Special Sports Days Calendar

Here is Will and Guy's collection of interesting, memorable and important sporting days throughout the calendar.  We admit that there is a bias towards British events. We also have a more comprehensive 'Special Day Today' page.

January Special Day Events (2)

•  1st New Year's Day
• 14/15th Kite Festival India
• 20th Festival of San Sebastian Spain
• Up Helly Aa (25th Jan 2011, 31st Jan 2012)

See other interesting events that happened in January.

February's Distinctive Sporting Events (3)

•  2nd Groundhog Day
•  4th Six Nations Rugby Begins
•  6th Super Bowl Jokes XLV NFL
• 14th Valentine's Day
• 25th Mohammad Ali (Cassius Clay) KO's Sonny Liston 1964

See other interesting events that happened in February

March's Out-of-the-ordinary Events (2)

•  1st World Maths Day (2011)
• 15th March Cheltenham Festival
• 17th St Patrick's Day
• 19th Six Nations Rugby Finishes
• 27th British Summer Time Starts (2011)

See other interesting events that happened in March.

April Sporting Days Calendar (2)

•  1st April Fools Day
•  2nd World Cup Cricket Final
•  9th Grand National (2011)
• 2nd Earth Day

See other interesting events that happened in April

May's Distinctive Events (3)

•  1st May Day
•  5th Cinco de Mayo
• 14th May FA Cup Final

See other interesting events that happened in May.

June Special Day Events (5)

•  4th June Epsom Derby
•  6th Dragon Boat Festival (2011) - China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
• 14th Royal Ascot
• 16th Golf: US Open Tees Off
• 20th Wimbledon Tennis
• 21st Summer Solstice
• 24th Midsummer's Day

See other interesting events that happened in June.

July Distinguishing Events (6)

•  1st Wife Carrying Championships Finland
•  2nd Tour de France
•  3rd Wimbledon Final
•  6-14th Running of the Bulls at Pamplona
• 14th Golf: UK Open Starts
• 23rd Tri Nations Rugby Starts
• 29th The inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (1836)

See other interesting events that happened in July.

August Special Sports Events Events (2)

• 12th Glorious Twelfth - Grouse Shooting Starts
• 31st Tomatina Tomato Festival Bunol Spain

See other interesting events that happened in August back down the years.

September Special Events (3)

•   9th Rugby World Cup New Zealand
• 12th September Blackberry Day
• 17th Oktoberfest Germany (2011)
• 19th Talk like a Pirate Day
• 23rd Autumnal Equinox.
• 26th Stone Skimming Championships

See other interesting events that happened in September.

October Special Events (2)

• 19th MLB World Series Starts
• 21st Trafalgar Day
• 23rd World Cup Rugby Final New Zealand
• 31st Halloween (Samhain)

See other interesting events that happened in October.

November Special Events (1)

•  5th Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes
• 24th Thanksgiving (2011)

See other interesting events that happened in November.

December Special Day Calendar (2)

•   Advent
• 14th Roald Amundsen Reaches the South Pole (1911)
• 17th Wright Brothers make their first flight (1903)
• 21st Winter Solstice
• 25th Christmas (Quarter Day)
• 26th Boxing Day - St Stephen's Day
• 31st New Years Eve

See other interesting events that happened in December.