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Bathtub Party Day
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…
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United States Celebrations & Social observances
U.S.-scoped social, celebration and informal-recognition observances.
About this country × topic hub
This hub is useful for discovering social and creator-led dates, but it deliberately does not use “national” wording as proof of government recognition.
Many entries are informal. The authority card and provenance on each page determine what can safely be claimed.
Scope note: Not a U.S. federal or state holiday calendar; “National” in a title can still describe an informal observance.
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In-depth guides in United States Celebrations & Social
These pages include reviewed meaning, history, activities, facts and FAQs in addition to the underlying observance record.
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Be a Dork Day
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.
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Black Press Day
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…
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Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup 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…
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Dog House Repair Month
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…
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Get Smart About Credit Day
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.
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Bathtub Party Day
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…
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Be a Dork Day
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.
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Black Press Day
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…
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Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup 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…
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Dog House Repair Month
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…
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Get Smart About Credit Day
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.
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Great American Spit Out
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.
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Groundhog Day
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…
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Happy Mew Year For Cats Day
Wellcat Holidays places Happy Mew Year For Cats Day on January 2 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
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Hug an Australian Day
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.
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Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
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…
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Name Your PC Day
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…
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National Automatic Door Day
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.
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National Be Late for Something Day
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…
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National Break Up With Your Carrier 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…
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National Check Your Coverage Day
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…
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National Checklist Day
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…
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National Clean Your Desk Day
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…
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National CleanUp Day
The official National CleanUp Day organization states that the observance takes place every year on the third Saturday in September.
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National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
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.
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National Day of Civic Hacking
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…
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National Day of Joy
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.
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National Expense Report Day
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…
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National Get Up Day
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.
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National Home Warranty Day
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…
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National Life Insurance Day
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.
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National Live Fearless Day
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…
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National Look Alike Day
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…
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National Make Your Bed Day
National Day Calendar consistently places National Make Your Bed Day on September 11 and explicitly notes that its origin is unidentified.
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National Making the First Move Day
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…
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National Nothing Day
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…
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National Organize Your Home Office Day
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…
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National Report General Service Administration (GSA) Fraud Day
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…
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National Report Government Contractor Fraud Day
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…
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National Report IRS Tax Fraud Day
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…
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National Report Long Term Acute Care Hospital Fraud Day
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…
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National Report Medicare Fraud Day
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.
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National Report Military Fraud Day
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…
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National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day
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.
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National Report Trade Agreement Act (TAA) Fraud Day
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…
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National Report Upcoding Fraud Day
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…
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National River Cleanup®
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…
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National Savings Day
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.
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National Seat Check Saturday
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…
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National Take the Stairs Day
The American Lung Association describes National Take the Stairs Day as an annual observance on the second Wednesday of January.
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National Talk in an Elevator Day
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.
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National Travel Insurance Claims Day
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…
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National Whiners Day
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…
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New Year’s Day
5 U.S.C. §6103 lists New Year’s Day, January 1, as a legal public holiday for the federal system; OPM applies the federal observed-day rules, while Congressional Research Service history tr…
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No Homework Day
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists No Homework Day on May 6 and identifies the holiday collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
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No Socks 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.
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Smart Irrigation Month
The Irrigation Association describes Smart Irrigation Month as an annual initiative held each July and published current 2026 campaign materials.
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Thanksgiving Day
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…
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Walk on Your Wild Side Day
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…
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What if Cats & Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
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.
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Wonderful Weirdos Day
The first-party Wellcat Holidays calendar lists Wonderful Weirdos Day on September 9 and identifies the collection as created by Thomas and Ruth Roy.
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Zero-Tasking Day
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…