2017 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Each year on the 20th of October we celebrate the International Chefs Day. The American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a professional, organi..→

The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, celebrated on 20 October each year, not only marks the anniversary of the International Fed..→

The concept for World Osteoporosis Day started with a campaign launched by the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society and supported by E..→

World Statistics Day is observed On 20 October every 5 years since 2010 when it was celebrated for the first time, as decided in the UN General ..→

Since 1998, every year on October 22 we celebrate International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD). The self-help groups and the national associat..→

USS Hocking (APA-121) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the United States Navy (Displacement: 6,873 tons; Length: 455 ft (139 m); Beam: 62..→

The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, was called for in the Final Do..→

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority ..→

The General Assembly in 1972 instituted World Development Information Day to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems ..→

Larry Itliong is known as a prominent leader in one of the greatest social justice movements in the United States of America: the American farm ..→

Just imagine a plate of hot freshly cooked spaghetti in a thick tomato sauce, with seasoned pieces of smoked sausage, black olives, and mushroom..→

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

British police officers carry a teddy bear in their cars to help comfort kids who are scared after an accident. That’s really awesome! If you’re..→

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

New Zealander George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementat..→

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..→

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 int..→

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 1..→

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..→