute launched the observance on September 18, 2008; current federal materia…
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty states that National Home Warranty Day is celebrated every February 10, identifies 2-10 as founder, and credits employee Tahlia Hersch with founding the day in 201…
SAGE/National Resource Center materials identify May 16 as National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day; congressional resolutions have also recognized the observance.
ASPCA and a New York State legislative resolution recognize March 1 as National Horse Protection Day; the resolution traces its establishment to Colleen Paige in 2005.
Dunkin first-party material identifies January 31 as National Hot Chocolate Day in multiple archived pieces.
The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council’s current planning guide places National Hot Dog Day on the third Wednesday in July. Current steward/date rule are verified, while original creator…
The Tea Council of the USA announced the first National Hot Tea Day for January 12, 2016 and continued using January 12 in later annual campaigns.
WEX first-party releases identify October 15, 2019 as the inaugural National Health Savings Account Awareness Day and WEX continued marking HSA Day on October 15 through 2025. IRS materials…
National Day Calendar identifies National Hug Your Hound Day as the second Sunday in September and attributes its creation to Ami Moore. Independent calendar corroboration produces dates co…
The U.S. Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 40 on June 22, 2007 supporting the goals and ideals of observing a National Day of Human Trafficking Awareness on January 11 each year. The reviewed r…
ARS/Rescue Rooter says it established National HVAC Tech Day in 2016 and celebrates it on June 22.
PPAI explicitly identifies National I Love My Dentist Day on June 2; current observance sources corroborate the date while the original founder remains unresolved.
The U.S. Census Bureau currently describes National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in July and traces it to President Reagan’s 1984 proclamation. The Reagan Library text shows that the o…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Idaho Day on May 17 within the 2017 National State Days series. The U.S. Senate separately records July 3, 1890 statehood, while Idaho educa…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Illinois Day on December 7 within the National State Days series. The U.S. Senate separately records December 3, 1818 statehood, while Illin…
The Brewers Association lists National Independent Beer Run Day on July 3 annually. Its 2019 stewardship report identifies 2019 as the first campaign and explains that July 3 was chosen to…
National Day Archives records National Independent Worker Day on August 16 and attributes its creation to iPSE-U.S. in 2019; current brand recognition provides additional corroboration.
National Day Calendar lists its private National Indiana Day on November 16. Indiana law separately designates December 11 as Indiana Day for the statehood anniversary, while federal and In…
A New York Senate resolution identifies Beverly Barna as the creator and states that National Infertility Survival Day is observed each year on the Sunday prior to Mother’s Day.
June 28 recurrence is strongly supported by repeated Michigan DIFS government usage and current observance listings, but reviewed sources do not establish the creator, first edition, foundi…
Minnesota Judicial Branch explicitly references National Interpreter Appreciation Day on Wednesday, May 6, 2026; Illinois court and public-school calendars place the observance on Wednesday…
Primary federal records show that Public Law 95-463 designated February 11, 1979 as National Inventors’ Day and authorized a Carter proclamation; later federal instruments again designated…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Iowa Day on February 8. Federal history separately records December 28, 1846 statehood, while State Historical Society of Iowa sources docum…
Buona Companies states that it founded/established National Italian Beef Day in 2015 after petitioning to designate the Saturday during U.S. Memorial Day weekend; its 2025 and 2026 first-pa…
Institutional sources recognize National K-9 Veterans Day on March 13 and tie the date to the U.S. Army War Dog Program launched March 13, 1942. Reviewed authoritative sources do not establ…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Kentucky Day on October 19. Federal history separately records June 1, 1792 statehood, while Kentucky’s Native American Heritage Commission…
Founder Colleen Paige states that she created National Kids & Pets Day in 2005 and her current holiday listing places it on April 26. The exact first completed edition and reason for select…
California ACR 86 describes National KidsDay as a special day set aside each year on the first Sunday in August and identifies a National KidsDay Alliance including Boys & Girls Clubs of Am…
Colleen Paige’s current official site lists National Kitten Day on July 10. A contemporaneous December 4, 2014 launch release identifies Paige as founder, describes National Kitten Day as a…
GovInfo’s 2026 federal feature recognizes July 27 as Korean War Armistice Day and pays tribute to Korean War veterans; 36 U.S.C. §127 preserves the earlier statutory National Korean War Vet…
Healthy Fats Coalition calls National Lard Day its brainchild and repeatedly marks December 8; its own press index links a December 8, 2018 supporter article describing the first annual obs…
Federal HIV/CDC sources identify October 15 as the annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and document the first observance in 2003. CDC states that the Latino Commission on AIDS and His…
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) currently runs National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day on January 9; a District of Columbia announcement documents the January 9, 2015 launch with…
FBI outreach material identifies September 26 as National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day; Blue H.E.L.P. states the day was created to remember officers lost to suicide and reduce sti…
Creator-issued Swimways releases state that Swimways founded National Learn to Swim Day™ in 2012 on the third Saturday of May each year; a 2019 Swimways release documents expansion of the p…
Tandy Leather states that it started National Leathercraft Day in 2018 and celebrates it on August 15; National Day Calendar records the Registrar’s annual August 15 proclamation.
The Smithsonian National Museum of American History identifies December 7 as National Letter Writing Day, and the University of Michigan Clements Library documented the same date in 2009 wh…
National Day Calendar identifies Liran Hirschkorn as the 2014 submitter and May 2 as the recurring private observance date; exact first public edition remains unresolved.
The Black Heart Association currently describes National Little Black Dress Day as its signature awareness initiative, says it is observed annually on September 1, and states that the assoc…
Landry Champlin’s current first-party biography says she started National Live Fearless Day; National Day Archives identifies Champlin as the creator in 2020 and September 2 as the annual d…
GovInfo records S. Res. 905, submitted and agreed to by the U.S. Senate on September 24, 2026, designating September 25, 2026 as National Lobster Day. Earlier Senate resolutions also design…
National Day Calendar preserves creator Jack Etzel’s first-person account of originating the observance in Pittsburgh in the 1980s and contacting Chase’s Calendar, while Pittsburgh Magazine…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Louisiana Day on November 9. Louisiana law separately designates April 30 as Louisiana Day (not a legal holiday), matching the 1812 statehoo…
National Day Calendar identifies Rosie Aiello and the Love Is Kind Network as the founders and proclaims National Love Is Kind Day to be observed annually on July 27.
A creator-issued 2007 Love Our Children USA release calls National Love Our Children Day an initiative of Love Our Children USA, describes that year as the fourth annual edition, and states…
Lifeline Church’s lead-pastor biography states that he and church leaders founded National Love People Day in 2017 and that it is celebrated annually on September 30.
New York Senate resolutions in multiple years identify February 20 as Love Your Pet Day in conjunction with the observation of National Love Your Pet Day.
How to be a Redhead states that its co-founders created Love Your Red Hair Day and celebrates it on November 5.
National Day Calendar lists its private National Maine Day on December 21 and describes the National State Days series as beginning in 2017. Maine separately designates March 15 as Statehoo…
National Day Calendar and launch-era material attribute the 2016 observance to TGI Fridays and place it on April 13.
National Day Calendar consistently places National Make Your Bed Day on September 11 and explicitly notes that its origin is unidentified.
Creator-authored material identifies Greshun De Bouse as founder of National Making the First Move Day; contemporaneous 2019 reporting documents her work to establish the April 7 observance…
National Day Calendar lists National Massachusetts Day on 17 August. The U.S. Senate records Massachusetts’s admission/statehood date as 6 February 1788. The two dates are deliberately kept…
Laura Geller Beauty’s own releases identify April 9 as National Mature Women’s Day and state that the brand created the observance.
Contemporaneous May 2020 optometry coverage reports that Bio-Tissue announced the first National Mechanical Dry Eye Day for May 19 and annual recurrence; later Bio-Tissue-sourced campaign a…
Creator Anne C. Totero states that she created and began advocating for Mental Health Provider Appreciation Day in 2020, with an unofficial first observance on May 12, 2020. Wisconsin later…
National Day Calendar lists National Michigan Day on 18 January. The U.S. Senate records Michigan’s admission/statehood date as 26 January 1837. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…
Aesthetics Biomedical first-party/trade evidence places the originating National Microneedling Day / National Vivace Microneedling Day campaign on October 26 beginning in 2020 and calls 202…
Military Brats Registry’s origin page, dated January 2, 2015 and currently maintained, proposes congressional recognition while itself naming April 30 each year as the unofficial Military B…
National Day Archives records October 5 of each calendar year and identifies Broken Jarhead, LLC as the 2021 creator; a founder-supplied account likewise states that the paperwork establish…
Current observance sources conflict: National Day Archives lists May 10, while National Day Calendar and National Today use the second Saturday in May. No controlling creator or legal instr…
National Day Calendar lists National Minnesota Day on 1 March. The U.S. Senate records Minnesota’s admission/statehood date as 11 May 1858. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so t…
HRSA’s August 2025 health observance calendar lists National Minority Donor Awareness Day on August 1; peer-reviewed MOTTEP history documents its August 1, 1996 inauguration.
National Day Calendar lists National Mississippi Day on 30 November. The U.S. Senate records Mississippi’s admission/statehood date as 10 December 1817. The two dates are deliberately kept…
National Day Calendar lists National Missouri Day on 4 January. The U.S. Senate records Missouri’s admission/statehood date as 10 August 1821. The two dates are deliberately kept separate s…
A New York State Senate resolution states that Rick and Margie Segel established the observance and that it is celebrated every March 29. A 2010 Ford release quoting Rick Segel ties March 2…
National Day Calendar lists National Montana Day on 3 May. The U.S. Senate records Montana’s admission/statehood date as 8 November 1889. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so the…
A SMIRNOFF-supplied October 20, 2016 launch release states that SMIRNOFF and Foodimentary were declaring March 3 National Moscow Mule Day, explains the “3-3” date rationale, and says the ho…
Dairyland’s current first-party page states that National Motorcycle Day is celebrated on the second Friday in July and identifies July 10, 2026. Dairyland’s creator-provided 2021 release s…
GNC launched the first National Multivitamin Day in 2024 and states that the observance is held on the third Saturday of September; current 2026 calendar treatment resolves that rule to Sep…
NIH identifies National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day as an annual March 20 observance first observed in 2007 and organized by the National Native HIV Network. CDC archival and organizer ma…
National Day Calendar lists National Nebraska Day on 5 April. The U.S. Senate records Nebraska’s admission/statehood date as 1 March 1867. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so th…
U.S. Senate Resolution 650 records National Neighbor Day as an annual observance on the Sunday before Memorial Day weekend in May and notes its 1993 Westerly, Rhode Island origin.
National Day Calendar lists National New Hampshire Day on 7 September. The U.S. Senate records New Hampshire’s admission/statehood date as 21 June 1788. The two dates are deliberately kept…
National Day Calendar lists National New Jersey Day on 27 July. The U.S. Senate records New Jersey’s admission/statehood date as 18 December 1787. The two dates are deliberately kept separa…
National Day Calendar lists National New Mexico Day on 14 June. The U.S. Senate records New Mexico’s admission/statehood date as 6 January 1912. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…
Zapier states that it launched National No-Code Day as an annual celebration and that it is observed every March 11.
National Day Calendar lists National North Carolina Day on 28 September. The U.S. Senate records North Carolina’s admission/statehood date as 21 November 1789. The two dates are deliberatel…
National Day Calendar lists National North Dakota Day on 19 April. The U.S. Senate records North Dakota’s admission/statehood date as 2 November 1889. The two dates are deliberately kept se…
Current observance references identify January 16, Harold Pullman Coffin as the 1972 proposer and 1973 as the first-observance year; long-running Chase’s Calendar coverage corroborates the…
ANA history and federal primary records establish May 6 professional recognition and the date-specific 1982 National Recognition Day for Nurses while separating the later Nurses Week framew…
The 2026 AHCA/NCAL Healthcare Observances Calendar lists National Nursing Assistants’ Day on June 17 and separately lists National Nursing Assistants Week June 11–17, while NAHCA publishes…
National Day Calendar lists National Ohio Day on 2 November. The U.S. Senate records Ohio’s current statehood date as 1 March 1803 and notes the 1953 congressional resolution that establish…
National Day Archives identifies One United Race as the 2019 founder and gives the fourth Saturday in October; current calendars preserve the same recurrence.
National Day Calendar states the observance was established in 2016 and proclaimed for September 15 annually; universities continue to recognize the same date.
A FirstFruits Farms release published on December 8, 2022 identifies December 9, 2022 as the inaugural National Opal Apples Day, and current Opal Apples brand materials continue to maintain…
Indian Health Service identifies September 21 as National Opioid Awareness Day; Alabama Department of Mental Health calls September 21 an annual observance in 2025 and 2026. A separately do…
National Day Calendar lists National Oregon Day on 8 March. The U.S. Senate records Oregon’s admission/statehood date as 14 February 1859. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so th…
Current historical references identify Lisa Kanarek as creator, trace the observance to 1992, and document a move from the fourth Tuesday in March (1992–1999) to the second Tuesday beginnin…
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record states that Antoine’s Restaurant founded National Oysters Rockefeller Day, with the first observance in 2017, and sets January 10 as the annual d…
A contemporaneous April 2015 announcement published by DIELINE states that Design Packaging established May 7 as National Packaging Design Day and that it would recur annually; DIELINE mark…
IHOP declared on 23 February 2026 that the first Tuesday of March is its annual National Pancake Day; prior editions are preserved as date-specific brand events rather than retroactively fo…
The American Bar Association states that NALA, NFPA, NALS and AAfPE joined in 2024 to establish National Paralegal Day on August 6; NALA records the first celebration on August 6, 2024 and…
The National Park Service identifies 25 August 1916 as the date of the Organic Act creating the agency and recognizes 25 August as Founders Day.
Elanco states that it launched the first National Parvo Awareness Day on 23 April 2024 and that the day recurs on the fourth Tuesday in April; independent veterinary guidance supports preve…
Independent institutional sources from ACS CAN (2024), California CDCR (2025) and Patients For Affordable Drugs (2026) recognize National Patient Advocacy Day on August 19; the reviewed ins…
Virginia Department of Health material identifies National Patient Recognition Day on February 3 within National Patient Recognition Week; observance references trace the day to John O’Mall…
36 U.S.C. §129 designates December 7 as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and requests annual proclamations and half-staff display; historical notes trace the designation to Public Law…
American Pecan Council material verifies July 12 industry usage; original creator, first edition and date rationale remain unresolved.
National Day Calendar lists National Pennsylvania Day on 20 July. The U.S. Senate records Pennsylvania’s admission/statehood date as 12 December 1787. These are separate facts: the calendar…
Williams Sonoma’s first-party releases identify December 1 as the annual National Peppermint Bark Day celebration; current observance history also attributes the holiday launch to Williams…
Current National Day Calendar material places National Personal Chef Day on July 16 and attributes a 1991 USPCA origin, while USPCA independently documents 1991 personal-chef industry histo…
Fusion Academy’s creator-side launch release announced the first National Personalized Learning Day for January 21, 2026, states that it will recur annually on January 21, and explains 1/21…
BEAK/myBird states that BEAK created National Pet Bird Day in 2019 and that it takes place September 17 each year; avian-veterinary material supports responsible-ownership boundaries.
East Bay SPCA first-party records establish National Pet Care for All Day on April 24, 2024, identify that date as the first celebration, and tie it to the organization’s 150th anniversary…
Innovet announced National Pet CBD Day for April 21 in 2019; archival observance material continues to identify April 21 and Innovet as the creator.
Bow Wow Labs identifies June 22 as National Pet Choking Prevention Day, created to raise awareness of choking hazards for pets.
Founder Colleen Paige’s current holiday list places National Pet Day on April 11, and the U.S. Census Bureau lists National Pet Day on April 11 in its current April resources.
AKC and ADT launched the inaugural National Pet Fire Safety Day in July 2009; current first-party pages continue the July 15 awareness campaign.
The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention states that its National Pet Obesity Day is recognized each year on the second Wednesday in October and identifies the 2023 observance as National…
The Animal Medical Center’s 2026 calendar and National Day Calendar identify National Pet Parents Day as the last Sunday in April.
A 2025 Forbes interview with founder Deirdre “Dee” Morris documents why she selected August 8 and describes 2025 as the fifth annual U.S. National Pickleball Day; current observance sources…
The American Pie Council currently promotes National Pie Day on January 23; institutional historical material also attributes an earlier 1970s start to Charlie Papazian, so creator/first-ye…
National Day Calendar’s private proclamation record attributes the 2019 founding to Share Our Style Foundation and records an annual November 25 proclamation; first edition and current faci…
The official National Play Outside Day site states that the observance occurs on the first Saturday of every month and records the first National Play Outside Day on April 2, 2011.
Hasbro states that National PLAY-DOH Day is celebrated annually on September 16 and was created by Hasbro in 2006. Hasbro states that the U.S. observance had been recognized since 2006 when…
National Day Calendar credits Women Rock, Inc. with founding the observance and says the registrar proclaimed annual observance beginning in 2017; the current calendar places it on October…
The Popcorn Board currently uses January 19 for National Popcorn Day but explicitly states that it does not know how or when the celebration began and documents historical date ambiguity.
Current calendar references place the observance on March 5 annually and identify Charmin as having created it in 2014.
Public Law 95-349 designated July 18, 1979 as National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day and President Jimmy Carter issued Proclamation 4664 for that inaugural observance. Current Defense POW/M…
The Missouri Prairie Foundation says it founded National Prairie Day in 2016 and observes it annually on the first Saturday in June; its current 2026 programme identifies 6 June 2026.
MISTR and SISTR announced the first National PrEP Day for October 10, 2025. Independent health-sector reporting corroborated the launch, and a September 2026 Illinois legislative release de…
Virginia Department of Education bulletins identify National Preschool Teachers Appreciation Day on March 21 in 2025 and March 20 in 2026, establishing the recurring third-Friday-in-March p…
National Today published a contemporaneous June 2024 launch describing the first annual National Pride Prom Day on the fourth Saturday in June. EventGuide lists June 22, 2024 as the new obs…
National Day Calendar records the American House Cleaners Association as founder and September 17 as the annual observance date.
Viant’s Adelphic announced the launch of the first annual National Programmatic Advertising Day in 2019 and states that the registered day occurs each year on November 7 to recognize progra…
A contemporaneous 17 September 2012 GoodTherapy/Psychotherapy Foundation announcement identifies 25 September 2012 as the first annual National Psychotherapy Day.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs identifies 27 June as PTSD Awareness Day; congressional records also document National PTSD Awareness Day recognition on that date.
The American Public Gardens Association documents National Public Gardens Day as an annual tradition on the Friday preceding Mother’s Day weekend and records its inauguration in 2009.
A 2000 NCAR/UCAR release says National Public Science Day was sponsored by AAAS and celebrated on February 17; current observance references continue to use February 17 annually.
Sonny’s BBQ states that National Pulled Pork Day started in 2016 and that it celebrates the observance every October 12.
Founder interview and institutional/media coverage identify Jeff Rubin as creator, September 24 as the annual date and 2004 as the reported launch year; exact first public annual edition re…
Founder Colleen Paige’s current holiday list places National Puppy Day on March 23; the U.S. Census Bureau also lists National Puppy Day on March 23 in public education resources.
Bailing Out Benji states it created National Puppy Mill Survivor Day in September 2021 and that it takes place on September 30 each calendar year.
The American Kennel Club identifies 1 May as National Purebred Dog Day and its May 2026 Gazette explicitly celebrates the date.
August 20 is strongly institutionally corroborated, while the current National Radio Day organizer explicitly states that there is no one authoritative source for the observance’s origin; c…
Contemporary 1909 reporting documents an April 30 Raisin Day campaign organized by California raisin growers; USDA history records Fresno’s first Raisin Day parade on April 30, 1909 and ann…
RANCH2O Spirits currently states that it gave Ranch Water a national holiday and publishes April 11; the creator-submitted National Day Archives record dates creation to February 2021 and a…
New York Senate Resolution J5006 describes National Receptionists Day as the second Wednesday in May and records its 1991 creation by the Director of the National Receptionists Association.
F45 Training launched National Recommit to Your Fitness Day in 2025 as an annual April 5 initiative; its first-party announcement says 4/5 is a nod to the F45 name.
Current creator first-party material identifies Dr. Femi Ogunjinmi as founder and states that National Relationship Equity Day is celebrated every June 24; National Day Archives attributes…
The Hesch Firm-issued 2018 founder release establishes March 6 and Joel D. Hesch as founder. The campaign title itself uses “General Service Administration,” while official GSA material ide…
The Hesch Firm-issued May 2018 founder release states the observance is celebrated May 8 and says Joel D. Hesch formed it in 2018. DOJ material is retained only for current False Claims Act…
The Hesch Firm’s contemporaneous April 5, 2018 announcement identifies Joel D. Hesch as creator and April 10 as the observance date; current IRS sources provide the authoritative reporting…
National Day Archives identifies October 2, a 2017 start and The Hesch Firm as creator; current Hesch Firm material corroborates the campaign subject, while HHS-OIG supplies current officia…
FBI Phoenix explicitly recognized National Report Medicare Fraud Day on September 12, while observance records attribute the campaign to former DOJ attorney Joel Hesch and the Hesch Firm.
The Hesch Firm-issued June 2018 founder release establishes July 2, says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance in 2018, and frames it as a private fraud-awareness campaign. Current DoD OIG ma…
A creator-provided Hesch Firm release identifies January 23 as National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day and says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance, with the campaign beginning in 2017.
The Hesch Firm-issued June 2018 founder release establishes June 26 and says Joel D. Hesch formed the observance in 2018. Current Acquisition.gov material is used for the Trade Agreements A…
National Day Archives currently records August 21 and attributes the observance to The Hesch Firm / Joel D. Hesch with a 2017 start. No surviving first-party Hesch founder source for this s…
The official National Rescue Dog Day site and Tails That Teach identify Lisa Wiehebrink as founder, state the observance was founded in 2018 and maintain annual May 20 recurrence; National…
Contemporaneous 2008 reporting identifies the first annual National RESPECT! Day on September 19, 2008 through the Family Violence Prevention Fund–Macy’s campaign; current histories record…
Trademark records connect Hyperkin, Inc. with the NATIONAL RETRO VIDEO GAME DAY mark filed in 2016, while observance references consistently place the day on March 8.
National Day Calendar lists private National Rhode Island Day on October 5 within its National State Days series. It remains separate from Rhode Island’s May 29, 1790 ratification/statehood…
National Day Archives records the day as created in April 2021 by Dale Garwood and recurring annually on April 2; Days Of The Year independently identifies Dale Garwood as founder and April…
American Rivers operates National River Cleanup® as a network of cleanup events held throughout the year; organizers register an event date, so there is no single universal recurring Nation…
A&W’s first-party company history states that every August 6 the brand celebrates National Root Beer Float Day, and A&W’s dedicated observance materials likewise use August 6.
National Day Archives records National Rotate Your Beer Day on May 1 and attributes it to Superior Beverage Group, while Days Of The Year independently places it on May 1.
Boston Market announced the first National Rotisserie Chicken Day for June 2, 2015 and described it as a new annual observance; a later company release again celebrated the day on June 2.
NOSORH states that National Rural Health Day has been observed on the third Thursday of November since 2011.
Schmersal/tec.nicum states that it founded National SAFER Workplace Day, first observed on 30 June 2023, on the last Friday of June; its current page lists 25 June 2027.
Chicken of the Sea-created launch material establishes National Salmon Day as an annual October 8 observance beginning in 2015; current Chicken of the Sea material continues to use October…
National Day Calendar states that KCI, Inc. founded/submitted National SAN Architect Day and that the Registrar proclaimed it to be observed annually on May 3.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center states that January 10 is designated National Save the Eagles Day. Creator, launch year and exclusive current organize…
CDC/NIOSH explicitly identifies May 31 as National Save Your Hearing Day; longstanding professional materials also use the May 31 observance.
Capital One states that it founded National Savings Day and celebrates it yearly on October 12; National Day Calendar records annual observance beginning in 2017.
Lifetouch states that it declared National School Picture Day in 2019 and set it for the second Thursday in September each year.
ScreenwritingU announced National Screenwriters Day for January 5 and identifies itself as the creator; current observance registry material retains the January 5 date.
Volvo Car USA’s November 14, 2019 launch release identifies the first National Seat Belt Day and names Volvo, Uber and the Governors Highway Safety Association as launch partners, with Nove…
NHTSA identifies National Seat Check Saturday as the closing Saturday of Child Passenger Safety Week. The agency lists September 26 for 2026 and different dates in other editions, so the da…
One Warm Coat states that National Share the Warmth Day is celebrated annually on the third Tuesday of October; its 2026 campaign page resolves that rule to October 20, 2026.
DSW/Designer Brands and Soles4Souls identify August 15 as National Shoe Donation Day; the first named observance was in 2025 and current partners continue to use the date.
Film Movement states that it founded National Short Film Day in 2019 and first observed it on December 28, 2019; National Day Calendar records the annual December 28 rule and the Lumière-an…
New Wave Enviro Products’ creator-issued January 27, 2015 press release states that National Shower with a Friend Day was created for February 5 to add humor to winter while promoting aware…
Jace Shoemaker-Galloway’s current holiday list places National Siamese Cat Day on April 6, and UPI reports that she declared April 6, 2014 to be the first annual observance to encourage she…
The Siblings Day Foundation states that its mission since 1995 has included establishing National Siblings Day annually on 10 April.
National Day Calendar identifies the first Sunday in August as the annual date and attributes creation in 1996 to Tricia Eleogram; New Jersey workforce-engagement material independently use…
Pretty Loaded states that it submitted National Situational Awareness Day in 2015 and continues to mark September 26 annually. National Day Calendar records the 2015 submission/declaration…
National Day Archives records August 24 as National SKAM Artist Day and identifies SKAM Artist as the 2020 founder; current annual calendars preserve August 24.
The day registry identifies June 1 annually and records Higher Education Skincare as the creator in 2020; current calendar coverage preserves the same recurring date.
Klement’s company history states that it founded National Snack Stick Day in 2016 and ties the celebration to September 23.
National Day Archives identifies January 8, names Tracey Glover as founder and dates the founding to 2019; independent current observance coverage corroborates the January 8 recurrence, fou…
National Day Archives and National Today both place the informal observance on July 28; neither reviewed source establishes a statutory designation, reliable creator, first observance or ex…
American Licorice Company currently maintains National Sour Candy Day campaign material, while National Day Calendar identifies American Licorice Company as founder in 2015 and July 18 as t…
National Day Calendar lists the private National South Carolina Day on August 31. The U.S. Senate records South Carolina’s statehood/ratification date as May 23, 1788, while South Carolina…
National Day Calendar lists the private National South Dakota Day on April 26. The U.S. Senate records South Dakota’s admission on November 2, 1889, and South Dakota law separately establis…
National Day Archives records October 18 annual recurrence and an October 2021 creation on behalf of Jack Nunnery; a New Jersey government DEIB calendar independently lists the date. RAINN…
National Day Calendar records May 3 as National Specially-Abled Pets Day and attributes its founding to animal advocate Colleen Paige; archived creator material is also referenced by indepe…
Institute for International Sport materials and congressional records identify the program as an annual observance launched in 1991; historical administrator materials specify the first Tue…
The City of Hoboken recognized 2 May 2026 as National Start Seeing Monarchs Day, while the current observance registry gives the reusable rule as the first Saturday of May.
Freddy’s official materials identify February 24 as National Steakburger Day and describe the brand’s annual celebration.
The U.S. Census Bureau identifies September 16 as Stepfamily Day and traces the observance to Christy Tusing-Borgeld in 1997.
National Day Calendar and school-safety resources trace the observance to a 2009 student initiative and place Stop Bullying Day on the second Wednesday of October.
Reliefband Technologies states that it created National Stop Nausea Day and that it is celebrated on the third Tuesday in May each year.
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record identifies Galbani Cheese as the 2017 founder and establishes September 20 as the annual observance date.
The American Nurses Association states that its Board, at the request of the National Student Nurses Association, designated May 8 in 1997 and that the day was celebrated annually as of 199…
The NCAA marks National Student-Athlete Day on April 6 and uses the observance to recognize student-athlete accomplishments in academics, well-being and community service.
Supply Chain Now’s official National Supply Chain Day page states that the celebration takes place every April 29 and identifies Mary Kate Love as founder; current 2026 programming confirms…
National Day Calendar identifies July 30 as an annual observance and attributes its creation to Chris Janotta, founder of SOS Million Teacher March.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce states that National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day is celebrated each year on the third Wednesday in October.
National Day Calendar’s proclamation record identifies the founders and establishes August 22 as the annual observance date; the Society of Surgical Oncology has also recognized the day.
National Day Calendar identifies Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation as founder, places the observance on September 15 and records annual observance beginning in 2017. Current T…
The American Lung Association describes National Take the Stairs Day as an annual observance on the second Wednesday of January.
Feline Veterinary Medical Association material identifies August 22 as National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day and uses the observance for feline wellness-visit education; reviewed sources do…
National Day Calendar states that the observance is promoted annually by KIWI Magazine and occurs on the second Wednesday in October.
PDPlay says it established the observance in 2009 and that president John Ogden conceptualized it. Older PDPlay material used the Saturday before Easter weekend; current PDPlay material pro…
National Day Calendar and elevator-industry company TK Elevator independently define the recurrence as the last Friday in July rather than a fixed month/day.
National Day Archives identifies May 12 and TOP as the 2020 founder; TOP co-founder Denielle Finkelstein later stated first-hand that TOP founded the day in 2020. FDA guidance is used only…
National Day Archives records August 8 each year for National Tarantula Appreciation Day and identifies Palp Friction Tarantulas as the creator in 2019.
Frisch’s launch material designated the first Friday of Lent as National Tartar Sauce Day, making the Gregorian date move with Ash Wednesday/Lent.
NEA traces National Teacher Day to Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1953 advocacy, records congressional recognition in 1980, and says that since 1985 it has celebrated the day on the Tuesday of the fir…
National Day Calendar lists the private October 26 National Tennessee Day. The U.S. Senate records June 1, 1796 statehood. Tennessee tourism later recognized the private day in 2022, but th…
National Day Archives gives February 17 and identifies Maria Oddy as the creator in 2020, with the inaugural observance described for 2021.
National Today places National Testosterone Awareness Day on November 17 annually, while Marius Pharmaceuticals’ 2024 release independently anchored a nonprofit launch to National Testoster…
Advanced Thermal Solutions sponsors National Thermal Engineer Day, supports a 2015 launch period, currently identifies July 24, and explains the heat-themed date rationale; a conflicting 20…
UFCW national and local materials identify National Third Shift Workers Day on the second Wednesday in May and document union observance activity by at least 2017.
American Hiking Society says it conceived National Trails Day in 1991 and launched the first event on 5 June 1993; current organizer material keeps the recurrence on the first Saturday in J…
Aon Affinity Travel states that its travel practice started National Travel Insurance Claims Day in 2019; USTIA recognizes the recurring May 14 observance. Coverage and claim outcomes remai…
Dr. Marty Pets announced the inaugural National Treat Your Pet Day for October 30, 2021 as a new annual holiday; registry/current sources retain October 30.
Historical reporting directly attributes Underdog Day to P. Moeller of Clio, Michigan; modern observance histories identify 1976 as the first observed year and preserve the third-Friday-in-…
The Upcycled Food Association states that Upcycling Day is celebrated annually on June 24; the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency independently promoted a June 24 webinar in honor of Nati…
The official campaign identifies Tracy Tilson as founder, January 18, 2020 as the first edition, and the third Saturday of January as the recurring annual date.
National Day Calendar lists the private May 31 National Utah Day. The U.S. Senate records January 4, 1896 statehood. Utah Division of Indian Affairs sources document eight federally recogni…
National Day Archives records February 28 as National Vegan Lipstick Day and identifies CakeLipps as the 2020 founder; the date commemorates the founders’ grandmother’s birthday.
National Day Calendar attributes the observance to Amy’s Kitchen and June 5, while Amy’s own 2017 release calls that year the second annual celebration. The lifecycle conflict is preserved…
National Day Calendar lists the private October 12 National Vermont Day. The U.S. Senate records March 4, 1791 statehood. Vermont Commission sources document four state-recognized Abenaki t…
National Day Calendar’s private proclamation record lists February 19 and attributes a 2019 founding to Vet Girls ROCK. No current first-party Vet Girls ROCK/AVWA source was verified, so cr…
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs identifies March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day and describes the national commemoration of Vietnam veterans and their families.
National Day Calendar documents National Virginia Day on September 14 within its private National State Days series; U.S. Senate records Virginia’s statehood/ratification date as June 25, 1…
Steve Haddadin’s official National Wagyu Day site identifies him as founder and June 21 as the date. National Day Calendar records that Haddadin collaborated with it in 2024 to proclaim the…
Bar & Restaurant identifies May 21 as National Waiters and Waitresses Day in a dedicated 2014 article and in multiple hospitality promotional calendars.
Official program history says the Partnership for a Walkable America sponsored the first National Walk Our Children to School Day in 1997. The National Center for Safe Routes to School now…
Texas Parks and Wildlife explicitly marked February 22 as National Walk Your Dog Day, and the Animal Medical Center’s 2026 awareness calendar corroborates the February 22 dog-walking observ…
The American Heart Association states that it established National Walking Day in 2007 and celebrates it annually on the first Wednesday in April; current 2026 material confirms continuing…
National Day Calendar lists National Washington Day on May 10 as a private Washington State observance; U.S. Senate records statehood on November 11, 1889, and Washington state sources docu…
National Watermelon Promotion Board materials identify August 3 as National Watermelon Day and use it in consumer promotion planning.
National Day Calendar states that DeAnna Heard founded the observance, that its registrar approved it in 2015, and that it is observed on 15 December.
A December 1995 Washington Post/Newsday report identifies December 26, quotes Rev. Kevin C. Zaborney, and states that he started National Whiner’s Day in 1986; National Day Calendar preserv…
Creator Colleen Paige’s current site identifies her as founder and lists National Wildlife Day on September 4. Sacramento Zoo corroborates a 2005 founding and separately notes February 22 u…
Jace Shoemaker-Galloway’s current creator-side Holidailys page describes National Wine and Cheese Day as an annual U.S. holiday created by her. Independent research preserves the earlier cr…
Valeant Consumer Healthcare, then maker of CeraVe Skincare, publicly declared January 8, 2017 as National Winter Skin Relief Day in a January 5, 2017 launch announcement; National Day Calen…
National Day Calendar lists the private National Wisconsin Day on February 15; U.S. Senate records statehood on May 29, 1848. A Wisconsin gubernatorial proclamation dated January 27, 2026 l…
HIV.gov, the HHS Office on Women’s Health and CDC verify March 10 and current federal stewardship. Federal sources disagree on whether the first annual observance was 2005 or 2006, so first…
H. Res. 941 was introduced to recognize May 20 as National Women in Aerospace Day, and the Congressional Record documents a May 20, 2026 House recognition statement.
Mending Hearts states that it created National Women Touched by Addiction Day and that the movement takes place every July 23.
A 2026 New York Senate resolution identifies National Women’s Checkup Day as held annually on the second Monday in May and recognizes May 11, 2026 in conjunction with the observance.
National Park Service programming identifies June 27, 2026 as National Women’s Fly Fishing Day; observance references attribute the June 27 annual date to the fly-fishing community initiati…
The official FitnessDay site states that National Women’s Health & Fitness Day is always held on the last Wednesday in September and is organized by the Health Information Resource Center.
NexRep states that it established National Work from Home for Wellness Day, celebrates it annually on August 16, and launched the holiday on August 16, 2023. The exact reason for selecting…
National Day Archives lists August 17 and attributes creation in July 2021 to Centre for Neuro Skills; the creator attribution is not treated as independently verified without a first-party…
National Day Calendar states that Susannah Lago of Working Moms of Milwaukee launched National Working Moms Day in 2020 and that its Registrar proclaimed annual March 12 observance on March…
National Day Calendar states that Mitzy founded the observance in 2017 and that the registrar proclaimed annual observance beginning March 14, 2018.
National Day Calendar lists the private National Wyoming Day on May 24; U.S. Senate records statehood on July 10, 1890. Wyoming Statutes §8-4-103 separately establishes December 10 as “Wyom…
National Day Archives identifies YogaFit Worldwide as founder in 2019 and September 25 as the annual date. Archived 2019 calendar evidence places National YogaFit Day on September 25, and Y…
Confident Girl Mentoring Program identifies Tiffany R. Lewis as founder and October 20 as the date; National Day Calendar’s creator record adds a 2018 founding year and annual registrar pro…
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…
The U.S. Navy Reserve identifies 3 March as the birthday of the Navy Reserve.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
ASPCA campaign materials consistently identify July 21 as No Pet Store Puppies Day.
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.
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.
AFT and Colorado Education Association materials verify Paraprofessional Appreciation Day and the first-Wednesday-in-April recurrence.
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.
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…
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.
The White House’s 2026 proclamation states that law authorizes 15 May of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
Last Chance for Animals directly states that it created National Pet Theft Awareness Day in 1988 and observes it annually on February 14; Los Angeles City Council records later 2005 local e…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Pick A Pathologist Pal Day on December 13 and identifies the Wellcat Holidays collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy. The creator page…
36 U.S.C. §116 directly establishes the recurring last-Monday-in-May federal prayer-proclamation framework; current presidential proclamations continue the statutory practice.
Students for Life event material publishes the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity and its target-year date; historical organizer material notes a typical third-Tuesday-in-October pattern but…
Child Care Aware of America states that Provider Appreciation Day is observed annually on the Friday before Mother’s Day; its 2026 toolkit gives 8 May 2026.
A Port of Corpus Christi Authority resolution adopted February 19, 2019 designated March 1 of each calendar year as Public Risk Management Awareness Day and described March 1, 2019 as the i…
Last Chance for Animals states that it and other animal activists started Puppy Mill Awareness Day in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 2004 and that it takes place annually on the third Saturday…
U.S. Army sources describe the day as observed annually on 7 August; VA history establishes the 1782 Badge of Military Merit date anchor while the modern day’s founder remains unresolved.
Wellcat’s first-party holiday calendar lists Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day on March 27; Wellcat’s preserved media coverage identifies Thomas and Ruth Roy as creators of the named day…
Alamo Drafthouse and Kodak launched Reel Film Day in 2017 around 35mm film, using 3/5 as the date reference to 35mm.
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics states that Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day is celebrated on the second Wednesday in March during National Nutrition Month.
Contemporaneous Los Angeles Times reporting in 1995 documents Marilyn Dalrymple’s campaign to create/proclaim August 1 as Respect for Parents Day, and a 2000 Christian Science Monitor featu…
Rhode Island government sources state that 4 May each year is established as Rhode Island Independence Day, commemorating the General Assembly’s 4 May 1776 Act renouncing allegiance to the…
Contemporaneous March 2005 launch material identifies Madison dentist Dr. Chris Kammer as creator, designates May 11, 2005 as the first National Root Canal Appreciation Day, and states that…
The National Child Safety Council states that Safetypup was introduced on February 12, 1985 and that Safetypup’s birthday is February 12; the Georgetown, Ohio Police Department independentl…
Hawaii Revised Statutes §8-8 designates May 10 as Saint Damien de Veuster Day and states that it is not a state holiday; 2010 Act 10 explicitly changed the older Father Damien DeVeuster Day…
Florida Statutes designate the third Saturday in March of each year as Save the Florida Panther Day; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also promoted the 21 March 2026 observance.
Current school-government communications and a New York State Assembly member page identify School Bus Driver Appreciation Day as the fourth Tuesday in April; in 2026 that is 28 April.
American Association of School Librarians publications identify April 4 as National School Librarian Day/School Librarian Day.
Smithsonian history dates the first official shopping cart introduction to 4 June 1937 and preserves an early shopping cart in the National Museum of American History collection.
National Weather Service states that SKYWARN Recognition Day was developed in 1999 by the NWS and ARRL, and its archive identifies the first event on 27 November 1999. The normal recurrence…
The U.S. Small Business Administration states that Small Business Saturday was founded by American Express in 2010 and has been officially cosponsored by SBA since 2011. SBA’s current 2026…
The Irrigation Association describes Smart Irrigation Month as an annual initiative held each July and published current 2026 campaign materials.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbors' Porch Day on August 8 and identifies the Wellcat Holidays collection as created by Thomas and Ruth R…
National Day Calendar’s founder record states that Mandan Lions Club founded Speak Up For Service Day in 2014 and that it is celebrated annually on October 30.
The Special Education Day organization identifies December 2 as the observance and says it was launched in 2005 to mark the anniversary of the 1975 federal special-education law.
A U.S. congressional concurrent resolution supports observance of Spirit of ’45 Day on the second Sunday in August
Smithsonian continuity and National Wildlife Federation reporting support January 21, 2001 creator lineage for Christy Hargrove; current federal wildlife guidance governs safe activities.
36 U.S.C. §140 authorizes annual presidential designation of January 13 as Stephen Foster Memorial Day. President Truman’s Proclamation 2957, issued December 13, 1951, designated January 13…
The Capuzzi family’s creator-side account attributes the 2000 observance idea and date rule to nine-year-old Lizzie Capuzzi; a July 2000 U.S. Congressional Record statement records the fami…
The National Park Service states that the Stonewall uprising began in the early hours of 28 June 1969 and continued for several nights.
Hallmark states that Sweetest Day is always observed on the third Saturday in October and gives October 17 for 2026.
Junior Achievement is the current steward after completing acquisition in 2024 and rebranding the 1993 event lineage as Take a Child to Work Day and Beyond for 2025; Ms. Foundation sources…
Wellcat’s creator biography explicitly names Take Your Houseplants For A Walk Day among Tom Roy’s created holidays and the Wellcat calendar lists July 27; Community College of Denver indepe…
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Take Your Webmaster to Lunch Day on July 6 and identifies the Wellcat Holidays collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy. The project trea…
Texas House Resolution 1419 recognized October 26, 2011 as Texas Chicken Fried Steak Day and described it as the second annual observance; the organizer continues to promote October 26.
The Texas State Library lists Texas Independence Day on 2 March as an official partial-staffing state holiday; the Texas Comptroller’s FY2027 schedule also lists it on 2 March.
MENTOR’s National Mentoring Month materials list Thank Your Mentor Day on January 28 for 2026. MENTOR documents National Mentoring Month’s 2002 launch with the Harvard Mentoring Project, bu…
5 U.S.C. 6103/OPM establishes Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. National Archives documents the 1789 federal proclamation, 1863 annual tradition, 1939 shift and 1941 cong…
The Surf Ballroom records the February 2, 1959 final concert and the fatal plane crash in the early hours of 3 February 1959, events remembered as “The Day the Music Died”.
The National Dog Show states that its Saturday show is taped for nationwide NBC telecast on Thanksgiving Day; its 2026 event schedule is November 14–15.
36 U.S.C. §141 requires an annual presidential proclamation inviting April 13 commemoration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday and flag display on federal buildings. The source resolution dates…
Wellcat’s creator calendar lists Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day on April 8 and states that Wellcat Holidays were created by Thomas and Ruth Roy; Wellcat’s creator biography documents the R…
TriMet’s 2026 campaign asks riders to celebrate Transit Driver Appreciation Day on 18 March 2026.
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s official history states that the Academy was established on April 1, 1954. The source supports an institutional anniversary, not a distinct nationwide recurring…
Air Force Reserve Command materials mark 14 April 2026 as the Air Force Reserve’s 78th anniversary.
The U.S. Army’s official 2026 birthday page identifies 14 June 2026 as the Army’s 251st birthday.
The U.S. Army Reserve’s official birthday page identifies 23 April 2026 as its 118th birthday.
Naval History and Heritage Command identifies 13 October as the date celebrated as the U.S. Navy’s birthday.
New York Executive Law §168-a designates September 13 in each year as “Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York” and expressly provides that a day of commemoration is not a holiday or half-ho…
U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command documents an annual February 15 USS Maine commemoration at Arlington, while the Sons of Spanish American War Veterans explicitly lists “Remember the…
Title 5 of the U.S. Code lists Veterans Day on November 11 as a legal public holiday, and the Department of Veterans Affairs confirms that Veterans Day is officially observed on November 11.
Rhode Island General Laws §25-1-1 establishes Victory Day as a legal state holiday on the second Monday in August; current Rhode Island state calendars continue to publish the holiday, and…
Wellcat’s creator calendar lists Walk on Your Wild Side Day on April 12 and identifies Wellcat Holidays as creations of Thomas and Ruth Roy; independent observance coverage also credits Tho…
Wellcat’s creator calendar lists Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day on February 7 and identifies Wellcat Holidays as creations of Thomas and Ruth Roy; independent observance source…
West Virginia Code designates June 20 as West Virginia Day; current gubernatorial proclamations continue to recognize the date.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists What if Cats & Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day on March 3 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
36 U.S.C. §142 authorizes an annual presidential proclamation designating October 15 as White Cane Safety Day.
The Oldways Whole Grains Council documents the campaign’s launch on 4 April 2012 and a later annual edition on 29 March 2017. Those first-party records show that the Gregorian date has vari…
A current Presidential message dated 26 August 2025 recognizes Women’s Equality Day and ties the observance to the certification of the Nineteenth Amendment on 26 August 1920.
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Wonderful Weirdos Day on September 9 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
Municipal and PBS materials tie Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day to Fred Rogers’ March 20 birthday and community acts of kindness and neighborliness.
36 U.S.C. §143 designates December 17 as Wright Brothers Day and states that it commemorates the first successful heavier-than-air mechanically propelled airplane flights by Orville and Wil…
Creator Nancy Christie says she created Zero-Tasking Day in 2005 around the U.S. return to standard time; current creator-profile and contemporaneous publisher material support the first-Su…
USPS states that Postmaster General J. Edward Day announced the ZIP Code would launch on 1 July 1963.
U.S. Mint and Library of Congress history identify 22 April 1864 as the date Congress authorized the motto on the two-cent coin. That supports an anniversary anchor; it does not establish a…
