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Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka (1954),
May 17
1979 Coup*, Anniversary of, June 4
Abzug, Bella (1920–1998), July 24
Adams, (Sir) Grantley Herbert (1898–1971),
November 28
Administrative Professionals Day, April 21
Advent, November 28
Africa Day*, May 25
African American History Month, February 1
Ailey, Alvin (1931–1989), January 5
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971), December
18
Alcatraz Island, Capture of (1969), November 20
Aldridge, Ira (c. 1805–1867), August 7
Aleichem, Sholom (born Solomon Rabinowitz) (1854–1916),
February 18
All Saints Day, November 1
All Saints Eve, October 31
All Souls Day (Day of the Dead), November 2
Allen, Richard (1760–1831), February 14
Altagarcia*, Our Lady of, January 21
Alvarez, Luis (1911–1988), June 13
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), July 26
Anderson, Marian (1902–1993), February 17
Anniversary of the Death of José de San Martín (Argentina), August
16
Anniversary of the May Revolution*, May 25
Annunciation, The, March 25
Anthony, Susan B. (1820–1906), February 15
Antin, Mary (1881–1949), June 13
Anzac Day, April 25
Apess, William (1798–1840?), January 31
Arab League Day*, March 22
Armed Forces Day*, October 6
Armstrong, Louis (1900–1971), August 4
Army Day*, September 19
Ascension Day (Christian), May 20
Ascension Day (Eastern Orthodox Christian), May
20
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent), February 25
Ashe, Arthur (1943–1993), July 10
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, May 1
Atatürk and Youth Day*, May 19
Australia Day, January 26
Autumnal Equinox Day (Shubun No Hi), September 23
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Bab, Birthday of the (1819–1850),
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
Baisakhi (New Year), April 14
Baldwin, James (1924–1987), August 2
Bank Holiday* (Argentina), December 31
Bank Holiday* (Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand),
July 5
Bank Holiday* (Ecuador), June 25
Bank Holiday* (Great Britain), May 5
Bank Holiday* (Great Britain), May 31
Bank Holiday* (Great Britain), August 30
Bank Holiday* (Ireland), May 3
Bank Holiday* (Ireland), June 7
Bank Holiday* (Ireland), October 25
Bank Holiday* (Japan), December 31
Bank Holiday* (Japan, Scotland), January 2
Bank Holiday* (Japan, Taiwan), January 3
Bank Holiday* (Republic of Ireland, Scotland), August
2
Banneker, Benjamin (1731–1806), November 9
Barbosa's Birthday*, José Celso, July 27
Barbosa, Pilar (189?–1997), January 22
Bastille Day, July 14
Battle of Angamos*, October 8
Battle of Ayucucho*, December 9
Battle of Boyacá*, August 7
Battle of Boyne Day*, July 14
Battle of Carabobo*, June 24
Battle of Iquique*, May 21
Battle of Rivas, Anniversary of the*, April 11
Bean Scattering Festival (Setsubun), February 3
Beckett, Samuel (1906–1989), April 13
Beltaine (Pagan/Wiccan), May 1
Berchtold's Day*, January 2
Berlin, Irving (1888–1989), May 11
Betances, Ramón Emeterio (1827–1898), April
8
Bethune, Mary McLeod (1875–1955), May 18
Bodhi Day (Buddha's Enlightenment), December 8
Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830), July 24
Bonifacio Day, November 30
Bontemps, Arna (1902–1973), October 13
Boxing Day, December 27
Braille, Louis (1809–1852), January 4
Brandeis, Louis D. (1856–1941), November 13
Brown, Christy (1932–1981), September 6
Brown, Ronald H. (1941–1996), October 1
Bruce, Blanche K. (1841–1898), March 1
Brumidi, Constantine (1805–1880), July 12
Buber, Martin (1878–1965), February 8
Buddha's Birth (c. 563–483 B.C.E.), April 8
Bulosan, Carlos (1913–1956), November 23
Bunche, Ralph (1904–1971), December 10
Burns, Robert (1759–1796), January 25
Butter Sculpture Festival (Tibetan), February
4
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Cabrillo Day,
September 25
Cabrini, (Saint) Frances Xavier (1850–1917),
July 15
Cadilla de Martinez, Maria (1886–1951),
December 21
Canada Day, July 1
Candlemas, February 2
Capra, Frank (1897–1991), May
18
Cárdenas, Lázaro (1895–1970),
May 21
Carmichael, Stokely (1941–1998),
June 29
Carter, Betty (1929–1998),
May 16
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
Chávez, Dennis (1888–1962),
April 8
Chen, Joyce (1918–1994), August
23
Cherokee Phoenix, First publication of the (1828),
Chief Joseph, Surrender of (1877),
October 5
Children's Day (Kodomo No Hi), May
5
Children's Day (Tano), May 5
Children's Day* (People's Republic of China),,
June 1
Children's Day*, June 1
Children's Day*, November 1
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, May
6
Chinese Exclusion Acts, Repeal of (1943),
December 17
Chino, Wendell (1923–1998),
December 25
Christmas (Armenian Apostolic Church),
January 6
Christmas (Christian), December
25
Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Christian),
January 7
Christophe, Henri (1767–1820),
October 6
Chulalongkorn Day, October 23
Chusok (Harvest Festival), September 28
Cinco de Mayo, May 5
Civic and Provincial Holidays*, August 2
Clark, Septima (1898–1987),
May 3
Clemente, Roberto (1934–1972),
August 18
Columbus Day observed, October 11
Coming of Age Day (Seijin No Hi), January 12
Commemoration Day*, November 7
Communist Party*, Founding of, July
1
Confederation Agreement Day, February
1
Confucius' Birthday (551–479 B.C.E.),
September 28
Confucius' Death (551–479 B.C.E.),
September 9
Conrad, Joseph (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857–1924),
December 3
Constitution Day (Japan), May 3
Constitution Day (Philippines), February
8
Constitution Day (Poland), May 3
Constitution Day (Puerto Rico),
July 25
Constitution Day (Thailand), December
10
Constitution Day* (Denmark), June
5
Constitution Day* (Dominican Republic),
November 6
Constitution Day* (Hungary), August
20
Constitution Day* (Mexico), February
5
Constitution Day* (Russia), December 13
Constitution Day* (South Korea),
July 17
Constitution Day* (Spain), December
6
Copland, Aaron (1900–1990),
November 14
Coronation Day*, May 5
Crummell, Alexander (1819–1898),
March 3
Cruz, Philip Vera (1904–1994),
December 25
Culture Day (Bunka No Hi), November
3
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da Ponte, Lorenzo (1749–1838),
March 10
Davis, Alice Brown (1852–1935), September 10
Davis, Allison (1902–1983), October 14
Dawes General Allotment Act (1887), February 8
Day after Ch'ing-ming* (Hong Kong, Taiwan), April
5
Day of Accord and Reconciliation*, November 8
Day of Goodwill*, December 27
Day of Statehood*, July 6
Day of the Dead (Mexican), November 1
de Priest, Oscar (1871–1951), May 12
Defenders of the Motherland Day* (Russia), February
23
Defense of Pakistan Day, September 6
Delaney, Sarah (Sadie) (1889–1999), September
19
Delany, Martin (1812–1885), May 6
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
Diego, José de (1866–1918), April 16
DiMaggio, Joseph (Joe) (1914–1999), November
25
Discovery Day, December 5
Discovery of Puerto Rico Day*, November 19
Diwali, November 12
Dixon, Dean (1915–1976), January 10
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 22
Drew, Charles Richard (1904–1950), June 3
Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868–1963), February 23
Duarte's*, Juan Pablo, Birthday, January 26
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872–1906), February
9
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice (1875–1935), July 19
Dassehra, October 22
Dutch American Heritage Day, November 14
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Earth Day,
April 22
Easter (Christian), April 11
Easter (Eastern Orthodox Christian), April 11
Easter Monday, April 12
Education for All Handicapped Children Act (1975),
November 29
Eid al-Adha (The Feast of Sacrifice), February 1
Eid al-Fitr (The Feast of Breaking the Fast), November
14
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, March 22
Emancipation Proclamation (1863),
January 1
Emperor's Birthday, December 23
Epiphany (Christian), January 6
Epiphany (Eastern Orthodox Christian),
January 19
Evacuation Day*, June 18
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Farmers' Day*,
December 6
Father's Day* (Finland), November 14
Father's Day* (Panama), June 20
Father's Day, June 15
Feast of St. Joseph, March 19
Feast of the Assumption, August
15
Feast of the Immaculate Conception,
December 8
Feast of Valborg* April 30
Fermi, Enrico (1901–1954),
September 29
Fiesta de Guadalupe, December 12
Fitzgerald, Ella (1917–1996),
April 25
Flag Day observed (Argentina), June 21
Flag Day* (Panama), November 4
Flag Day*, February 24
Flag Day, June 14
Flemish Community Holiday*, July
11
Flipper, Henry O. (1856–1940),
March 26
Founder's Day, April 28
Frank, Anne (1929–1945), June
12
Frankfurter, Felix (1882–1965),
February 15
Freedom Day* (South Africa), April 27
Freedom's Journal, First publication of (1827),
March 16
French Community Holiday* (Belgium),
September 27
Funk, Casimir (1884–1967),
February 23
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Gallaudet, T. H. (1787–1851),
December 10
Gandhi, Mahatma (1869–1948), 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 (American Indian), April
22
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month June 1
General Election Day, November 2
Genocide Memorial Day, April 24
German Unity Day*, October 3
Gershwin, George (1898–1937), September 26
Gershwin, Ira (1896–1983), December 6
Ghost Festival (Kui chieh), August 30
Giannini, Amadeo (1870–1949), May 6
Golden Week, April 29
Gompers, Samuel (1850–1924), January 27
Good Friday (Christian), April 9
Good Friday (Eastern Orthodox Christian), April 9
Gordone, Charles (1925–1995), October 12
Goyaale (Geronimo) (1829–1909), February 17
Grandparents Day, September 12
Green March*, Anniversary of the, November 6
Greenery Day (Midori No Hi), April 29
Grimké, Charlotte Forten (1837–1914), August
17
Grito de Lares (1868), September 23
Grito de Yara (1868), October 10
Groundhog Day, February 2
Guillén, Nicolás (1902–1989), July 10
Guru Nanak Ji's Birthday (1469–1539), November
26
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Haje, Helen (1929?–1998),
January 12
Hajj (Islamic), January 29
Halloween, October 31
Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917–1977), October 6
Han'gul Day, October 9
Handy, W. C. (1873–1958), November 16
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–1965), May 19
Hanukkah, December 8
Haring, Keith (1959–1990), May 4
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825–1911),
September 24
Hayes, Roland (1887–1976), June 3
Health Sports Day (Taiiku No Hi), October 11
Hearne, Paul G. (1950?–1998), May 3
Heritage Day observed*, September 24
Hidalgo y Costilla, Miguel (1753–1811), May
8
Holi, March 5
Holiday for a Nation, May 4
Holy Innocents' Day*, December 28
Hopkins, Sarah Winnemucca (1844–1887), October
16
Hostos, Eugenio Maria de (1839–1903), January
11
Hovey, Chandler, Jr. (?–1998), April 9
Howe, James Wong (1898–1976), August 28
Hughes, Langston (1902–1967), February 1
Human Rights Day*, March 22
Human Rights Day, December 10
Hurston, Zora Neale (1891–1960), January 6
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Iglesias, Santiago (1872–1939), February
22
Imbolc (Pagan/Wiccan), February 2
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965,
December 1
Independence Day (Algeria), July
5
Independence Day (Argentina), July
9
Independence Day (Armenia), September
21
Independence Day* (Bahamas), July
3-10
Independence Day* (Barbados), November
30
Independence Day* (Brazil), September
7
Independence Day (Bolivia), August
6
Independence Day (Central American nations),
September 15
Independence Day (Chile), September
18
Independence Day (Colombia), July
20
Independence Day (Dominican Republic),
February 27
Independence Day* (Ecuador), August
10
Independence Day (Finland), December
6
Independence Day (Ghana), March 6
Independence Day (Greece), March
25
Independence Day (Haiti), January
1
Independence Day* (India), August
15
Independence Day (Indonesia), August
17
Independence Day (Israel), April 26
Independence Day (Jamaica), August
6
Independence Day* (Jordan), May
25
Independence Day (Kenya), December
12
Independence Day* (Laos), December
2
Independence Day (Lebanon), November
22
Independence Day* (Lithuania), February
16
Independence Day (Mexico), September
16
Independence Day* (Nigeria), October
1
Independence Day (Pakistan), August
14
Independence Day (Peru), July 28
Independence Day* (Poland), November
11
Independence Day (Philippines),
June 12
Independence Day* (Russia), June 14
Independence Day* (Senegal), August
20
Independence Day* (Sierra Leone),
April 27
Independence Day* (Tanzania), December
9
Independence Day (Tunisia), March
20
Independence Day (Uganda), October
9
Independence Day* (Ukraine), August
24
Independence Day (United States),
July 4
Independence Day (Venezuela), July
5
Independence Day (Vietnam), September
2
Independence Day* (Zimbabwe), April
18
Independence Day celebrated* (Peru),
July 28
Independence Day, December 1
Independence from Colombia*, November
3
Independence from Spain (Panama),
November 28
Independence Manifesto Day*, January
11
Independence Movement Day* (South Korea),
March 1
Independence of Cartagena observed*, November 15
Independence of Cuenca*, November
3
Independence of Morocco, November
18
Independence of Quito*, December
6
Indian Appropriations Act (1871),
March 3
Inés de la Cruz, Sor Juana (1651–1695),
November 12
Intercalary Days, February 26
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
March 21
International Women's Day, March
8
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Jackson, Mahalia (1911–1972),
October 16
James, C. L. R.(1901–1989),
January 4
Janmashtami (Birth of Lord Krishna), September 6
Japanese internment, Beginning of (1942),
February 19
Jerusalem Day*, May 30
John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry (1859),
October 16
Johnson, Jack (1878–1946),
March 31
Johnson, James Weldon (1871–1938),
June 17
Johnson, Mordecai (1890–1976),
January 12
Joplin, Scott (1868–1917),
December 24
Jordan, Barbara (1936–1996),
February 21
Juárez, Benito Pablo (1806–1872),
March 21
Julia, Raul (1940–1994), March
9
Juneteenth, June 19
Just, Ernest Everett (1883–1941),
August 14
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Kang, Younghill (1903–1972),
December 13
Kazin, Alfred (1915–1998), June
6
Keller, Helen (1880–1968),
June 27
King Hassan's Birthday*, July 9
King Hussein*, Accession of, August
11
King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929–1968),
January 15
Kino, Eusebio Francisco (1645–1711),
March 15
Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) (1746–1817),
February 12
Kressyn, Miriam (1912–1996),
October 26
Kwanzaa, December 26
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Labor Day* (New Zealand),
October 25
Labor Day, September 6
Labor Thanksgiving Day (Keiro Kansha No Hi),
Lag B'Omer*, May 9
Laghnasadh (Pagan/Wiccan), August
1
LaGuardia, Fiorello (1882–1947),
December 11
Land, Edwin H. (1909–1991),
May 6
Lantern Festival (Yuan-hsiao), February 5
Las Posadas, December 16
Latimer, Lewis H. (1848–1928),
September 4
Lawrence, Jacob (1917–2000), September
17
Laylat al-Qadr, November 9
Lee, Rose Hum (1904–1964),
August 20
Lent, Beginning of (Eastern Orthodox Christian),
Lewis, Edmonia (1845–?), July
4
Lewis, Henry (1932–1996), October
16
Liberation Day (Korea), August 15
Liberation Day (Portugal), April
25
Liberation Day* (Italy), April 25
Liberation Day* (Netherlands), May
5
Liberation from France*, October
12
"Lift Every Voice and Sing", Composition of (1900),
December 12
Liliuokalani (1838–1917), September
2
Limón, José (1908–1972), January
12
Lin Yutang (1895–1976), October
10
Little Bighorn, Battle of (1876),
June 25
Locke, Alain Leroy (1886–1954),
September 13
Lorde, Audre Geraldin (1934–1992),
February 18
Louis, Joe (1914–1981), May
13
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Mabon (Pagan/Wiccan), September
22
Madero, Francisco (1873–1913), October 30
Maha Shivaratri (Shiva's Night), February 18
Mahavir Jayanti, April 3
Malcolm X (1925–1965), May 19
Malvinas Day * observed (Falkkand Islands), June
7
Mandela, Nelson, Inauguration of (1994), May 10
Manila Day*, June 24
Manlapit, Pablo (1891–1969), January 17
Marine Day*, July 21
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 19
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib, June 16
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib, November 24
Martyrs' Day* (Panama), January 9
Martyrs' Day, (Tunisia), April 9
Matzeliger, Jan E. (1852–1889), September 15
Maulid an-Nabi, May 1
May Day, May 1
Mazzei, Filippo (1730–1810), December 25
McCarran-Walter Act (1952), June 30
Meir, Golda (1898–1978), May 3
Memorial Day observed, May 26
Memorial Day* (South Korea), June 6
Metacomet (Philip) (c. 1639–1676), August 12
Mexia, Ines (1870–1938), May 24
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Chinese), September 28
Mid-Autumn Moon Festival (Vietnamese), September
28
Midsummer (Pagan/Wiccan), June 20
Milk, Harvey (1930–1978), May 22
Morelos, José (1765–1815), September 30
Morgan, Garrett (1877–1963), March 4
Mother's Day* (Mexico), May 10
Mother's Day* (Nicaragua), May 30
Mother's Day* (Panama), December 8
Mother's Day*, (Finland), May 9
Mother's Day, (United States), May 9
Muhammad, Elijah (born Elijah Poole) (1897–1975),
October 10
Muharram (New Year), February 21
Muńoz Marín, Luis (1898–1980), February 18
Muńoz Rivera, Luis (1859–1916), July 17
Muskie, Edmund (1914–1996), March 28
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National American Indian Heritage Month,
November 1
National Coming Out Day/March on Washington (1987),
October 11
National Day (King's Birthday)*, December 5
National Day (Morocco), March 3
National Day (Morocco), May 23
National Day (Norway), May 17
National Day (Singapore), August 9
National Day* (Austria), October 26
National Day* (Bangladesh), March 26
National Day* (Hungary), March 15
National Day* (Kuwait), February 25
National Day* (Luxembourg), June 23
National Day* (Malaysia), August 31
National Day* (People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Nigeria),
October 1
National Day* (Senegal), April 4
National Day* (Spain), October 12
National Day* (Sweden), June 6
National Day* (Switzerland), August 1
National Disability Employment Awareness Month,
October 1
National Farm Workers Association (1962), September
30
National Foundation Day (Japan), February 11
National Foundation Day (Korea), October 3
National Heroes Day*, August 31
National Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15–October 15,
September 15
National Holiday* (Belgium), July 21
National Liberation Day*, October 23
National Liberation Day*, July 19
National Mourning Day*, February 21
National Mourning Day*, August 15
National Revolution Day* (Bangladesh), November 7
National Unity Day*, September 6
National Unity Day, January 11
National Women's History Month, March 1
Now Rouz (New Year), March 20
New Year (Cambodia), April 13
New Year (Chinese), January 22
New Year (Coptic Orthodox Christian), September
12
New Year (Eastern Orthodox Christian), January 14
New Year (Korean), January
22
New Year (Sikh), March 14
New Year (Tibetan), January
21
New Year (Vietnamese), January
22
New Year's Day, January 1
Ngor, Haing (1951–1996), February 25
Nirvana (Buddha's Death), February 15
Noguchi, Isamu (1904–1988), November 7
Now Rouz (New Year), March 21
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March 30
O'Neill, Eugene (1888–1953),
October 16
Ohi Day*, October 28
Older Americans Month, May 1
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904–1967),
April 22
Orozco, José Clemente (1883–1949),
November 23
Osceola (1800–1838), January
30
Ostara (Pagan/Wiccan), March 20
Our Lady Aparecida*, October 12
Our Lady of Fatima Day, May 13
Our Lady of Las Mercedes*, September
24
Our Lady of the Angels*, August 2
Owens, Jesse (1913–1980), September
12
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November 18
Paige, LeRoy (Satchel) (1906–1982), June 8
Palm Sunday (Christian), April 4
Palm Sunday (Eastern Orthodox Christian), April 4
Pan American Day, April 14
Panama City*, Anniversary of the Founding of, August
15
Passover, April 6
Paz, Octavio (1931–1998), March 31
Pentecost (Christian), May 30
Pentecost (Eastern Orthodox Christian), May 30
People Power Day, February 22
People's Liberation Army*, Anniversary of the founding of the,
August 1
Petry, Ann (1908–1997), April 28
Philippine revolt against the United States,
Philippine-American Friendship Day, July 4
Picotte, Susan LaFlesche (1865–1915), June
17
Pilsudski, Josef (1867–1935), December 5
Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart (1837–1921),
May 10
Pioneer Day, July 24
Portuguese National Day, June 10
Potowski-Rose, Ernestine (1810–1892), January
13
Presidents Day, February 16
Proclamation of the Republic*, November 15
Pueblo Revolt (1680), August 10
Puente, Tito (1923–2000), April 20
Puerto Rican Day Parade (U.S.), June 13
Pulaski, Kazimierz (Casimir) (1748–1779), March
4
Purim (Feast of Lots), March 7
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Qaid-i-Azam's Birthday*,
December 25
Qaid-i-Azam*, Anniversary of the Death of,
September 11
Queen Sirikit*, Birthday of, August
12
Queen's Birthday*, June 14
Queen's Birthday*, June 7
Queen's Day (Netherlands)*, April
30
Quezon, Manuel (1876–1944),
August 19
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Rabbani, Ruhiyyih (1910–2000), January
16
Rainey, Joseph H. (1832–1887),
June 21
Ramadan (The Month of Fasting), October 15
Ramanavami (Birthday of Rama), March 30
Randolph, A. Philip (1889–1982),
April 15
Ray, Charlotte (1850–1911),
January 13
Ray, Satyajit (1921–1992), May
2
Reconciliation Day*, December 16
Reformation Day, October 31
Remembrance Day*, November 11
Republic Day, October 5
Republic Day* (Ghana), July 1
Republic Day* (Hungary), October
23
Republic Day* (India), January 26
Republic Day observed* (Italy), June 2
Republic Day (Pakistan), March 23
Republic Day* (Tunisia), July 25
Republic Day* (Turkey), October
29
Republic Day (Upper Volta), December
11
Respect for Ancestors Day (Chinese), April 4
Respect for Ancestors Day (Vietnamese), April 23
Respect for the Aged Day (Keiro No Hi),
September 15
Restoration Day*, August 16
Restoration of Statehood Day, March
11
Restoration of Statehood Day, May
28
Reunification Day*, August 14
Revels, Hiram (1822–1901),
January 16
Revolution Day* (Egypt), July 23
Revolution Day* (Ghana), December
31
Revolution Day* (Morocco), August
20
Revolution Day* (Tunisia), January
18
Revolution*, Anniversary of the, (Mexico),
November 20
Ridvan, Festival of, April 21
Rivera, Diego (1886–1957), December
8
Rivera, Tomás (1935–1984),
December 22
Rizal Day, December 30
Robeson, Paul (1898–1976), April
9
Robinson, Jack Roosevelt (Jackie) (1919–1972),
January 31
Rodríguez de Tio, Lola (1843–1924),
September 14
Rogers, Will (1879–1935), November
4
Romulo, Carlos P. (1899–1985),
January 14
Rosa Parks Day, December 1
Rosh Hashanah (New Year), September 16
Ross, John (1790–1866), October
3
Rudolph, Wilma (1940–1994),
June 23
Rustin, Bayard (1912–1987),
March 17
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Sacagawea (?–1812),
December 20
Sagrado Corozón*, June 22
Saint Nicholas Day*, December 5
Samhain (Pagan/Wiccan), November 1
San Jose Day* (Columbia, Venezuela), March 19
San Martin*, Death of General Jose de, August 17
San Martín, José de (1778–1850), February 25
Sánchez, George I. (1906–1972), October 4
Santa Lucia, December 13
Santo Christo Day, May 16
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
Self-Rule Day*, June 1
Sending Off the Kitchen God Day, January 14
Seven, Five, Three Festival (Shichi-go-san), November
15
Seventh Night (Ch'i-hsi), August 22
Sh'mini Atzeret, October 7
Shavuoth (Festival of Weeks), May 26
Shilts, Randy (1952–1994), February 16
Shrove Monday, February 23
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), February
24
Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846–1916), May 4
Simchat Torah, October 8
Sinai Liberation Day*, April 25
Sinatra, Frank (1915–1998), December 12
Singer, Isaac Bashevis (1904–1991), July 14
Sklodowska-Curie, Marie (1867–1934), November
7
Smalls, Robert (1839–1915), March 22
Smith, Bessie (1894–1937), September 26
Smith, Joseph (1805–1844), December 23
So Jae-P'il (Philip Jaisohn) (1866–1951), October
28
Soldiers Memorial Day*, May 6
Sousa, John Philip (1854–1932), November 6
Sovereignty Day*, April 23
Special Olympics Games, First (1968), July 19
St. John the Baptist*, June 24
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
Stein, Gertrude (1874–1946), February 3
Still, William Grant (1895–1978), May 11
Stonewall Rebellion (1969), June 27
Suez Victory Day*, October 24
Sukkoth, September 30
Sullivan, John L. (1858–1918), October 15
Sun Yat-sen's Birthday (1866–1925), November
12
Sun Yat-sen's Death (1866–1925), March 12
Szold, Henrietta (1860–1945), December 21
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T'u B'Shvat (New Year of the Trees),
February 7
Taeborum (Korean), February
5
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941), May 6
Take Our Children to Work Day, April 22
Tartan Day, April 6
Tashunka Witko (Crazy Horse) (c. 1842–1877),
Tatanka-Yatanka (Sitting Bull) (1830s–1890),
December 15
Tecumseh (1768?–1813), October 5
Terrell, Mary Church (1863–1954), September
23
Thanksgiving Day (Canada), October 11
Thanksgiving Day (United States), November 25
Thorpe, James Francis (Jim) (1888–1953), May
24
Three Kings Day (Día de los Trés Magos), January
6
Three-One Day (Samil-Jol), March 1
Tibbles, Susette LaFlesche (1854–1903), May
26
Tiradentes Day, April 21
Tisha B'av, July 27
Toscanini, Arturo (1867–1957), March 25
Toussaint-Louverture, François Dominique
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), February 2
Tresca, Carlo (c. 1882–1943), January 11
Truth, Sojourner (1797?–1883), November 26
Tubman, Harriet (1820?–1913), March 10
Turner, Nat (1800–1831), October 2
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U.S. citizenship to American Indians, Granting of
(1924), June 2
U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans, Granting of (1917),
March 2
Unification of the Kingdom*, September
23
Union Day*, February 22
United Nations Day, October 24
University of Mexico, Founding of the (1551),
April 13
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Vaisakhi (New Year), April
13
Valentine's Day, February 14
Valor Day April 9
Vernal Equinox Day (Shumbun No Hi), March 20
Veterans Day, November 11
Victoria Day observed*, May 24
Victory Day* (Bangladesh), December
16
Victory Day* (Russia, Ukraine), May 10
Victory Day*, August 30
Victory Day*, December 23
Victory Day, WWII*, May 8
Victory in WWI* (Italy), November 7
Vigo, Giuseppe Maria Francisco (1747–1836),
December 3
Visakaha Day, June 2
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Waitangi Day,
February 6
Walker, Sarah Breedlove (1867–1919),
December 23
Washington, Booker T. (1856–1915),
April 5
Weizmann, Chaim (1874–1952),
November 27
Wells-Barnet, Ida B. (1862–1931),
July 16
West, Dorothy (1907–1998), June
2
Wheatley, Phillis (1753–1784),
December 5
Williams, Daniel Hale (1858–1931),
January 18
Williams, Eric (1911–1981),
September 25
Women's Day*, August 9
Women's Day*, August 13
Women's Equality Day, August 26
Woods, Granville T. (1856–1910),
January 30
Woodson, Carter G. (1875–1950),
December 19
World AIDS Day, December 1
Wounded Knee massacre (1890), December
29
Wounded Knee, Occupation of (1973),
February 27
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 Hashoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), April 18
Yom Hazikaron (Soldiers Memorial Day), April 26
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), September 25
Yom Verushalayim (Jerusalem Day), May 19
Young, Brigham (1801–1877), June
1
Young, Coleman A. (1918–1997),
May 24
Youth Day* (Portugal), December 1
Youth Day* (South Africa), June 16
Youth Day* (China), May 4
Youth Day* (Tunisia), March 21
Yule (Pagan/Wiccan), December 21
Zakrzewska, Marie E. (1820–1902),
September 6
Zapata, Emiliano (c. 1877–1919),
August 8
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) (1876–1938),
February 22