|
National Holidays
| Your overall rating on National Holidays = | 0% |
| Your best rally score on National Holidays = 0 facts | |
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
| 102 facts: | << Prev Next >> |
| Anzac Day (Australia & New Zealand) | | April 25th |
Anzac day is a memorial day to commemorate the fallen soldiers at Gallipoli. 8000 Australian soldiers and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in a battle that lasted 8 months in 1915. In most towns and cities in Australia and New Zealand a Dawn service is held in commemoration. A Dawn service is held in Turkey at the very beach where the battle took place
| Australia Day (Australia) | | January 26th |
Australia Day celebrates the Landing of Captain Arthur Phillip in Sydney Cove on the 26th January 1788. On that day he declared British Sovereignty and raised the British Flag. Also known as 'Invasion Day'.
| Austrian National Day (Austria) | | October 26th |
| Bastille Day (France) | | July 14th |
| Battle of Riva's Day (Costa Rica) | | April 11th |
| Bermuda Day (Bermuda) | | May 24th |
| Birthday of Benito Juarez (Mexico) | | March 21st |
| Boxing Day (Australia) | | December 26th |
Boxing Day is held on St Stephen's day, the name coming from the practice of opening the church poor boxes that day and giving to charity.
| Boxing Day (U.K.) | | December 26th |
| Burns Night | | January 25th |
| Canada Day (Canada) | | July 1st |
| Children's Day (Brazil) | | October 12th |
Also known as Our Lady Aparacida
| Christmas Day (Ireland) | | December 25th |
| Christmas Day (Macedonia) | | January 7th |
According to the Old Calender
| Christmas Day (U.S.A.) | | December 25th |
Federal Holiday
| Cinco De Mayo (Mexico) | | May 5th |
| Clement of Ohrid (Macedonia) | | December 8th |
Inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet -- His tutors were the Saint brothers Cyril and Methodius
| Columbus Day (Chile) | | October 12th |
| Columbus Day (U.S.A.) | | Second Monday in October |
Federal Observance
| Constitution Day (Anguilla) | | August 10th |
| Constitution Day (Mexico) | | February 5th |
| Day of the Americas (Honduras) | | April 14th |
| Day of the Dead (Angola) | | November 2nd |
| Death of Toussaint L'Ooverture (Haiti) | | April 7th |
| Earth Day (U.S.A.) | | April 22nd |
| Education & Culture Day (Bulgaria) | | May 24th |
Also known as Day of the Slavic Heritage
| Emancipation Day (The Bahamas) | | August 6th |
| Father's Day (U.S.A.) | | Third Sunday in June |
Federal Observance
| Flag Day (Mexico) | | February 24th |
| Flag Day (U.S.A.) | | June 14th |
Federal Observance
| Flooding of the Nile (Egypt) | | August 15th |
| Gandhi Jayanti | | October 2nd |
Gandhiji's birthday.
| German Unity Day (Germany) | | October 3rd |
| Grandparent's Day (U.S.A.) | | Sunday After Labor Day |
Federal Observance
| Greek Independence Day (Cyprus) | | March 25th |
| Greek National Day (Greece) | | October 28th |
| Groundhog Day (U.S.A.) | | February 2nd |
| Hallowe'en (Ireland) | | October 30th |
| Halloween (U.S.A.) | | October 31st |
Federal Observance
| Ilinden (Macedonia) | | August 2nd |
| Inauguration Day (U.S.A.) | | January 20th |
Every 4th year after the Presidential election
| Independence Day (Albania) | | November 28th |
| Independence Day(India) | | August 15 |
Midnight of Aug. 14, actually.
| Independence Day (Macedonia) | | September 8th |
| Independence Day (Mexico) | | September 16th |
| Independence Day (U.S.A.) | | July 4th |
Federal Holiday
| International Children's Day (Angola) | | June 1st |
| Labor Day (France) | | May 1st |
| Labor Day (U.S.A.) | | First Monday in September |
Federal Holiday
| Labour Day (CAN) | | First Monday in September |
| Labour Day (New Zealand) | | Fourth Monday in October |
| Leif Erickson Day (U.S.A.) | | October 9th |
Federal Observance
| Luanda's Day (Angola) | | January 25th |
| Macedonian Revolutionery Fight Day | | October 23rd |
On this day in 1893, the Macedonian revolutionery organization was formed.
| Martin Luther King Day (U.S.A.) | | Third Monday in January |
Federal Holiday
| May Day Bank Holiday (U.K.) | | First Monday in May |
| May Day (Macedonia) | | May 1st |
In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement.
| Memorial Day (U.S.A.) | | Last Monday in May |
Federal Holiday
| Morazan Day (Honduras) | | October 3rd |
| Mother's Day (U.S.A.) | | Second Sunday in May |
Federal Observance
| Mother Teresa Day (Albania) | | October 19th |
| National Day of Prayer (U.S.A.) | | First Thursday in May |
Federal Observance
| New Year (Ireland) | | January 1st and January 2nd |
| New Year's Day (U.S.A.) | | January 1st |
Federal Holiday
| Orangemans Day | | July 12th |
| Patriot Day (U.S.A.) | | September 11th |
Federal Observance
| President's Day (U.S.A.) | | Third Monday in February |
Federal Holiday - Still officially named "Washington's Birthday"
| Queen's Birthday (New Zealand) | | First Monday in June |
Not the current monarch's actual birthday.
| Ramnavmi (India) | | March 27th |
| Remembrance Day (CAN) | | November 11th |
| Remembrance Day (U.K.) | | November 11th |
| Republic Day(India) | | January 26th |
Date when the constitution of India came into force.
| Revolution Day (Mexico) | | November 20th |
| Saints Cyril and Methodius (Macedonia) | | May 24th |
Missionaries of Christianity among the Slavs of Great Moravia and Pannonia and inventors of the Glagolitic alphabet
| Senior Race Day (I.O.M.) | | Last Day of T.T. Week |
| Spring Bank Holiday (Gibraltar) | | May 26th |
| Spring Bank Holiday (U.K.) | | Last Monday in May |
| Spring Holiday (Ireland) | | June 5th |
| St Andrews Day | | November 30th |
| Statehood Day (Croatia) | | June 25th |
| St David's Day | | March 1st |
| St George's Day | | April 23rd |
| St Patrick's Day (Ireland) | | March 17th |
| St. Patrick's Day (U.S.A.) | | March 17th |
| St Stephen's Day (Austria) | | December 26th |
| St Stephen's Day (Ireland) | | December 26th |
| St. Wenceslas Day (Czech Republic) | | September 28th |
Czech Statehood Day
| Summer Bank Holiday (IRE) | | First Monday in August |
| Summer Bank Holiday (U.K.) | | Last Monday in August |
| Summer Holiday (Ireland) | | August 7th |
| Thanksgiving (Canada) | | Second Monday in October |
| Thanksgiving (U.S.A.) | | Fourth Thursday in November |
Federal Holiday
| Valentine's Day (U.S.A.) | | February 14th |
| V-E Day (France) | | May 8th |
| Veterans Day (France) | | November 11th |
| Veterans Day (U.S.A.) | | November 11th |
Federal Holiday
| Waitangi Day (New Zealand) | | February 6th |
Commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and Māori Chiefs at Waitangi in 1840.
| << Prev Next >> |
Facts contributed by:
