Contents
- 1 January Special Day Events
- 2 February's Distinctive Events
- 3 March's Out-of-the-ordinary Events
- 4 April Special Day Calendar
- 5 May's Distinctive Events
- 6 June Special Day Events
- 7 July Distinguishing Events
- 8 August Special Events
- 9 September Special Events
- 10 October Special Events
- 11 November Special Events
- 12 December Special Day Calendar
- 13 Traditions and Customs
- 14 Special Sports Days
- 15 See more free funny pictures and amusing jokes for special occasions:
January Special Day Events
- 1st New Year's Day
- 1st Kwanzee ends
- 3rd Festival of Sleep
- 4th Trivia Day
- 5th Twelfth Night
- 5th National Bird Day
- 6th Epiphany
- 11th National Milk Day
- 13th St Hilary's Day (Coldest Day?)
- 14th Magh Mela and Kumbh Mela (Indian festivals)
- 14/15th Kite Festival India
- 15th Martin Luther King Day
- 15th Chosun Gul Day or Korean Alphabet Day - (North Korea)
- 19th Popcorn Day
- Blue Monday
- 20th Festival of San Sebastian Spain
- 25th Burns Night
- 26th Australia Day
- 26th Republic Day India
- 27th Holocaust Memorial Day
- 28th Cullinan Diamond discovered (1905)
- World Religion Day - Third Sunday in January
- Jan Up Helly Aa
February's Distinctive Events
- 1st Imbolc Eve Pagan Festival
- 1st Super Bowl Jokes XLIX NFL
- 2nd Groundhog Day
- 2nd St. Brigid's Day
- 2nd Candlemas 40 Days since Jesus' nativity
- 4th World Cancer Day
- 7th Charles Dickens Born (1812)
- 6th Monopoly Goes on Sale (1935)
- 8th Parinirvana (Nirvana Day) - Buddhist Festival
- 9th Toothache Day - Ouch!
- 10th St. Scholastica (Patron Saint of Nuns)
- 11th Thomas Edison's Birthday (Inventor)
- 12th Barbie Doll Goes on Sale (1959)
- 14th Valentine's Day
- 15th Nirvana Day - Buddhist Festival
- Presidents Day (Third Monday)
- 25th Mohammad Ali (Cassius Clay) KO's Sonny Liston 1964
- 27th Polar Bear Day
- Shrove Tuesday
- February Mardis Gras
March's Out-of-the-ordinary Events
- 1st St David's Day - Patron Saint of Wales
- 1st World Maths Day
- 1st National Pig Day
- 2nd Texas Independence Day
- 4th DeFriend Day (Facebook)
- Chinese Lantern Festival
- 6th Alexander Bell makes the first phone call (1876)
- 6th Dentist's Day
- 8th International Women's Day
- 8th Mardi Gras New Orleans
- 9th St Joseph's Day (Mary's spouse)
- 9th No Smoking
Day (UK)
- Daylight Saving Time Starts USA
- Holi Festival of Colours India
- 14th Pi Day Jokes
- 15th Ides of March (Julius Caesar assassinated 44BC)
- 17th St Patrick's Day
- 18th Ash Wednesday (2015)
- 19th Tommy Cooper Born (Comedian)
- 18th Red Nose Day
- 20th International Happiness Day
- 20th International Day of the Francophonie
- 20th Macaron Day
- 20th Vernal Equinox
- 21st World Poetry Day
- 22nd World Water Day (WWD)
- 23rd Budget (UK)
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- 25th Lady Day (Quarter Day)
- British Summer Time Starts
- Easter Day
- 30th Doctor's Day (USA)
April Special Day Calendar
- 1st April Fools Day
- 2nd Cherry Blossom Day
- 6th UK - Tax Year Starts
- 7th World Health Day
- 12th Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space (1961)
- 13-15th Thai New Year
- 15th Titanic sinks (1912)
- 16th National Egg Bendedict Day
- 22nd Earth Day
- 23rd St George's Day
- 23rd Shakespeare's Day
- 25th Watson and Crick publish the discovery of DNA (1953)
- 28th Health and Safety Day
- 30th Beltane - 1st May
May's Distinctive Events
- 1st May Day
- 5th Cinco de Mayo
- Early Spring Bank Holiday Jokes
- 6th Chunnel Tunnel Opens Joining England and France (1994)
- May National Day of Prayer
- Mother's Day USA 2nd Sunday in May
- 12th International Nurses Day
- 14th Ascension Day (2015)
- 15th International Day of the Family
- 22nd Microsoft Launches Windows 3.0 (1989)
- 22nd International Day for Biological Diversity
- 24th Empire Day (Celebrated from Edwardian times until the 1950s)
- Spring Bank Holiday Jokes
- Memorial Day USA
- 31st World No Tobacco Day
June Special Day Events
- 1st International Children's Day
- 4th Corpus Christi Fiesta - Spain (2015)
- 5th World Environment Day
- 5th National Donut Day (2015)
- June Epsom Derby
- 6th Normandy Landing (1944)
- Ramadan Begins
- 14th Flag Day USA
- Golf: US Open Tees-off
- Father's Day
- 21st Summer Solstice
- 24th Midsummer's Day
- 24th San Juan (Saint John) Spain
- 28th Arch Duke Ferdinand Assassinated (1914)
- Wimbledon Tennis
July Distinguishing Events
- 1st Canada Day
- 1st Doctor's Day
- 1st Wife Carrying Championships Finland
- Cycling: Tour de France
- 4th of July - American Independence Day
- 6-14th Running of the Bulls at Pamplona
- Eid ul-Fitr Muslim Festival Ramadan Ends
- 12th Orangeman's Day Northern Ireland
- 14th July Bastille Day
- 15th July St Swithin's Day
- Golf: UK Open Starts
- 24th Cousins' Day
- 27th National Scotch Egg Day
- 29th The inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (1836)
August Special Events
- 1st Lammas (The start of the harvest)
- 1st Yorkshire Day
- Sister's Day
- 12th Glorious Twelfth
- Grouse Shooting Starts
- 13th Florence Nightingale Day
- 15th Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- 20th NASA Launch Viking 1 to Mars (1975)
- 22nd Battle of Bosworth England. Richard III Killed by Henry IV's Men.
- Tomatina Tomato Festival Bunol Spain
- Bank Holiday Jokes
- Ramadan
- Edinburgh, Scotland Music Festival
September Special Events
- Back to school!
- Labor Day USA (1st Monday in September)
- 9th International Day of Peace
- 12th September Blackberry Day
- Grandparents Day USA
- Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year
- 16th Mexico's Independence Day
- 19th Talk Like a Pirate Day
- 21st St Matthew's Day (Mabon in Wales)
- Chinese Moon Festival
- 22nd Elephant Appreciation Day
- 23rd Autumnal Equinox.
- 28th Alexander Fleming Discovered Penicillin (1928)
- Stone Skimming Championships
- 29th Michaelmas (Quarter Day)
October Special Events
- 1st China National Day 中國國慶節
- 5th World Teachers Day
- 6th International Doctor's Day
- 7th National Poetry Day (UK)
- 9th Hangul Proclamation Day or Korean Alphabet Day - (South Korea)
- Canadian Thanksgiving
- Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October
- 12th World Egg Day
- Grandparents Day UK
- 14th Battle of Hastings (1066)
- 16th World Food Day
- 16th Oscar Wilde's Birthday
- Yom Kippur
- 21st Trafalgar Day
- 24th United Nations Day
- British Summer Time Ends
- MLB World Series Starts
- 31st Halloween (Samhain)
November Special Events
- 1st All Saints Day
- 2nd All Souls (Day of the Dead)
- 5th Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes
- Daylight Saving Time Ends
- Diwali
- 11th Remembrance Day, Armistice day, Poppy day and Veterans day
- 19th The Gettysburg Address by President Lincoln (1863)
- 19th World Toilet Day
- 22nd President Kennedy assassinated (1963)
- 23rd American Indian Heritage Day
- 24th Darwin Publishes 'On the Origin of Species'
- 25th St Catherine's Day (Catherinettes)
- Stir-up Sunday Last Sunday of the Christian year. 5 Sundays before Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- Black Friday
- 30th St Andrews Day (Patron Saint of Scotland)
- November Cyber Monday
December Special Day Calendar
- Advent
- Hanukkah
- 7th Pearl Harbour - Japanese attack in 1941
- 10th Human Rights Day
- 14th Roald Amundsen Reaches the South Pole (1911)
- 16th Boston Tea Party
- 16th Jane Austen born 1755
- 17th Wright Brothers make their first flight (1903)
- 18th Piltdown Man discovered
- 21st Winter Solstice
- 21st Arthur Wynne published the first crossword (1913)
- 25th Christmas (Quarter Day)
- 26th Boxing Day - St Stephen's Day
- 26th Kwanzaa - Fastest growing festival
- 28th Dia de los Santos Inocentes (Spanish Fools Day)
- 31st New Years Eve