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National Black Literacy Day
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.
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National Black Women in Jazz and the Arts Day
Multiple current observance references place the day on March 1 and attribute its establishment to the Black Women in Jazz organization/initiative.
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National Care for Kids Day®
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…
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National Caribbean Civility Day
National Day Archives lists October 5 and attributes the 2020 founding to the World Civility Presidential Club; current observance references corroborate the date, founder attribution and a…
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National Child Day
Canada’s Child Day Act, S.C. 1993, c. 18, assented May 6, 1993, provides that November 20 in every year shall be known as Child Day throughout Canada; current federal sources promote Nation…
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National Coming Out Day
Human Rights Campaign material verifies October 11, 1988 as the first National Coming Out Day, Jean O’Leary and Dr. Robert Eichberg as organizers/co-founders, the first-anniversary-of-the-1…
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National Consumer Day
Government of India Press Information Bureau / Department of Consumer Affairs
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National Day of Community Service
Dominica’s Ministry of Community Development states that National Day of Community Service is implemented on November 4 every year; the government portal lists it as a public holiday.
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National Day of Reason
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…
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National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence in Iraq
A United Nations report records the Iraqi Prime Minister’s announcement that 6 March would henceforth be observed as the National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence following Pope Francis’s 2…
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National Days of Dialogue
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…
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National DEI Day
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.
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National Disability Independence Day
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…
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National Do Something Good for Your Neighbor Day
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…
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National Donate Life Blue & Green Day
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…
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National Education Day (Rashtriya Shiksha Diwas)
India’s Press Information Bureau states that National Education Day is celebrated every November 11 in honour of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
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National Energy Conservation Day
India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency states that December 14 was declared National Energy Conservation Day and that the annual awards function is organized on December 14 each year.
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National Fatherless Children’s Day
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…
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National Freedom of Information Day
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…
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National Girl Me Too Day
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…
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National Girls' Night In Day
National Day Calendar’s proclamation archive states that Ketel One Botanical founded the observance in 2018 and set it annually for September 22.
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National Give Something Away Day
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.
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National Good Neighbor Day
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…
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National Higher Education Day
Puget Sound Educational Service District identifies June 6 as National Higher Education Day and traces the 2015 founding to Izamar Olaguez and Marcie Hronis.
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National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day
SAGE/National Resource Center materials identify May 16 as National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day; congressional resolutions have also recognized the observance.
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National Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly National Aboriginal Day)
Canadian Heritage uses National Indigenous Peoples Day for 21 June; archived federal material documents the earlier National Aboriginal Day name, so the public page title is retained as a l…
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National Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Day
Philippine Proclamation No. 486, s. 2003 declares October 29, 2003 and every year thereafter as National Indigenous Peoples Thanksgiving Day; the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples i…
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National Integration Day
Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs / Press Information Bureau
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National KidsDay
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…
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National Ladies Learning Code Day
Canada Learning Code documents National Ladies Learning Code Day from its first national event on September 21, 2013 through later editions including September 26, 2020 and November 6, 2021…
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National Love Our Children Day
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…
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National Love People Day
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.
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National Mature Women’s Day
Laura Geller Beauty’s own releases identify April 9 as National Mature Women’s Day and state that the brand created the observance.
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National Mentoring Day®
The official organizer and founder-authored 2015 material establish a 2014 founding, first public edition on October 27, 2015 and continuing October 27 recurrence.
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National Military Brats Day
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…
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National NAIDOC Week — opening day
The National NAIDOC Committee lists National NAIDOC Week 2026 as 5–12 July, making 5 July the opening day for the 2026 edition.
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National Neighbor Day
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.
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National Night Out
NATW identifies Matt Peskin as founder, documents its 1981 association formation and August 1984 campaign launch, and maintains the first-Tuesday-in-August rule with the Texas/select-area O…
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National One United Race Day
National Day Archives identifies One United Race as the 2019 founder and gives the fourth Saturday in October; current calendars preserve the same recurrence.
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National Online Learning Day
National Day Calendar states the observance was established in 2016 and proclaimed for September 15 annually; universities continue to recognize the same date.
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National Personalized Learning Day
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…
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National Philanthropy Day®
AFP history plus U.S. and Canadian primary legal records establish Douglas Freeman’s origin role, the first official 1986 celebration, a date-specific U.S. federal designation, and permanen…
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National Pride Prom Day
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…
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National Productive Business Civility Day
National Day Archives credits Professor Dr. Vernet A. Joseph with founding the observance in 2020; contemporaneous Productive Business Civility/I Change Nations material promotes annual Jun…
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National Puppy Mill Survivor Day
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.
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National Rebuilding Day
Rebuilding Together says National Rebuilding Month culminates with National Rebuilding Day on the last Saturday of April, a timing that honors the history of its 1973 founding lineage.
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National Respect Day
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…
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National Roanoke Community Beautification Day
National Day Archives records July 27 and attributes the 2020 creation to VASH Developers LLC; Roanoke City Council minutes independently document recognition tied to the beautification-day…
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National Share the Warmth Day
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.
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National Shoe Donation Day
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.
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National Skincare Education Day
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.
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National Skip the Straw Day
Contemporaneous institutional coverage and National Day Calendar records identify the Whitehall Middle School Coral Keepers, with adviser Susan Tate, as the student group behind the 2017 ob…
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National STEM/STEAM Day
The American Association of School Librarians notes that National STEM/STEAM Day was founded in 2015 by MGA Entertainment and is associated with 8 November.
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National Stop Bullying Day
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.
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National Support Public Education Day
National Day Calendar identifies July 30 as an annual observance and attributes its creation to Chris Janotta, founder of SOS Million Teacher March.
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National Upcycling Day
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…
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National Vet Girls ROCK Day
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…
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National Walk & Roll to School Day
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…
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National Women Touched by Addiction Day
Mending Hearts states that it created National Women Touched by Addiction Day and that the movement takes place every July 23.
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National Women’s Day
South Africa’s government lists National Women’s Day on 9 August and applies the statutory next-Monday rule when a public holiday falls on a Sunday; government material also describes the a…
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National Youth Confidence Day
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…
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National Youth Day
Government of India sources state that January 12, Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, has been observed as National Youth Day every year since 1985; the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sp…
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National Youth Day
Cameroon’s state broadcaster publishes the President’s message for the 60th edition of National Youth Day in February 2026, while the official youth-event platform identifies 11 February as…
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Native American Day (California)
California’s Department of Education quotes Education Code section 37220.7 and identifies the fourth Friday in September as Native American Day, including 25 September 2026.
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Native American Heritage Day
Public Law 111-33 identifies the Friday immediately succeeding Thanksgiving Day of each year as the appropriate day for Native American Heritage Day, and current Senate recognition follows…
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Nelson Mandela International Day
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No One Eats Alone Day
Beyond Differences documents the program’s 2012 origin; its recent calendars and independent calendar records support the second-Friday-in-February recurrence, including February 13 in 2026.
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Open Farms — New Zealand’s National Open Farm Day
Open Farms identifies the programme as New Zealand’s nationwide farm-visit initiative and states it is taking a break in 2026. Beef + Lamb New Zealand identifies Daniel Eb as the founder an…
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Peace Corps Day
Peace Corps materials state that Peace Corps Day is held every year on March 1 and commemorate the March 1, 1961 executive order that established the agency.
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Pink Shirt Day / Anti-Bullying Day
Canadian federal and provincial government sources describe Pink Shirt Day as an anti-bullying day observed across Canada on the last Wednesday in February.
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Pride Cymru
Pride Cymru states that the first Cardiff Mardi Gras was held in 1999, the event was renamed Pride Cymru in 2014, and the charity continues to organize the Cardiff festival; its current fes…
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Prisoners for Peace Day
War Resisters’ International documents 1 December as Prisoners for Peace Day and traces the observance to 1957; WRI annual reporting independently records the 1 December campaign date.