Holidays

An active vacation is a vacation that is built around some physical activity or set of physical activities. Examples include hiking, cycling, and mountain climbing vacations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Active vacation"

Administrative Professionals' Day (Secretaries' Day) is an unofficial secular holiday observed on the last Wednesday of April, to recognize the work of clerical employees such as secretaries, receptionists, paralegals, etc. It is celebrated as part of a larger Administrative Professionals Week, which takes place during the last full week of April. ...more on Wikipedia about "Administrative Professionals' Day"

Afghan Independence Day is celebrated in Afghanistan on 19 August to commemorate the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919. The treaty granted independance from Britain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Afghan Independence Day"

April Fool's Day or All Fools' Day, though not a holiday in its own right, is a notable day celebrated in many countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends and neighbours, or sending them on fools' errands, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible. ...more on Wikipedia about "April Fool's Day"

Several nations of the world hold an annual Armed Forces Day to recognize, venerate, and honor their military forces. It is similar to the Veteran's Day or Remembrance Day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Armed Forces Day"

Observed on November 21. In 1971, the Liberation Armed Forces launched a combined offensive against the Pakistani Occupation Armies. On December 16, 1971, the Pakistan Army surrendered with 93,000 troops to the combined forces ending the Liberation War of Bangladesh and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 simultaneously. ...more on Wikipedia about "Armed Forces Day in Bangladesh"

Ask a Stupid Question Day is a holiday that is sometimes celebrated in the United States, usually by school students and teachers. Allthough Ask a Stupid Question Day takes place on September 28, it is usually observed on the last school day of September. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ask a Stupid Question Day" My way is www.shortopedia.com

Astronomy Day is an annual event intended to provide a means of interaction between the general public and various astronomy enthusiasts, groups and professionals. ...more on Wikipedia about "Astronomy Day"

Australia Day is Australia's official national day, January 26. It commemorates the landing of the First Fleet in Sydney Cove on that day in 1788. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australia Day"

On April 14 in South Korea there is an informal tradition for single people to get together and eat noodles with black bean sauce to celebrate Black Day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Black Day"

Blame Someone Else Day is held annually on the first Friday the 13th of the year. On that day, redirect the blame for anything to anyone besides yourself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blame Someone Else Day"

Bloomsday is a secular holiday, celebrated annually on June 16. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bloomsday"

Boxing Day is a public holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on 26 December. In many European countries it is also a holiday, called St. Stephen's Day or the Second Day of Christmas. Depending on its origin, it may have traditionally been strictly defined as the first weekday after Christmas . However, in recent years Boxing Day has been almost universally accepted as the 26th of December , although its associated public holiday may fall on a different day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boxing Day"

Buddha's Birthday (Traditional Chinese: 佛誕; Cantonese: fātdáahn), the birthday of the Gautama Buddha, is traditionally celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese calendar. It is a holiday in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and South Korea. The date varies from year to year in the Western ( Gregorian) calendar: ...more on Wikipedia about "Buddha's Birthday"

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Casimir Pulaski Day is celebrated throughout the State of Illinois on the first Monday of every March to commemorate Casimir Pulaski, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer, and is celebrated mainly in the City of Chicago. Illinois enacted a law on June 20, 1977 to celebrate the birthday of Casimir Pulaski (born March 4 1747) and held the first official Pulaski Day celebrations in 1978. The holiday is also a special observance day in Wisconsin public schools, celebrated March 4th, as outlined in state statute 118.02. ...more on Wikipedia about "Casimir Pulaski Day"

Sometimes, a jurisdiction will declare a public holiday on the 100th anniversary of its founding, even if the anniversary is not normally a holiday. In English-speaking jurisdictions this will normally be known as Centennial Day. ...more on Wikipedia about "Centennial Day"

Children's Day is a holiday in many countries around the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Children's Day"

Chrismukkah is the merging of the holidays of Christmas and Hanukkah celebrated in interfaith households with one parent of Christian heritage and another parent of Jewish heritage. Chrismukkah is also celebrated as an ironic, alternative winter holiday, much like the Seinfeld-derived " Festivus." ...more on Wikipedia about "Chrismukkah"

El Cinco de Mayo ("The Fifth of May" in Spanish) is a national celebration in Mexico. It commemorates the victory of Mexican forces led by General Ignacio Zaragoza over the French expeditionary forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cinco de Mayo"

A civil holiday or legal holiday is a day that is legally recognized and celebrated as a holiday in a particular sovereign state or jurisdictional subdivision of such, i.e., a state or a province. It is usually a day that the legislature, parliament, congress, or sovereign has declared by statute, edict, or decree as a non-working day when the official arms of government such as the court system are closed. Such days may or may not be counted in calcuating the statute of limitations in legal actions and are usually days when non-custodial parents are given alternating visitation or access to their children from a prior marriage or relationship according to a parenting schedule. ...more on Wikipedia about "Civic holiday"

The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day (or simply Atatürk Commemoration or Youth and Sports Day) is an annual Turkish national holiday celebrated on May 19 to memorialize the start of the Turkish War of Independence. May 19, 1919 is the day Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, then Mustafa Kemal, who would become independent Turkey's first president, landed on the main peninsula of Turkey to begin leadership of the liberation effort. In early 1920, Kemal convened the first Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, and by 1922 all of Anatolia was freed from foreign rule. The independent Republic of Turkey was declared a year later. During the course of his term as president, Atatürk himself proclaimed May 19 as "Youth and Sports Day." In the aftermath of Atatürk monumental legacy (a personality cult developed after his early death) the day serves to honor the country's founder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day"

Commonwealth Day is the annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations held on the second Monday in March, and which is marked by a multi-faith service in Westminster Abbey attended by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth High Commissioners in London. The Queen delivers an address to the Commonwealth which is broadcast throughout the world on the BBC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commonwealth Day"

Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy: ...more on Wikipedia about "Constitution Day"

The Day of the Vow public holiday in South Africa, celebrated annually on 16 December, became the Day of Reconciliation after the South African Public holidays act of 1994 was passed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Day of Reconciliation"

The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos, Día de los Difuntos or, simply, Día de Muertos in Spanish) is a Catholic celebration of the memory of deceased ancestors that is celebrated on November 1 ( All Saints) and November 2 ( All Souls). ...more on Wikipedia about "Day of the Dead"

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