2025 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Christmas is the most important religious feast for Christians all over the world and in the United States too. The original meaning of Christma..→

Day after Christmas or Boxing Day was started in the UK about 800 years ago, during the Middle Ages. It is a holiday celebrated on the day follo..→

Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration held in the United States and in other nations of the Western African diaspora in the Americas. “Kwanzaa” is ..→

Samoa and parts of Kiribati are the first places to welcome the New Year while Baker Island, in the United States, is among the last. The first ..→

Fibromyalgia is estimated to affect 2–8% of the population. Females are affected about two times more often than males. A York University study ..→

January 1 is the first day of a new year according to Gregorian calendar ( In the Gregorian calendar which the United States started observing i..→

Louis Braille (1809 – 1852) was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His..→

This day is also known as the International Day of Pace or the International Day of Prayer for peace. On 8 December 1967, Pope Paul VI establis..→

The first artificial drinking straw for cocktails has been invented by Marvin Chester Stone, paper cigarette mouthpieces factory owner. He was a..→

World Braille Day is celebrated annually on January 4th in honor of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille who was born on this day in 1809. Fo..→

National Bird Day is on January 5 each year, as it’s scheduled to coincide with the end of the annual Christmas Bird Count. The Christmas Bird C..→

The wise men stepped from the shadows and were deemed to be three in number, each one a mighty king who knelt in turn to pay homage and present ..→

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And this taxing was f..→

According to the Bryan Times article from January 4, 2005, the battle was a "major turning point" in American history, but many people..→

The politest date in the year is January 11.This day is observed as international thank you day. We all realize the importance of good manners ..→

Eugenio Maria de Hostos (January 11, 1839 – August 11, 1903), known as "The Great Citizen of the Americas", was a Puerto Rican educato..→

Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), known as "the father of American music", was an American songwriter primaril..→

Wisconsin’s 21 special observance days are part of state statutes governing general school operations (Wis. Stat. sec. 118.02). Federal law has ..→

Water skis. Television. Earmuffs. The Popsicle. What do they have in common? All were invented by kids! 500,000 children and teens invent gadge..→

Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson were native Virginians, having served great nation and Commonwealth as educat..→

Born to Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee in Stratford Hall, Virginia, Robert Edward Lee seemed destined for milita..→

In 1973, the Texas legislature combined the previously official state holidays of Robert E. Lee’s and Jefferson Davis’s birthdays into a single ..→