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Major 2021 Daily Holiday Calendar 

There are many daily holidays and special days, with one or more on every day of the year. Here are some of the major daily holiday events by month. Make sure to mark them on your calendar, and celebrate every one, big or small.

Major 2021 Holidays:

January	1 New Year's Day 4 Trivia Day 3 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day - date varies 5 National Bird Day 10 Houseplant Appreciation Day 18 Martin Luther King's Birthday - celebrated third Monday 25 Opposite Day 26 Australia Day Daily January holidays and special days
February	2 Groundhog's Day 3 Feed the Birds Day 7 Super Bowl Sunday , Superbowl 55  12 Lincoln's Birthday 12 Chinese New Years It's the Year 4719! 14 Valentines Day 15 President's Day - third Monday of month 15 Singles Awareness Day -  Are you single or in between relations? Then, this day is for you! 16 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday) 17 Ash Wednesday 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day 22 Washington's Birthday 26 Purim begins at sundown 28 Oscar Night 2021       Leap Day - not until 2024      Winter Olympics begins - not until 2022      Winter Olympics ends - not until 2022     Daily February holidays and special days
March	8 International Women's Day 14 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. - date varies 15 Ides of March 17 St. Patrick's Day 20 International Earth Day - also called Sun-Earth Day 20 Spring (Vernal) Equinox - date varies 25 Feast of the Annunciation 27 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days. 28 Palm Sunday Daily March holidays and special days
April	1 April Fool's Day 1 International Tatting Day 2 Good Friday 2 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday 4 Easter Sunday 12 Ramadan begins 15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th) 19 Patriot's Day Third Monday 21 Administrative Professionals Day formerly "Secretaries Day" - date varies 22 Earth Day (U.S.) 22 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday 30 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April Daily April holidays and special days
May	1 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps anyone!? - date varies 1 May Day 4 Star Wars Day 5 Cinco de Mayo 4 National Teacher's Day - Tuesday of first full week of May 8 VE Day, WW II 9 Mother's Day - second Sunday 9 Lilac Sunday - second Sunday in May 15 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday 24 Victoria Day (Canada) - usually the 24th 31 Memorial Day - last Monday Daily May holidays and special days
June	6 D Day, WWII 14 Flag Day 19 Juneteenth Day 20 Summer Solstice - longest day of the year!, date varies 20 Father's Day - third Sunday Daily June holidays and special days
July	1 Canada Day (Dominion Day) - observed the following day, if July 1 falls on a Sunday 4 Independence Day 5 National Bikini Day 21 National Hot Dog Day - third Wednesday of month 22 Hammock Day ...relax and enjoy! 23 Summer Olympics begins - rescheduled from 2020 due to Coronavirus Daily July holidays and special days
August	1 National Mountain Climbing Day 3 National Watermelon Day 8  Summer Olympics ends 10 National S'mores Day 12-13 Perseid Meteor Shower - peak dates vary 13 Left Hander's Day 14 V-J Day 28 Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Day 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day Daily August holidays and special days
September	2 VJ Day, WWII 6 Labor Day - first Monday 6 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown 11 911 Remembrance 12 Grandparents Day - first Sunday after Labor Day 15 Yom Kippur 17 Constitution Day 18 Oktoberfest begins in Germany date varies 21 International Peace Day (UN) 22 Autumnal Equinox - date varies 24 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the  month  Daily September Holidays and special days
October	1 International Day for the Elderly 1 World Smile Day first Friday of month 3 Oktoberfest  ends in Germany 11 Columbus Day observed on second Monday 11 Indigenous People Day second Monday of month 11 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday 15 Boss's Day - Weekday closest to October 16 16 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday 24 United Nations Day 23 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday 31 Halloween Daily October holidays and special days
November	1 All Saint's Day 7 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep - date varies 1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2 All Soul's Day - usually on the 2nd 2  U.S. General Election Day - please exercise your right to vote 11 Veteran's Day 13 Caregiver Appreciation Day 13 Sadie Hawkins Day 18 Great American Smokeout - third Thursday 20 Universal Children's Day 25 Thanksgiving Day - fourth Thursday 26 Black Friday - day after Thanksgiving 28 Advent begins 28 Chanukah lasts 8 days Daily November holidays and special days
December	7 Pearl Harbor Day 12 Poinsettia Day 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) 23 Festivus - for the rest of us! 25 Christmas 26 Boxing Day - date can vary 26 Kwanzaa 27 National Fruitcake Day 31 New Year's Eve Daily December holidays and special days

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Did You Know? There are literally thousands of daily holidays, special events and observances. There's more than one for every day of the year. Many of these holidays are new. More holidays are being created on a regular basis. At Holiday Insights, we take great efforts to thoroughly research and document the details of each one, as completely and accurately as possible.

Note: If you are using the dates in our site for calendar or other publishing purposes, we recommend you double check with other sources. Each year, we find a number of holidays with conflicting dates.