World’s Important Days - International Days - and Observance Days
88World’s Concern and Interest
World’s Important Days are actually not holidays. But to the International community and United Nations, World’s Important Days may be treated as favorite holidays for they have something to commemorate, promote or mobilize. World’s Important Days or International Days are days to observe issue of world’s concern and interest. These international days are really days used by the world community to commemorate, promote and mobilize for certain action.
United Nations
Many of the world’s important days have been established by the United Nations (UN). The United Nations has a rich infrastructure throughout the world and it’s through such infrastructure that is able to coordinate events of these international days. In most of these world’s important days, the UN has successfully put in motion campaigns in international observance of the days and in return has always come up with recommendation for future days.
Here below is a listing of world’s important days:
January - World's Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
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|---|---|
January 1
| Global Family Day
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January 6
| World Day - War Orphans
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January 24
| National Girl Child Day of India January 24
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January 26
| International Customs day
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January 27
| International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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January 28
| Data Protection Day
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January 30
| World Leprosy Eradication Day
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February - World's Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
February 2
| World Wetland Day
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February 4
| World Cancer Day
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February 5
| Kashmir Day
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February 6
| International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
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February 12
| Darwin Day
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February 12
| World Day of the Sick
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February 14
| Valentine’s Day
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February 20
| World Day of Social Justice
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February 21
| International Mother Language Day
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February 22
| World Scout Day
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February 23
| World Peaces and Understanding Day
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March - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
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|---|---|
March 4
| World Day of the Fight Against Sexual Exploitation
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March 8
| International Womens' Day
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March 13
| World Kidney Day
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March 13
| World Rotaract Day
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March 15
| World Consumer Rights Day
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March 20
| International Day of the Francophonie
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March 20
| World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People
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March 21
| World Sleep Day
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March 21
| World Forestry Day
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March 21
| International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
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March 22
| World Water Day
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March 23
| World Meteorological Day
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March 24
| World TB Day
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March 24
| International Day for Achievers
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March 25
| International Day of Remembrance - Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade
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March 27
| World Drama Day
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April - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
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|---|---|
April 2
| World Autism Awareness Day
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April 4
| International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
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April 7
| World Health Day
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April 7
| International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda
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April 12
| World Aviation & Cosmonautics Day
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April 17
| World Haemophilia Day
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April 18
| World Heritage Day
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April 21
| World Creativity and Innovation Day
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April 22
| Earth Day
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April 23
| World Book and Copyright Day
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April 24
| World Lab Animals Day
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April 25
| World Malaria Day
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April 26
| World Intellectual Property Day
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April 28
| International Worker’s Memorial Day
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April 29
| World Dance Day
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May - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
May 01
| May day - Labour Day
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May-03
| Press Freedom Day
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May-03
| International Sun Day
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May-03
| World Asthma Day
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May-04
| Coal Miners Day
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May-04
| International Firefighters' Day
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May 05 - First Sunday in May
| World laughter Day - First Sunday in May
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May-05
| World Athletics Day
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May-08
| World Red Cross Day and Red Crescent Day
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May-08
| Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives Second World War
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May-09
| World Thalassaemia Day
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May-10
| World Mother Day
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May-12
| International Nurses Day
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May-13
| International Criminal Court Day
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May-14
| Bone and Joint Day
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May-15
| International Day of the Families
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May-17
| World Information Society Day
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May-18
| World Hyper Tension Day
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May-18
| World Museum Day
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May-19
| World Hepatitis Day
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May-20
| World Metrology Day
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May-21
| World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
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May-22
| International Day for Biological Diversity
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May-23
| World Turtle Day
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May-24
| Commonwealth Day
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May-28
| Anti-Narcotics Day
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May-28
| Engineers Day
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May-29
| International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
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May-31
| World Anti Tobacco Day
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June - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
June 1
| International Children’s Day
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June 4
| International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
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June 5
| World Environment Day
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June 8
| World Brain Tumors Day
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June 8
| World Ocean Day
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June 12
| World Day Against Child Labor
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June 14
| World Blood Donor Day
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June 15
| World Father’s Day
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June 16
| International Integration Day
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June 17
| World Combat Day to Desertification and Drought
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June 18
| International Picnic Day
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June 20
| World Refugee Day
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June 21
| World Music Day
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June 23
| International Olympic Day
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June 23
| United Nations Public Service Day
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June 26
| International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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June 26
| International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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July - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
July 1
| International Joke Day
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July 1
| Doctor's Day
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July 2
| World Sports Journalists Day
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1st Saturday of July
| International Day of Cooperatives
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July 6
| World Zoonoses Day
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July 11
| World Population Day
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July 28
| World Nature Conservation Day
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August - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
August 1
| World Breast-feeding Week
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August 3
| Friendship Day
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August 6
| Anti Nuclear Day
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August 6
| Hiroshima Day
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August 9
| Nagasaki Day
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August 9
| International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
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August 12
| International Youth Day
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August 13
| World Left Hander's Day
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August 15
| International Mourning Day
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August 19
| World Humanitarian Day
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August 19
| World Photography Day
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August 20
| World Mosquito Day
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August 23
| International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
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August 26
| Namibia Day
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September - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
September 2
| Coconut Day
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September 8
| World Literacy Day
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September 10
| World Anti-Suicide Day
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September 11
| World First Aid Day
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September 15
| International Day of Democracy
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September 15
| International Day of Engineers
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September 16
| World Ozone Day
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September 19
| International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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September 21
| World Peace Day
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September 21
| World Alzheimer's Day
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September 22
| World Car Free Day
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September 22
| World Rose Day - Welfare of Cancer Patients
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September 22
| Car Free Day
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September 24
| World Heart Day
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September 24
| World Clean-up Day
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September 25
| International Grab Hand Day
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September 26
| Day of the Deaf
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September 26
| European Day of Languages
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September 27
| World Tourism Day
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September 28
| Right to Know Day
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September 28
| World Rabies Day
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Last week of September
| World Maritime Day
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October - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
October 1
| World Vegetarian Day
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October 1
| International Day of the Elderly
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October 1
| World Hepatitis Day
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October 2
| World Animal Day
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October 2
| World Ostony Day
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October 2
| International Day of Non-Violence
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October 3
| World Habitat Day
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October 4
| World Animal Welfare Day
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October 5
| World and International Teacher’s Day
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October 6 (or second Saturday of October)
| World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
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October 8
| World Humanitarian Action Day
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October 9
| World Postal Day
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October 10
| World Mental Health Day
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October 12
| World Sight Day
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October 12
| World Arthritis Day
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October 13
| International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
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October 14
| World Standards Day
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October 15
| Global Hand Washing Day
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October 15
| World White Cane Day-guiding the Blind
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October 15
| International Day of Rural Women
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October 16
| World Food Day
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October 16
| World Anaesthesiologists Day
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October 17
| World Trauma Day
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October 20
| World Osteoporosis Day
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October 24
| UN Day
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October 24
| World Development Information Day
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October 24
| World Polio Day
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October 30
| World Thrift Day
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November - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
November 1
| World Vegan Day
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November 5
| World Interact Day
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November 6
| International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
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November 8
| World Radiographer Day
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November 9
| World Freedom Day
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November 14
| World Diabetes Day
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November 16
| International Day for Tolerence
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November 17
| International Students Day
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November 19
| World Toilet Day
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November 19
| International Men's Day
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November 20
| Universal Children’s Day
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November 20
| Africa Industrialization Day
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November 21
| World Fisheries Day
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November 21
| World Hello Day
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November 21
| World Television Day
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November 25
| International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
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November 25
| International Meatless
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November 29
| International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
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Third Sunday of November
| World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
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December - World’s Important Days
Day
| Day's Name
|
|---|---|
December 1
| World AIDS Day
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December 2
| World Computer Literacy Day
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December 2
| International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
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December 3
| International Day of People with Disability
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December 3
| World Conservation Day
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December 5
| International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
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December 7
| International Civil Aviation Day
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December 9
| The International Day Against Corruption
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December 10
| International Day of Broadcasting
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December 10
| Human Rights Day
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December 11
| International Mountain Day
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December 14
| World Energy Day
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December 18
| International Migrants Day
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December 20
| International Human Solidarity Day
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December 29
| International Biodiversity Day
|
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That's what i'm looking for. I spent time for too long looking for all of these important days. thanks
Interesting idea. Cranking out numerous hubs by just listing the calendars of other organizations. Very crafty :)
THANKS ALOT FOR YOUR IOFORMATION
it's really interesting to make people know the importance of these dates.thanks a lot.
What a lot of commemoration days. Thanks for sharing.
That's what i'm looking for.Now its easy for me to find out the most important events.
real knowledge.great collection.thanks a lot for making my work easy.
Thanks for the information... Now its too easier for me to search all these days... And there is a confusion about 6 october as its mentioned "Hospice and palliative care day" and if we search on google then its on 9 oct- according to worldday.org.. Manhy sites are showing its on 6 and google shows 9.. help
Thank you, Ankush Agarwal.
The World Hospice and Palliative Care Day takes place on the second Saturday of October every year. This means the date will vary from year to year. This year 2010, the day will be on Saturday, October 9th.
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It is also important day when i will death!!
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Pachaiappan
Pondicherry, India
Jai mata di ,
this is ameging. But i want to know india's famous day also. Thanks
Hello,
it's really interesting to make people know the importance of these dates.thanks.
i get all the dates but not only one that is kargil victory day
Gr8t Info....but why was 25 and 26 December omitted?
Thank you very much for the info.
Really Great piece of research. and very useful and interesting! However, as far in my knowledge World day of Sick is commenced on February 11.
Well, to provide more knowledge at one place, i'd like to contribute some more, that i feel should become a part of them.
January 4 - World Hypnotism Day
3rd Sunday of January - World Religion Day
March 3 - World Book Day
March 6 - Dentist's Day
March 14 - International Day of Action for Rivers, International Pi Day (3/14)
March 15 - World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
March 21 - World Poetry Day
April 15 - World Entrepreneurship Day
May 2 - International Day of Deliberately Unemployed
May 5 - International Midwives Day
May 6 - Wishbone Day or International Awareness Day for Osteogenesis Imperfecta (Brittle Bones)
1st Tuesday of May - World Asthma Day
2nd Saturday of May - World Fair Trade Day
2nd Sunday of May - International Mothers' Day
3rd Sunday of June - International Fathers' Day
July 1 - International Reggae Day
July 8 - Writers Day
July 23 - World Stress Down Day
Aug 5 - Internatinal Beer Day
August 29 – Telugu Language Day
September 12 - World Oral Health Day
First Monday of October - World Habitat Day
October 3 - World Smile Day
2nd Wednesday of October - International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
October 10 - World Day Against Death Penalty
October 16 - World's Boss Day
October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October 20 - International Day of the Air Traffic Controller
October 20 - World Statistics Day
October 27 - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
November 30 - Computer Security Day
December 19 - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
Once again I must say a commendable effort to create a hub over that topic!
you are provided very useful information for candidates that who are preparing for competative examinations...
Thank's A Lot.
This infromation is very good. I colect it and observerd and maitain various day. So Thanks.
Parvez.
Computer Teacher
Charnoabad Muslim Secondary Schoo. Bhola. Bangladesh
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thanks a lot ngureco . i was searching for this for long long time . but please can u add the importance of the missed days like december 4 and many others...
thank you once again
georgina (student - dubai )
GREAT INFO BUT PLEASE ADD SOME IMPORTANT DATES OF PAKISTAN LIKE INDEPENDENT DAY
IS THEIR A DAY FOR DAUGHTER IN LAW IN ANY PLACE OF THE WORLD I WOULD SURLY SHIFT
Found all i ever wanted...good job!
great
A perfect site for this generation...!
awesome info and good to know the days of the year
please say me when is thanking day?
good
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information is very enriching ,want to give information to my students especially to kids to make them aware of importance of these days.
thanks a lot...
thanx a lot but 5 th may ki importance bta dy
Hello, hello, 2 years ago
Very interesting points and informations. Thank you.