365 days celebration list

January

1. Global Family Day
2. Port Arthur Day (Australia)
3. Festival of Sleep Day
4. World Braille Day & Myanmar/(Burma) Independence Day
5. 12th Night
6. 3 Kings Day
7. Victory Day over the Genocidal Regime ( Cambodia)
8. Tamkarhit -Ashura (Senegal) & Women's Day Greece
9. Peace Agreement Day (Sudan)
10. Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day (Sri Lanka)
11. Independence Day (Morocco) & National Unity Day (Nepal)
12. Japan- Coming of Age Day
13. Old New Year's Eve (Russia)
14. Orthodox New Year
15. Malawi - John Chilembwe Day & Humanitarian Day
16. National Good Teen Day
17. Liberation Day (Poland)
18. Winnie the Pooh Day
19. National Popcorn Day (US) & Timket (epiphany) Ethiopia
20. World Religion Day
21. Lady of Altagracia Day (Dominican Republic)
22. International Day of Radiant Peace
23. National Pie Day (US)
24. National Compliment Day
25. 101 Dalmations Birthday
26. Australia Day- Republic Day (India)
27. Chocolate Cake Day (US)
28. Serendipity Day (US)
29. Thomas Paine Day
30. Kings Birthday (Jordan)
31. Inspire your Heart with the Arts Day
February

1. St. Brigid's Day (Montserrat)
2. Imbolid (Wiccan)
3. Bean Throwing Festival ( Setsubun Japan)
4. Independence Day (Sri Lanka)
5. International Pancake Day
6. Waitangi Day (New Zealand)
7. Independence Day (Granada )
8. Thaipusan (Malaysia)
9. Tu B'Shvat (Jewish)
10. Plimsoll Day
11. Youth Day (Camaroon) & Independence Anniversary (Vatican City)
12. Extraterritrial Culture Day (New Mexico)
13. Dump your significant jerk day
14. National Have a Heart Day
15. National Day (Serbia)
16. Independence Day (Lithuania)
17. World Human Spirit Day
18, Independence Day (Gambia)
19. International Friendship Day
20. UN World Day for Social Justice
21. Martyr's Day (Bangladesh)
22. World Thinking Day
23. Iwo Jima Day & Fashching (Austria and Germany)
24. Independence Day (Esotonia)
25. National Day (Kuwait)
26. National Chili Day
27. Independence Day (Dominican Republic)
28. National Tooth Fairy Day
March

1. World Book Day & Beer Day (Iceland)
2. Independence Day (Texas)
3. Peace Corps Day
4. Hug a GI Day
5. St. Pirans Day
6. Michalangelo's Birthday
7. Martyr's Day Malawi
8. UN Day for Women's Rights & Intn'l Peace/Int' (Working) Woman's Day
9. St. Francis of Rome Feast Day
10. Harriet Tubman Day
11. Holi (Hindu- India)
12. Fiestas de las Fallas (Spain) & Alfred Hitchcock Day
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14. Pilgrimage to the Dragon Pagoda (Rangoon , Burma)
15. Ides of March
16. Canberra Day (Australia)
17. National Day (Ireland)
18. Awkward Moments Day
19. Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day
20. Vernal Equinox
21. Independence Day (Greece)
22. Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)
23. National Puppy Day
24. St. Gabriel Feast Day
25. Independence Day (Greece)
26. Independence Day (Bangladesh)
27.Photography Day
28. Teacher's Day (Czech Republic)
29.Youth Day (Taiwan)
30. Vincent Van Gogh's Birthday
31. Culture Day: Pohnpei Micronesia

April

1. National Day of Hope
2. World Autism Awareness Day
3. National Chocolate Mousse Day
4. Independence Day (Senegal)
5. National Tomb Sweeping Day (Taiwan)
6. Fete of the Little Boats (France)
7. UN World Health Day
8. Birthday of Buddha
9. Martyr's Day (Tunisia)
10. Encourage a young writer day
11. Schmeckfest: German Food Festival
12. Look up at the Sky Day
13. Scrabble Day
14. New Year  (Cambodia and Laos)
15. Leonardo Da Vinci's Birthday
16. National Stress Awareness Day
17. Women's Day (Gabon)
18. International Juggler's Day
19. Garlic Day
20. National Pineapple upside down cake day
21. Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day (Israel)
22. Earth Day
23. William Shakespeare's BirthdayBorn in 1564.
24. Birthday of the Sun - (China)
25. World Malaria Day
26. Hug an Australian Day
27. Freedom Day (South Africa)
28. Hero's Day- (Barbados)
29. World Dance Day
30. National Oatmeal Cookie Day

May

1. Calamity Jane's Birthday 1852 & Beltane Celtic Festival 
2. Education Day- (Indonesia)
3. Hug Your Cat Day
4. International Firefighters Day
5. Cinco De Mayo
6. International No Diet Day
7. International Tuba Day
8. Have a Coke Day
9. Buddha Day
10. Trust your Intuition Day
11. Eat What you want day
12. International Nurses Day
13. I just called to say, "I Love You" Day
14. Birthday of Marshmallow Fluff
15. National Teacher's Day- (South Korea)
16. National Sea Monkey Day
17. Kid's Helping Kid's Day
18. International Museum Day
19. Peace Day
20. Blue Jeans Birthday 1873, Levi Strauss+ Jacob Davis patent
21. Sheep Festival (Camaroon)
22. National Day (Yemen)
23. International Jazz Day
24. Culture Day: Enlightenment Day  ( Bulgaria)
25. Prayer for Peace Memorial Day
26. Dracula's Birthday 1897 & Sorry Day (Australia)
27. Mother's Day- (Bolivia)
28. International Day of UN Peacekeepers
29. Ancestor Honor Day
30. St. Joan of Arc Feast Day
31. World No Tobacco Day
June

1. Oscar the Grouch's Birthday
2. National Rocky Road Day
3. Tattoo's Birthday in 208 BC
4. Socrate's Birthday 469 BC
5. Hot Air Balloon Day- First Flight 1783
6. National Yo-Yo Day
7. National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
8. Abused Women and Children Awareness Day
9. Donald Duck's Birthday
10. Public Zoo Day
11.  Great Barrier Reef Discovery Day
12. Valentine's Day (Dia dos Namorados) Brazil
13. International Children's Day
14. Freedom Day- Malawi
15. Go Fly a Kite Day (BF flew kite first time in 1752)
16. International Day of the African Child
17. Lily Festival Japan
18. International Picnic Day
19. Garfields Birthday
20. World Juggling Day
21. Summer Solstice
22. National Chocolate Eclair Day
23. Mid-Summers Eve
24. National Forgiveness Day
25. LEON Day - LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. It means six months until Christmas.
26. International Day against Drug Abuse and Trafficking
27. Mixed Race Day- Brazil
28. Birthday of the God of War (Kuan Kung) Taiwan
29. International Gay and Lesbian Parade Day
30. Burning of 3 Fires - France

July

1. Canada Day
2. Madonna di Provenzano Festival  - Italy
3. Festival of Cerridwen ( Greece)* Celtic Festival
4. Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Day ( our Independence Day)
5. Tynwald Day- Isle of Man
6. Festival of Buddha's Eyetooth begins Sri Lanka
7. Ice Cream Cone Day
8. Lindenfest- Rhineland, Germany
9. Independence Day - Argentina
10. Independence Day- Bahamas
11. Vegetarian Day
12. National Pecan Pie
13. O-bon Festival of Soul's Japan
14. Bastille DayFrance
15. Be a Dork Day
16. International Juggling Day
17. Independence Day- Norway
18. Nelson Mandela's Birthday
19. New Friends Day
20. Independence Day -Columbia
21. National crème Brulee Day
22. Feast Day St. Mary Magdalene - International
23. National Day (Egypt)
24. Fiesta de Santiago (Peru)
25. Yalong Cultural Festival Tibet
26. Independence Day - Liberia and Maldives
27. Bugs Bunny's Birthday
28. Hamburger Day
29. Maitresse Silverine (Vodou) Festival - Haiti
30. National Cheesecake Day
31. Harry Potter's Birthday
August

1. Fiesta Day- Nicaragua & Homowo: Hooting at Hunger Ghana
2. Virgin of the Angels Day- Costa Rica
3.International Forgiveness Day 
4. Independence Day- Jamaica
5.National Children's Day Tuvalu:
6. Half way point of the Summer (12:08 PM EDT)
7. Feast of 'Aut-Yeb, Personification of Female Joy  Egypt
8. Independence Day- Bhutan
9. Book Lovers Day & International Day of the World's Indigenous People
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11. Montserrat Annual Pilgrimage - Montserrat
12. Chinese Valentine's Day
13. Left Hander's Day
14. La Torta dei Fieschi*  Italy
15. Our Lady of the Monte Festival - Portugal
16. Independence Day - Gabon and Cyprus
17. Feast of the Hungry Ghosts China
18. Women's Voting Rights Day
19. Apple Spas - Russia
20. National Homeless Animals Day
21. Christopher Robin's Birthday
22. Be an Angel Day- to encourage acts of kindness
23. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
24. Independence Day - Ukraine
25. Independence Day - Uruguay
26. Make Your Own Luck Day
27. Mother Theresa's Birthday 1910
28. Dream Day
29. Mary Poppins Birthday
30. Frankenstein's Day in honor of Mary Shelley 1797
31. White Rose Day - Australia in honor of Princess Diana - Independence Day Malaysia

September

1. Pink Cadillac Day * when Elvis bought for his mother! 1956
2. Onam Festival India
3. Independence Day Qatar
4. Krishna Janmaashtami(Hinduism)
5. Cheese Pizza Day ? Babe Ruth Hit Homerun #1
6. Independence Day Swaziland
7. First Parkash - for Sikkism
8. International Literacy Day
9. Teddy Bear Day
10. Hot Dog Day
11. Rastafarian New Years Day
12. Chocolate Milkshake Day
13. Scooby Doo First day the cartoon debuted
14. National Cream Filled Donut Day
15. International Day of Democracy
16. Independence Day- Mexico
17. Apple Dumpling Day
18. Independence Day Chile
19. International Talk like a Pirate Day
20. National Punch Day
21. International Day of Peace
22. Hobbit Day
23. Shubun No Hi autumnal equinox day Japan
24. World's longest kiss recorded - 17 days, 10.5 hours, September 24, 1984
25. Kamarampaka Day Rwanda
26. European Day of Languages Fight Procrastination Day
27. World Tourism Day
28. Confucious Birthday
29. **St. Michael and All Angels ( Michaelmas,)
30. Safety pin invented

October

OCTOBER (National Dessert Month)
 1. World Vegetarian Day
2. Charlie Brown and Snoopy's Birthday
3. Child Health Day
4. Balloons around the world day
5. World Teacher's Day
6. *Mad Hatter Day
7. World Smile Day
8. Bring your teddy bear to work day
9. National Dessert Day
10. World Mental Health Day
11. Coming out Day
12. Discovery Day in Bahamas
13. World Egg Day
14. Bald is Beautiful Day
15. National Poetry Day
16. World Food Day & Dictionary Day
17. Deepavali India/Singapore/Malaysia
18. Boost your brain day
19. Mother Theresa Day Albania
20. Kenyatta Day- Kenya
21. Cirio de Nazare (Brazil)
22. Make a difference day
23. Chulalongkorn Day Thailand
24. United Nations Day
25. National Denim Day & World Pasta Day
26. National Day - Austria & Chung Yeung Festival (Hong Kong)
27. National Tell a Story Day (Scotland and England)
28.National Chocolate Day
29. Republic Day - Turkey
30. Mischief Night
31. National Unicef Day
November

1. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
2. All Souls Day
3. Housewives Day
4. Candy Day
5.Bonfire Night: Guy Fawkes Day Great Britain, New Zealand, Canada,
6. National Men Make Dinner Day
7. Independence Day Ecuador
8. Thanksgiving Day in Liberia
9. World Freedom Day
10.Festival of Spiritual Indulgence (U.S.)
11. Guru Nonaks Birthday India
12. National Sundae Day
13. World Kindness Day
14. Loosen Up Lighten Up Day
15. Shichi-Go-San Japan
16. International Day for Tolerance
17. World Peace Day
18. Mickey Mouse's Birthday 1928
19. Mickey Mouse's Birthday
20. Dia da Consciencia Negra - Brazil
21. World Hello Day
22. Stop the violence day
23. Niiname-Sai: Grain Festival (Japan)
24. Women's Merrymaking Day
25. *Mangé Yam: fête de la moisson - Haiti
26. Cake Day
27.Zibelemarit: Onion Market Day Switzerland
28. National French Toast Day
29. Square Dance Day
30. St. Andrews Day- Haiti, Scotland, U.K.
December

1. World Aid's Day
2. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3.Independence Day (Singapore)
4.Kamolol Day(Thanksgiving) -Marshall Islands
5. King's Birthday (Thailand)
6. Saint Nicholas Day
7. Cotton Candy Day
8. Brownie Day
9. National Pastry Day
10. Human Rights Day
11. International Mountain Day
12. Independence Day- Switzerland
13. Cocoa Day
14. Monkey Day
15. Halcyon Days beginning  is all about being happy and finding peace in you
16. Beethoven's Birthday 1770
17. Saturnalia (start of the festival honoring Roman god Saturn)
18. Fiesta of the Virgin Lady of the Lonely/ Mexico
19. St. Nicholas Day (Ukraine)
20. International Human Solidarity Day
21. Winter Solstice
22. National Haiku Poetry Day
23. National Pfeffernuesse Day
24. *Stedry den (Christmas Eve) Czech Republic National Egg Nog Day
25. Christmas Day & (RM) Mickeys Christmas Party
26. Boxing Day & Jukanoo Festival (Bahamas)
27. *Chanukah: Festival of Lights  Israel
28. National Chocolate Day
29. Broadway Day
30. Relaxation Day
31. National Champagne Day

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Happy friendship day

History of This day

Friendship Day History There is not much literature on Friendship Day history as we celebrate today. However, there are numerous folktales and several instance in mythological legends that shows that friends and friendship have been valued since the beginning of civilized world. As an intrinsically social creature, men love to make friends to further this process of socialization. History of Friendship Day in US Considering the valuable role friends play in our life it was deemed to fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival. Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world including India. In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie - the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship. Importance of Friendship in Bible The Bible, the primary text of the western civilization, reflects upon friendship as the bond that forms the foundation to human faith, trust and companionship. Following verses from the bible aptly portray the importance of friends: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7 “Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13-15 Besides, there are several tales from the Old Testament and the New Testament about the value of friendship and how true friendship is a treasure to unearth. A noticeable point is that, both the versions make a difference between the two broad meanings of friendship- one is a mere acquaintance, the other is a more affectionate relation. In the Old Testament, Abraham is called the “friend of God” because of the intimacy of his relations. God speaks to Moses face to face “as a man…unto his friend” (Ex 33:11). The romantic friendship of Ruth and Naomi, the devotion of the subordinate Hushai for David, or the mutual relation between David and Jonathan - the Old Testament is replete with these interesting tales of friends and friendship. In the New Testament, the relationship between Jesus and his disciples clearly depicts how human friendship can constantly grow. From being teacher and disciple, to lord and servant their relationship finally grew to an unparalleled friendship. Importance of Friendship in Mahabharata In the famous Hindu epic ‘Mahabharata’, Lord Krishna demonstrates the many colors of friendship - affection, romance, brotherhood, protection, guidance, intimacy and even teasing. Friendship is all about these and much more.

Raksha Bandhan in History

This ancient Vedic festival is mainly celebrated on the full moon day of the month of Shravan(August). Rakhi is a sacred thread which symbolizes the love between siblings and ‘Rakhsha Bandhan’ literally means ‘the bond of protection’.
The traditional Hindu festival 'Raksha Bandhan' (knot of protection) was came into origin about 6000 years back when Aryans created first civilization - The Indus Valley Civilization. With many languages and cultures, the traditional method to Rakhi festival celebration differs from place to place across India. Following are some historical evidences of Raksha Bandhan celebration from the Indian history. 


Rani Karnawati and Emperor Humayun
The story of Rani Karnavati and Emperor Humayun is the most significant evidence in the history. During the medieval era, Rajputs were fighting Muslim invasions. Rakhi at that time meant a spiritual binding and protection of sisters was foremost. When Rani Karnawati the widowed queen of the king of Chittor realised that she could in no way defend the invasion of the Sultan of Gujarat, Bahadur Shah, she sent a rakhi to Emperor Humayun. The Emperor touched by the gesture started off with his troops without wasting any time.


Alexander The Great and King Puru
The oldest reference to the festival of rakhi goes back to 300 B.C. at the time when Alexander invaded India. It is said that the great conqueror, King Alexander of Macedonia was shaken by the fury of the Indian king Puru in his first attempt. Upset by this, Alexander's wife, who had heard of the Rakhi festival, approached King Puru. King Puru accepted her as his sister and when the opportunity came during the war, he refrained from Alexander.


Lord Krishna and Draupathi
In order to protect the good people, Lord Krishna killed the evil King Shishupal. Krishna was hurt during the war and left with bleeding finger. Seeing this, Draupathi had torn a strip of cloth from her sari and tied around his wrist to stop the bleeding. Lord Krishna, realizing her affections and concern about him, declared himself bounded by her sisterly love. He promised her to repay this debt whenever she need in future. Many years later, when the pandavas lost Draupathi in the game of dice and Kauravas were removing her saari, Krishna helped her divinely elongating the saari so that they could not remove it.


King Bali and Goddess Lakshmi
The demon king Mahabali was a great devotee of lord Vishnu. Because of his immense devotion, Vishnu has taken the task of protecting bali's Kingdom leaving his normal place in Vikundam. Goddess lakshmi - the wife of lord Vishnu - has became sad because of this as she wanted lord Vishnu along with her. So she went to Bali and discussed as a Brahmin woman and taken refuge in his palace. On Shravana purnima, she tied Rakhi on King Bali's wrist. Goddess Lakshmi revealed who she is and why she is there. The king was touched by Her and Lord Vishnu's good will and affection towards him and his family, Bali requested Lord Vishnu to accompany her to vaikuntam. Due to this festival is also called Baleva as Bali Raja's devotion to the Lord vishnu. It is said that since that day it has become a tradition to invite sisters on sravan pournima to tie sacred thread of Rakhi or Raksha bandan.