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Significant January holidays:
1
New Year's Day
6
Epiphany
13
Friday the 13th
10
(Eid) al Adha
†
16
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
Birthday observed
29
Chinese New Year
31
1st Day of
Muharram
†
Prevous month: January
Next month: March
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Significant February holidays:
Black History Month
2
Groundhog Day
10–26
Winter Olympics:
Turin, Italy
12
Lincoln's
Birthday
14
St. Valentine's Day
20
Washington's Birthday (or Presidents' Day) observed
22
Washington's
Birthday
28
Shrove Tuesday
(Mardi Gras)
Prevous month: February
Next month: April
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Significant March holidays:
Women's History Month
1
Ash Wednesday
14
Purim
†
15
The Ides of March
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St. Patrick's Day
20
Spring begins
(EST)
‡
Prevous month: March
Next month: May
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Significant April holidays:
Poetry Month
1
April Fool's Day Explained
2
Daylight Saving Time
begins
9
Palm Sunday
11
Mawlid al-Nabi
†
13
1st Day of
Passover
†
14
Good Friday
16
Easter Sunday
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Orthodox Easter
Prevous month: April
Next month: June
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Significant May holidays:
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
1
May Day
14
Mother's Day
25
Ascension Day
29
Memorial Day
observed
Prevous month: May
Next month: July
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Significant June holidays:
2
1st Day of
Shavuot
†
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Pentecost
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Flag Day
18
Father's Day
21
Summer begins
(EDT)
‡
Prevous month: June
Next month: August
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Significant July holidays:
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Canada Day
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Independence Day
Prevous month: July
Next month: September
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Significant August holidays:
1–31
History of the Month
Prevous month: August
Next month: October
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Significant September holidays:
Hispanic Heritage Month
(Sept. 15–Oct. 15)
4
Labor Day
22
Autumn begins
(EDT)
‡
23
1st Day of Rosh Hashanah
†
24
Ramadan
begins
†
Prevous month: September
Next month: November
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Significant October holidays:
2
Yom Kippur
†
7
1st Day of
Sukkot
†
9
Columbus Day
observed
9
Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
13
Friday the 13th
14
Shemini Atzeret
†
21
Diwali
23
Ramadan
ends
(Eid al-Fitr)
†
29
Daylight Saving Time
ends
31
Halloween
Prevous month: October
Next month: December
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Significant November holidays:
American Indian Heritage Month
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All Saints' Day
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Election Day
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Veterans Day
23
Thanksgiving Day
(U.S.)
Prevous month: November
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Significant December holidays:
3
1st Sunday of
Advent
16
1st Day of
Hanukkah
†
21
Winter begins
(EST)
‡
25
Christmas Day
26
1st Day of
Kwanzaa
31
(Eid) al Adha
† All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the day before they are listed here.
‡ See
Seasons for the Northern Hemisphere
, for solstices and equinoxes.
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