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Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on d…
Mother's Day (Paraguay)
Nakba Day is the day of commemoration for the Nakba, also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, which comprised the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the…
Nakba Day (Palestinian communities)
Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week is an observance in the United States that pays tribute to the local, state, and federal peace officers who have died, or who have been …
Peace Officers Memorial Day (United States)
All official holidays in Lithuania are established by acts of Seimas.
Republic Day (Lithuania)
Public holidays in Malaysia are regulated at both federal and state levels, mainly based on a list of federal holidays observed nationwide plus a few additional holidays observed b…
Birthday of the Raja (Perlis)
Giulia Salzano was an Italian Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1905). Salzano served as a teacher prior …
Christian feast day: Giulia Salzano
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name…
Christian feast day: Blessed Ivan Ziatyk
Paschal Baylón was a Spanish Catholic religious brother in the Order of Friars Minor.
Christian feast day: Paschal Baylon
Peter Lieou also known as Liu Wenyuan Petrus / Baiduo / Peter Liu Wenyuan was Chinese Catholic convert, layman, missionary and a martyr. He was exiled and was strangled to death in…
Christian feast day: Peter Lieou
Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers. It may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the comm…
Teachers' Day (Colombia, Mexico, and South Korea)
William Hobart Hare was an American bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
Christian feast day: William Hobart Hare (Episcopal Church (USA))
Restituta is a Berber saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. She was said to have been born in Carthage or Teniza and martyred under Roman Emperor Di…
Christian feast day: Restituta
May 16 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 18
Christian feast day: May 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Children's Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honour of children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925, International Children's Day was first procl…
Children's Day (Norway)
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 const…
Constitution Day (Nauru)
Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official public holiday observed on 17 May each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to as Syttende mai, Nasjonaldag…
Constitution Day (Norway)
The Baháʼí calendar used in the Baháʼí Faith is a solar calendar consisting of nineteen months and four or five intercalary days, with new year at the moment of Northern spring equ…
Feast of ‘Aẓamat (Baháʼí Faith, day shifts with March Equinox, see List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar)
Galician Literature Day is a public holiday observed in Galicia, Spain. It is a celebration of the Galician language and its literature which was inaugurated by the Royal Galician …
Galician Literature Day or Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia)
The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is observed on 17 May and aims to coordinate international events that raise awareness of LGBTQ rights…
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the origina…
Liberation Day (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Several nations observe or have observed a Navy Day to recognize their navy.
Navy Day (Argentina)
World Hypertension Day (WHD) is a day designated and initiated by The World Hypertension League (WHL), which is itself an umbrella to organizations of 85 national hypertension soci…
World Hypertension Day
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is an international day proclaimed in November 2006 by the International Telecommunication Union Plenipotentiary Conference in A…
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (International)
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury was the first wife of King Edmund I. She was Queen of the English from her marriage in around 939 until her death in 944. Ælfgifu and Edmund were the parents…
Christian feast day: Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury