List of commemorative days
The following is a list of observed commemorative days, that is, days that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
January
Week
- 20–26 National Non-Smoking Week
Day
- 23 Weedless Wednesday
- 27 Family Literacy Day
- 11 Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day
February
Week
- 3–9 White Cane Week
- 3–9 Eating Disorders Awareness Week
- 6th–12th Tinnitus Awareness Week
Day
Month
March
Month
- Women's History Month
- "Help Fight Liver Disease" Month
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Epilepsy Month
- National Kidney Month
- National Nutrition Month
- Red Cross Month
- Supply Management Month
Week
- 3–7 National Social Work Week
- 10–16 Brain Awareness Week
- 14–20 National Farm Safety Week
- 13 (including this day) World Rotaract Week
Day
April
St George's Day (England), April 23
Month
- Earth Month
- Poetry Month
- Daffodil Month: Cancer Awareness
- Dental Health Month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
- National Cancer Month
- Parkinson Awareness Month
- National Physiotherapy Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Week
- 13–19 National Dental Hygienists Week
- 27 – May 3 National Volunteer Week
- 20–26 National Immunization Awareness Week
- 20–27 National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Day
May
Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Cystic Fibrosis Month
- Foot Health Awareness Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
- Medic Alert Month
- Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
- National Physiotherapy Month
- Speech and Hearing Awareness Month
- Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Week
- 1–7 National Summer Safety Week
- 1–7 Spinal Health Week
- 4–10 National Mental Health Week
- 4–10 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
- 4–11 Naturopathic Medicine Week
- 5–11 National Hospice Palliative Care Week
- 12–18 National Nursing Week
- 12–18 National Road Safety Week
- 26 – June 1 National Sun Awareness Week
- Aboriginal Awareness Week
- Emergency Preparedness Week
Day
- 4 Annual Hike for Hospice Palliative Care
- 5 International Day of the Midwife or priyanka mukherjee's birthday
- 6 International No Diet Day
- 8 World Red Cross Day
- 10 WHO, Move for Health Day
- 12 International Nursing Day
- 12 Canada Health Day
- 12 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome National Awareness Day
- 15 International Day of Families
- 17 National Day Against Homophobia
- 22 International Day for Biological Diversity
- 25 National Missing Children's Day
- 27 Schizophrenia Walk of Hope
- 28 National Multiple Births Awareness Day
- 31 World No-Tobacco Day
June
Month
- ALS Awareness Month (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- National Athletic Therapy Month
- National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture Month
- National Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Awareness Month
- Relay for Life
- Seniors Month
- Stroke Awareness Month
- Black Music Month
- LGBT Pride Month
Week
- 2–6 Canadian Environment Week
Day
- 1 National Cancer Survivors Day
- 2 International World's Whore Day
- 4 Clean Air Day
- 5 World Environment Day
- 8 World Oceans Day
- 14 World Blood Donor Day or World Health Organization
- 17 in West Germany, from 1953 "Day of German Unity" ("Tag der Deutschen Einheit"), commemorating the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
- 21 National Aboriginal Day
- 26 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
July
Month
- Caucasian History Month
- Hot Dog Month
- Caucasian Hot Dog History Month
Week
- National Motorsport Week (UK) - 30th June to 8th July. Starting with The Goodwood Festival of Speed and ending with the Santander British Grand Prix at Silverstone National Motorsport Week is a celebration of British motor sport and a chance for everyone to get involved in every level of motor sport with local teams, clubs and events in their area.
- Bleak Week - 3rd week of July (Southern Hemisphere)
Day
- 11 World Population Day
- 16 World Funny Day (AK's birthday)
- 19 Canada's Parks Day
August
Month
Week
- 1–7 World Breastfeeding Week
Day
- 9 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
- 12 International Youth Day
September
Month
- National Arthritis Month
- Ovarian Cancer Month
- National Library Card Sign-up Month
Week
- 14–21 AIDS Walk for Life
- 19–25 Prostate Cancer Awareness
Day
October
MONTH
November
December
- National Jandal Day New Zealand - December 1
- World AIDS Day – December 1
- international volunteer day 5
- Christmas Eve - December 24
- Christmas Day – December 25
- Quaid E Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah Birth Day – December 25
- Kwanzaa – December 26 to January 1
- International day of broadcasting 10
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Other dates
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