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Special Days, Observances, Celebrations, and Commemorations

Playing With the Calendar

The purpose of this essay is to present, together with an analysis of their overall usefulness, a list of selected commemorative days, weeks, months, years, and decades; with emphasis on those that have been declared by the United Nations. To give more flavour to this work, it includes days which are celebrated in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Further, it considers some celebrations below the national level, the commemorative days of private organizations, and some dates that are dedicated to children or commerce, such as St. Valentine's Day, (also to be considered in the context of no-longer-celebrated Christian feast days). Data which came to the forefront in a web search engine helped define the criteria, prior to deciding how much information could reasonably be included. The article concludes by suggesting that these days are not of good pedagogical value.

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World Diabetes Day (Modern Style)
Feast of St. Lawrence O'Toole (Old Style)

Conservative Holy Days

This Dutch historian Johan Huizinga, in his work The Waning of the Middle Ages, pointed out that near the end of the period under discussion in his book, the Christian Church had instituted so many feast days - all celebrated by the peasantry - that hardly any work was being done. Rather, life was being lived heartily in eating and drinking. Long before the Industrial Revolution and the posterior elimination of servitude came, therefore, it is seen that this state of affairs was not one which could last - these Holy Days (as distinct from holidays) came to be limited. Christians now are left with Holy Week, which in some countries results in no work from Holy Thursday, up to Easter Monday.

Revolutionary French Months - a Digression into Disorder

When the French Revolution came about, not only was the nobility overthrown, but clergy and nuns were killed, churches converted into Temples of Reason, and that vestige from the centre of the Christian World, the Gregorian Calendar - in turn a revision of the Julian Calendar - replaced with a revolutionary version so new, that, in spite of its very scientific underpinnings, confusion was part of the design.
For example, the month Vendmiaire corresponded to September.22 - October 21 in the year 1794.[1] Clearly, the system was impractical, if the country was to communicate intelligently with the rest of the "civilized" world.
Depending on the book one reads, the French Revolution was the work of the peasantry or the bourgeoisie.[2] As things reverted to something more traditional with the arrival of Napoleon, the peasantry clearly lost. One finds the following individuals as examples in the New World, as followers of the French world-view of the time: Jos de San Martn, Simn Bolvar, Jos Artigas, and Jos Mart. Their ideas came to them through freemasonry - whether through books or lodges - ideas, that some Latin American republics proudly proclaim as their tradition.[3] Be that as it may, it must have been difficult to be brotherly-minded (according to revolutionary, and still-valid French slogan, "Libert, Egalit, Fraternit", without a compatible way of considering the days, weeks, and months, and so Napoleon brought back the old calendar. But now, Holy Days were definitely at a premium, and whatever feudal protections still may have existed, were thrown out of the window. Workers had to carry around a little booklet in order to prevent trouble with the police. This is another tradition that still survives in some Latin American countries, and can be seen as a method of tight control over the worker, while he is fed the story that he is living as a free man.[4]

Early Twentieth-Century: The Russian Revolution Calendar Retouch

With all these religious festivals eliminated, at least there remained Christmas celebrations, when at the time of the last Gentleman's War, the French and German soldiers could still enjoy a game of European football [soccer], before continuing the more bloody shooting match on the following day.[5]
In 1918, Russia decided to update to the Gregorian Calendar, as they were several days behind the rest of the world. Ironically, that too was a revolutionary decision. Two and a half weeks later, Russia signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with the Central Powers, leaving the former to pursue revolution, and the latter to fight exclusively on the Western Front.
The war to end all wars was followed by a first attempt to create a multinational body - the League of Nations - to help mitigate such international crises, heavily sponsored by United States President Woodrow Wilson.[6] He was not exactly democratic in pushing for the plan.[7] It fizzled out, and another war followed. Some say, it was all part of the conspiracy - Hitler helped Roosevelt.[8] Germany did, however, bequeath the rest of the world the Christmas tree, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz!

The Conservatism of the Calendar - Antidote to Revolution

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The Days of the Week and Their Meaning in Selected Languages

Arabic	Chinese	English	French Traditional	French Revolutionary
- Al-Ahad - Day One	, or - star period day ([xng] - star)	Sunday - Day of the Sun	dimanche - Day of the Lord, from Latin - Dominicus	Primidi - First Day
- Al-'ithnayn - Day Two	- star period one ([q] - time limit)	Monday - Day of the Moon[goddess]	lundi - As in English [More at http://www.louisg.net/Etymologie.htm]	Duodi - Second Day [Source: http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-french.html]
- Ath-Thalatha' - Day Three	- star period two [third element is number]	Tuesday - Day of Tiu -God of the Sky - [word related to Lat. Deus, Sp. Dios, and Anglo-Greek theo: all meaning "God"]	mardi - Day of Mars - God of War	Tridi - Third Day
- Al-'Arba'a' - Day Four	- star period three [Note: 1, 2, 3 are like Roman numerals]	Wednesday - Day of Wotan	mercredi - Day of Mercury	Quartidi- Fourth Day
- Al-Khamees - Day Five	- star period four [Translations from http://www.nciku.com/]	Thursday - Day of Thor, God of Thunder	jeudi - Day of Jove [Jupiter]	Quintidi - Fifth Day
- Al-Jum'ah - Day of Gathering	- star period five - [More at: http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/dowchin.html	Friday - Day Of Frigga - Wotans Wife - German translation of Latin for Venuss Day	vendredi - Day of Venus [Note that French Days all end in "-di"	Sextidi - Sixth Day
- As-Sabt - To rest - akin to Hebrew for "Sabbath"	- star period six	Saturday - Day of Saturn	samedi [Apparent mixture of Day of Saturn and nasalization of Hebrew for "Sabbath"	Septidi, Octidi, Nonidi, Decadi [remaining days, up to the 10th - the only non-working day.

German	Hebrew	Portuguese	Russian	Spanish
Sonntag - Meaning as in English	- reeshon - head, beginning [of the week]	domingo - Day of the Lord, cf. the French word.	- voskresenje - Day of the Resurrection [of Christ]	domingo - Day of the Lord, same as in Portuguese
Montag - Same as in English [See: http://unbequeme-gedanken.de/Sonstiges/etym.htm]	- [yom] shenee - the second [day] - in text of Gen. 1:8	segunda-feira - Second Day of the Week - Compare Arabic, Chinese, French Revolutionary Days.	[poedelik] - Compound of and , from : "week", Authors understanding - "Day in the week".	lunes - Day of the Moon[goddess] - same as in English
Dienstag [Apparently from Tiu, as in English "Tuesday", "n" added in Christian times	- shleeshee - the third day [Notice similarity to Arabic and French Revolutionary Calendar day-naming conventions	tera-feira - Third Day of the Week	- vtorik - from - meaning "second"	martes - Day of Mars - same as in French
Mittwoch - Middle of the Week - Christian era substitution for "woensdag" [Wednesday]	- re'veeee, cf. Arabic 'Arba'a', as Hebrew "B" and "V" are similar. - the fourth	quarta-feira - Fourth ...	- sreda - from the Russian word for "middle", thus "middle day of the week", cf. German "Mittwoch".	mircoles - Day of Mercury - the Wing-footed God
Donnerstag - Day of Donner - God of Thunder - Thor	- xameeshee, "X" like an "H", "SH" like "S", cf Arabic "Khamees" ["Kh" like "H"] - the 5th	quinta-feira - Fifth ...	- chetverk - Fourth [day of the week. Note that the enumeration of days does not correspond to the Portuguese or other languages here, Monday is the first day for the Russians.	jueves - Day of Jove or Jupiter - the Jovial God
Freitag - Same as in English	- sheeshee - akin to Arabic six - sitta, cf. silibant "S" change to "T" from German words such as "Fuss":"Foot", "Nuss":"Nut", and relationship between Centum and Kentum languages, allowing a silibant, "S[H]" to become hard, hence, Hebrew S[h]iS[h]i > siks, six. (This may be a false etymology, but the principles shown here are valid.)	sexta-feira - Sixth ...	- pyatitsa - Fifth [Day of the week].	viernes - Day of Venus
Samstag - from Hebrew "Sabbath"	- shabat, aka Sabbath, cd Arabic "As-Sabt derived from the number . [Hebrew transliterations in this column taken from http://www.hebrewonline.com/Hebrew_category/9-.htm]	sbado - From Hebrew , see column at left.	- subbota - Hebrew for "Sabbath" - as all words in this row!	sbado - from Hebrew "Sabbath"

Table concept and preparation: 19 November 2008 Paul Karl Moeller

A study of the above chart reveals two facts - first, that there is a series of languages in the world that uses a very simple system of days, based on nothing more than the numbers from one to seven, except in the case of the French Revolutionary Calendar. The other fact is that, with the exception of the days in Chinese, and the just mentioned revolutionary listing, the languages have at least one important weekday with either a real, or residual, religious significance. The pre-Christian English, French, and Germans share certain gods, while the French, Spanish, and Portuguese, and even Russians, give paramount position to the Lord [Jesus Christ]. The English Calendar is the most pagan of the set. This author has been of the opinion that the Russian Revolution could not be successful in implanting its collectivist designs upon a people, who in their hearts knew that their Sunday was called "The Day of the Resurrection". The revolution had not complied with Voltaire's dictum, "crasez l'Infme". The French Calendar of the Revolution may have had a reverse for more practical reasons - only one non-working day existed for each of the three ten-day weeks of that short-lived period. The concept of "Sabbath" exists in all but the country with Confucian roots, except the Moslems, which have their equivalent in their Friday, "The Day of the Gathering [in the Mosques].
To reword, each calendar has at least one special day - even the Chinese nomenclature for Sunday is slightly different. If it is not a day for Church, the Mosque, or the Synagogue, it is a day to celebrate some Germanic or Roman god or goddess, which has the virtues most admired by its worshippers. The above concept can be extended to the nomenclature for the months: Janus, Mars, Aphrodite [Venus] gave their names to January, March, and April; Maia [a supposed Etruscan form of the name of Vulcans wife] and Junus [goddess of the home] lend their names to May and June; while September, October, and November, originally meant the seventh, eight, and ninth month, respectively. A couple of heroes got their names in - Julius and Augustus Caesar, replacing the original Quintilis and Sextilis Latin names for the fifth and sixth division of the year. Thus it is seen that groups of days too were dedicated to someone special.
It may be added, before leaving the realm of man's relationship to the gods and the equinoxes (which, however, were intentionally used for some of the special dates listed further below), that man celebrates, in addition to his spiritual or secular religious dates of importance; the birthdays of friends, family, famous countrymen; and various anniversaries, of which dates of death are common holidays in some countries. The following are the some best known outside of Asia: Good Friday, St. Valentines Day, Ashorra [Ashura] - the day of the death of Imam Hussein, Asarah B'Tevet, Dunce Day [Day of the death of Duns Scotus], Anniversary of the Death of General Jos de San Martn - Argentina, Da de los Muertos [Day of the Dead] - in Mexico, beginning about 6 hours after Halloween.

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WHO's Sick?

By founding the United Nations, another attempt was made to create a world body to prevent wars - if not minor ones, at least the worst of them, at the time of the tensest possible relations between the two antagonistic superpowers, the United States of America, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. United Nations membership has been growing steadily, and a certain increase in the power of smaller states, and particular bodies of the U.N., can be seen - particularly in the case of the World Health Organization, which gives us World Diabetes Day.
They also work hard at anti-tobacco laws, which may be considered an attack on one's freedom.[9]
The following is a partial list of internationally celebrated days declared by the World Health Organization.

World Health Day

World Tuberculosis Day
World No-Tobacco Day
World AIDS Day
World Breast Cancer Day

If one adds International Women's Day and International Workers' Day, by error, to the U.N. list, it is to be wondered if this is just a proliferation of diseases!

Carpe Diem!

The following list combines various sources, plain bulleted entries have been clearly identified as United Nations-designated days, indented items have been attributed to the United Nations, and double-asterisked sources are days which have been declared by some other group or nation. Results reflect the harvesting of data from 600 returns with a search engine, plus timely additions.

** International Customs Day on Friday, (26 January)
International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust (27 January)
** Groundhog Day (2 February - Day on which the duration of cold weather is predicted)
World Cancer Day (4 February) WHO
International Mother Language Day (21 February)
United Nations Day for Womens Rights and International Peace [International Women's Day (IWD)] (8 March)
Earth Day March 20/21 equinox http://www.earthday.gov/ (six months later in Southern Hemisphere)
** International Francophony Day (20 March)
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March)
World Poetry Day (UNESCO) (21 March)
Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (beginning 21 March)
World Day for Water (22 March)
World Meteorological Day (23 March)
World Tuberculosis Day (24 March)
International Day for the Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (26 March 2007), as celebrated that year
International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (4 April)
World Health Day (7 April)
** International Roma Day (April 8)
**? International Astronomy Day! On April 21st, 2007
World Book and Copyright Day (23 April)
World Malaria Day (25 April) WHO
** Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom ha Shoah) (April 30) http://www.greentravel.org/calendar.htm
** SpankOut Day (April 30)
** International Workers Day (1 May)
World Press Freedom Day (3 May)
** proposed: International Firefighters' Day (4 May)
**International Midwives Day (5 May)
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (8 May)
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War (8 and 9 May)
International Day of Families (15 May)
** International Conscientious Objectors' Day (15 May)
World Telecommunications Day (17 May)
World Information Society Day (17 May)
**International Museum Day around the 18th May (suggested)
World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 May)
** 1st Friday in May: International Tuba Day
International Day for Biological Diversity (22 May)
** Victoria Day: (first Monday preceding 25 May - in Canada, a.k.a. Queen's/Sovereign's Birthday.)
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May)
World No-Tobacco Day (31 May)
** International Children's Day (1 June) Note - Valid for countries in former Soviet sphere of influence. The UN version is on November 20
International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (4 June)
World Environment Day (5 June)
** International Accreditation Day (9 June) Note - Declared by International Accreditation Forum, related to Standards, e.g. ISO
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (17 June)
World Refugee Day (20 June)
** World Peace and Prayer Day (21 June) Note: founder was Chief Arvol Looking Horse
United Nations Public Service Day (23 June)
International Widows Day: See: http://groups.google.com/group/aidypny/browse_thread/thread/3fece4a0c279e64c The Loomba Foundation requests the pleasure of your company on Monday, June 23, 2008 at the United Nations

United Nations Charter Day (26 June)

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June)
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (26 June)
** International Tartan Day *(1 July)
** Canada Day: Canadian celebration of Confederation, once called Dominion Day (1 July, 2nd if Sunday)
International Day of Cooperatives (first Saturday of July)
** Independence Day (U.S.A.) (4 July)
World Population Day (11 July)
**August 3 is International Friendship Day for 2008 (1st Sun Aug)
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous People (9 August)
International Youth Day (12 August)
** International Lighthouse Day Sunday 22 August 2004
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition (23 August)
** Labor Day, U.S.A. (First Monday in September); Labour Day, Canada (First Monday in September)
International Literacy Day (8 September)
** September 9th, International FASD Awareness Day
September 13th is International Chocolate Day
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer [International Ozone Day] (16 September)
International Day of Peace (21 September)
International Polar Days September 21st, 2007 marks the first of quarterly International Polar Days
**3rd Saturday in September International Cleanup Day
World Maritime Day (during last week of September)
International Day of Older Persons (1 October)
International Music Day (1 October) (UNESCO) See: http://www.unesco.org/imc/site.php?typ=11&subsite=15
World Habitat Day (first Monday of October)
World Space Week (4-10 October)
World Teachers Day (5 October)
? International Tenants Day 2008, October 6
**Global Handwashing Day, October 15. (Since 2008)

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International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction (second Wednesday of October)
World Post Day (9 October) (Universal Postal Union, agency of the United Nations)
World Mental Health Day (10 October) **Columbus Day (U.S.A.) in 2011 (see next entry)
**Columbus Day (U.S.A. [Original date]). Other names apply, especially in Latin America: "Da de la Raza" (e. g. Mexico, changed to"Da del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural" in Argentina), Da de las Amricas in Uruguay, Da de la Resistencia Indgena in Venezuela, and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, among others.
World Breast Cancer Day (15 October)
World Food Day (16 October)
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (17 October)
** 20 October International Chefs' Day
United Nations Day (24 October)

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Beacon lit on United Nations Day and Armistice Day, among others.

World Development Information Day (24 October)
** Hallowe'en (31 October)

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Da de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Mexico (1 November)

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International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict (6 November)
** Remembrance Day: Canadian version of Veteran's Day (11 November)

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International Day for Tolerance (16 November)
** World or International Toilet Day (19 November) Note: declared in 2001 by 17 toilet associations around the world See: http://www.cwwa.ca/internationalwaterdays_e.asp
Africa Industrialization Day (20 November)
Universal Childrens Day (20 November)
World Television Day (21 November)

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World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (third Sunday of November, annually)
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November)
International Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Day (1 December 2007)
World AIDS Day (1 December)
International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (2 December)
International Day of Disabled Persons (3 December)
** International Hug Day [Dec 4] http://www.123greetings.com/events/international_hug_day/

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International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (5 December)
International Civil Aviation Day (7 December)

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Human Rights Day (10 December)
International Mountain Day (11 December).

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International Migrants Day (18 December)
United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation (19 December)
International Human Solidarity Day (20 December)
** Christmas (25 December, except for those using the Julian Calendar, where it will be January 7)

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** Boxing Day - Canadian National Holiday not based on the sport of boxing! (26 December)

Selection of Special Weeks

Note: Since a week may not only be any seven day period, but also a period from Sunday to Saturday, or Monday to Sunday, and since the latter two will result in varying dates from year to year, no effort has been made to give precise dates in the following. As a general rule, the order given below is the order in which the search engine used generated the results.

World Breastfeeding Week
World Water Week
World Space Week, Oct 4-10
World Orphan Week
World Trade Week
World Cocktail Week (strictly local)
World Fashion Week - WFA
World Kindness Week (Connect for Kids - CFK)
World Animal Week
World Reflexology Week
WORLD VEGETARIAN WEEK
World AIDS Week
World accountancy week - IFAC
World Rainforest Week
World Hunger Week
YMCA World Peace Week
World Youth Week
World Disarmament Week
World Homeopathy Awareness Week (self)
World Communication Week
World Refugee Week
World Leprosy Week
World Population Awareness Week
World Epilepsy Week
World Diabetes Week
European Immunization Week presages an eventual World Vaccination Week
World Carfree Week
World Continence Week www.urotoday.com
World Heritage Week
World Physiotherapy Week
World Marionnette Week
World Rabies Week
World Respected Childbirth Week
World Wetlands Week
World Wildlife Week
World Hovercraft Week
World Retina Week
World Forestation Week
World Folktales Week
World Language Week (MWLA -- Michigan)
World Malaria Week
SASKATCHEWAN CELEBRATES WORLD HARMONY WEEK
World Missions Week (Baptist Church)
World Standards Week (CFRE) Note: Weekly equivalent to Word Accreditation Day
World Rotaract Week (Rotary Club)
World Salt Awareness Week (WASH) 21 nations

Years of Celebration!

Note: Those years declared by the United Nations are in bold letters. See also the section, More Seriously!, below, for Chinese New Years.

International Polar Year 2007-2009 (a long year!)
Year of Physical Activity 2008 (declared in Queensland, Australia)
Year of the Scout 2008 (Australia)
International Year of the Reef 2008 (International Coral Reef Initiative)
International Year of Languages 2008 (UNESCO)
International Year of Sanitation 2008 (declared by World Water Council)
International Year of Planet Earth 2008
International Year of the Potato 2008
Year of the Rat 2008 [for China and countries following or celebrating the Chinese Zodiac]

International Year of Reconciliation 2009
International Year of Natural Fibres 2009
International Year of Biodiversity 2010
International Year of Forests 2011
International Year of Cooperatives 2012

The International Year of Sustainable Energy for all 2012

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Celebration of Decades - Decades of Celebration?

United Nations Decade to Roll Back Malaria 2001-2010
Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010)
Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2001-2010)
International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World (2001-2010
United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People 2005 - 2014*
International Decade for Action, Water for Life (2005-2015).
United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014

It may be observed that the decades listed above overlap one another.

Curious Calendar - Days of Diversion or Diversion of Days

The following calendar give some mind-boggling results for the special days of November and December, based on lists from Australia, the state of Missouri, and a source from Indiana. Some of these days merely occasions for teachers to given lessons on the date in question - and it can be noticed that all such teaching would detract from the more important subjects of Mathematics and the hard sciences. It can be noted that some days are dedicated to more that two remembrances. One may note what may be called a number of "Feel Good About Something" days, and a celebration of diversity, in for example, the December 22 - 26 trio of Chanukah (Hanukkah), Christmas, and Kwanzaa. The inclusion of days dedicated to some Christian saint, however, seem arbitrary, St. Andrew reflects the British origins of Australia, but why St. Lucia and not All Saint's Day (spelling) in the Australian list may raise some questions. If February were included, it would be seen that there would be more agreement on St. Valentine's Day, however, it has become more associated with the secular, rather than the sacred.

November's Special Days

1 All Saints Day; Book Lovers Day [10]
Tuesday after first Monday, even-numbered years: Election Day - U.S.A.
Changing the face of Men's Health * All Australian states
2 Look for Circles Day; Deviled Egg Day
3 Housewifes Day; Sandwich Day
4 King Tut Day
U.S. Election Day (quadrennial)
6 Saxophone Day
8 Dunce Day

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Agriculture and Rural Collections Open Day * New South Wales, Australia
National Parents as Teachers Day
9 Chaos Never Dies Day
10 Forget-Me-Not Day; USMC Day
National Food Safety Week 10 Australia
Physical Education Week - South Australia
World Human Rights Day ( error on Sigma Kids, see December 10)
School Psychology Awareness Week 10-14
Youth Appreciation Week 10-16
11 Veterans Day (U.S.) Armistice Day (U.K.)
Veterans Day, National Community Education Day
13 Sadie Hawkins Day; World Kindness Day
14 Operating Room Nurse Day; Young Readers Day
World Diabetes Day 14 Nov 2008 Global
15 Clean Your Refrigerator Day; America Recycles Day
16 Button Day; Have a Party with Your Bear Day
National Skin Cancer Action Week Australia
International Day for Tolerance *
American Education Week 16-22
17 Homemade Bread Day World Peace Day (not marked in Australian)
18 [no references!]
19 Have Bad Day Day
World GIS Day
World Toilet Day
Education Support Professionals Day
20 Beautiful Day; Great American Smokeout
Africa Industrialisation Day *
Universal Children's Day *
National Parental Involvement Day
21 World Hello Day
World Television Day *
22 Go for a Ride Day
23 National Family Week 23 - 29
24 Thanksgiving Day (U.S.) in 2011

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25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women *
26 Shopping Reminder Day
27 Pins and Needles Day;
28 Buy Nothing Day; Make Your Own Head Day
29 Square Dance Day
30 Stay at Home Because You Are Well Day
St Andrew's Day 30 *, marked Global
Computer Security Day *, marked Global
Last Day of Spring 30 Australia [note: 21 days early!]

1 Eat a Red Apple Day; World Aids Awareness Day
latter as World AIDS Day*
National Coastcare Week * Australia
2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery *
3 International Day of Disabled Persons *
4 Santas List Day; Wear Brown Shoes Day
5 Bathtub Party Day
International Volunteer Day *
6 St Nicholas Day; Mitten Tree Day; Put on your own Shoes Day
7 Letter Writing Day; National Cotton Candy Day; Pearl Harbor Day, International Civil Aviation Day
named Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
8 National Brownie Day; Take it in the Ear Day
9 Christmas Card Day; National Pastry Day
10 International Human Rights Day * [World Human Rights Day on Sigma Kids]; Nobel Prize Day
11 International Mountain Day *
12 National Ding-a-Ling Day; Poinsettia Day
13 Ice Cream Day; Violin Day
St. Lucia Day *, marked Global
14 International Childrens Day, or International Children's Day of Broadcasting *
15 Bill of Rights Day [U.S.]; National Lemon Cupcake Day
16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day [highly fictious name!]
17 National Maple Syrup Day
18 Bake Cookies Day
International Migrants Day *
19 Look for an Evergreen Day, Oatmeal Muffin Day
20 Go Caroling Day
International Human Solidarity Day *
21 Humbug Day; National Flashlight Day; Look on the Bright Side Day
22 Chanukah (in the year 2008, see below for updates)*
23 [no references]
24 [ibid.]
25 Christmas Day, National Pumpkin Pie Day
26 Boxing Day - All states except South Australia *
Kwanzaa 26 *, marked Global
27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day
28 [no references]
29 Hijrah or Muharram (in the year 2008, see below for updates) (Islamic New Year) * [with Civil Aviation and Nobel Prize Days added 6 Dec. 2008]
31 Make up Your Mind Day; New Years Eve; Unlucky Day

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President Barack Obama and Family with the Easter Bunny.[13]

Original Caption:
Mural in Port Glasgow town hall Once destined for a skip, this eight feet tall mural was rescued from a local building society by a former town hall keeper who recognised its worth. Apparently moulded in plaster, it depicts local Port Glasgow scenes, pound signs and a Horn Of Plenty. Probably created in the 1970s, artist unknown.

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http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1938538

Geograph Britain and Ireland Project.

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