Days Observed As International
January
[edit]February
- March 1 - International Cat Day[citation needed]
- March 3 - International Day for Ear and Hearing[1], recognized by WHO
- March 8 - United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
- March 11 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
- March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers[2]
- March 14 - Pi Day
- March 14 - International Superman/Superwoman Day (Wear Underwear Inside Out Day)
- March 15 - World Consumer Rights DayInternational Crow Day
- March 16 - Halabja's chemical attack day (genocide against kurdish people)
- March 20 - National Post Something On My Wall Day
- March 20 - International Day of the Francophonie[3]
- March 20 - World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People[4]
- March 20 - World House Sparrow Day[5]
- March 20 or 21 – Earth Day
- March 21 - World Down Syndrome Daynewroz (kurdish new year) day
- March 21 - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recognized by the UN
- March 21 - World Poetry Day, recognized by UNESCO
- March 21 - World Puppetry Day, recognized by UNIMA
- March 21 - World Forest Day[6], recognized by FAO
- March 22 - World Day for Water, recognized by the UN
- March 23 - World Meteorological Day[citation needed], recognized by the UN
- March 24 - International Day for Achievers[citation needed],
- March 24 - World Tuberculosis Day, recognized by the UN/WHO
- March 25 - International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade[citation needed], recognized by the UN
- March 27 - World Theatre Day[citation needed]
- March 27 - World Whisky Day[7]
- April 2 - World Autism Awareness Day, recognized by the UN
- April 4 - International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, recognized by the UN
- April 7 - World Health Day, recognized by the UN
- April 7 - International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda, recognized by the UN
- April 8 - International Day of the Roma
- April 12 - International Day of Human Space Flight [1] - an official United Nations day
- April 12 - International Day for Street Children
- April 14 - Cultural Unity Day, recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal.
- April 15 - International Crow Day recognized by Global Green Community.
- April 16 - World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) site
- April 17 - World Hemophilia Day, recognized by the UN
- April 21 - World Creativity and Innovation Day. Celebrations begin April 15 - Leonardo da Vinci's Birthday
- April 22 - International Mother Earth Day, recognized by the UN
- April 23 - World Book and Copyright Day, recognized by the UN
- April 24 - World Day for Laboratory Animals, recognized by the UN
- April 25 - World Malaria Day, recognized by the WHO
- April 26 - World Intellectual Property Day, recognized by the UN
- April 28 - International Workers' Memorial Day
- April 29 - World Dance Day
- May 1 - May Day - Labour Day
- May 3 - World Press Freedom Day, recognized by the UN
- May 4 - International Firefighters' Day, Star Wars Day
- May 5 - International Midwives Day
- May 6 - International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)
- May 7 - Rabindranath Tagore's Anniversary Day
- May 8 - World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day
- May 9 - Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War, recognized by the UN
- May 12 - International Owl and Pussycat Day celebrating the birthday of Edward Lear and his bicentenary 2012 [2] [3]
- May 12 - International Nurses Day
- May 15 - International Day of Families, recognized by the UN
- May 17 - World Information Society Day, recognized by the UN
- May 17 - Vesak Day Birth of Siddhartha ,Buddhism found and Death of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha
- May 17 - Vesak Day 2600 Sri Sambuddha Jayanthiya found of Buddhism
- May 17 - World AIDS Vaccine Day
- May 17 - International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
- May 18 - International AIDS Candlelight Memorial
- May 18 - International Museum Day
- May 19 - World Hepatitis Day
- May 21 - World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, recognized by the UN
- May 22 - International Day for Biological Diversity, recognized by the UN
- May 23 - World Turtle Day
- May 25 - Towel day Tribute to Author Douglas Adams
- May 25 - Horse Day Day to celebrate and appreciate Horses
- May 29 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, recognized by the UN
- May 31 - World No Tobacco Day, recognized by the UN
- 1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
- 2nd Saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
- 2nd Sunday of May - International Mothers' Day
[edit]September
[edit]October
- First Monday of October - World Habitat Day, recognized by the UN
- October 1 - International Day of Older Persons, recognized by the UN
- October 1 - World Vegetarian Day
- October 2 - International Day of Non-Violence, recognized by the UN, observed on M.K. Gandhi's birthday
- October 4 - World Animal Day
- October 5 - World Teachers' Day
- October 7 - World Smile Day[9]
- October 8 - World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
- October 8 - World Humanitarian Action Day
- October 9 - World Post Day, recognized by the UN
- October 9 - Global Jamie Day, recognized by the UN
- October 10 - World Mental Health Day, recognized by the UN
- October 10 - World Day Against Death Penalty, recognized by the WCADP
- October 12 - CubeSat Appreciation Day, a new initiative
- October 13 - International Day for Disaster Reduction, recognized by the UN
- October 14 - World Standards Day
- October 15 - International Day of Rural Women, recognized by the UN
- October 15 - Global Handwashing Day
- October 16 - National Boss Day (Boss's Day)
- October 16 - World Food Day, recognized by the UN
- October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, recognized by the UN
- October 20 - World Osteoporosis Day[10]
- October 20 - International Day of the Air Traffic Controller[11]
- October 20 - World Statistics Day
- October 24 - United Nations Day, recognized by the UN
- October 24 - World Development Information Day, recognized by the UN
- October 27 - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, recognized by the UN
- October 28 - International Caps Lock Day
- October 28 - International Animation Day
- Second Thursday of October - World Sight Day[12]
- Second Friday of October - World Egg Day[13]
[edit]November
- Third Sunday of November - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, recognized by the UN
- November 1 - World Vegan Day
- November 6 - International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, recognized by the UN
- November 9 - World Freedom Day
- November 10 - World Immunization Day, or immunisation, is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen).
- November 12 - World Pneumonia Day[14]
- November 13 - World Kindness Day
- November 14 - World Diabetes Day, recognized by the UN
- November 16 - International Day for Tolerance, recognized by the UN
- November 17 - International Students Day
- November 19 - International Men's Day (Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Australia, India, United States, Singapore, Malta, United Kingdom, South Africa, Hungary, Ireland, Ghana, Canada, Denmark,Austria, England, France, Scotland, Pakistan, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis and Grenada)
- November 19 - World flower Day
- November 20 - Africa Industrialization Day, recognized by the UN
- November 20 - Universal Children's Day, recognized by the UN
- November 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance
- November 21 - World Hello Day
- November 21 - World Television Day, recognized by the UN
- November 22 - International Hug a Dragon Day.
- November 25 - International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, recognized by the UN
- November 29 - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, recognized by the UN
- November 30 - Computer Security Day
[edit]December
- December 1 - World Aids Day, recognized by the UN
- December 2 - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, recognized by the UN
- December 3 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities, recognized by the UN
- December 5 - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, recognized by the UN
- December 6 - World Colonics Day, recognized by the UN
- December 7 - International Civil Aviation Day, recognized by the UN
- December 9 - The International Day against Corruption, recognized by the UN
- December 10 - Human Rights Day, recognized by the UN
- December 10 - International Animal Rights Day, founded in 1998 by Uncaged Campaigns[15]
- December 11 - International Mountain Day, recognized by the UN
- December 13 - International Day Day, a meme celebrated by followers of Reddit[citation needed]
- December 18 - International Migrants Day, recognized by the UN
- December 19 - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, recognized by the UN
- December 20 - International Human Solidarity Day, recognized by the UN
- December 25 - Christmas
[edit]Before 1950
[edit]Decades
- 1976–1985 - United Nations Decade for Women [28], recognized by the UN
- 1990s - International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
- 1994–2004 - First International Decade of the World's Indigenous People [29], recognized by the UN
- 1997–2006 - First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty [30], recognized by the UN
- 2000–2010 - Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism [31] (pdf), recognized by the UN
- 2000-2010 - Bone and Joint Decade [32], recognised by WHO
- 2001–2010 - International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World [33], recognized by the UN
- 2001-2010 - Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (2001-2010), recognized by the UN
- 2003–2012 - United Nations Literacy Decade [34], recognized by the UN
- 2005–2014 - United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development - [35], recognized by the UN
- 2005–2014 - Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People [36], recognized by the UN
- 2005–2015 - Water for Life Decade, recognized by the UN
- 2010-2020 - United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight Against Desertification, recognized by the UN
- 2011-2020 - United Nations Decade on Biodiversity, recognized by the UN
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