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A list of commemorative days

Posted by: Jake Barker, Posted on: 6 April 2016 - Categories: Events

Given that commemorative days drive an immense amount of interest on Twitter, we thought we would compile a list of them - which, we must say, is by no means comprehensive!

But they go some way to showing the array of different commemorations, which can play a big role in the way Committees spread the word about their work - evidence by the way that the Joint Committee on Human Rights capitalised on #HumanRightsDay.

 

January

International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust – 27^th January

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – 3^rd Monday of January

Street Children's Day – 31^st January

 

February

World Cancer Day – 4^th February

International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation – 6^th February

International Day of Women and Girls in Science – 11^th February

Darwin Day – 12^th February

World Day of Social Justice – 20^th February

 

March

Mother’s Day – 4^th Sunday in Lent – 6^th March (2016), 26^th March (2017), 11^th March (2018)

World Wildlife Day – 3^rd March

International Women's Day – 8^th March

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – 21^st March

International Day of Forests, World Down Syndrome Day – 21^st March

World Water Day – 22^nd March

World Meteorological Day – 23^rd March

World Tuberculosis Day – 24^th March

International Transgender Day of Visibility – 31^st March

 

April

World Autism Awareness Day - 2^nd April

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace – 6^th April

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide – 7^th April

World Health Day – 7^th April

International Day of Human Space Flight – 12^th April

World Malaria Day – 25^th April

World Intellectual Property Day – 26^th April

Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare – 29^th April

 

May

May Day, International Workers' Day – 1^st May

World Press Freedom Day – 3^rd May

Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War – 8^th - 9^th May

Europe Day – 9^th May

Global Day of Citizen Action – 14^th May

International Day of Families – 15^th May

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – 17^th May

International Day for Biological Diversity – 22^nd May

World AIDS Vaccine Day, International AIDS Candlelight Memorial – 18^th May

International Museum Day – 18^th May

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development – 21^st May

International Day of UN Peacekeepers – 29^th May

World Asthma Day – 1^st Tuesday in May

World Fair Trade Day – 1^st Saturday in May

 

June

Father’s Day – 3^rd Sunday in June

Global Day of Parents – 1^st June

International Children’s Day – 1^st June

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression – 4^th June

World Environment Day – 5^th June

World Oceans Day – 8^th June

World Day Against Child Labour – 12^th June

World Blood Donor Day – 14^th June

World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought – 17^th June

Autistic Pride Day – 18^th June

World Refugee Day – 20^th June

World Music Day – 21^st June

International Widow’s Day – 23^rd June

International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking – 26^th June

United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – 26^th June

 

July

World Population Day – 11^th July

World Youth Skills Day – 15^th July

World Day for International Justice – 17^th July

World Hepatitis Day – 28^th July

World Day against Trafficking in Persons – 30^th July

 

August

International Day of the World’s Indigenous People – 9^th August

International Youth Day – 12^th August

World Humanitarian Day – 19^th August

International Day Against Nuclear Tests – 29^th August

International Day of the Disappeared – 30^th August

 

September

World Maritime Day – Last Thursday in September

International Day of Charity – 5^th September

International Literacy Day – 8^th September

World Suicide Prevention Day – 10^th September

International Day of Democracy – 15^th September

International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – 16^th September

International Day of Peace – 21^st September

European Day of Languages – 26^th September

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – 26^th September

World Tourism Day – 27^th September

 

October

World Habitat Day – 1^st Monday in October

World Sight Day – 2^nd Thursday in October

International Day of Older Persons – 1^st October

International Day of Non-Violence – 2^nd October

World Animal Day – 4^th October

World Teacher’s Day – 5^th October

World Mental Health Day – 10^th October

International Day of the Girl – 11^th October

International Day for Disaster Reduction – 13^th October

World Standards Day – 14^th October

International Day of Rural Women – 15^th October

Global Handwashing Day – 15^th October

World Food Day – 16^th October

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17^th October

World Statistics Day – 20^th October

United Nations Day – 24^th October

World Development Information Day – 24^th October

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage – 27^th October

World Stroke Day – 29^th October

World Cities Day – 31^st October

 

November

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – 3^rd Sunday in November

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict – 6^th November

International Day of Radiology – 8^th November

World Science Day for Peace and Development – 10^th November

Remembrance Day – 11^th November

World Pneumonia Day – 12^th November

World Diabetes Day – 14^th November

International Day for Tolerance – 16^th November

International Students Day – 17^th November

International Men’s Day – 19^th November

World Toilet Day – 19^th November

Transgender Day of Remembrance – 20^th November

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – 25^th November

 

December

World AIDS Day – 1^st December

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery – 2nd

International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3^rd December

World Soil Day – 5^th December

International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development – 5^th December

International Anti-Corruption Day – 9^th December

International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of this Crime – 9^th December

Human Rights Day – 10^th December

International Migrants Day – 18^th December

International Human Solidarity Day – 20^th December

 

 

 

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