List of minor secular observances (Redirected from International observance)

People handing out button badges in Madrid for World Haemophilia Day (17 April)

A national or international awareness day or observance is a date usually set by a major organisation or government to commemorate a public health or ethical cause of importance on a national or international level.

An international observance, also known as an international dedication or international anniversary, is a period of time to observe some issue of international interest or concern. This is used to commemorate, promote and mobilize for action. Many of these periods have been established by the United Nations General Assembly (UN), Economic and Social Council, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations bodies including the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). In this case, the lead agency for a particular international observance uses the symbolism of the United Nations (UN), perhaps a specially designed logo for the year, and the UN infrastructure to coordinate events worldwide. It also presents a written report about the event. This summarizes the activities that took place around the world under the auspices of the international observance, and makes recommendations for the future.

The lists below include some days, month, years, and decades that have been recognized as international observances by the United Nations, or by other organizations that declare international observances but are not as widely recognized.

Days

January

Date	Name	Established/recognized by
1 January	Global Family Day
1 January	Polar Bear Swim Day	Various organizations in Canada
1 January	International Public Domain Day	Wallace McLean
2 January	National Science Fiction Day (United States)
4 January	World Braille Day (birthday of Louis Braille)	World Health Organization
7 January	Distaff Day	Tradition in parts of Europe
9 January	Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Non-resident Indian Day)	Ministry of External Affairs (India)
10 January	World Tintin day
11 January	National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
11 January	International Parity at Work Day
12 January	National Youth Day (India) National Vision Board Day	Government of India
14 January	World Logic Day	UNESCO, CIPSH
15 January	Indian Army Day
15 January	Wikipedia Day	Wikipedia editors
15 January	Intestinal malrotation and Volvulus Awareness Day	Intestinal Malrotation Foundation
16 January	National Religious Freedom Day	President of the United States
21 January	National Hugging Day (United States)	Kevin Zaborney
24 January	Moebius Syndrome Awareness Day
24 January	National Compliment Day
24 January	International Day of Education	United Nations General Assembly
25 January	National Voters' Day (India)	Government of India
25 January	Burns Night (Roberts Burns' birth anniversary)	Friends of Robert Burns in Scotland
26 January	Australia Day
26 January	Indian Republic Day
27 January	International Holocaust Remembrance Day	United Nations General Assembly
27 January	Family Literacy Day	Canada; national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999
28 January	Data Privacy Day a.k.a. Data Protection Day	Council of Europe and various national governments
30 January	CTE Awareness Day	Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation
30 January (or closest school day)	School Day of Non-violence and Peace	Llorenç Vidal Vidal
31 January	Street Children's Day	Jugend Eine Welt
First Monday of January	Handsel Monday	Tradition in Scotland
First Monday after Epiphany	Plough Monday	Tradition in parts of England and Belgium
Third Sunday in January	World Religion Day	National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States
Last Sunday of January	Leprosy Prevention Day	World Health Organization

February

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 February	Imbolc	Gaelic Traditional
1 February	World Hijab Day
1 February	World Aspergillosis Day
2 February	Groundhog Day
2 February	World Wetlands Day
2 February	Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day
4 February	International day of Human Fraternity
4 February	Sri Lankan Independence Day
4 February	World Cancer Day	UN, WHO
5 February	Kashmir Solidarity Day
5 February	World Nutella Day
6 February	Sami National Day
6 February	Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
6 February	International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation	WHO
10 February	World Pulses Day	UN, FAO
11 February	European 112 Day	Instituted by the European Union
11 February	World Day of the Sick	Instituted by Pope John Paul II
11 February	International Day of Women and Girls in Science	UN Women
12 February	Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day	Canadian Federation for Sexual Health
12 February	Darwin Day
12 February	International Day of Women's Health	Canadian Foundation for Women's Health
12 February	Red Hand Day	Child Soldier Awareness
13 February	World Radio Day	UN, UNESCO
14 February	World Valentine Day
14 February	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (Canada)	Children's Heart Society
14 February	V-Day	Global day to end violence against women
15 February (variously, 13, 14 or 15 February)	Singles Awareness Day
15 February	Total Defence Day (Singapore)
15 February	International Childhood Cancer Day	Childhood Cancer Foundation
17 February	Random Acts of Kindness Day (USA)
17 February	Serbian Statehood Day
20 February	World Day of Social Justice	UN
21 February	International Mother Language Day	UN, UNESCO
21 February	Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)
21 February	Global Information Governance Day
22 February	Founders Day	Scouts' Day, worldwide
22 February	World Thinking Day
26 February (in UK, first Friday in February in USA)	National Wear Red Day
27 February	World NGO Day	Baltic Sea NGO Forum of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, the European External Action Service of the European Union.
27 February	Anosmia Awareness Day
27 February	National Pancake Day (USA)
28/29 February (last day of February)	Rare Disease Day
February (first Saturday)	Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
February (the Tuesday falling between the 5th and 11th inclusive)	Safer Internet Day
February (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday

March

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 March	World Civil Defence Day
1 March	National Pig Day (USA)
1 March	Self-Injury Awareness Day	Also known as Self-Harm Awareness Day
2 March	Employee Appreciation Day
2 March	Texas Independence Day
2 March (or closest school day)	Read Across America Day (USA)	National Education Association
3 March	World Wildlife Day	UN
3 March	World Hearing Day	WHO
3 March	Liberation Day of the Republic of Bulgaria
4 March	HPV Awareness Day	International Papilloma Society
8 March	International Women's Day	UN
10 March	National Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
10 March	Mario Day
11 March	National Singles Day and Solo Poly Day (worldwide)	UK
12 March	World Glaucoma Day
14 March	Pi Day
14 March	Dog Theft Awareness Day
14 March	White Day (Japan)
15 March	World Consumer Rights Day
15 March or Friday before vernal equinox	World Sleep Day
15 March	World Contact Day
18 March	Transit Driver Appreciation Day
18 March	National Covid's Victims Day (Italy)	Italy
20 March	Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Awareness Day	Living LFS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that encourages, empowers, and educates those living with Li–Fraumeni syndrome.
20 March	World Oral Health Day	World Dental Federation (FDI)
20 March	International Day of Francophonie
20 March	International Day of Happiness	UN
20 March	World Sparrow Day
20 March	World Rights to Water Day
21 March	Anal Cancer Awareness Day
21 March	Cluster Headache Awareness Day	Promoted by OUCH (Organisation for the Understanding of Cluster Headaches) alongside The European Headache Federation and European Headache Alliance.
21 March	Human Rights Day (South Africa)	South Africa
21 March	International Black And White Day
21 March	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination	UN
21 March	World Poetry Day	UN, UNESCO
21 March	International Day of Nowruz	UN
21 March	World Down Syndrome Day	UN
21 March	World Puppetry Day	UNIMA
21 March	International Day of Forests	UN
22 March	World Water Day	UN
23 March	Pakistan Day
23 March	International atheist day
23 March	World Meteorological Day	UN, WMO, WHO
23 March	National Puppy Day (USA)
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day	UN, WHO
25 March	International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade	UN
25 March	International Day of the Unborn Child	Catholic Church
25 March	Bangladesh National Genocide Day	BPCA
25 March	EU Talent Day
25 March	FND Awareness Day UK	For functional neurological disorder and non-epileptic attack disorder
25 March	Tolkien Reading Day
26 March	Bangladesh Independence Day
26 March	Purple Day for epilepsy
27 March	World Theatre Day
27 March	Muslim Women's Day
30 March	World Bipolar Day	International Society for Bipolar Disorders
30 March	World Bass Day	Institute for Bass Sciences
31 March	International Drug Checking Day
31 March	World Backup Day
31 March	International Transgender Day of Visibility
March (First Saturday of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship)	National Corndog Day (USA)
March (Second Thursday)	World Kidney Day
Monday before Shrove Tuesday	Nickanan Night, Collop Monday. Hall' Monday

April

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 April	April Fools' Day
1 April	Edible Book Festival
2 April	World Autism Awareness Day	UN
2 April	International Children's Book Day
4 April	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	UN
5 April	National Maritime Day
6 April	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace	UN
6 April	World Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
7 April	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide	UN
7 April	World Health Day	UN, WHO
8 April	International Romani Day
10 April	World Homeopathy Day
10 April	Siblings Day (some countries)
11 April	International Louie Louie Day
12 April	Equal Pay Day
12 April	Cosmonautics Day
13 April	FND Awareness Day	functional neurological disorder and conversion disorder. FND Hope; since adopted by other groups and medical professionals worldwide.
14 April	Black Day (South Korea)
14 April	Pohela Boishakh (Bangla New Year's Day)
14 April	Cake and Cunnilingus Day
15 April	Day of Dialogue
15 April	World Bleeding Disorders Awareness Day	World Federation of Hemophilia
16 April	National Healthcare Decisions Day (US)
16 April	Foursquare Day
16 April	World Voice Day
17, 18 and 19 April have been used	Record Store Day
17 April	World Haemophilia Day
18 April	International Day For Monuments and Sites
18 April	Youth Homelessness Matters Day	National Youth Coalition for Housing, Australia
19 April	Bicycle Day
Third Thursday of April	National High Five Day (USA)
20 April	420: international day for cannabis-related protests and events	Global cannabis culture
21 April	Day of Silence
21 April	National Tea Day
22 April	Earth Day
22 April	International Mother Earth Day	UN
22 April (UK)	Administrative Professionals' Day
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day	UN, UNESCO
23 April	English Language Day
24 April	Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
24 April	Fashion Revolution Day
24 April	International Sculpture Day
24 April	World Day for Laboratory Animals
25 April	DNA day
25 April	World Malaria Day	UN, WHO
25 April	International Delegate's Day	UN
25 April	Parental Alienation Awareness Day
25 April	ANZAC Day
25 April	Liberation Day (Italy)
April (North America: Wednesday of last full week)	Administrative Professionals' Day
26 April	World Intellectual Property Day
27 April	King's Day (The Netherlands)
27 April	Freedom Day (South Africa)
28 April	World Day for Safety and Health at Work	UN, ILO
29 April	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare	UN
29 April	International Dance Day	UNESCO
30 April	International Jazz Day	UN

May

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 May	May Day
1 May	International Workers' Day
1st Friday in May	No Pants Day
1st Saturday in May	World Naked Gardening Day
3 May	World Press Freedom Day	UN
4 May	International Firefighters' Day
4 May	Star Wars Day
4 May	Greenery Day
4 May	Remembrance of the Dead
5 May	International Midwives Day
5 May	Cinco de Mayo
6 May	International No Diet Day
7 May	World Password Day
7 May	National Masturbation Day
7 May	World Wide Day of Genital Autonomy
8 May	World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
8 May	World Ovarian Cancer Day	World Ovarian Cancer Coalition
8 May	Teacher's Day
8 May	Victory in Europe Day
8–9 May	Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War	UN
9 May	Europe Day
10 May	International Migratory Bird Day	North America
10 May	Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Awareness Day
Friday before Mother's Day	Military Spouse Day
11 May	National Technology Day	India
12 May	International Nurses Day
12 May	International May 12th Awareness Day	Centers for Disease Control and others
2nd Sunday in May	Mother's Day
13 May	World Cocktail Day
15 May	International Day of Families	UN
16 May	International Day of Light	UNESCO
17 May	Shades Day	Family Holiday Association
17 May	Norwegian Constitution Day
17 May	International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia	UN
17 May	World Telecommunication and Information Society Day	ITU
18 May	World AIDS Vaccine Day
18 May	International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
18 May	International Museum Day
19 May	World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day
20 May	World Metrology Day	BIPM, OIML
20 May	World Bee Day	UN, FAO
20 May	Blue Cone Monochromacy International Awareness Day
21 May	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development	UN
21 May	International Tea Day	UN
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity	UN
23 May	World Turtle Day
23 May	Labour Day (Jamaica)
24 May	World Schizophrenia Day 2018
24 May	World Orienteering Day
25 May	Geek Pride Day
25 May	African Liberation Day
25 May	International Missing Children's Day
25 May	World Multiple Sclerosis Day
25 May	Towel Day
26 May	National Paper Airplane Day (USA)
28 May	Menstrual Hygiene Day
29 May	International Day of UN Peacekeepers	UN
31 May	World No-Tobacco Day	UN, WHO
1st Tuesday of May	World Asthma Day
1st Sunday in May	World Laughter Day
2nd Saturday in May	World Fair Trade Day
3rd Thursday in May	Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Last Monday in May	Memorial Day
Full moon in May	Vesak
Second weekend of May	World Migratory Bird Day	UN, UNEP
May (Saturday of third full week)	International Heritage Breeds Day (USA)
May (First Saturday of the month)	Free Comic Book Day

June

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
June (First Friday)	National Donut Day (USA)
1 June	Global Day of Parents	UN
1 June	International Children's Day
1 June	World Milk Day
2 June	International Whores' Day
2 June	Republic Day (Italy)
3 June	World Bicycle Day	UN
4 June	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression	UN
5 June	World Environment Day	UN, UNEP
5 June	Danish Constitution Day
6 June	D-Day
6 June	World Pest Day	CEPA, NPMA
6 June	National Day of Sweden
7 June	World Swift Day	Swifts Without Frontiers
7 June	World Food Safety Day	WHO
8 June	World Oceans Day	UN
9 June	Coral Triangle Day
10 June	Portugal Day	Portugal
10 June	World Art Nouveau Day
11 June	Brazilian Navy Day
12 June	Anne Frank Day	Anne Frank Centre
12 June	International Shia Day
12 June	World Day Against Child Labour
12 June	Independence Day (Philippines)
13 June	International Albinism Awareness Day	UN
14 June	World Blood Donor Day	UN, WHO
15 June	Global Wind Day
16 June	Youth Day (South Africa)
16 June	International Day of the African Child	AU (OAU)
16 June	Bloomsday
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	UN
17 June	Icelandic National Day
18 June	Autistic Pride Day
19 June or third Saturday of the month	Juneteenth
19 June	World Sickle Cell Day	United Nations General Assembly (63rd session)
20 June	World Refugee Day	UN
20–21 June (Solstice)	International Surfing Day
21 June	International day of the Celebration of the Solstice
21 June	World Humanist Day
21 June	Go Skateboarding Day
21 June	World Music Day
21 June	International Day of Yoga\| UN
21 June	International Day of Purpose
21 June	National Indigenous Day (Canada)
21 June	World Hydrography Day
22 June	World Kidney Cancer Q&A Day
23 June	International Widow's Day	UN
23 June	UN Public Service Day
23 June	World Female Ranger Day	How Many Elephants
24 June	Take Your Dog to Work Day
24 June	Fête Nationale du Québec
25 June	World Vitiligo Day	VITSAF
26 June	International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking	UN
26 June	United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture	UN
26 June	World Refrigeration Day
27 June	National PTSD Awareness Day
28 June	Tau Day
28 June (Also 22 October)	CAPS LOCK DAY
29 June	CAPS LOCK DAY
30 June	International day of the tropics	UN
June (first, second, or third Saturday)	Queen's Official Birthday
June (first Sunday)	National Cancer Survivors Day (US)
June (second Saturday)	World Wide Knit in Public Day
June (third Sunday)	Father's Day in some countries
June (last Saturday)	Bundle Day (Switzerland)

July

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
July (First Saturday)	International Free Hugs Day
July (First Saturday)	International Day of Cooperatives	UN
July (First Weekend)	World Aquatics Day	FINA
1 July	Somalia Independence Day
1 July	Canada Day
1 July	National Doctors' Day (India)
1 July	Chartered Accountants' Day (India)
2 July	World UFO Day
4 July	Independence Day (United States)
5 July	X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)
5 July	Tynwald Day (Isle of Man)
6 July	National Fried Chicken Day (USA)
6 July	International Kissing Day
7 July	World Chocolate Day
11 July	World Population Day	UN
12 July	Malala Day	UN
12 July	The Twelfth (Northern Ireland)
12 July	Simplicity day
14 July	Bastille Day
14 July	International Non-Binary People's Day
15 July	World Youth Skills Day	UN
16 July	Guinea Pig Appreciation Day
17 July	World Day for International Justice
17 July	World Emoji Day
18 July	Nelson Mandela International Day	UN
20 July	International Chess Day
21 July	Belgian National Day
22 July	Pi Approximation Day
25 July	Christmas in July
26 July	International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem	UN
26 July	Kargil Vijay Diwas
26 July	Esperanto Day
28 July	World Hepatitis Day	UN, WHO
29 July	International Tiger Day
30 July	International Day of Friendship	UN
30 July	World Day Against Trafficking in Persons	UN
30 July	National Whistleblower Appreciation Day
July (Last Friday)	System Administrator Appreciation Day
31 July	World Ranger Day	IRF, UNESCO

Comic Sans Day - First Friday of July

August

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1st Sunday in August	International Friendship Day
1st Wednesday in August	Professional Engineers Day
1st Friday in August	International Beer Day
3rd Saturday in August	National Honey Bee Day
1 August	Emancipation Day (Jamaica)
1 August	Yorkshire Day
6 August	Independence Day (Jamaica)
8 August	International Cat Day
9 August	National Day (Singapore)
9 August	International Day of the World's Indigenous People	UN
12 August	International Youth Day	UN
13 August	International Lefthanders Day
14 August	World Lizard Day
14 August	Youm-e-Azadi (Pakistan Independence Day)
15 August	National day of mourning (Bangladesh)
15 August	Independence Day (India)
15 August	Victory over Japan Day (UK)
16 August	Bennington Battle Day
17 August	Indonesian Independence Day
19 August	World Humanitarian Day	UN
20 August	World Mosquito Day
20 August	Indian Akshay Urja Day
21 August	World Senior Citizens Day
22 August	International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief	UN
23 August	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition	UN, UNESCO
23 August	European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
25 August	Christmas in August
25 August	Brazilian Army Day
26 August	Women's Equality Day
29 August	International Day against Nuclear Tests	UN
29 August	National Sports Day
30 August	International Day of the Disappeared
30 August	El 'Ouardighi Day
31 August	Hari Merdeka (Malaysia Independence Day)

September

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
3rd Saturday in September	Software Freedom Day
1 September	National Insurance Day (Sri Lanka)	Government of Sri Lanka
1 September	Random Acts of Kindness Day (New Zealand)
2 September	Victory over Japan Day (US)
3 September	Skyscraper Day
4 September	National Finnish Food Day (Finland)
5 September	International Day of Charity	UN
5 September	Teachers' Day (India)
6 September	Defense Day (Pakistan)
7 September	Brazilian Independence Day
7 September	International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies	UN
8 September	World Physical Therapy Day
8 September	International Literacy Day	UN, UNESCO
9 September	International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day	NIH/International
9 September	International Day to Protect Education from Attack	UN
10 September	World Suicide Prevention Day	UN, WHO
11 September	Patriot Day
12 September	ATSEP Day	Air traffic safety electronics personnel
13 September	RUOK? Day	Depression awareness and suicide prevention (Australia)
13 September	International Chocolate Day, Birthday of Milton S. Hershey.
14 September	Hindi Day
15 September	International Day of Democracy	UN
15 September	Engineer's Day (India)
16 September	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	UN
16 September	Start of Mexican Independence Day
16 September	Malaysia Day
17 September	World Patient Safety Day	WHO
18 September	World Water Monitoring Day
19 September	International Talk Like a Pirate Day
20 September	International Day of University Sport	FISU, UNESCO
21 September	International Day of Peace	UN
21 September	World Alzheimer's Day
22 September	Baltic Unity Day	Seimas of Lithuania and Saeima of Latvia
22 September	World Rhino Day
22 September	Hobbit Day
22 September	World Car Free Day
23 September	International Day of Sign Languages	UN
23 September	Celebrate Bisexuality Day	Also known as Bisexual Pride or Bisexual Visibility Day
24 September	Heritage Day (South Africa)
25 September	World Pharmacists Day	International Pharmaceutical Federation
26 September	European Day of Languages
26 September	World Contraception Day
27 September	World Tourism Day	UN, UNWTO
28 September	World Rabies Day	UN, WHO
28 September	International Right to Know Day
28 September	International Safe Abortion Day
28 September	Ask a Stupid Question Day
29 September	World Heart Day	UN, WHO
30 September	International Translation Day	UN
30 September	Botswana Day

October

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 October	International Day of Older Persons	UN
1 October	World Vegetarian Day
1 October	International Coffee Day
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence	UN
2 October	World Cerebral Palsy Day
First Friday in October	World Smile Day
2 October	Gandhi Jayanthi
3 October	German Unity Day
3 October	Stevie Ray Vaughan Day (Austin, Texas, US)
4 October	World Animal Day
4 October	Cinnamon roll day	Sweden
4 October	eDay	Electronic Waste Awareness Day (New Zealand)
5 October	International Day of No Prostitution
5 October	World Teachers' Day	UN, UNESCO
6 October	German-American Day
6 October	National Poetry Day (Britain)
Second Saturday in October	International Migratory Bird Day	South America
8 October	National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
9 October	World Post Day	UN
10 October	World Mental Health Day	UN, WHO
10 October	World Day Against the Death Penalty
10 October	Fiji Day (Fiji)
11 October	International Day of the Girl Child	UN
11 October	World Obesity Day
11 October	National Coming Out Day
12 October	World Sight Day
12 October	Columbus Day	Celebrated in Spain, US, and Latin American countries
12 October	Spain National Day
13 October	World Thrombosis Day	International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis World Thrombosis Day
13 October	International Day for Disaster Reduction	UN
14 October	World Standards Day
15 October	Global Handwashing Day
15 October	White Cane Safety Day
15 October	Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
16 October	National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
16 October	World Anaesthesia Day	WFSA
16 October	World Food Day
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty	UN
18 October	World Vasectomy Day
20 October	World Osteoporosis Day
20 October	World Statistics Day
21 October	International Day of the Nacho
21 October (2015 only)	Back to the Future Day
21 October	Trafalgar Day (United Kingdom)
22 October	International Stuttering Awareness Day
22 October (also 28 June)	CAPS LOCK DAY
23 October	Mole Day
23 October	Brazilian Air Force Day
24 October	United Nations Day	UN
24 October	World Development Information Day	UN
26 October	Intersex Awareness Day
Fourth Monday in October	Labour Day (New Zealand)
27 October	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage	UN, UNESCO
28 October	International Animation Day
29 October	World Stroke Day
29 October	National Cat Day (USA)
30 October	Mischief Night
1st Mon in Oct	World Habitat Day	UN
Day in 1st week in Oct	World Ballet Day
2nd Thu in Oct	World Sight Day	UN, WHO, IAPB
30 October	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (Russia)
31 October	Reformation Day
31 October	World Cities Day	UN

November

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 November	World Vegan Day
1 November	International Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Awareness Day
1 November	Kerala Piravi
2 November	International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists	UN
5 November	Guy Fawkes Day (United Kingdom)
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	UN, WHO
7 November	International African Writers' Day	Pan African Writers' Association
8 November	International Day of Radiology
8 November	Aaron Swartz Day	Aaron Swartz family and associates; Hermes Center (Italy)
8 November	Intersex Day of Remembrance
8 November	World Urbanism Day
9 November	World Freedom Day
9 November	Iqbal Day
10 November	Keratoconus awareness day/World KC Day
10 November	World Science Day for Peace and Development	UNESCO
11 November	Armistice Day, also known as Remembrance Day
11 November	National Independence Day (Poland)
11 November	Singles' Day	Chinese people, Alibaba Group
12 November	World Pneumonia Day	UN, WHO
13 November	World Kindness Day
14 November	World Diabetes Day	UN, WHO
14 November	Children's Day
15 November	Day of the Imprisoned Writer	PEN International
16 November	International Day for Tolerance	UN
17 November	International Students Day
17 November	World Prematurity Day
19 November	International Journalist's Remembrance Day	UN
19 November	World Toilet Day	UN
19 November	International Men's Day	(Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hungary, Ireland, Ghana, Canada, Denmark, Austria, France, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
19 November	Citizen's Day
20 November	Transgender Day of Remembrance
20 November	Universal Children's Day
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day	UN
21 November	World Television Day	UN
21 November	World Hello Day
23 November (Day after Thanksgiving)	National Day of Listening (USA)
25 November	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women	UN
25–26 November	Buy Nothing Day
26 November	Law Day (India)
26 November	National Milk Day (India)
26 November	Constitution Day (India)
26 November	Anti Obesity Day
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People	UN
30 November	Cities for Life Day
30 November	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
November (second Thursday)	World Quality Day	Chartered Quality Institute
3rd Thu in Nov	World Philosophy Day	UN, UNESCO
3rd Sun in Nov	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims	UN, WHO

December

Day	Name	Established/recognized by
1 December	World AIDS Day	UN
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery	UN
2 December	UAE National Day
3 December	International Day of Persons with Disabilities	UN
5 December	World Soil Day	UN: A/RES/68/232
5 December	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development	UN
6 December	Independence Day (Finland)
7 December	International Civil Aviation Day	UN, ICAO
9 December	International Anti-Corruption Day	UN
10 December	Human Rights Day	UN
11 December	International Mountain Day	UN
12 December	Universal Health Coverage Day
14 December	Monkey Day
16 December	Victory day of Bangladesh
16 December	Day of Reconciliation
16 December	Bahrain National Day
17 December	International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers
18 December	International Migrants Day	UN
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day	UN
22 December	National Mathematics Day (India)
23 December	Festivus
December (Winter Solstice)	Global Orgasm
December (Thursday before Christmas)	National Regifting Day (USA)
25 December	Good Governance Day (India)
25 December	Quaid-e-Azam Day
26 December	Boxing Day
27 December	Benazir Bhutto Memorial Day (Karachi, Pakistan)
27 December	International Day of Epidemic Preparedness	UN
Full moon day during December	Purnima Sukla Paksha
31 December	New Year's Eve

Other days that vary by location

Arbor Day
Children's Day – dates vary between countries
Father's Day – dates vary between countries
Flag Day – dates vary between countries
Hangul Day – 9 October (South Korea); 15 January (North Korea)
Imbolc – beginning of February or at the first local signs of spring
Inventors' Day (dates vary between countries)
Labour Day – dates vary between countries
Mardi Gras
Mothers' Day – dates vary between countries
National day – dates vary between countries
Scouts' Day (and Scout Weeks) – dates vary between countries

Weeks

International

Week	Name	Recognized by
1–7 February	World Interfaith Harmony Week	UN with A/RES/65/5
7–14 February	Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week	Mended Hearts
Begins every 2nd Sunday of March	World Glaucoma Week	WGA
27 March – 2 April (2017)	Global Money Week
Last week of April	World Immunization Week	World Health Organization
Last week of April	Vaccination Week In The Americas
25 April – 2 May (2009)	Vaccination Week in the Americas	Pan American Health Organization
8 – 14 May	Mental Health Awareness Week	Mental Health Foundation and others
20 – 26 May	Dementia Action Week
Third week in June	Mosquito Awareness Week	Pan American Health Organization
1–7 August	World Breastfeeding Week	WHO
5–11 September 2016 – 2017	Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week
First week in September	Zero Waste Week
Last week in September	Global ITP Awareness Week	Global ITP Alliance
5 – 11 October	Mental Illness Awareness Week - 5–11 October 2008
26 December – 1 January	Kwanzaa

Regional or national

OCDAction - week of Action 15–19 February; raising awareness of obsessive compulsive disorder in the UK
Celebrate Your Name Week - first full week in March
Fix a Leak Week - March
UK Parkinson's Awareness Week - 10–16 April 2017
Sleep Awareness Week - Last week of April
National Dark-Sky Week (USA) - April (Week of new moon)
Public Service Recognition Week - 1–7 May
National Postcard Week (USA) - May (First full week)
National Dairy Goat Awareness Week (US) - from the second Saturday to the third Saturday of June
Gifted Awareness Week in New Zealand - the full week including George Parkyn's birthday, 17 June
Speech Pathology Awareness Week (Australia) - 20 August
Contact Lens Health Week - 21–25 August 2017
Idiopathic Hypersomnia Awareness Week - worldwide event designed to raise awareness and educate the community about the rare neurological sleep disorder idiopathic hypersomnia; first week in September
Free Speech Week - third full week in October in the United States
National Map Reading Week - educational campaign to increase awareness of map skills; third full week in October
UK Charity Week - 4–10 December

Months

See List of month-long observances.

Years

2024	International Year of Camelids
2023	International Year of Millets
2022	International Year of Sustainable Mountain Development
2022	International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
2022	International Year of Glass
2022	International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
2021	International Year of Peace and Trust
2021	International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development
2021	International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
2021	International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour
2020	International Year of the Nurse and Midwife
2020	International Year of Plant Health
2010s
2019	International Year of Indigenous Languages (A/RES/71/178) by UNESCO; Moderation (A/RES/72/129) by Alliance of Civilizations; Periodic table of Chemical Elements (A/RES/72/228) by UNESCO.
2018	International Year of the Reef
2017	International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2016	International Year of Pulses
2015	Year of the Gibbon
2015	International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies
2015	International Year of Soils
2014	International Year of Crystallography
2014	International Year of Family Farming
2014	International Year of Small Island Developing States
2014	International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
2013	International Year of Statistics
2013	International Year of Quinoa
2013	The Year of Luigi
2012	International Year of Cooperatives
2012	International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
2012	Alan Turing Year
2011	World Veterinary Year 2011
2011	International Year for People of African Descent, recognized by UNESCO, proclaimed by UN on 18 December 2009
2011	International year of homophobia prevention and tables
2011	International Year of Chemistry, recognized by UNESCO
2011	International Year of Forests
2010	International Year of Youth
2010	International Year of Biodiversity
2010	International Year of the Seafarer
2010	International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
2000s
2009	International Year of the Shark
2009	Year of the Gorilla
2009	International Year of Reconciliation
2009	International Year of Natural Fibres
2009	International Year of Human Rights Learning
2009	International Year of Astronomy (proposal accepted by 33rd session of the UNESCO General Conference, proclaimed by United Nations 62nd General Assembly)
2008	International Year of the Reef
2008	International Year of Sanitation
2008	International Year of the Potato
2008	International Year of Languages
(2007)–2008–(2009)	International Year of Planet Earth (N.B. Triennium)
2007–2008–(2009)	International Polar Year
2007–2008	International Heliophysical Year
2007	International Year of the Scout
2007	Year of the Dolphin (extended to 2008)
2006	International Year of Deserts and Desertification
2005	World Year of Physics (declared by IUPAP)
2005	International Year of Sport and Physical Education
2005	International Year of Microcredit
2004	International Year of Rice
2004	International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition
2003	Year of Kyrgyz Statehood
2003	International Year of Freshwater
2002	United Nations Year for Cultural Heritage
2002	International Year of Mountains
2002	International Year of Ecotourism
2001	United Nations Year of Dialogue among Civilizations
2001	International Year of Volunteers
2001	International Year of Mobilization against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2000	International Year of Thanksgiving
2000	International Year for the Culture of Peace
1990s
1999	International Men's Day
1999	International Year of Older Persons
1998	International Year of the Ocean
1997	International Year of the Reef
1996	International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
1995	United Nations Year for Tolerance
1995	World Year of Peoples’ Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
1994	International Year of the Family
1994	International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal
1993	International Year for the World's Indigenous People
1992	International Space Year
1990	International Literacy Year
1980s
1987	International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
1986	International Year of Peace
1985	Year of the United Nations
1985	International Youth Year
1984	Year of Women in South Africa
1983	World Communications Year
1982	International Year of Mobilization for Sanctions Against South Africa
1981	International Year of Disabled Persons
1970s
1979	International Year of the Child
1978/1979	International Anti-Apartheid Year
1975	International Women's Year
1974	World Population Year
1971	International Year for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Prejudice
1970	International Education Year
1960s
1968	International Year of Human Rights
1967	International Tourist Year
1966	International Rice Year
1965	International Cooperation Year
1961	International Health and Medical Research Year
1950s
1959/1960	World Refugee Year
1957/1958	International Geophysical Year
Before 1950
1932/1933	International Polar Year
1882/1883	International Polar Year

Decades

Decade	Name	Recognized by
2021–2030	Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development	UNESCO
2015–2024	International Decade for People of African Descent	UN General Assembly
2014–2024	United Nations Decade of Sustainable Energy for All	UN
2013–2022	International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures	UNESCO
2011–2020	United Nations Decade on Biodiversity	UN
2011–2020	Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism	UN
2011–2020	Decade of Action for Road Safety	UN
2008–2017	Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty	UN
2005–2015	Water for Life Decade	UN
2005–2014	Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People	UN
2005–2014	United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development	UN
2003–2012	United Nations Literacy Decade	UN
2001–2010	International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World	UN
2000–2010	Bone and Joint Decade	WHO, UN
2000–2010	Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism	UN
1997–2006	First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty	UN
1994–2004	First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People	UN
1993–2003	Third Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination	UN
1990s	International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
1976–1985	United Nations Decade for Women	UN