2009 Calendar of Holidays and Events

January

1   ~ Friday ~ New Year’s Day
18 ~ Monday ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (U.S.)
25 ~ Monday ~ Australia Day

February 

Black History Month (U.S.)
1   ~ Sunday ~ Super Bowl XLII
2   ~ Tuesday ~ Groundhog’s Day
12 ~ Friday ~ Lincoln’s Birthday (U.S.)
14 ~ Sunday ~ Valentine's Day
14 ~ Sunday ~ Chinese New Year
15 ~ Monday ~ Singles Awareness Day
15 ~ Monday ~ President’s Day (U.S.)
16 ~ Tuesday ~ Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
17 ~ Wednesday ~ Ash Wednesday
22 ~ Monday ~ Washington’s Birthday (U.S.)
26 ~ Friday ~ Mawid al-Nabi 

March

Women's History Month
14 ~ Sunday ~ Daylight Savings Time starts (U.S., Canada)
17 ~ Wednesday ~ St. Patrick’s Day
20 ~ Saturday ~ First Day of Spring
20 ~ Saturday ~ International Earth Day
28 ~ Sunday ~ Palm Sunday
30 ~ Tuesday ~ 1st Day of Passover

April

Poetry Month
1 ~ Thursday ~ April’s Fool Day
2   ~ Friday ~ Good Friday
4   ~ Sunday ~ Easter Sunday
4   ~ Sunday ~ World Youth Day
5   ~ Monday ~ Easter Monday (UK, Canada)
20 ~ Monday ~ Patriot’s Day
21 ~ Wednesday ~ Holocaust Remembrance Day
22 ~ Thursday ~ Earth Day (U.S.)
22 ~ Thursday ~ Administrative Professionals Day
23 ~ Friday ~ Take Your Daughter to Work Day
23 ~ Friday ~ St-George’s Day (UK)

MAY

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
1  ~ Saturday ~ May Day
1  ~ Saturday ~ Ascension Day
4  ~ Monday ~ May Day Holiday (UK)
5  ~ Wednesday ~ Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
6 ~ Wednesday ~ National Teacher’s Day
8 ~ Friday ~ VE Day, WW II
10 ~ Sunday ~ Mother’s Day
13 to 24 ~ Wednesday to Sunday ~ Cannes Film Festival
17 ~ Sunday ~ Armed Forces Day
18 ~ Monday ~ Victoria Day (Canada, Scotland)
24 ~ Sunday ~ Indianapolis 500
25 ~ Monday ~ Memorial Day (U.S.)

June

14 ~ Sunday ~ Flag Day (U.S.)
21 ~ Sunday ~ Father’s Day
21 ~ Sunday ~ First Day of Summer

July

1 ~ Wednesday ~ Canada Day (Canada)
4 ~ Sunday ~ 4th of July - Independence Day (U.S.)
14 ~ Tuesday ~ Bastille Day (France)
14 ~ Tuesday ~ MLB All Star Game, Busch Stadium

August

15 ~ Saturday ~ Ferragusto (Italy)
21 ~ Friday ~ Ramadan
31 ~ Monday ~ Summer Bank Holiday (UK, Ireland)

September

7 ~ Monday ~ Labor Day (U.S., Canada)
11 ~ Friday ~ Patriot Day (U.S.)
13 ~ Sunday ~ Grandparents’ Day (U.S., Canada)
17 ~ Thursday ~ Constitution Day
18 ~ Friday ~ Oktoberfest (Munich, German) (ends Oct 3)
19 ~ Saturday ~ Rosh Hashanah
21 ~ Monday ~ International Peace Day (UN)
22 ~ Tuesday ~ First Day of Fall
25 ~ Friday ~ Native American Day
28 ~ Monday ~ Yom Kippur
Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15 (U.S.)

October

1 ~ Thursday ~ International Day for the Elderly
2 ~ Friday ~ Sukkot
12 ~ Monday ~ Columbus Day (U.S.)
12 ~ Monday ~ Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
16 ~ Friday ~ Boss’s Day
24 ~ Saturday ~ Make a Difference Day
24 ~ Saturday ~ United Nations Day
31 ~ Saturday ~ Halloween
Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15 (U.S.)

November

1 ~ Saturday ~ All Saint’s Day (UK)
1 ~ Saturday ~ Daylight Savings Time Ends (U.S., Canada)
5 ~ Thursday ~ Guy Fawkes Day (UK)
11 ~ Wednesday ~ Remembrance Day (UK, Canada)
11 ~ Wednesday ~ Veterans Day (U.S.)
26 ~ Thursday ~ Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)
30 ~ Monday ~ St. Andrew’s Day (Scotland)

December

7 ~ Monday ~ Pearl Harbor Day (U.S.)
12 ~ Saturday ~ Hanukkah
21 ~ Monday ~ First Day of Winter
25 ~ Friday ~ Christmas Day
26 ~ Saturday ~ Kwanzaa
26 ~ Saturday ~ Boxing Day (UK, Canada, Ireland)
31 ~ Thursday ~ New Years Eve

 

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