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February 23. World Peace and Understanding Day. National Hospitality Workers Appreciation Day. Skip the Straw Day. National Dog Biscuit Day. National Tootsie Roll Day. National Banana Bread Day ...
National. United States federal observancesare days, weeks, months, or other periods designated by the United States Congressfor the commemoration or other observance of various events, activities, or topics. These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances.
Suffrage Day, 19 September. International Talk Like a Pirate Day, 19 September. Pink Ribbon Day (Breast Cancer Awareness), 8 October. World Arthritis Day, 12 October. Rā Maumahara (New Zealand Wars Remembrance Day), 28 October (also the anniversary of the New Zealand Declaration of Independence) World Stroke Day, 29 October. Halloween, 31 October.
National Bird Day: 01-05: January 5 International Zebra Day: 01-31: January 31 World Wetlands Day: 02-02: February 2 World Ostrich Day: 02-02: February 2 World Marmot Day: 02-02: February 2 World Pangolin Day: 02: Third Saturday of February World Whale Day: 02: Third Sunday of February World Bonobo Day
National Freedom Day. National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later was ratified as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Lincoln signed the Amendment abolishing slavery on February 1, 1865, although it was not ...
All across the country [13] National Doctors' Day is celebrated on July 1 in memory of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, physician and the first Chief Minister of West Bengal. [14] He was born on July 1, 1882, and died on the same date in 1962. Indonesia: October 24: Hari Dokter Nasional or National Doctor's Day. The day is also marked by the birthday ...
The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...
Several federal holidays are widely observed by private businesses with paid time off. These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays ...