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Abdullah, Accession of King, June 9
Adams, (Sir) Grantley Herbert (1898–1971), November 28
Advent begins, November 28
Africa Day, May 25
African American History Month, February 1
Al Hijrah (New Year), December 7
Aleichem, Sholom (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916), February 18
All Saints Day, November 1
All Saints Day, Eastern Orthodox Christian, May 30
All Saints Eve, October 31
All Souls Day, November 2
Allama Iqbal Day, November 9
Allen, Richard (1760–1831), February 14
Alvarez, Luis (1911–1988), June 13
American Indians, Granting of citizenship to (1924), June 2
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), July 26
Anderson, Marian (1902–1993), February 17
Angamos, Battle of, October 8
Annunciation, The, March 25
Annunciation, The, Orthodox, April 7
Anthony, Susan B[rownell] (1820–1906), February 15
Anzac Day, April 25
Apess, William (1798–1840?), January 31
Arab League Day, March 22
Arbaeen, February 4
Armed Forces Day, Chile, September 19
Armed Forces Day, Egypt, October 6
Armstrong, Louis (1900–1971), August 4
Ascension Day, May 13
Ascension Day, Orthodox, May 13
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent), February 17
Ashe, Arthur (1943–1993), July 10
Ashura, December 16
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, May 1
Assumption, Feast of the, August 15
Asuj Navratras begins, October 8
Atatürk and Youth Day, May 19
Australia Day, January 26
Autumnal Equinox Day (Shubun No Hi), September 23
Ayacucho, Battle of, December 9
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Bab, Birthday of the, October 20
Bab, Declaration of the, May 23
Bab, Martyrdom of the, July 9
Baha’u’llah, Ascension of, May 29
Baha’u’llah, Birthday of (1817–1892), November 12
Baha'I Fast, March 2-20, March 2
Baldwin, James (1924–1987), August 2
Barbosa, Pilar (189?–1997), January 22
Bastille (bass-steel) Day, July 14
Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen's Day), July 12
Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun), February 3
Beckett, Samuel (1906–1989), April 13
Bellow, Saul (1915–2005), July 10
Beltaine, May 1
Benito Pablo Juárez's Birthday, March 21
Berchtold's Day, January 2
Bergman, Ingmar (1918–2007), July 14
Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990), August 25
Betances, Ramón Emeterio (1827–1898), April 8
Bodhi Day (Buddha's Enlightenment), December 8
Bolin, Jane (1908–2007), April 11
Bolívar, Simón, July 24
Bond, J. Max, Jr. (1935-2009), February 18
Bonifacio Day, November 30
Boxing Day observed, December 27
Boyacá, Battle of, August 7
Braille, Louis (1809–1852), January 4
Brown, Christy (1932–1981), September 6
Brown, James (1933–2006), May 3
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), May 17
Bruce, Blanche K. (1841–1898), March 1
Brumidi, Constantine (1805–1880), July 12
Buddha's Birth (c. 563–483 B.C.E.), April 8
Bulosan, Carlos (1913–1956), November 23
Bun Day (Shrove Monday), February 15
Bunche, Ralph (1904–1971), August 7
Burns, Robert (1759–1796), January 25
Bursting Day (Shrove Tuesday), February 16
Butter Sculpture Festival, February 28
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Cabrillo Day, September 25
Cabrini, (Saint) Frances Xavier (1850–1917), July 15
Canada Day, July 1
Candlemas, February 2
Capra, Frank (1897–1991), May 18
Carabobo, Battle of, June 24
Cárdenas, Lázaro (1895–1970), May 21
Caribbean American Heritage Month, June 1
Cartagena, Independence of, observed, November 15
Caruso, Enrico (1873–1931), February 25
Carver, George Washington (1864–1943), January 5
Cary, Mary Shadd (1823–1893), October 9
Celebrezze, Anthony J. (1910–1998), September 14
Chakri Day, April 6
Chávez, Carlos (1899–1978), June 13
Chávez, César (1927–1993), March 31
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell (1858–1932), June 20
Chichen Itza Festival, March 20
Chichen Itza Festival, September 22
Chichen Itza Festival (vernal equinox), March 20
Chief Joseph, Surrender of (1877), October 5
Children's Day (Kodomo No Hi), Japan, May 5
Children's Day (Tano), South Korea, May 5
Children's Day, Laos, June 1
Children's Day, Panama, November 1
Children's Day, People's Republic of China, June 1
Chino, Wendell (1923–1998), December 25
Chisholm, Shirley (1924–2005), November 30
Christmas, December 25
Christmas, Armenian, January 6
Christmas, Orthodox, Rastafarian, January 7
Christophe, Henri (1767–1820), October 6
Chulalongkorn Day observed, October 25
Chusok (choo-sock) (Harvest Festival), September 22
Cinco de Mayo, May 5
Civic and Provincial Holidays, August 2
Columbus Day observed, October 11
Coming of Age Day (Seijin No Hi), January 11
Commemoration Day (New Era Day), Tunisia, November 7
Commonwealth Day, Canada, March 8
Communist Party, Anniversary of the Founding of, July 1
Confucius' Birthday (Teacher's Day), September 28
Confucius' Death, September 9
Conrad, Joseph (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857–1924), December 3
Constitution Day (Kempo Kinen Bi), Japan, May 3
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, United States, September 17
Constitution Day, Armenia, July 5
Constitution Day, Denmark, June 5
Constitution Day, Dominican Republic, November 6
Constitution Day, Hungary, August 20
Constitution Day, Mexico, February 5
Constitution Day, Philippines, February 8
Constitution Day, Poland, May 3
Constitution Day, Puerto Rico, July 25
Constitution Day, Russia, December 12
Constitution Day, South Korea, July 17
Constitution Day, Spain, December 6
Constitution Day, Thailand, December 10
Constitution Week (9/17–9/23), United States, September 17
Coronation Day, Thailand, May 5
Corpus Christi, Feast of, June 3
Crispus Attucks Day, March 6
Cruz, Philip Vera (1904–1994), December 25
Cruz, Sor Juana Ines de la, November 12
Cuenca, Independence of, November 3
Culture Day (Bunka No Hi), November 3
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Dassehra (Durga Puja), October 17
Davis, [William] Allison (1902–1983), October 14
Davis, Alice Brown (1852–1935), September 10
Day of Accord and Reconciliation, Russia, November 7
Day of Goodwill observed, South Africa, December 27
Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), November 1
De Priest, Oscar (1871–1951), May 12
DeBakey, Michael Ellis (born Michel Dabaghi) (1908–2008), September 7
Defenders of the Motherland Day, February 23
Defense of Pakistan Day, September 6
Delaney, Sarah "Sadie" (1889–1999), September 19
Deloria, Ella Cara (1889–1971), January 31
Dessalines, Jean Jacques (c. 1758–1806), October 17
Dett, Robert Nathaniel (1882–1943), October 11
Día de la Raza (Columbus Day), October 12
Discovery Day, Haiti, December 5
Discovery of Puerto Rico Day, November 19
Dith Pran (1942–2008), September 27
Diwali, November 5
Doll Festival (Hina Matsuri), March 3
Dorsey, Thomas A. (1899–1993), January 23
Dos Passos, John (1898–1976), January 14
Double Tenth Day (Shuang-shih), October 10
Douglass, Frederick (1817–1895), February 14
Dragon Boat Festival (Tuan-wu), June 16
Drew, Charles Richard (1904–1950), June 3
Du Bois, W[illiam] E[dward] B[urkhardt] (1868–1963), February 23
Dutch American Heritage Day, November 16
Dybwad, Gunnar (1909-2002), July 12
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Easter, April 4
Easter Monday, April 5
Easter, Orthodox, April 4
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975), November 29
Eid al-Adha, November 16
Eid al-Fitr, September 10
Einstein, Albert (1879–1955), March 14
Elizabeth Ann B. Seton Feast Day, January 4
Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (1899–1974), April 29
Ellison, Ralph (1914–1994), March 1
Emancipation Day, Bahamas, August 2
Emancipation Day, Puerto Rico, March 22
Emancipation Proclamation (1863), January 1
Emperor's Birthday (Tenno Tanjo Bi), December 23
Epiphany, January 6
Epiphany, Orthodox, January 19
Eugenio María de Hostos' Birthday, January 11
Evacuation Day, June 18
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Fermi, Enrico (1901–1954), September 29
Fitzgerald, Ella (1917–1996), April 25
Flag Day, June 14
Flag Day, Mexico, February 24
Flag Day, Panama, November 4
Flemish Community Holiday, July 11
Flipper, Henry O. (1856–1940), March 26
Founder's Day, April 23
Frank, Anne (1929–1945), June 12
Franklin, John Hope (1915-2009), January 2
Freedom Day, April 27
French Community Holiday, September 27
Friedan, Betty (1921–2006), February 4
Friedman, Milton (1912–2006), July 31
Funk, Casimir (1884–1967), February 23
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Gandhi, Birthday of Mahatma (Gandhi Jayanti), October 2
Garcia, Hector P. (1914–1996), July 26
Garibaldi, Giuseppe (1807–1882), July 4
Garvey, Marcus (1887–1940), August 17
Gathering of Nations Powwow, April 22
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, June 1
General Election Day, November 2
General Pulaski Memorial Day, October 11
Genocide Memorial Day, April 24
German American Heritage Day, October 6
German Unity Day, October 3
Gershwin, George (1898–1937), September 26
Ghost Festival (Kui chieh), August 24
Giannini, Amadeo (1870–1949), May 6
Golden Week (April 29–May 5), April 29
Good Friday, April 2
Gordone, Charles (1925–1995), October 12
Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909), February 17
Great Lent begins, Coptic Orthodox Christian, February 8
Great Lent, Beginning of, Eastern Orthodox Christian, February 15
Green March, Anniversary of the, November 6
Greenery Day (Midori No Hi), May 4
Grito de Lares (1868), Puerto Rico, September 23
Grito de Yara (1868), Cuba, October 10
Groundhog Day, February 2
Guadalupe, Fiesta de, December 12
Guerrero, Eduardo “Lalo” (1916–2005), December 24
Guillén, Nicolás (1902–1989), July 10
Guru Arjan Dev Sahib, Martyrdom of, June 16
Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday, January 5
Guru Nanak Ji's Birthday, November 21
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, Martyrdom of, November 24
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Haile Selassie, Anniversary of the Crowning of, November 2
Haile Selassie, Birthday of, July 23
Haing Ngor (1940–1996), March 22
Haje, Helen (1929?–1998), January 12
Hajj, The (Pilgrimage to Mecca), November 14
Halaby, Najeeb (1915–2003), September 19
Halloween, October 31
Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917–1977), October 6
Handy, W[illiam] C[hristopher] (1873–1958), November 16
Han'gul Day, October 9
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–1965), May 19
Hanukkah, December 2
Haring, Keith (1959–1990), May 4
Harvest Festival, May 30
Health and Sports Day (Taiiku No Hi), October 11
Hearne, Paul G. (1950?–1998), May 3
Heritage Day, September 24
Hertzberg, (Rabbi) Arthur (1921–2006), June 9
Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (1753–1811), May 8
Holi (2/28–3/1), February 28
Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom Hashoah), April 11
Holy Friday (Great Friday), Orthodox, April 2
Holy Innocents' Day, December 28
Holy Saturday, Orthodox, April 3
Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca (1844–1887), October 16
Hoshanah Rabbah, September 29
Hovey, Chandler, Jr. (?–1998), April 9
Howe, James Wong (1898–1976), August 28
Hughes, Langston (1902-1967), February 1
Human Rights Day, International, December 10
Human Rights Day, South Africa, March 22
Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960), January 6
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Immaculate Conception, Feast of the, December 8
Independence Day (El Día de Independencia), Mexico, September 16
Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzma'ut), Israel, April 19
Independence Day celebrations begin (7/3-7/10), Bahamas, July 3
Independence Day, Afghanistan, August 19
Independence Day, Algeria, July 5
Independence Day, Argentina, July 9
Independence Day, Armenia, September 21
Independence Day, Bahamas, July 10
Independence Day, Barbados, November 30
Independence Day, Belarus, July 3
Independence Day, Bolivia, August 6
Independence Day, Brazil, September 7
Independence Day, Central American nations, September 15
Independence Day, Chile, September 18
Independence Day, Colombia, July 20
Independence Day, Cuba, May 20
Independence Day, Dominican Republic, February 27
Independence Day, Ecuador, August 10
Independence Day, Estonia, February 24
Independence Day, Finland, December 6
Independence Day, Ghana, March 6
Independence Day, Greece, March 25
Independence Day, Haiti, January 1
Independence Day, Iceland, June 17
Independence Day, India, August 15
Independence Day, Indonesia, August 17
Independence Day, Jamaica, August 6
Independence Day, Jordan, May 25
Independence Day, Kazakhstan, December 16
Independence Day, Kenya, December 12
Independence Day, Kyrgyzstan, August 31
Independence Day, Laos, December 2
Independence Day, Latvia, November 18
Independence Day, Lebanon, November 22
Independence Day, Lithuania, February 16
Independence Day, Moldova, August 27
Independence Day, Mongolia, November 26
Independence Day, Morocco, November 18
Independence Day, Nigeria, October 1
Independence Day, Pakistan, August 14
Independence Day, Peru, July 28
Independence Day, Philippines, June 12
Independence Day, Poland, November 11
Independence Day, Portugal, December 1
Independence Day, Republic of Georgia, May 26
Independence Day, Senegal, August 20
Independence Day, Sierra Leone, April 27
Independence Day, Tajikistan, September 9
Independence Day, Tanzania, December 9
Independence Day, Tunisia, March 20
Independence Day, Turkmenistan, October 27
Independence Day, Uganda, October 9
Independence Day, Ukraine, August 24
Independence Day, United States, July 4
Independence Day, Uzbekistan, September 1
Independence Day, Venezuela, July 5
Independence Day, Vietnam, September 2
Independence Day, Zimbabwe, April 18
Independence from Colombia, Panama, November 3
Independence from Spain, Panama, November 28
Independence Manifesto Day, Morocco, January 11
Independence Movement Day (Sam’il-Jol), South Korea, March 1
Independence, Declaration of, Republic of Kosovo, February 17
Independence, Restoration of, Azerbaijan, October 18
Independence, Restoration of, Belarus, August 25
Independence, Restoration of, Estonia, August 20
Independence, Restoration of, Latvia, May 4
Independence, Restoration of, Republic of Georgia, April 9
Intercalary Days, February 26
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, March 21
International Day of Peace, September 21
International Literacy Day, September 8
International Mother Language Day, February 21
International Women's Day, March 8
Iquique, Battle of, May 21
Irish American Heritage Month, March 1
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Jacobs, Jane (1916–2006), May 4
Janmashtami (Birth of Lord Krishna), September 1
Jewish American Heritage Month, May 1
John Paul II, Pope (born Karol Józef Wojtyla) (1920–2005), May 18
Johnson, Harriet McBryde (1957–2008), July 8
Johnson, Mordecai (1890–1976), January 12
Joplin, Scott (1868–1917), December 24
Jordan, Barbara (1936–1996), February 21
José Celso Barbosa's Birthday, July 27
José de Diego's Birthday, April 19
Juan Pablo Duarte's Birthday, January 26
Juneteenth, June 19
Just, Ernest Everett (1883–1941), August 14
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Karva Chauth, October 26
Keller, Helen (1880–1968), June 27
King Abdullah’s Birthday, January 30
King Hussein Remembrance Day, November 14
King Muhammad’s Birthday, August 21
King, Coretta Scott (1927–2006), April 27
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968), January 15
Kingdom, Unification of the, Saudi Arabia, September 23
Kino, Eusebio Francisco (1645–1711), March 15
Kolff, Willem Johan (1911-2009), February 14
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) (1746–1817), February 12
Kressyn, Miriam (1912–1996), October 26
Kwanzaa, December 26
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Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinro Kansha No Hi), November 23
Labour Day, New Zealand, October 25
Lag B'Omer, May 2
LaGuardia, Fiorello (1882–1947), December 11
Lantern Festival (Yuan-hsiao), February 28
Lantos, Thomas (born Lantos Tamás Péter) (1928–2008), February 1
Las Posadas, December 16
Latimer, Lewis H. (1848–1928), September 4
Laylat al-Qadr, September 6
Lee, Rose Hum (1904–1964), August 20
Leif Ericsson Day, October 9
Lewis, Edmonia (1845–unknown date, after 1911), July 4
Lewis, Henry (1932–1996), October 16
Liberation Day, February 15
Liberation Day, Italy, April 25
Liberation Day, Netherlands, May 5
Liberation Day, North Korea, August 15
Liberation Day, Portugal, April 25
Liberation Day, South Korea, August 15
Liberation from France, Laos, October 12
Liliuokalani (1838–1917), September 2
Limón, José (1908–1972), January 12
Lincoln’s Birthday, February 12
Little Bighorn, Battle of (1876), June 25
Locke, Alain LeRoy (1886–1954), September 13
Lorde, Audre Geraldin (1934–1992), February 18
Lughnasadh, August 1
Luis Muñoz Rivera's Birthday, July 19
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Madaraka (Self-Rule) Day, June 1
Madero, Francisco (1873–1913), October 30
Maha Ghosananda (full title Samdech Preah Maha Ghosananda) (1929–2007), March 12
Maha Shivaratri (Shiva's Night), February 12
Mahavir Jayanti, March 28
Mahfouz, Naguib (1911–2006), December 11
Malcolm X (1925–1965), May 19
Malvinas Day (Falkland Islands), April 2
Manila Day, June 24
Marine Day (Umi No Hi), July 19
Marley, Bob (1945–1981), February 6
Marshall, Thurgood (1908–1993), July 2
Martí, José Julian (1853–1895), January 28
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 18
Martin, Del (born Dorothy L. Taliaferro) (1921–2008), May 5
Martyrs' Day, January 29
Martyrs' Day, Panama, January 9
Martyrs' Day, Tunisia, April 9
Martyrs’ Day (Shaheed Dibash), Bangladesh, February 21
Matzeliger, Jan E. (1852–1889), September 15
Maulid an-Nabi (Prophet Muhammad's Birthday), February 26
Maundy Thursday, April 1
May Day (Labor Day), May 1
May Revolution, Anniversary of the, May 25
Mazzei, Filippo (1730–1810), December 25
Memorial Day observed, United States, May 31
Memorial Day, South Korea, June 6
Memphis Minnie (born Lizzie Douglas) (1897–1973), June 3
Metacomet (Philip) (c. 1639–1676), August 12
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Chung-ch'iu), China, September 22
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Tet Trung Thu), Vietnam, September 22
Milk, Harvey (1930–1978), May 22
Mohammed, (Imam) W[arith] D[een] (born Wallace Dean Muhammad) (1933–2008), October 30
Morelos, José (1765–1815), September 30
Mother and Child Day, June 1
Mother's Day, May 9
Mother's Day, Nicaragua, May 30
Mother's Day, Panama, December 8
Muhammad, Elijah (born Elijah Poole) (1897–1975), October 10
Muñoz Marín, Luis (1898–1980), February 18
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Nadaam Festival, July 11
National Acadian Day, August 15
National American Indian Heritage Month, November 1
National Coming Out Day/March on Washington (1987), October 11
National Day (King's Birthday) observed, Thailand, December 6
National Day of Prayer, May 6
National Day, Austria, October 26
National Day, Bangladesh, March 26
National Day, Burkina Faso, August 4
National Day, Hungary, March 15
National Day, Kuwait, February 25
National Day, Luxembourg, June 23
National Day, Malaysia, August 31
National Day, Morocco (Amendment of the Constitution), May 23
National Day, Morocco (Feast of the Throne), July 30
National Day, Norway, May 17
National Day, People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, October 1
National Day, Senegal, April 4
National Day, Singapore, August 9
National Day, Spain, October 12
National Day, Sweden, June 6
National Day, Switzerland, August 1
National Democracy Day, February 18
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, October 1
National Foundation Day (Kaech'on-jol), October 3
National Foundation Day (Kenkoku Kinen Bi), February 11
National Heroes Day, Philippines, August 29
National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15–October 15, September 1
National Holiday, Belgium, July 21
National Italian American Heritage Month, October 1
National Liberation Day, Nicaragua, July 19
National Mourning Day, Bangladesh, August 15
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, December 7
National Revolution and Solidarity Day, Bangladesh, November 7
National Unity Day, Chile, September 7
National Unity Day, Nepal, January 11
National Unity Day, Russia, November 4
National Veterans Day, June 27
National Women's History Month, March 1
Naw Ruz (New Year), Baha'i, March 21
Naw Ruz (New Year), Zoroastrian, March 21
New Year (Enqutatash), Coptic Orthodox Christian, September 11
New Year (Enqutatash), Ethiopia, Rastafarian, September 11
New Year (Gao Nian), China, February 14
New Year (Losar), Tibet, February 14
New Year (Sol), South Korea, February 14
New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan), Vietnam, February 14
New Year, Cambodia, Laos, April 13
New Year, Eastern Orthodox Christian, January 14
New Year, Sikh, March 14
New Year's Day, January 1
Nirvana (Buddha's Death), February 15
Now Rouz (now-rooz) (New Year), March 20
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O'Casey, Sean (1880–1964), March 30
Ochi Day, October 28
Older Americans Month, May 1
O'Neill, Eugene (1888–1953), October 16
Orozco, José Clemente (1883–1949), November 23
Osceola (1800–1838), January 30
Our Lady Aparecida, October 12
Our Lady of Altagracia, January 21
Our Lady of Fatima Day, May 13
Our Lady of Las Mercedes, September 24
Our Lady of the Angels, August 2
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Palm Sunday, March 28
Palm Sunday, Orthodox, March 28
Pan American Day, April 14
Panama City, Anniversary of the Founding of, August 15
Pappas, Ike (born Icarus Nestor Pappas) (1933–2008), April 16
Parker, Quanah (1850?–1911), February 23
Passover (first day of 8-day observance), March 30
Patriot Day, September 11
Paz, Octavio (1931–1998), March 31
Pentecost (Whit Sunday), May 23
Pentecost, Orthodox, May 23
People Power Day, February 22
Philippine-American Friendship Day, July 4
Pichincha, Battle of, May 24
Picotte, Susan LaFlesche (1865–1915), June 17
Pilsudski, Josef (1867–1935), December 5
Pioneer Day, July 24
Portuguese National Day, June 10
Potowski-Rose, Ernestine (1810–1892), January 13
Pueblo Revolt (1680), August 10
Puerto Rican Day Parade, June 13
Puerto Ricans, Granting of citizenship to (1917), March 2
Pulaski, Kazimierz (Casimir) (1748–1779), March 4
Purim (Feast of Lots), February 28
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Qaid-i-Azam's Birthday, December 25
Queen's Birthday, Australia, June 14
Queen's Birthday, New Zealand, June 7
Queen's Day, Netherlands, April 30
Quezon, Manuel (1876–1944), August 19
Quito, Independence of, December 6
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Rainey, Joseph H. (1832–1887), June 21
Ramadan, August 11
Ramanavami (Birthday of Rama), March 24
Randolph, A[sa] Philip (1889–1982), April 15
Ray, Charlotte (1850–1911), January 13
Ray, Satyajit (1921–1992), May 2
Reconciliation Day, South Africa, December 16
Reeve, Christopher (1952–2004), September 25
Reformation Day, October 31
Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), November 11
Republic Day, Azerbaijan, May 28
Republic Day, Ghana, July 1
Republic Day, Hungary, October 23
Republic Day, India, January 26
Republic Day, Italy, June 2
Republic Day, Kazakhstan, October 25
Republic Day, Nepal, May 28
Republic Day, Pakistan, March 23
Republic Day, Portugal, October 5
Republic Day, Tunisia, July 25
Republic Day, Turkey, October 29
Republic, Proclamation of the, Brazil, November 15
Respect for Ancestors Day (Thanh Minh), April 18
Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro No Hi), September 20
Restoration Day, Dominican Republic, August 16
Restoration of Statehood Day, Armenia, May 28
Restoration of Statehood Day, Lithuania, March 11
Reunification Day, Morocco, August 14
Revels, Hiram (1822–1901), January 16
Revolution Day, Egypt, July 23
Revolution Day, Morocco, August 20
Revolution Day, Tunisia, January 18
Revolution, Anniversary of the, Mexico, November 20
Ridvan, Festival of, April 21
Rivas, Anniversary of the Battle of (Juan Santamaría Day), April 11
Rivera, Diego (1886–1957), December 8
Rivera, Tomás (1935–1984), December 22
Rizal Day (reezahl-day), December 30
Robeson, Paul (1898–1976), April 9
Robinson, Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" (1919–1972), January 31
Rodriguez de Tio, Lola, September 14
Romulo, Carlos P. (1899–1985), January 14
Rosa Parks Day, December 1
Rosh Hashanah (New Year), September 9
Rosh Hashanah (New Year, second day of observance), September 12
Ross, John (1790–1866), October 3
Rudolph, Wilma (1940–1994), June 23
Russia Day observed, June 14
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Sacred Heart, Feast of the, June 11
Saint Nicholas Day, December 5
Samhain, October 31
San Geronimo Day, September 30
San Martín, Death of General José de, observed, August 16
San Martín, José de, February 25
Santa Lucia, December 13
Santo Christo Day, May 9
SAR Establishment Day, July 1
Satow, Masao (1908–1977), February 14
Saund, Dalip Singh (1899–1973), September 20
Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso (1874–1938), January 24
Seaborg, Glenn (1912-1999), April 19
Seafarers’ Day (Sjómannadagur), June 6
Sending Off the Kitchen God Day (2/6-7), February 6
Seven, Five, Three Festival (Shichi-go-san), November 15
Seventh Night (Ch'i-hsi), August 16
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks), May 19
Shilts, Randy (1952–1994), February 17
Sh'mini Atzeret, September 30
Showa Day (Showa No Hi), April 29
Shrove Monday, February 15
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Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846–1916), May 4
Simchat Torah, October 1
Sinai Liberation Day, April 25
Sinatra, Frank (1915–1998), December 12
Singer, Isaac Bashevis (1904–1991), July 14
Sirikit, Birthday of Queen, August 12
Sklodowska-Curie, Marie (1867–1934), November 7
Slovak National Uprising, Anniversary of the, August 29-October 8), August 29
Smith, Bessie (1894–1937), September 26
Smith, Joseph (1805–1844), December 23
So Jae-P'il (Philip Jaisohn) (1866–1951), October 28
Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree) (1797?—1883), November 26
Soldiers Memorial Day (Yom Hazikaron), April 18
Sousa, John Philip (1854–1932), November 6
Sovereignty Day, Turkey, April 23
Special Olympics Games, First (1968), July 20
St. George's Day, April 23
St. John the Baptist, Festival of (St. Jean-Baptiste Day), June 24
St. Joseph, Feast of, March 19
St. Maroon's Day, February 9
St. Patrick's Day, March 17
St. Peter and St. Paul Day, June 29
St. Rosa of Lima, August 30
St. Stephen's Day, December 26
Statehood Day, Lithuania, July 6
Stein, Gertrude (1874–1946), February 3
Still, William Grant (1895–1978), May 11
Stonewall Rebellion (1969), June 27
Suez Day, October 24
Sukkoth (9/23-29), September 23
Sullivan, John L. (1858–1918), October 15
Summer, First Day of, Iceland, April 22
Sun Yat-sen's Birthday, November 12
Sun Yat-sen's Death, March 12
Szold, Henrietta (1860–1945), December 21
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Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941), May 6
Tartan Day, April 6
Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse), September 5
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Tecumseh (1768?–1813), October 5
Thanksgiving Day, Canada, October 11
Thanksgiving Day, United States, November 25
Thomas, Danny (born Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob) (1912–1991), January 6
Thorpe, James Francis "Jim" (1888–1953), May 24
Three Kings Day (Día de los Tres Magos), January 6
Tibbles, Susette LaFlesche (1854–1903), May 26
Timket (Feast of Epiphany), January 19
Tiradentes Day, April 21
Tisha B'Av, July 20
Tomb Sweeping Day (Qing Ming), April 5
Toscanini, Arturo (1867–1957), March 25
Toussaint-Louverture, François Dominique (c. 1743–1803), April 7
Tsai, Gerald, Jr. (1929–2008), March 10
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936–2006), August 17
T'u B'Shvat, January 30
Tubman, Harriet (1820?–1913), March 10
Tufiño, Rafael (born Rafael Tufiño Figueroa) (1922–2008), March 13
Turner, Nat (1800–1831), October 2
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Valor Day, April 9
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Veterans Day, November 11
Victoria Day observed, Canada, May 24
Victory Day observed, Russia, Ukraine, May 10
Victory Day, Bangladesh, December 16
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Victory Day, Turkey, August 30
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Wells-Barnet , Ida B. (1862–1931), July 16
West, Dorothy (1907–1998), June 2
Williams, Eric (1911–1981), September 25
Winter Lent (Nativity Fast) (11/28-1/6), November 28
Women's Day, South Africa, August 9
Women's Day, Tunisia, August 13
Women's Equality Day, August 26
Woodson, Carter G. (1875–1950), December 19
World AIDS Day, December 1
World Freedom Day, November 9
World War I Victory Day observed, Italy, November 7
Wright, Richard (1908–1960), September 4
Wu, Chien-Shiung (1912–1997), May 29
Yamasaki, Minoru (1912–1986), December 1
Yankovic, Frank (1915–1998), October 14
Yom Kippur, September 18
Young, Brigham (1801–1877), June 1
Youth Day, People’s Republic of China, May 4
Youth Day, South Africa, June 16
Youth Day, Tunisia, March 21
Zakrzewska, Marie E. (1820–1902), September 6
Zapata, Emiliano (c. 1877–1919), August 8
Zarathushtra, Birthday of Prophet (Khordad Sal), March 26
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938), February 22