Friday 29 November 2019 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism. In North America, Buy Nothing Day is held on the Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving, concurrent ..→

Thinking about shopping women appear almost as often as men in thinking about sex. 74% of women admitted that they think about shopping every minute, in other words about..→

Where did the name come from? In an effort to rid Judea of its Jewishness, the Romans renamed the area Filistia (Palestine) in the mid-130s CE. They were tired of pesky J..→

In 1990, former President George H.W. Bush approved a Joint Resolution of Congress designating November as National American Indian Heritage Month, a designation that has..→

Some states observe the day as part of Presidents’ Day, which is officially known as Washington’s Birthday. Although Lincoln’s birthday, February 12, was never a federal..→