Here’s a list of holidays and observances for the current year.
Use it to help you plan your publishing schedule.
For example, you know that Valentine’s Day is always on February 14th. Write a post now to wish your readers a happy Valentine’s Day and schedule it to be published on that date.
PLUS plan all your promotions for that day and post them well in advance!!
You will find that these types of preparations make your workload over the course of the year SO much easier!
| 1-Jan | New Year’s Day |
| 6-Jan | Epiphany |
| 7-Jan | Orthodox Christmas Day |
| 13-Jan | Stephen Foster Memorial Day |
| 14-Jan | Orthodox New Year |
| 14-Jan | Lee Jackson Day (VA) |
| 17-Jan | Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) |
| 17-Jan | Robert E Lee’s Birthday (AL, AR, GA, MS) |
| 17-Jan | Martin Luther King Day |
| 17-Jan | Civil Rights Day (AR, NH) |
| 19-Jan | Confederate Memorial Day (TX) |
| 19-Jan | Robert E Lee’s Birthday (FL) |
| 20-Jan | Tu B’Shevat (Arbor Day) |
| 27-Jan | World Holocaust Victims Remembrance Day |
| 1-Feb | National Freedom Day |
| 2-Feb | Groundhog Day |
| 3-Feb | Chinese New Year |
| 4-Feb | World Cancer Day |
| 11-Feb | ‘Lincoln’s Birthday’ observed (CT, IL, MO, NJ, NY) |
| 12-Feb | Lincoln’s Birthday (CT, IL, MO, NJ, NY) |
| 14-Feb | Valentine’s Day |
| 16-Feb | Prophet’s Birthday |
| 20-Feb | World Day of Social Justice |
| 21-Feb | International Mother Language Day |
| 21-Feb | Daisy Gatson Bates Day (AR) |
| 21-Feb | Presidents’ Day |
| 1-Mar | Town Meeting Day Vermont |
| 1-Mar | St. David’s Day |
| 2-Mar | Read Across America Day |
| 2-Mar | Texas Independence Day (TX) |
| 7-Mar | Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) |
| 8-Mar | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras (AL*, LA) |
| 8-Mar | International Women’s Day |
| 9-Mar | Ash Wednesday |
| 13-Mar | Daylight Saving Time starts |
| 17-Mar | St. Patrick’s Day |
| 17-Mar | Evacuation Day (MA*) |
| 20-Mar | Purim |
| 20-Mar | Vernal equinox |
| 21-Mar | World Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination |
| 21-Mar | World Poetry Day |
| 22-Mar | World Water Day |
| 23-Mar | World Meteorological Day |
| 24-Mar | World Tuberculosis Day |
| 25-Mar | Day to Remember Slavery Victims and Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| 25-Mar | ‘Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day’ observed (HI) |
| 25-Mar | Maryland Day (MD) |
| 26-Mar | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI) |
| 28-Mar | Seward’s Day (AK) |
| 31-Mar | César Chávez Day (CA, CO*, TX*) |
| 1-Apr | ‘Pascua Florida Day’ observed (FL) |
| 2-Apr | Pascua Florida Day (FL) |
| 2-Apr | World Autism Awareness Day |
| 4-Apr | United Nations’ Mine Awareness Day |
| 7-Apr | United Nations’ World Health Day |
| 15-Apr | ‘Emancipation Day’ observed (DC) |
| 15-Apr | Tax Day |
| 15-Apr | Father Damien Day (HI) |
| 16-Apr | Emancipation Day (DC) |
| 17-Apr | Palm Sunday |
| 18-Apr | Patriot’s Day (MA, ME) |
| 19-Apr | First day of Passover |
| 21-Apr | Maundy Thursday |
| 21-Apr | San Jacinto Day (TX) |
| 22-Apr | Earth Day |
| 22-Apr | Good Friday (CT, HI, TN) |
| 22-Apr | Oklahoma Day (OK) |
| 22-Apr | Orthodox Good Friday |
| 23-Apr | Orthodox Holy Saturday |
| 23-Apr | Holy Saturday |
| 23-Apr | World Book and Copyright Day |
| 24-Apr | Orthodox Easter |
| 24-Apr | Easter Sunday |
| 25-Apr | Orthodox Easter Monday |
| 25-Apr | World Malaria Day |
| 25-Apr | Easter Monday |
| 25-Apr | Confederate Memorial Day (AL, FL, GA, MS, TX) |
| 26-Apr | World Intellectual Property Day |
| 26-Apr | Last day of Passover |
| 27-Apr | Administrative Professionals Day |
| 28-Apr | World Day for Safety and Health at Work |
| 29-Apr | Arbor Day (NE) |
| 1-May | Loyalty Day |
| 1-May | Yom HaShoah |
| 1-May | Law Day |
| 3-May | World Press Freedom Day |
| 4-May | Rhode Island Independence Day (RI) |
| 5-May | Cinco de Mayo |
| 5-May | National Day of Prayer |
| 8-May | Mother’s Day |
| 8-May | Truman Day (MO) |
| 8-May | Time to Remember Lost Lives From World War II |
| 9-May | ‘Truman Day’ observed (MO) |
| 10-May | Confederate Memorial Day (NC, SC) |
| 10-May | Yom HaAtzmaut |
| 15-May | Peace Officers Memorial Day |
| 15-May | International Day of Families |
| 17-May | World Information Society Day |
| 20-May | National Defense Transportation Day |
| 21-May | Armed Forces Day |
| 21-May | World Day for Cultural Diversity |
| 22-May | National Maritime Day |
| 22-May | World Biological Diversity Day |
| 22-May | Lag B’Omer |
| 25-May | African Liberation Day |
| 29-May | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers |
| 30-May | Memorial Day |
| 30-May | Jefferson Davis Birthday (MS) |
| 31-May | World No Tobacco Day |
| 1-Jun | Statehood Day (KY, TN) |
| 2-Jun | Ascension Day |
| 3-Jun | Jefferson Davis Birthday (FL) |
| 4-Jun | World Day for Child Victims of Aggression |
| 5-Jun | World Environment Day |
| 6-Jun | Jefferson Davis Birthday (AL) |
| 8-Jun | Shavuot |
| 11-Jun | Kamehameha Day (HI) |
| 12-Jun | Pentecost |
| 13-Jun | Whit Monday |
| 14-Jun | Flag Day |
| 17-Jun | Bunker Hill Day (MA) |
| 17-Jun | World Day to Combat Desertification |
| 19-Jun | Juneteenth (27 states) |
| 19-Jun | Trinity Sunday |
| 19-Jun | Father’s Day |
| 20-Jun | West Virginia Day (WV) |
| 20-Jun | World Refugee Day |
| 21-Jun | June Solstice |
| 23-Jun | Corpus Christi |
| 23-Jun | Public Service Day |
| 26-Jun | World Day to Support Torture Victims |
| 26-Jun | World Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking |
| 29-Jun | Isra and Mi’raj |
| 2-Jul | International Day of Cooperatives |
| 4-Jul | Independence Day |
| 11-Jul | World Population Day |
| 18-Jul | Nelson Mandela Day |
| 24-Jul | Parents’ Day |
| 24-Jul | Pioneer Day (UT) |
| 25-Jul | ‘Pioneer Day’ observed (UT) |
| 1-Aug | Ramadan begins |
| 8-Aug | Victory Day (RI) |
| 9-Aug | World Indigenous Peoples’ Day |
| 9-Aug | Tisha B’Av |
| 12-Aug | International Youth Day |
| 15-Aug | Assumption of Mary |
| 16-Aug | Bennington Battle Day (VT) |
| 19-Aug | National Aviation Day |
| 19-Aug | Statehood Day in Hawaii (HI) |
| 23-Aug | World Day for Slave Trade Abolition |
| 26-Aug | Laylat al-Qadr |
| 27-Aug | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) |
| 29-Aug | International Day against Nuclear Tests |
| 31-Aug | Eid-al-Fitr |
| 5-Sep | Labor Day |
| 8-Sep | International Literacy Day |
| 10-Sep | World Suicide Prevention Day |
| 10-Sep | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day |
| 11-Sep | Patriot Day |
| 11-Sep | National Grandparents Day |
| 15-Sep | International Day of Democracy |
| 16-Sep | ‘Constitution Day and Citizenship Day’ observed |
| 16-Sep | World Ozone Layer Day |
| 16-Sep | National POW/MIA Recognition Day |
| 17-Sep | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day |
| 19-Sep | International Talk Like a Pirate Day |
| 21-Sep | International Day of Peace |
| 22-Sep | World Maritime Day |
| 23-Sep | Autumnal equinox |
| 25-Sep | World Heart Day |
| 25-Sep | Gold Star Mother’s Day |
| 27-Sep | World Tourism Day |
| 28-Sep | World Rabies Day |
| 29-Sep | Rosh Hashana |
| 1-Oct | International Day of Older Persons |
| 2-Oct | International Day of Non-Violence |
| 3-Oct | World Habitat Day |
| 3-Oct | Child Health Day |
| 4-Oct | Feast of St Francis of Assisi |
| 5-Oct | World Teachers’ Day |
| 8-Oct | Yom Kippur |
| 9-Oct | World Post Day |
| 9-Oct | Leif Erikson Day |
| 10-Oct | Columbus Day (All except CA, HI, NV) |
| 10-Oct | Native Americans’ Day (SD) |
| 10-Oct | Indigenous People’s Day (CA*) |
| 10-Oct | World Mental Health Day |
| 12-Oct | World Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 13-Oct | First day of Sukkot |
| 13-Oct | World Sight Day |
| 15-Oct | White Cane Safety Day |
| 15-Oct | International Day of Rural Women |
| 16-Oct | World Food Day |
| 17-Oct | World Day for Poverty Eradication |
| 17-Oct | Boss’s Day |
| 18-Oct | Alaska Day (AK) |
| 19-Oct | Last day of Sukkot |
| 20-Oct | Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah |
| 24-Oct | World Development Information Day |
| 24-Oct | United Nations Day |
| 27-Oct | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage |
| 28-Oct | Nevada Day (NV) |
| 31-Oct | Halloween |
| 1-Nov | All Saints |
| 1-Nov | All Saints’ Day |
| 2-Nov | All Souls’ Day |
| 6-Nov | Daylight Saving Time ends |
| 6-Nov | World Day to Protect the Environment in War |
| 7-Nov | Eid-al-Adha |
| 10-Nov | World Science Day |
| 11-Nov | Veterans Day |
| 14-Nov | World Diabetes Day |
| 16-Nov | International Day for Tolerance |
| 16-Nov | World COPD Day |
| 17-Nov | World Philosophy Day |
| 19-Nov | International Men’s Day |
| 20-Nov | Africa Industrialization Day |
| 20-Nov | World Day for Road Traffic Victims |
| 20-Nov | Universal Children’s Day |
| 21-Nov | World Television Day |
| 24-Nov | Thanksgiving Day |
| 25-Nov | American Indian Heritage Day (MD) |
| 25-Nov | Black Friday |
| 25-Nov | World Day to Eliminate Violence on Women |
| 27-Nov | First Sunday Advent |
| 27-Nov | Muharram/New Year |
| 29-Nov | World Solidarity Day with Palestinian People |
| 1-Dec | World AIDS Day |
| 2-Dec | World Day for Slavery Abolition |
| 3-Dec | World Day for Persons with Disabilities |
| 5-Dec | International Volunteer Day |
| 7-Dec | International Civil Aviation Day |
| 7-Dec | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day |
| 8-Dec | Feast of the Immaculate Conception |
| 9-Dec | International Anti-Corruption Day |
| 10-Dec | Human Rights Day |
| 11-Dec | International Mountain Day |
| 17-Dec | Pan American Aviation Day |
| 17-Dec | Wright Brothers Day |
| 18-Dec | International Migrants Day |
| 19-Dec | International South-South Cooperation Day |
| 20-Dec | International Human Solidarity Day |
| 21-Dec | First Day of Chanukah |
| 22-Dec | December Solstice |
| 24-Dec | Christmas Eve |
| 25-Dec | Christmas Day |
| 26-Dec | ‘Christmas Day’ observed |
| 26-Dec | Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) |
| 28-Dec | Last day of Chanukah |
| 31-Dec | New Year’s Eve |
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