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A full list of the monthly holidays and observances for September 2024, from Labor Day and Patriot Day to Grandparents Day and National Voter Registration Day.
A calendrical calculation is a calculation concerning calendar dates. Calendrical calculations can be considered an area of applied mathematics. Some examples of calendrical calculations: Converting a Julian or Gregorian calendar date to its Julian day number and vice versa (see § Julian day number calculation within that article for details).
A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal). The national day is often an official public holiday. Many ...
National Honey Bee Day (US only) August 15 World Orangutan Day [106] August 19 World Mosquito Day: August 20 World African Wild Dog Day [107] August 26 International Whale Shark Day [108] [109] August 30 World Beach Day, aka National Beach Day [110] September 1 International Primate Day [111] September 1 Japan Dolphin Day [112] [113] September 1
In the United States, there are two major holidays celebrated in January: New Year’s Day (January 1, 2024) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15, 2024). Both of these are federal holidays ...
While Columbus Day and Halloween are well-known October holidays, there are plenty of other national holidays throughout the month. On Monday, October 14, is Columbus Day which is a federal holiday.
In general, National Days, Independence Days, and other holidays celebrating the nationhood of a country should be marked by the year of the significant historic date being observed. An exception can be made when non-Gregorian-based holidays also fall within the same day, and the non-consistent use of dates might confuse new readers. [nb 3]
Each country has a single national day, as a single nation cannot be formed on two separate dates; for example, the United States of America celebrates their national day on Independence Day (United States). Days like National Catfish Day, while called national days, are not officially designated, and do not celebrate nationhood.