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Significant January holidays:
1
New Year's Day
6
Epiphany
10
1st Day of
Muharram
†
21
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
birthday observed
Prevous month: January
Next month: March
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Significant February holidays:
Black History Month
2
Groundhog Day
5
Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
6
Ash Wednesday
7
Chinese New Year
12
Lincoln's
Birthday
14
Valentine's Day
18
Washington's Birthday observed
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Washington's
Birthday
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Leap Year Day
Prevous month: February
Next month: April
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Significant March holidays:
Women's History Month
9
Daylight Saving Time
begins
15
The Ides of March
16
Palm Sunday
17
St. Patrick's Day
20
Spring begins
(EDT)
‡
20
Mawlid al-Nabi
†
21
Good Friday
21
Purim
†
23
Easter Sunday
(Western)
Prevous month: March
Next month: May
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Significant April holidays:
Poetry Month
1
April Fool's Day
20
1st Day of
Passover
†
27
Easter Sunday
(Orthodox)
Prevous month: April
Next month: June
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Significant May holidays:
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
1
May Day
1
Ascension Day
11
Mother's Day
11
Pentecost
26
Memorial Day
observed
Prevous month: May
Next month: July
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Significant June holidays:
9
1st Day of
Shavuot
†
14
Flag Day
15
Father's Day
20
Summer begins
(EDT)
‡
Prevous month: June
Next month: August
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Significant July holidays:
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Canada Day
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Independence Day
Prevous month: July
Next month: September
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Prevous month: August
Next month: October
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Significant September holidays:
Hispanic Heritage Month
(Sept. 15–Oct. 15)
1
Labor Day
2
Ramadan
begins
†
22
Autumn begins
(EDT)
‡
30
1st Day of
Rosh Hashanah
†
Prevous month: September
Next month: November
October 2008
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Significant October holidays:
2
Ramadan
ends
(Eid al-Fitr)
†
9
Yom Kippur
†
13
Columbus Day
observed
13
Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
14
1st Day of
Sukkot
†
21
Shemini Atzeret
†
28
Diwali
31
Halloween
Prevous month: October
Next month: December
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Significant November holidays:
American Indian Heritage Month
1
All Saints' Day
2
Daylight Saving Time
ends
4
Election Day
11
Veterans Day
27
Thanksgiving
(U.S.)
30
1st Sunday of
Advent
Prevous month: November
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Significant December holidays:
9
Eid al-Adha
†
21
Winter begins
(EST)
‡
22
1st Day of
Hanukkah
†
25
Christmas
26
1st Day of
Kwanzaa
† All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the day before they are listed here.
‡ See
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, for solstices and equinoxes.
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