2016 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 2..→

October 28, the International Animation Day (IAD) was proclaimed in 2002 by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) as the main glob..→

This Day is an annual day specially dedicated to people with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis. Conceived by patients for patients, World Pso..→

Stroke can be caused either by a clot obstructing the flow of blood to the brain (called an ischemic stroke) or by a blood vessel rupturing and ..→

With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to celebrate Neva..→

According to BBC Online, it is "widely believed" that many Halloween traditions originated from the ancient Celtic harvest festival Sa..→

The United Nations has designated every 31 October as World Cities Day. The Day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s i..→

The World Savings Day was established on October 31, 1924, during the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks) i..→

All Saints’ Day, also known as All Hallows, Day of All the Saints, Solemnity of All Saints, or Feast of All Saints is a festival celebrated on..→

David Hamilton Jackson (1884-1946) was a United States Virgin Islands civil rights leader. At the time of his birth, the Territory was under the..→

Epilepsy awareness month; Omega psi phi month; Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Awareness Month and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Awareness Month..→

World Vegan Day is an annual event celebrated on 1 November, by vegans around the world. The Day was established in 1994 by Louise Wallis, then ..→

All Souls’ Day, in Christianity, is a day commemorating the faithful departed, in particular but not exclusively one’s relatives. In Western..→

In 2014, 61 journalists lost their lives as a result of their profession. More than 137 journalists have been killed in the OSCE region since 19..→

Election Day in the United States is the day set by law for the general elections of public officials. It occurs on the Tuesday right after the ..→

Citizenship means to be a member of a nation or country, and to have full rights and responsibilities under the law. In the United States there ..→

Recalling the Sendai Declaration and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, adopted at the Third United Nations World Con..→

Though mankind has always counted its war casualties in terms of dead and wounded soldiers and civilians, destroyed cities and livelihoods, the ..→

Diwali (or Deepavali, the festival of lights ) is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn (northern hemisphere) or spring (southern hemis..→

The international organisation for World Urbanism Day, also known as "World Town Planning Day", was founded in 1949 by the late Profes..→

In central Alabama’s Perry County, government workers already get a day off for President’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Veterans Day. I..→

After the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Jews were subjected to increasingly discriminatory treatment accompanied by organised violence..→