;USA-days ;yearly days & weeks ;First day of week: Sunday: Canada, USA, Mexico; Monday: Most of Europe & countries adhering to ISO 8601; Saturday: Much of the Middle East. ;YOU NEED MovingOperation_MVD, _UTD, _LUX, _WEV, _SRD ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com ;Only interested in one or a few of the mentioned days? ;You can import one or a few days to your 'organiser', without making the whole chapter active, by pointing with your cursor on that day in the 'special days' window of the PTBSync-program. LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_USA.gif COMMENT=Updated September 6, 2021 \nExtended version of the standard USA file \nnot enough? see USA-days unofficial, USA-weeks & USA-months \nIntern. & Worlddays >International Days ;additional files for each state: http://users.telenet.be/wdew/USA.htm ;International days (English) >http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Other.htm TYP=Holy 01.1.*MVD =New Year's Day ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Dec. 31, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Jan. 2 01.1.+3Mo>1985 =#1985th Martin Luther King Day ;Note=1st federal 1986, observed 3th Monday January (Jan. 15), 2000 officially observed in all 50 states 22.2.<1971 =#1878th Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) ;Note=1st 1879, 1971 >3rd Monday February {m} 01.2.+3Mo>1970 =#1878th Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) ;Note=1st 1879, Pub.L. 90-363 {m} 30.5.<1967 =#1865th Decoration Day ;Note=since 1866, #1866 years ago, 1967 >off. Memorial Day (first used 1882) {d} 30.5.>1966<1971 =Memorial Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 116, 1971 >last Monday May {d} 31.5.-1Mo>1970 =Memorial Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 116, Pub.L. 90-363 {d} 04.7.*MVD =Independence Day (Fourth of July) ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday July 3, if Sunday >Free day on Monday July 5 01.9.+1Mo =#1893th Labor Day ;Note=1st off. holyday 1894 {m} 12.10.<1971 =#1791th Columbus Day Celebration ;Note=1st 1792, 36 U.S.C. § 107, 1971 >2nd Monday October {m} 01.10.+2Mo>1970 =#1791th Columbus Day Celebration ;Note=1st 1792, 36 U.S.C. § 107, Pub.L. 90-363 {m} 30.11.-1Th<1939 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=1st 1789, last Thursday November (1863>1938, except 1865 & 1869), 1939 >4th Thursday November {m} 01.11.+4Th>1938<1940 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=4th Thursday November (1939), 1940 >3rd Thursday November {m} ;Since a presidential declaration of Thanksgiving Day was not legally binding, Roosevelt's change was widely disregarded. Twenty-three states went along with Roosevelt's recommendation, 22 did not 01.11.+3Th>1939<1942 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=3th Thursday November (1940>1941), 1942 >4th Thursday November {m} ;some states went along with the change while others retained the traditional last-Thursday date 01.11.+4Th>1941 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=4th Thursday November (1942) {m} 11.11.*MVD>1937<1954 =Armistice Day ;Note=1st 1938, 1954 >Veterans Day 11.11.*MVD>1953<1971 =Veterans Day ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Nov. 10, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Nov. 12 {d} 01.10.+4Mo>1970<1978 =Veterans Day ;Note=Pub.L. 90-363, 1978 >Nov. 11 {d} 11.11.*MVD>1977 =Veterans Day ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Nov. 10, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Nov. 12 {d} 25.12.*MVD =Christmas Day (federal holyday since 1870, #1870 years ago) ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Dec. 24, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Dec. 26 {d} TYP=Local 30.4.>1788<1790 =1st Inauguration Day ;Note=1789, George Washington, 1793>1933 March 4, Oct. 15, 1934 >Jan. 20 {d-01-20} 04.3.%1793,4>1792<1934 =Inauguration Day (every fourth year) ;Note=1793>1933, Oct. 15, 1934 >Jan. 20 (Amendment XX, 1st Jan. 20, 1937) {d-01-20} 20.1.%1937,4*LUX>1936 =Inauguration Day (every fourth year) ;Note=formaly Jan. 20, if Sunday >Takes place on Jan. 21, privately inaugurated on Jan. 20, 1793>1933 March 4 {d-01-20} TYP=Normal MOVE=Always ;Special days recognized by Presidential Proclamation, Federal observances, ... Es-7Tu =Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras Es-7We =Ash Wednesday Es-2Dy =Good Friday Es =Easter Es+7Sa>1999 =#1999th Jesus Day (Christians)* ;Note=1st 2000, Saturday before Pentecost Sunday {e} 22.1.>1983<1985 =1st National Sanctity of Human Life Day ;Note=1st Jan. 22, 1984, proclamation President Ronald Reagan, 1985 >3th Sunday January (1985>1993 & 2002>2008) {m} 01.1.+3Su>1984<1994 =#1984th National Sanctity of Human Life Day ;Note=1st Jan. 22, 1984, 1985 >3th Sunday January (1985>1993 & 2002>2008) {m} 01.1.+3Su>2001<2009 =#1991th National Sanctity of Human Life Day ;Note=1st Jan. 22, 1984, 1985 >3th Sunday January (1985>1993 & 2002>2008) {m} 01.1.+3Mo-1Dy =United Methodist congregations, Human Relations Day* ;Note=Sunday before birthday observance Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. {m} ;03.1. =Yearly constitutional assembly of Congress (at noon)* ;Note=20th Amendment, unless they shall by law appoint a different day {d} 03.1.%1787,2 =Constitutional assembly #1787,2th US Congres, 1st Session (at noon)* ;Note=20th Amendment, unless they shall by law appoint a different day {d} 03.1.%1788,2 =Constitutional assembly #1788,2th US Congres, 2nd Session (at noon)* ;Note=20th Amendment, unless they shall by law appoint a different day {d} 06.1.%1937,4*Lux =opening of the votes of the Electors of the President & Vice-President (Electoral College) ;Note=US Congress, voting on Monday after 2nd Wednesday December {d} 05.1. =National Bird Day ;Note={d} 05.1.>1945 =#1945th George Washington Carver Day* ;Note=1st 1946, Public Law 290 (Dec. 28, 1945), President Harry S. Truman {d} 06.1. =Four Freedoms Day* ;Note=1941, speech to Congress by President Franklin Roosevelt defining Freedoms {d} 07.1. =Christmas (Orthodox) 09.1. =Balloon Ascension Day* ;Note=1st successful hot air balloon flight in the US Jan. 9, 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard {d} 11.1.>2007 =#2007th National Human Trafficking Awareness Day ;Note=1st 2008, S.Con.Res. 40 (110th) {d} 13.1.>1966 =#1966th Stephen Foster Memorial Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 140, 1st 1967 {d} 13.1. =Korean American Day* ;Note=1903 1st Korean immigrants {d} 14.1. =Ratification Day* ;Note=1784 ratification Treaty of Paris by the Continental Congress {d} 15.1. =Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. ;Note=observed 3th Monday January 16.1. =Religious Freedom Day ;Note={d} 20.1.%1981,4*Lux-5Dy>1936 =1st day 'inaugural period' (10d) ;Note=5 calendar days immediately preceding the Presidential inaugural ceremony {d-01-20} 20.1.%1981,4*Lux+4Dy>1936 =10th & last day 'inaugural period' ;Note=4 calendar days immediately following the Presidential inaugural ceremony {d-01-20} 21.1.+1Nm =Chinese New Year #-2698 ;Note=2nd new moon after wintersolstice in China >±1 day 21.1.>1985 =#1985th National Hug Day* ;Note=1st 1986 {d} 27.1. =Vietnam Day* ;Note=1973 sign. peace agreement to end Vietnam War 28.1.>2007 =#2007th Data Privacy Day* ;Note=1st US & Canada 2008, 1st Europe 2007 {d} 29.1. =Carnation Day* ;Note=birthd. William McKinley 01.2.+1Su =Super Bowl Sunday ;Note=1st Sunday February 01.2.+2Su =United Methodist Scout Sunday ;Note=2nd Sunday February (not to conflict with Transfiguration Sunday) {m} 01.2.+2We =National Stop Bullying Day* ;Note=2nd Wednesday February {m} 01.2.>1948 =#1948th National Freedom Day ;Note=1st 1949, June 30, 1948, President Harry Truman signed a bill proclaiming February 1st as National Freedom Day, 36 U.S.C. § 124 {d} 02.2. =#1886th Groundhog Day ;Note=1st 1887 {d} 02.2. =National Wear Red Day* ;Note=support for women's heart disease awareness {d} 03.2.>1987 =#1987th Four Chaplains Day ;Note=1st 1988, act US Congres {d} 04.2. =Kosciuszko Day* ;Note=1746 birthd. Tadeusz Kosciuszko {d} 05.2. =National Weatherperson's Day* ;Note=birthday of John Jeffries, one of the United States' first weather observers {d} 07.2.>1998 =#1998th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ;Note=1st 1999 {d} 08.2.-1Su =Scout Sunday ;Note=Sunday on or before Feb. 8 08.2.-1Su+6Dy =Scout Sabath ;Note=Saturday after Scout Sunday 10.2.>1973<1975 =1st day 2nd National Nurses Week (7d) ;Note=1974, President Richard Nixon, Proclamation 4264, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 3rd 1991 (May 06>12), 1994 >yearly {d} 16.2.>1973<1975 =7th & last day 2nd National Nurses Week ;Note=1974, President Richard Nixon, Proclamation 4264, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 3rd 1991 (May 06>12), 1994 >yearly, birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820) {d-02-10} 11.2.>1982 =#1982th National Inventors' Day ;Note=1st 1983, birthday Thomas Alva Edison (Feb. 11, 1847), Proclamation 5013, Senate Joint Resolution 140 (Public Law 97 - 198) {d} 12.2. =#1891th Lincoln's birthday ;Note=1st 1892 {d} 12.2.>1998 =#1998th National Freedom to Marry Day* ;Note=1st 1999 {d} 12.2. =National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Day ;Note=founded Feb. 12, 1909 {d} 12.2.-3Dy+1Su>2005 =Christian churches, #2005th Evolution Sunday* ;Note=Sunday closest to Darwin's birthday (Feb. 12), 1st 2006 {d-03-12} 14.2. =Valentine's Day 17.2. =St. Patrick's Day 22.2. =(NS) Washington's Birthday ;Note=observed 3th Monday February, Feb. 11, 1731 (jul. OS)=Feb. 22, 1732 (greg. NS) {d} 23.2. =Iwo Jima Day* ;Note=1945 raising US flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima 28.2. =Youth Day* ;Note={d} 29.2.>2008 =#2008th Rare Disease Day* ;Note=1st US 2009, 1st Europe 2008 {d} 01.3.+1Su =1st day Weights & Measures Week (7d) ;Note=1st full week March {m} 01.3.+1Su+1Sa =7th & last day Weights & Measures Week ;Note=1st full week March {m} 01.3.+1Su =1st day Save Your Vision Week (7d) ;Note=1st calendar week (1st Sunday) March {m} 01.3.+1Su+1Sa =7th & last day Save Your Vision Week ;Note=1st calendar week March {m} 01.3.+1Tu>1990 =#1990th National Sportsmanship Day* ;Note=1st 1991, 1st Tuesday March {m} 01.3.+1Fr>2008 =#2008th National Dress in Blue Day* ;Note=1st 2009, 1st Friday March, Colon Cancer Alliance {m} 01.3.+3Su>1961 =1st day #1961th National Poison Prevention Week (7d) ;Note=3th calendar week (3th Sunday) March, 1st 1962 {m} 01.3.+3Su+1Sa>1961 =7th & last day #1961th National Poison Prevention Week ;Note=Saturday 3th calendar week March {m} 01.3.+3We>1995 =#1995th Kick Butts Day* ;Note=1st 1996, 3rd Wednesday March {m} 01.3.+3Th>1995 =#1995th Absolutely Incredible Kid Day* ;Note=1st 1996, 3th Thursday March {m} 01.3.+4Tu>1988 =#1988th American Diabetes Alert Day* ;Note=4th Tuesday March, 1st 1989 {m} 16.3.-1Su>2004 =1st day #2004th Sunshine Week (7d) ;Note=week Su>Sa around March 16, 1st nationwide 2005 {d-03-16} 16.3.+1Sa>2004 =7th & last day #2004th Sunshine Week ;Note=week Su>Sa around March 16, 1st nationwide 2005 {d-03-16} 01.3.>1985 =#1985th National Women of Color Day* ;Note=1st 1986, National Institute for Women of Color, 1st day Women's History Month {d} 02.3.*MVD>1997 =#1997th National Reading Day ;Note=1st 1998, schoolday closest to March 2, birthday of Dr. Seuss {d} 03.3. =National Anthem Day* ;Note=March 3, 1931 Star Spangled Banner adopted as national anthem {d} 29.2.-1Su>1908<1913 =#1908th National Woman's Day* ;Note=1st 1909, 1913 >March 8 {d-03-08} 08.3.>1912 =#1908th National Woman's Day* ;Note=1913, 1909>1912 last Sunday February {d} 10.3.>1989 =#1989th Harriet Tubman Day* ;Note=1913 Harriet Tubman died, 1st 1990 {d} 10.3. =National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ;Note={d} 16.3. =Liberty Day* ;Note=birthday James Madison, ‘father of the Constitution’ {d} 16.3.>1998 =#1998th National Freedom of Information Day* ;Note=1st off. 1999, 1751 birthday James Madison {d} 16.3.>1955 =#1955th St. Urho's Day* ;Note=the grasshopper slayer, invention of Finnish-American Richard Mattson, 1st 24.5.1956 {d} 18.3.>2001 =#2001th National Biodiesel Day* ;Note=1st 2002, birthday Rudolf Diesel {d} 20.3.>1973 =#1973th National Agriculture Day* ;Note=1st day of spring, some years March 21 {d} 20.3.>1984 =#1984th Great American Meat-Out Day* ;Note=1st day of spring, 1st 1985 {d} 20.3.>2006 =#2006th National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (1st day of spring, >± 1 day) ;Note=1st 2007 {d} 21.3. =Single Parents' Day* ;Note={d} 25.3. =Greek Independence Day 29.3.>2011<2013 =Vietnam Veterans Day ;Note=2012, commemorated the 50 year anniversary of the Vietnam War {n} 29.3.>2016 =National Vietnam War Veterans Day ;Note=1st 2017, Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 {n} 30.3.>1990 =#1990th National Doctor's Day* ;Note=1st 1991 (Public Law 101-473, Oct. 30, 1990), 1st Georgia 1933 {d} 31.3.>2013 =#2013th César Chávez Day* ;Note=1st 2014, proclaimed by President Barack Obama {d} 29.4.+1Su-2Fr =1st day National Dance Week (10d) 29.4.+1Su =10th & last day National Dance Week* ;Note=Sunday on/after 29.4. (Intern. Dance Day) {d-04-29} 30.4.-1Fr-1Mo =1st day National Playground Safety Week* (5d) 30.4.-1Fr =5th & last day National Playground Safety Week* ;Note=Monday >last Friday April {xm} 01.6.>1951<1953 =1st day #1951nd National Secretaries Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 07.6.>1951<1953 =7th & last day #1951th National Secretaries Week* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 31.5.-1Sa-1Su>1952<1955 =1st day #1951nd National Secretaries Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 31.5.-1Sa>1952<1955 =7th & last day #1951th National Secretaries Week* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1Su>1954<1981 =1st day #1951nd National Secretaries Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa>1954<1981 =7th & last day #1951th National Secretaries Week* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1Su>1980<2000 =1st day #1951nd Professional Secretaries Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa>1980<2000 =7th & last day #1951th Professional Secretaries Week* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1Su>1999 =1st day #1951nd Administrative Professionals Week (7d)* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 30.4.-1Sa>1999 =7th & last day #1951th Administrative Professionals Week* ;Note=1st 1952, 1953 >last calendar week (last Saturday) May, 1955 >last calendar week (last Saturday) April {m} 01.4.+1We>1999 =#1999th National Day of Hope* ;Note=1st Wednesday May, 2000 recognized by Congress {m} 01.4.+1We =National Walking Day* ;Note=American Heart Association {m} 01.4.+1Fr>1985 =#1985th Red Nose Day* ;Note=1st Friday April, 1st USA 1986 {m} 01.4.+1Fr>2003 =#2003th National Walk to Work Day* ;Note=1st 2004 {m} 01.4.+1Fr =Alcohol-Free Weekend ;Note=weekend starting 1st Friday April {m} 01.4.+1Fr+1Dy =Alcohol-Free Weekend 01.4.+1Fr+2Dy =Alcohol-Free Weekend 01.4.+2Th =National D.A.R.E. Day ;Note=2nd Thursday April, Drug Abuse Resistance Education {m} 01.4.+3Mo =In Memory Day* ;Note=3th Monday April {m} 01.4.+3Sa>2006 =#2006th Record Store Day ;Note=1st 2007 {m} 01.4.+4Th =Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work Day* ;Note=4th Thursday April {m} 04.6.>1951<1953 =#1951th National Secretaries' Day* ;Note=1st 1952, Wednesday National Secretaries Week {m} 31.5.-1Sa-1We>1952<1955 =#1951th National Secretaries' Day* ;Note=1st 1952, Wednesday National Secretaries Week {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1We>1954<1981 =#1951th National Secretaries' Day* ;Note=1st 1952, Wednesday National Secretaries Week {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1We>1980<2000 =#1951th Professional Secretaries' Day* ;Note=1st 1952, Wednesday Professional Secretaries Week {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1We>1999 =#1951th Administrative Professionals' Day* ;Note=1st 1952, Wednesday Administrative Professionals Week {m} 01.4. =April Fools Day 01.4. =National Lupus Alert Day* ;Note={d} 06.4.>1997 =#1997th Tartan Day ;Note=06.4.1320 Declaration of Arbroath (#1320 years ago), 1st 1998 {d} 01.5.>1927<1929 =1st Army Day* ;Note=1st 1928, 1929 >Apr. 6 {d-04-06} 06.4.>1928<1950 =#1927th Army Day* ;Note=1st 1928, 1929 >Apr. 6, last 1949, 1950 >Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday May) {d} 11.4. =National Submarine Day (US submarine community)* ;Note=1900 1st submarine US Navy accepted {d} 13.4. =Thomas Jefferson's birthday ;Note=1743, 36 U.S.C. § 141 {d} 14.4.>1947 =#1947th Pan American Day & week ;Note=April 14 & week thereo, 1st 1948 {d} 14.4. =Children with Alopecia Day* ;Note={d} 01.3.>1913<1918 =Tax Day ;Note=1st 1914, 1918 >March 15, 1955 >Apr. 15 {d-04-15} 15.3.>1917<1955 =Tax Day ;Note=1st 1914 (March 1), 1918 >March 15, 1955 >Apr. 15 {d-04-15} 15.4.>1954<2005 =Tax Day ;Note=Apr. 15 since 1955, 1st 1914 (March 1), 1918 >March 15, 1955 >Apr. 15 {d} 15.4.*UTD>2004 =Tax Day ;Note=Apr. 15 since 1955, since 2005 if weekend >April 17, if Friday >April 18 (=next business day, Apr. 16 legal holiday District of Columbia), 1st 1914 (March 1), 1918 >March 15, 1955 >Apr. 15 {d} 19.4. =Dutch-American Friendship Day* ;Note=1782 Netherlands off. recognized the USA as an independent nation {d} 22.4.>1969 =#1969th Earth Day ;Note=1st 1970, Intern. Day on March 20 {d} 23.4.>2011 =US, #2011th World Book Night ;Note=1st 2012, 1st UK/Ireland 2011 {d} 24.4. =Armenian Remembrance Day 25.4. =Malaria Awareness Day* ;Note={d} ;30.4.-1We =Administrative Professionals Day ;Note=formerly Secretary's Day !! see above >>Wednesday Administrative Professionals Week 30.4.-1Su =Mother, Father Deaf Day* ;Note=last Sunday April, Honoring Deaf Parents of Hearing Children {m} 30.4.-1Fr =National Arbor Day ;Note=last Friday April, also local days for the different states {m} {Jewish 11.8.}>1977 =#1977th Education & Sharing day (11 Nisan #-3760 AM)* ;Note=1st 1978, 11 Nisan 5662 AM (Greg. 18.4.1902) birthd. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson {j} 01.5.+1Su>1984 =1st day #1984th Teacher Appreciation Week (7d) ;Note=1st 1985, 1st full week May {m} 01.5.+1Tu<1985 =National Teachers Day ;Note=1st Tuesday May, 1985 >Tuesday Teacher Appreciation Week {m} 01.5.+1Su+1Tu>1984 =National Teachers Day ;Note=Tuesday Teacher Appreciation Week (1st Tuesday May >1985) {m} 01.5.+1Su+1Sa>1984 =7th & last day #1984th Teacher Appreciation Week ;Note=1st 1985, 1st full week May {m} 01.5.+1Sa>2001 =#2001th Free Comic Book Day* ;Note=1st 2002 {m} 01.5.+1Th>1987 =#1951th National Day of Prayer ;Note=1st off. 1952, since 1988 1st Thursday May, President Truman signed a bill proclaiming the National Day of Prayer into law, 36 U.S.C. § 119 (Apr. 17, 1952) {m} 01.5.+1Th>2002 =#2002th National Day of Reason ;Note=1st 2003, secular celebration for humanists, atheists & other secularists & freethinkers, to coincide with the National Day of Prayer {m} 01.5.+1Mo =Melanoma Monday* ;Note=1st Monday May (US) {m} 01.5.+2Su =1st day National Nursing Home Week (7d) ;Note=Mother's Day (2nd Sunday May) {m} 01.5.+2Su+1Sa =7th & last day National Nursing Home Week 01.5.+2Fr>2011 =#2011th Bike to School Day* ;Note=1st 2012 {m} 01.5.+2Su-1Fr>1983 =#1983th Military Spouse Day* ;Note=1st 23.5.1984, .. >Friday preceding Mother's Day {m} 01.5.+2Su-1Fr>2008 =#2008th National Public Gardens Day* ;Note=1st 2009, Friday before Mother's Day (=2nd Sunday May) {m} 01.5.+2Su>1913 =#1913th Mother's Day ;Note=2nd Sunday May, signed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on May 14, 1914, 36 U.S.C. § 117 {m} 01.5.+2Sa>1915 =#1915th American Indian Day* ;Note=1st 1916, proclamation Sept. 28, 1915, Rev. Sherman Coolidge, off. 4th Friday September {m} 01.5.+2Sa>1949 =1st day Armed Forces Week (8d)* ;Note=1st 1950 {m} 01.5.+3Fr>1955 =#1955th National Bike to Work Day* ;Note=1st 1956, 5th & last day National Bike Week {m} 01.5.+3Fr>2005 =#2005th Endangered Species Day ;Note=1st 2006, 3th Friday May, US Congress {m} 01.5.+3Fr-1Su>1961 =1st day #1961th National Transportation Week (7d) * ;Note=1st 1962, week including National Defense Transportation Day, 36 U.S.C. § 133 {m} 01.5.+3Fr>1956 =#1956th National Defense Transportation Day ;Note=1st 1957, 3th Friday May, 36 U.S.C. § 120 {m} 01.5.+3Fr+1Sa>1961 =7th & last day #1961th National Transportation Week* ;Note=1st 1962, week including National Defense Transportation Day, 36 U.S.C. § 133 {m} 01.5.+3Sa>1949 =8th & last day Armed Forces Week * ;Note=1st 1950 {m} 01.5.+3Sa>1949 =#1949th Armed Forces Day* ;Note=1st 1950, replaced Army, Navy & Air Force Days {m} 01.5.+3Su>1939<1952 =#1939th I am an American Day* ;Note=1st 1940, 1952 >Citizenship Day (Sep. 17) 15.5.-1Su =1st day Police Week (7d) ;Note=calendar week including May 15 {d-05-15} 15.5.+1Sa =7th & last day Police Week ;Note=calendar week including May 15 {d-05-15} 01.5.>1957 =#1957th Law Day, U.S.A. ;Note=1st 1958, 36 U.S.C. § 113 {d} 01.5.>1920<1959 =#1920th Americanization Day ;Note=1st 1921, 1959 >Loyalty Day 01.5.>1958 =#1958th Loyalty Day ;Note=1st 1959, before from 1921 Americanization Day, 36 U.S.C. § 115 {d} 04.5. =#1893th Bird Day 05.5. =Cinco de Mayo 06.5.>1981<1996 =#1981th National Recognition Day for Nurses* ;Note=1st 1982, President Ronald Reagan, 1996 >National Registered Nurses (RN) Recognition Day {d} 06.5.>1995 =#1995th National Registered Nurses (RN) Recognition Day* ;Note=1st 1996, 1982>1995 National Recognition Day for Nurses {d} ;- 06.5.>1990<1992 =1st day #1993th 3rd National Nurses Week (7d) ;Note=1991, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), American Nurses Association (ANA), 2004 >yearly {d} 12.5.>1990<1992 =7th & last day #1993th 3rd National Nurses Week ;Note=1991, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), American Nurses Association (ANA), 2004 >yearly, birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820) {d-05-06} 06.5.>1993 =1st day #1990th National Nurses Week (7d) ;Note=1st yearly 1994, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), 3rd 1991, American Nurses Association (ANA) {d} 12.5.>1993 =7th & last day #1990th National Nurses Week ;Note=1st yearly 1994, 1st 1954 (Nov. 11>16), 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), 3rd 1991, American Nurses Association (ANA), birthday of Florence Nightingale (1820) {d-05-06} ;- 08.5.>1997<2003 =#1997th National Student Nurses' Day* ;Note=1st 1998, 2003 >National School Nurse Day >Wednesday within National Nurses Week {d} 06.5.+1We>2002 =#2002th National School Nurse Day* ;Note=1997>2002 National Student Nurses' Day (08.5.) {d-05-08} 10.5.-3Dy+1Sa>2007 =#2007th National Train Day* ;Note=1st 2008, Saturday closest to May 10th {d-05-10} 13.5. =Thomas Jefferson's birthday 15.5.>1962 =#1962th Peace Officers Memorial Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 136, 1st 1963 {d} 17.5. =Norwegian-American communities, Syttende Mai* ;Note=Norwegian Constitution Day {d} 18.5. =HIV Vaccine Awareness Day ;Note={d} 19.5.>2004 =#2004th National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ;Note=1st 2005 {d} 19.5.>2011 =#2011th Hepatitis Testing Day ;Note=1st 2012 {d} 22.5.>1932 =#1932th National Maritime Day ;Note=1st 1933, recognition of sailors lost at sea, 36 U.S.C. § 128 {d} 25.5.>1982 =#1982th National Missing Children's Day ;Note=1st 1983, President Ronald Reagan {d} 25.5.>1989 =#1989th National Tap Dance Day ;Note=1st 1990, law Nov. 7, 1989 {d} 25.5.>2007 =#2007th Geek Pride Day* ;Note=premiere 1st Stars Wars movie (1977), 1st Spain 2006, 1st US 2008 {d} 30.5. =Memorial Day ;Note=observed Last Monday May 31.5.-1Mo-1Fr-1Sa =1st day National Safe Boating Week (7d) 31.5.-1Mo-1Fr =7th & last day National Safe Boating Week ;Note=Friday before Memorial Day {m} 31.5.-1Mo =Prayer for Peace ;Note=last Monday May 31.5.-1We>1993 =#1993th National Senior Health and Fitness Day* ;Note=1st 1994 {m} 01.6.+4Su>1996 =1st day #1996th National Mosquito Awareness Week (7d) ;Note=4th calendar week (4th Sunday) June , 1st 1997 {x} 01.6.+4Su+1Sa>1996 =7th & last day #1996th National Mosquito Awareness Week ;Note=4th calendar week (4th Sunday) June , 1st 1997 {x} 14.6.-1Su =1st day National Flag Week (7d) ;Note=calendar week including June 14 (d-06-14} 14.6.+1Sa =7th & last day National Flag Week ;Note=calendar week including June 14 (d-06-14} 01.6.+1Su>1987 =1987th National Cancer Survivors Day* ;Note=1st National 1988 {m} 01.6.+1Su =Children's Awareness Memorial Day* ;Note=America’s children who have died from violence {m} 01.6.+1Mo =National Child's Day ;Note=1st Monday June {x} 01.6.+1Fr>1937 =#1937th National Doughnut Day* ;Note=1st Friday June, 1st 1938* {m} 01.6.+1Sa>1992 =#1992th National Trails Day* ;Note=1st 1993, American Hiking Society {m} 01.6.+1Sa>2007 =#2007th Drawing Day/Pencil Day* ;Note=1st 2008 {m} 01.6.+2Sa>1993 =#1993th Intern. Young Eagles Day* ;Note=1st 1994, US Experimental Aircraft Association {m} 01.6.+2Su =Abused Women & Children's Awareness Day ;Note={m} 01.6.+3Su =Father's Day ;Note=3th Sunday June, 36 U.S.C. § 109 {m} 01.6.+3Su =Family Awareness Day* ;Note=same day as Father's day {m} 22.7.>1991<1993 =1st Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st US(INT) 1992, 1993 >3rd Wednesday July, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06} 01.7.+3We>1992<2009 =#1991th Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st US(INT) July 22, 1992, 1993 >3rd Wednesday July, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06} 01.6.+3Mo>2008 =#1991th Ride to Work Day* ;Note=1st US(INT) July 22, 1992, 1993 >3rd Wednesday July, 2009 >3rd Monday June {m-06} 06.6. =National Huntingtons Disease Awareness Day ;Note={d} 08.6. =Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ;Note={d} 09.6. =American Book Copyright Day* ;Note=1790, 1st book US copyrighted, Philadelphia Spelling Book, John Barry {d} 12.6.>1967 =#1967th Loving Day* ;Note=1967 US Supreme Court struck down all remaining anti-miscegenation laws {d} 14.6.>1915<1950 =#1915th Flag Day ;Note=1916, Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day, Aug. 3, 1949 >National Flag Day {d} 14.6.>1949 =#1949th National Flag Day ;Note=1st 1950, Aug. 3, 1949 designated as National Flag Day by President Harry Truman, 1st Flag Day 1916 {d} 14.6. =1st day Honor America Days (>July 4) ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 112 {d} 14.6. =#1775th Army Birthday** ;Note=1775, US Army founded (Congress voted to “adopt” the Boston troops on June 14) {d} 15.6. =Native American Citizenship Day* ;Note=1924 US Congress passed legislation recognizing citizenship of Native Americans {d} 17.6. =Sweden-America Day* ;Note=1st Swedish immigrants began their trip in Kalmar & landed in Wilmington, Delaware {d} 19.6. =Juneteenth (Freedom Day, Emancipation Day) ;Note={d} 20.6.>1981 =#1981th National Bald Eagle Day* ;Note=1st 1982 {d} 21.6. =Swedish Americans, Svenskarnas dag* ;Note=Midsummer's Day* {d} ;English=Swedes' Day 21.6. =Cuckoo Warning Day* ;Note=if the cuckoo sings today >rainy summer {d} 25.6. =Korean War Remembrance Day* ;Note=1950 North Korea invaded South Korea {d} 25.6.>1986 =#1986th National Catfish Day ;Note=1st 1987 {d} 27.6.>1994 =#1994th National HIV Testing Day ;Note=1st 1995 {d} 30.6.-3Th>1977 =1st day #1977th National Nursing Assistants Week (8d) ;Note=1st 1978 {m} 30.6.-2Th>1977 =8th & last day #1977th National Nursing Assistants Week ;Note=1st 1978 {m} 30.6.-3Th>1977 =Career Nurse Assistants Day ;Note=1st day National Nursing Assistants Week {m} 01.7.+4Sa>2004 =#2004th National Day of the Cowboy* ;Note=1st 2005 {m} 01.7.+4Su>1993 =#1993th Parents' Day ;Note=4th Sunday July, established in 1994, 36 U.S.C. § 135 {m} 01.7. =National Postal Workers Day* ;Note=1971 Postal Reorganization Act took effect {d} 02.7. =National Literacy Day* ;Note={d} 17.7.>2009 =#2009th National Bladder Cancer Awareness Day* ;Note=1st 2010 {d} 26.7. =Aunt & Uncle’s Day* ;Note={d} 27.7. =National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 127 {d} 01.8.+1Su>1977 =American Family Day** ;Note=1st Sunday August, 1st Arizona 1978 {m} 01.8.+1Su>1934 =#1934th National Friendship Day* ;Note=1st 1935, proclaimed by Congress {m} 01.8.+1Tu>1983 =#1983th National Night Out* ;Note=1st 1984, community-police awareness-raising event, Texas 1st Tuesday October {m} 01.8.+3Sa>1991 =#1991th National Homeless Animals’ Day* ;Note=3th Saturday August, 1st 1992 {m} ;01.8.+3Sa>2009 =#2008th National Honey Bee (Awareness) Day* ;Note=1st 22.8.2009, 2010>3rd Saturday August {m} >USA-days unofficial 01.8.>1996 =#1996th National Minority Donor Awareness Day, 1st day #1996th National Minority Donor Awareness Week* ;Note=1st 1997 {d} 01.8.>2010 =#2010th Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness & Prevention Day* ;Note=1st 2011 {d} 01.8.>1946<1950 =#1946th Air Force Day* ;Note=1st 1947, last 1949, 1950 >Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday May) {d} 04.8. =Coast Guard Day* ;Note={d} 05.8.>2002 =#2002th National Underwear Day* ;Note=1st 2003 {d} 06.8. =National Salvadoran-American Day ;Note={d} 12.8.>1986 =#1986th Civil Rights Day* ;Note=1st 1987, bill Pub.L. 99-482 {d} 12.8.>2001 =#2001th Vinyl Record Day* ;Note=1st 2002 San Luis Obispo County, celebration Saturday following August 12th {d} 14.8.>1944 =VJ-Day ;Note=1945 Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II {d} 14.8.>1981 =#1981th National Navajo Code Talkers Day ;Note=1st 1982, President Ronald Reagan {d} 16.8.>2001 =#2001th National Airborne Day ;Note=1st 2002, 1940 1st off. Army parachute jump, proclamation George W. Bush (Aug. 14, 2002), Senate Resolution 235 (Aug. 3, 2009) {d} 19.8.>1938 =#1938th National Aviation Day ;Note=presidential proclamation in 1939, anniversary of Orville Wright's birthday, 36 U.S.C. § 118 {d} 21.8.>1987 =#1987th National Senior Citizen's Day ;Note=President Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5847 (Aug. 19, 1988) {d} ;22.8.>2008<2010 =#2008th National Honey Bee (Awareness) Day* ;Note=1st 2009, 2010 >3rd Saturday August {m} >USA-days unofficial 26.8.>1971 =#1971th Women’s Equality Day ;Note=1st 1972, 1920 passage 19th Amendment {d} ;National Prisoners of War Missing in Action Recognition Day 18.7.>1978<1981 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978, 1979>1980, 1978 > July 17 {m-09} 17.7.>1980<1983 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978, 1981>1982, >April 9, 1983 {m-09} 09.4.>1982<1984 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978, 1983, >July 20, 1984 {m-09} 20.7.>1983<1985 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978, 1984, >July 19, 1985 {m-09} 19.7.>1984<1986 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978, 1985, 1986 >3th Friday September {m-09} 01.9.+3Fr>1985 =#1978th POW/MIA Recognition Day ;Note=1st 1978 (different dates till 1985), 3th Friday September, remembrance & hope for the speedy & safe return of American Prisoners of War & those still Missing in Action {m} 01.9.+1Mo+1Sa>1985<1996 =#1985th Federal Lands National Cleanup Day ;Note=1st Saturday after Labor Day, 36 U.S.C. § 104 {m} 01.9.+1Mo+1Sa>1995 =#1985th Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day ;Note=1st Saturday after Labor Day, till 1995 Federal Lands National Cleanup Day, 36 U.S.C. § 104 {m} 01.9.+1Mo+1Su>1977 =#1977th National Grandparent's Day ;Note=1st Sunday after Labor Day, 36 U.S.C. § 125 {m} 01.9.+1Mo-1Dy>1908 =#1908th Labor Sunday ;Note=Sunday preceding Labor Day, 1st 1909 {m} 01.9.+1Mo+1Dy =School New Year, trad. begin new school year ;Note=day after Labour Day (1st Monday September) {m} 01.9.+2Tu>1791<1832 =#1791th Farmer's Almanac (for the year #-0001) released ;Note=1st 1792, 2nd Tuesday September, 1832 >Old Farmer's Almanac, 1836 >Farmer's Almanac, 1848 >Old Farmer's Almanac {m} 01.9.+2Tu>1831<1836 =#1791th Old Farmer's Almanac (for the year #-0001) released ;Note=1st 1792, 2nd Tuesday September, 1792>1831 Farmer's Almanac, 1836 >Farmer's Almanac, 1848 >Old Farmer's Almanac {m} 01.9.+2Tu>1835<1848 =#1791th Farmer's Almanac (for the year #-0001) released ;Note=1st 1792, 2nd Tuesday September, 1792>1831 & 1836>1847 Farmer's Almanac, 1832>1835 Old Farmer's Almanac, 1848 >Old Farmer's Almanac {m} 01.9.+2Tu>1847 =#1791th Old Farmer's Almanac (for the year #-0001) released ;Note=1st 1792, 2nd Tuesday September, 1792>1831 & 1836>1847 Farmer's Almanac {m} 01.9.+4Su<2003 =Good Neighbor Day* ;Note=4th Sunday September, 2003 >Sep. 28 {d-09-28} 01.9.+4Su =National Centenarians Day* ;Note=4th Sunday September {m} 01.9.+4We =See You at the Pole (SYATP)* ;Note=4th Wednesday September, 1st Texas 1990 {m} 01.9.+4Sa>1971 =#1971th National Hunting & Fishing Day ;Note=1st 1972, 4th Saturday September {m} 01.9.+4Fr>1967 =#1967th Native American Day ;Note=1st 1968, 4th Friday September {m} 02.9.>1944 =#1944th V-J Day, Victory Over Japan Day* ;Note=1st 1945, declared by President Truman {d} 06.9.>2000 =Stillbirth Remembrance Day ;Note=1st Arkansas 2001 {d} 06.9.>2007 =#2007th Louisa Swain Day ;Note=1st 2008, House Concurrent Resolution 378, first woman in the United States to vote in a general election {d} 11.9.>1986<2002 =#1986th Emergency Number Day* ;Note=1st 1987, Public Law 99-448 (Oct. 6, 1986) {d} 11.9.>2001 =#2001th Patriot Day ;Note=1st 2002, Initially National Day of Prayer & Remembrance for the Victims Of the Terrorist Attacks, 36 U.S.C. § 144 {d} 13.9. =Commodore John Barry Day* ;Note={d} 15.9.>2008 =#2008th LGBT Center Awareness Day* ;Note=1st 2009, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender community centers {d} 17.9.*MVD<1952 =Constitution Day ;Note=observed: if Saturday >Friday, if Sunday >Monday {d} 1952 >Citizenship Day 17.9.>1951<2005 =#1951th Citizenship Day ;Note=1st 1952, Formerly called Constitution Day, 36 U.S.C. § 106 {d} 17.9.*MVD>2004 =Constitution Day & Citizenship Day ;Note=Formerly called Citizenship Day, 36 U.S.C. § 106 {d} 17.9.>2001 =1st day #2001th Constitution Week (Sept. 17>23) ;Note=Sep. 17 & week thereof {d} 18.9.>2007 =#2007th National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day ;Note=1st 2008 {d} 25.9.>2006 =#2006th National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims* ;Note=1st 2007 {d} 27.9.>2007 =#2007th National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day ;Note=1st 2008 {d} 28.9.>2002 =National Good Neighbor Day* ;Note=before 2003 4th Sunday September {d} 29.9. =VFW Day (Veterans of Foreign Wars) ;Note=1899 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States est., VFW name created Sept. 17, 1914 {d} 30.9.-1Su =Gold Star Mother's Day ;Note=Last Sunday September, 36 U.S.C. § 111 {m} 30.9.-1Mo =Black College Day* ;Note=last Monday September, founding Howard University Sep. 25, 1867 {m} 01.9.-1We =National Women's Health & Fitness Day ;Note=last Wednesday September {m} 30.9.-1Fr>2010 =#2010th Sport Purple for Platelets Day ;Note=1st 2011, last Friday September {m} 30.9.-1Sa =National Museum Day* ;Note=last Saturday September {m} 30.9.-1Sa>1996 =#1996th Family Health & Fitness Day USA* ;Note=1st 1997, last Saturday September {m} 30.9.-1Sa =National Public Lands Day* ;Note=last Saturday September {m} 01.5.>1927<1960 =#1927th Child Health Day ;Note=1st May 1, 1928, 1960 >1st Monday October {m-10} 01.10.+1Mo>1959 =#1927th Child Health Day ;Note=1st May 1, 1928, 1960 >1st Monday October {m} 01.10.+1Mo-1Dy =Washington DC-Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Red Mass* ;Note=Sunday before 1st Monday October {m} 01.10.+1Mo =Child Health Day ;Note=1st Monday October, 36 U.S.C. § 105 {m} 01.10.+1Mo =New annual term of the Supreme Court begins (and old term ends)* ;Note=1st Monday October {m} 01.10.+1Tu>1983 =Texas, #1983th National Night Out ;Note=1st 1984, other states 1st Tuesday August {m} 01.10.+1Fr>1995 =#1995th National Denim Day* ;Note=1st Friday October, 1st 1996 {m} 01.10.+1Su+1Th>1990 =#1990th National Depression Screening Day ;Note=1st 1991, Thursday during Mental Illness Awareness Week (1st full week october) {m} 01.10.+2Mo>1991 =Indigenous People's Day/Native American Day* ;Note=1st 1992counter-celebration to Columbus Day {m} 01.10.+2We =Emergency Nurses Day ;Note={m} 01.10.+2Sa>2005 =#2005th HerbDay* ;Note=1st 2006, 2nd Saturday October {m} 01.10.+2Su =1st day National School Lunch Week (7d) ;Note=2nd calendar week (2nd Sunday) October {m} 01.10.+2Su+1Sa =7th & last day National School Lunch Week ;Note=2nd calendar week (2nd Sunday) October {m} 01.10.+3Su =1st day National Hospital & Health System Pharmacy Week (7d) ;Note={xm} 01.10.+3Su+6Dy =7th & last day National Hospital & Health System Pharmacy Week ;Note={xm} 01.10.+3Su =1st day National Forest Products Week ;Note=3rd Sunday October {m} 01.10.+3Su+1We =Medical Assistants Recognition Day* ;Wednesday Medical Assistants Recognition Week (3rd full week October) {m} 01.10.+3Th =Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill* ;Note=3rd Thursday October {m} 20.10.*WEV>2009<2013 =#2009th (going purple for) Spirit Day (US & Canada)* ;Note=1st 2010, if Saturday >Friday, 2013 >3rd Thursday October {m} 01.10.+3Th>2012 =#2009th (going purple for) Spirit Day (US & Canada)* ;Note=1st 2010, if Saturday >Friday, 2013 >3rd Thursday October {m} 01.10.+3Fr>1992 =#1992th National Mammography Day ;Note=1st 1993 {m} 01.10.+4Sa>1990 =#1990th Make a Difference Day ;Note=4th Saturday October, 1st 1991 {m} 01.1.>1788<1843 =begin US government's fiscal year #0000* ;Note=01.1.1789>31.12.1842, half calendar year 01.1.1843>30.6.1943 {d-10-01} 01.7.>1842<1977 =begin US government's fiscal year #-0001* ;Note=01.7.1843>30.6.1977, act Aug. 26, 1842, Transition Quarter 01.7.1977>30.9.1977 {d-10-01} 01.10.>1976 =begin US government's fiscal year #-0001* ;Note=from 01.10.1977, Congressional Budget & Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (July 12, 1974) {d} ;US government's fiscal year: 01.1.1789>31.12.1842; 01.1.1843>30.6.1843, half calendar year (act 26.8.1842); 01.7.1843>30.6.1977 (act 26.8.1842); 01.7.1977>30.9.1977, Transition Quarter (act 12.7.1974); 01.10.1977>30.9. (act 12.7.1974) 05.10.-1Su>1994 =1st day #1994th Week of the Classroom Teacher (7d)* ;Note=Sunday on/before world Teacher's Day (Oct. 5), till 2005 1st week May {m} 05.10.+1Sa>1994 =7th & last day #1994th Week of the Classroom Teacher* ;Note=Saturday on/after world Teacher's Day (Oct. 5), till 2005 1st week May {m} 06.10.>1986 =#1986th German-American Day ;Note=proclaimed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan, Oct. 6, 1683, 1st German settlement in the original 13 American colonies {d} 06.10. =National Physician's Assistant Day* ;Note={d} 09.10.>1963 =#1963th Leif Erikson Day ;Note=President Lyndon Johnson, 1st 1964, 36 U.S.C. § 114 {d} 09.10.>1910 =#1910th National Fire Prevention Day* ;Note=1st 1911 (40th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire 1871), 1st off. 1920, President Woodrow Wilson {d} 09.10.-1Su>1921 =1st day #1921th National Fire Prevention Week (7d)* ;Note=week Su>Sa with Oct. 9, 1st 1922, 1st off. 1925, President Calvin Coolidge {d-10-09} 09.10.+1Sa>1921 =7th & last day #1921th National Fire Prevention Week* ;Note=week Su>Sa with Oct. 9, 1st 1922, 1st off. 1925, President Calvin Coolidge {d-10-09} 09.10.+1Sa =Fire Service Recognition Day* ;Note=Saturday National Fire Prevention Week {d-10-09} 10.10.-1Su>1974 =1st day #1974th National Metric Week (7d) ;Note=week (Su>Sa) containing October 10, 1st 1976, 2 in 1983 {d-10-10) 10.10.+1Sa>1974 =7th & last day #1974th National Metric Week ;Note=week (Su>Sa) containing October 10, 1st 1976, 2 in 1983 {d-10-10) 10.10. =National Metric Day* ;Note=10th day of the 10th month {d} 11.10.>1936 =#1936th General Pulaski Memorial Day ;Note=1779 Pulaski's death, 1st 1937 {d} 11.10.>1953<1955 =1st day 1st National Nurse Week (6d) ;Note=1954, 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's mission to Crimea, 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), 3rd 1991 (May 06>12), 1994 >yearly {d} 16.10.>1953<1955 =6th & last day 1st National Nurse Week ;Note=1954, 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's mission to Crimea, 2nd 1974 (Feb. 10>16), 3rd 1991 (May 06>12), 1994 >yearly {d-10-11} 11.10.>1987 =#1987th National Coming Out Day ;Note=1st 1988 {d} 12.10. =Columbus Day ;Note=observed 2nd Monday October 12.10. =Freethought Day ;Note=1692 effective end of the Salem Witch Trials {d} 13.10. =Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day* ;Note={d} 13.10.>1971 =#1775th US Navy Birthday* ;Note=1775 official establishment, 1972 Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt authorized recognition of 13 October as the Navys birthday {d} 15.10.>1963 =#1963th White Cane Safety Day ;Note=1st 1964, 36 U.S.C. § 142 {d} 15.10.>2005 =#2005th National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day ;Note=1st national 2006 {d} 15.10. =National Latino AIDS Awareness Day ;Note={d} 16.10.*WEV>1957 =#1957th Boss's Day (Bosses Day, National Boss Day, Bosses Appreciation Day)* ;Note=1st 1958, if company closed on weekend >Friday {d} 16.10.>1957 =#1957th Boss's Day (Bosses Day, National Boss Day, Bosses Appreciation Day)* ;Note=1st 1958, if company closed on weekend >Friday {d} 17.10.>1984 =#1984th Black Poetry Day* ;Note=1st 1985, 1711 birth Jupiter Hammon 1st published African-American poet {d} 17.10. =Information Specialists Day* ;Note={d} 22.10.>1995 =#1995th National Anti Police Brutality Day* ;Note=1st 1996, intern. March 15 {d} 23.10. =Mole Day, 6:02 AM >6:02 PM (Mole=basic measuring unit chemistry) ;Note=time & date are derived from Avogadro's number {d} 24.10. =United Nations Day 24.10. =Take Back Your Time Day* ;Note={d} 25.10. =1st day #1965th National Magic Week (7d) ;Note=1st off. week 1966 {d} 31.10.>1962 =#1962th National Magic Day, 7th & last day #1965th National Magic Week ;Note=Oct. 31, 1926 death Harry Houdini, 1st Houdini Day 1927, 1st Magic Day 1938, 1st off. Magic Day 1963, 1st off. week 1966 {d} 26.10.>1984 =#1984th National Mule Appreciation Day* ;Note=1st 1985, 26.10.1785 Jack "Royal Gift" arrived Boston Harbor, gift Spanish King Charles III >General Washington, 1e mule America {d} 27.10.>1921<1950 =#1921th Navy Day* ;Note=1st 1922, last 1949, 1950 >Armed Forces Day (3rd Saturday May) {d} 29.10.>2004 =2004th National Cat Day* ;Note=1st 2005 {n} 30.10. =Mischief Night* ;Note=day before Halloween {d} 31.10. =Halloween ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 145 31.10. =Trick-or-Treat night ;Note=Halloween {d} 31.10.>1949 =#1949th Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF ;Note=1st 1950 Philadelphia PA {d} 31.10.>1965 =#1965th National UNICEF Day ;Note=1st 1966 {d} 31.10. =Girl Scouts Founders Day* ;Note=birthday of Juliette Low {n} 01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m} 01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Congress, start Lame duck sessions (Federal, even years, >Jan. 3) ;Note=election day >Jan. 3, Congress takes care of unfinished legislation {m} 01.11.%1848,4+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Presidential, every 4 years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, President & Vice-President {m} 01.11.%1848,4+1Mo+1Tu =President/Vice-President, start possible Lame duck period (every 4 years, >Jan. 20) ;Note=election day >Jan. 20, if President & Vice-President are not re-elected {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Su =1st day National Bible Week (8d) ;Note=week Su>Su including Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th+1Su =8th & last day National Bible Week ;Note=week Su>Su including Thanksgiving {m} 07.11.-1Su =1st day National Notary Public Week (7d) ;Note=week containing National Notary Public Day (Nov. 7) {d-11-07} 07.11.+1Sa =7th & last day National Notary Public Week ;Note=week containing National Notary Public Day (Nov. 7) {d-11-07} 01.11.+1Fr =National Medical Science Liaison Awareness & Appreciation Day* ;Note={m} 01.11.+1Sa>2011 =2011th National Bison Day* ;Note=1st 2012, 1st Saturday November {n} ;01.11.+2We =World Kindness Day* ;Note=2nd Wednesday November {m} ? 13.11.>1999 =#1999th World Kindness Day 01.11.+2We =Winter Weather Awareness Day* ;Note=2nd Wednesday November {m} 01.11.+2Su =Intern. Day of Prayer for Persecuted Church* ;Note=2nd Sunday November {m} 01.11.+3Th>1976 =#1976th Great American Smokeout Day* ;Note=3th Thursday November, 1st 1977, American Cancer Society {m} 01.11.+3Fr =National Philanthropy Day* ;Note=3th Friday November {m} ;Thanksgiving related 01.11.+4Th-2We =National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day* ;Note=Wednesday of the week before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Sa =National Moms & Dads Day* ;Note=Saturday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Sa =National Family Volunteer Day* ;Note=Saturday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Sa =Read Across America Day* ;Note=Saturday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Sa>1998 =#1998th National Survivors of Suicide Day* ;Note=1st 1999, Saturday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Su =US Universal Children's Day* ;Note=Sunday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Su =National Bible Sunday* ;Note=Sunday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Mo =National Military Families Recognition Day* ;Note=Monday before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Dy =Black Wednesday* ;Note=day before thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Dy =National Family Caregivers Day* ;Note=day before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th-1Dy =National Fast Day* ;Note=day before Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th>1969 =New England, #1969th National Day of Mourning* ;Note=4th Thursday November, 1st 1970, same day as Thanksgiving, states of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island & Connecticut {m} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy =Black Friday (Blitz Day) ;Note=day after Thanksgiving, begin Christmas shopping season {m} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy>1996 =#1991th Buy Nothing Day ;Note=1st Canada 1992, 1997 >day after US Thanksgiving, intern. last Saturday November {xm} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy>2007 =#2007th National Day of Listening* ;Note=day after Thanksgiving, 1st 2008 {m} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy =Ski Patrol Day* ;Note=traditionally beginning of winter skiing season, day after Thanksgiving {m} 01.11.+4Th+1Dy =National Red Kettle Kick-Off* ;Note=day after Thanksgiving {m} 01.11. =All Saints' Day 01.11.>1948 =#1948th National Authors' Day* ;Note=1949 recognized by US Department of Commerce {d} 01.11. =National Brush Day ;Note=reinforce the importance of children’s oral health and promote good tooth-brushing habits {n} 04.11. =indirect name Saint of America (Saint Emeric of Hungary, Americus)* ;Note=Amerigo Vespucci was presumably named after Saint Emeric, and therefore so were the Americas, indirectly {d} 07.11. =National Notary Public Day* ;Note=American Society of Notaries {d} 09.11.>2000 =#2000th World Freedom Day ;Note=1st 2001, commem. fall Berlin Wall {d} 11.7.>1798<1922 =#1798th Marine Corps Day* ;Note=1st 1799, 1922 >Nov. 10 {d-11-10} 10.11.>1921 =#1798th Marine Corps Day* ;Note=1st July 11, 1799, 1922 >Nov. 10 {d} 10.11.+1Sa =Sadie Hawkins Day ;Note=Saturday that follows Nov. 9 15.11.>1996 =#1996th America Recycles Day* ;Note=1st 1997 {d} 16.11.>1990 =#1990th Dutch-American Heritage Day* ;Note=1st 1991, 1776 1st off. salute flag newly-independent United States by St. Eustatius (the Netherlands) {d} 25.11. =Evacuation Day* ;Note=1783 last British troops leave the US (New York) {d} 25.11.*SRD =Shopping Reminder Day* ;Note=24 shopping days until Christmas (not counting Sundays, Thanksgiving, or Christmas eve) {d-11-25} 30.11.-1Wd =Computer Security Day* ;Note=last working day November {m} 27.11.>1998<2000 =1st Skywarn Recognition Day (00:00 UTC >24:00 UTC)* ;Note=1st 27.11.1999, 2000 >1st Saturday December {m-12} 01.12.+1Sa>1999 =#1998th Skywarn Recognition Day (00:00 UTC >24:00 UTC)* ;Note=1st 27.11.1999, 2000 >1st Saturday December {m-12} 01.12.%1936,4+2We+1Mo =Meeting of the Electors of the President & Vice-President (Electoral College) ;Note=Monday following 2nd Wednesday December {m} 02.12.>1939 =#1939th Pan American Health Day* ;Note=1st 1940 {d} 05.12.>1932 =Permission Day/Prohibition Repeal Day* ;Note=1933 ratification 21st Amendment US Constitution, sale of alcoholic beverages re-became legal {d} 06.12.>2008 =#2008th National Miner's Day* ;Note=1st 2009, resolution passed US Senate on Dec. 3, 2009 {d} 07.12.>1993 =#1993th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ;Note=1st 1994, 36 U.S.C. § 129 {d} 10.12. =Human Rights Day & Human Rights Week ;Note=Dec. 10 & week beginning of {d} 13.12.>2003 =#2003th National Day of the Horse* ;Note=1st 2004, resolution passed US Senate on Nov. 18, 2004 {d} 13.12. =Swedish Americans, Saint Lucia Day* ;Note={d} 13.12. =National Guard Birthday* ;Note=1636 {d} 15.12. =Bill of Rights Day ;Note=1791 Bill of Rights ratified {d} 17.12. =Wright Brothers Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 143 {d} 17.12. =Pan American Aviation Day ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 134 {d} 21.12. =#1768th Forefathers' Day ;Note=1620 landing Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, 1st 1769 {d} 24.12. =Christmas Eve 25.12.>1952 =Washington National Cathedral broadcast its #1952th national Christmas service* ;Note=50th in 2002 >1st 1953 {d} 26.12.>1965 =1st day #1965th Kwanzaa ;Note=created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga 01.1.>1965 =7th & last day #1965th Kwanzaa ;Note=created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga 31.12. =New Year's Eve {Jewish 01.1.} =Rosj Hasjana {Jewish 10.1.} =Yom Kippur ;The entries for USA-days were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ ;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays ;http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/ ;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_observances_in_the_United_States_by_presidential_proclamation ;http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00006103----000-.html ;http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/index.asp ;http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/36/subtitles/i/parts/a/chapters/1/toc.html ;http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/what_is_a_federal_observance.html