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1 - Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox)
1 - Japanese New Year (Japan)
5 - Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)
6 - Epiphany (Christian)
6 - Three Kings' Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)
7 - The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox)
13 - Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh)
16 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday - Observed (United States)
16 - Religious Freedom Day
16 - World Religion Day (Baha'i)
23 - Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam)
23 - Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) "Year of the Dragon"
26 - India Republic Day
National Black History Month (United States)
2 - Imbolc (Wiccan)
4 - Rosa Parks Birth Anniversary
5 - Mexico - Constitution Day
8 - Tu b'Shvat or Tu B'Shevat* (Jewish, Israel)
11 - National Foundation Day (Japan)
12 - NAACP Founded
14 - Race Relations Day
17 - League of United Latin Citizens (LULAC) Founded American
18-21 - Brazil, Carnival
21 - Mardi Gras (United States)
22 - Ash Wednesday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
24 - Flag Day (Mexico)
Greek-American Heritage Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
1 - St. David's Day (Welsh)
2 - Mothering Sunday (England)
4 - World Day of Prayer
7 - Lent begins (Orthodox Christians)
8 - Purim (Jewish)
17 - St. Patrick's Day (Ireland, United States)
21 - Naw Ruz (Baha'i, Persia)
25 - Feast of Annunciation (Christian)
1 - Palm Sunday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
5 - Holy Thursday (Christian)
6 - Good Friday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
6 - National Tartan Day (Scottish-American)
6 - Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
8 - Easter (Orthodox) or Pascha
8 - Easter (Protestant, Roman Catholic)
8 - Passover* (Jewish)
8 - Vesak - Buddha's Birth (Buddhist)
14 - Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka)
16 - Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)
19 - Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day (Jewish)
23 - St. George's Day (English)
30 - Beltane (Celtic)
Asian Pacific American History Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
3 - National Day of Prayer (United States)
5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
7 - May Day Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)
9 - Victory Day (Russia)
17 - Ascension Day (Christian)
18 - Isreal's Independence Day (Yom Ha'Atzma'Ut)
19 - Malcolm X's birthday (African-American, United States)
23 - Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)
25 - Corpus Christi (American, Roman Catholic)
27 - Shavuot* (Jewish)
29 - Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
7 - Corpus Christi (American, Roman Catholic)
16 - Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan (Sikh)
17 - Juneteenth
27 - Martyrdome of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
1 - Canada Day (Canada)
4 - Fil-American Friendship Day (Phillippines, United States)
9 - Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)
20 - Lailat-Ul-Quadr (Islamic, Muslim)
24 - Pioneer Day (Mormon)
28 - Tisha B'av* (Jewish)
31 - Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola (Spain, Roman Catholic)
1 - Lammas and Lughnassad (Britain, Pagan, United States)
1-29 - Ramadan (Islamic, Muslim, Moslem)
14 - Pakistan's Independence Day
15 - India's Independence Day
15 - Liberation Day (Korea, South Korea)
18 - Bon Festival/Feast of Lanterns (Japan)
18 - Eid-Al-Fitr (Islamic, Muslim)
Sept 15-Oct 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month
1 - Israel Miraji Ascent of Prophet Muhammad
14-15 - San Gennaro Day (Italian-American)
16 - Mexico's Independence Day
16 - Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish New Year)
22 - Autumnal Equinox (Japan)
25 - Yom Kippur* (Jewish)
German-American Heritage Month
National Italian-American Heritage Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
1 -Sukkot* (Jewish)
7 - Simchat Torah (Jewish)
8 - Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)
9 - Cirio de Nazare (Brazil)
26 - Eid al-adha (Islamic, Muslim)
31 - Reformation Day (Christian)
National American Indian Heritage Month
1 - All Saints' Day (Christian, Roman Catholic)
1 - Dia de los Muertos "Day of the Dead" (Mexico, Latin America)
2 - All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic)
12 - Birthday of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)
13 - Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu)
15-Dec 13 - Al Hijra - Muslim New Year
5 - Ashura (Islamic, Muslim)
6 - St. Nicholas Day (International)
8 - Bodhi Day - Buddha's Enlightenment (Buddhist)
8-16 - Hanukkah* (Jewish)
12 - Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)
13 - Santa Lucia Day (Sweden)
16-25 - Las Posadas (Mexico)
25 - Christmas (Christian, Roman Catholic, International)
26 - Boxing Day (Canada, United Kingdom)
26 - Kwanzaa (African-American)
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