Monday 9 December - Christmas Card Day; World Techno Day (Juan Atkins was born on Dec 9, 1962, and was part of the Belleville Three, so named because of their time together in Belleville, Michigan)
Monday 23 December - Roots Day; HumanLight Day (is a secular holiday that focuses on the "positive, secular human values of reason, compassion, humanity and hope"); Festivus (a holiday made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld, as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season)
January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Commitment Day (The first known Commitment Day was celebrated in 1960 as an extension of the tradition of New Year’s Resolutions—however); First Foot Day;
Polar Bear Swim Day or Polar Plunge Day (Canada and United States); Z Day (People whose first or last name start with the letter Z must have it pretty rough. Most processes, systems and organizations use alphabetical sorting as standard, meaning they are always last no matter the place or occasion)
Thursday 2 January - National Creampuff Day and National Buffet Day in United States; Happy Mew Year for Cats Day (The founders, Tom and Ruth Roy, wanted cats to have a very special New Year's celebration all to themselves); Run it Up the Flagpole and See if Anyone Salutes Day (It means to float an idea to see what people think, or if they notice); Science Fiction Day; National Pet Travel Safety Day in US
Friday 3 January - Festival of Sleep Day (the holiday encourages people to catch up on their sleep post-holiday and New Year celebrations); Humiliation Day (as a time to recognize the negativity of humiliating someone, or a group of people);
The drinking straw day Saturday 4 January - Pop Music Chart Day; Trivia Day (It is an opportunity for us to share those many little trinkets of knowledge)
Sunday 5 January - Fruitcake Toss Day (Manitou Springs has hosted the Fruitcake Toss tournament every year since 1995)
Tuesday 7 January - Distaff Day (medieval Europe); I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore Day; Old Rock Day (This day is completely dedicated to collect different rocks)
Wednesday 8 January - Argyle Day (The argyle pattern comes from the tartan of Clan Campbell, which originated in Argyll in western Scotland); Bubble Bath Day (Bubble Baths have been popular for as long as baths with surfactant-based soap have been a thing); Earth's Rotation Day (In 1851, the French physicist Léon Foucault demonstrated how the earth rotates by suspending a lead-filled brass ball from the top of the Panthéon in Paris); Joy Germ Day (Back in 1981, Joan White of Syracuse, New York thought of the idea of holding joy germ Day); Male Watchers Day; Poetry At Work Day (finding the beauty in your job and putting it into some form of artful prose); Show & Tell Day At Work Day
Thursday 9 January - Static Electricity Day; Play God Day (What we do know ,is that God is good. Therefore, we believe that Play God Day is a day to do something good and extra special)
Friday 10 January - Houseplant Appreciation Day (was established by The Gardener’s Network, establishing an official opportunity to remind people of the benefits of houseplants. Having plants in your home or office can do a great deal to lift your mood and improve your quality of life. For example, a 2009 study showed that the scent of lavender can effectively lower pulse rates in stressful situations); Peculiar People Day
Saturday 11 January - Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day; Secret Pal Day; Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day
Monday 13 January - Make Your Dream Come True Day; Rubber Duckie Day; Coming of Age Day or Seijin Shiki or 成人式 in Japan (celebrated on the second Monday of January)
Tuesday 14 January - Clean Off Your Desk Day; Dress Up Your Pet Day; Feast of the Ass; Organize Your Home Day
Thursday 16 January - Appreciate A Dragon Day; Nothing Day (This day was first practiced way back in 1973 by newspaperman Harold Pullman Coffin. The goal of the day is "to provide Americans with one national day where they can just sit without celebrating, observing, or honoring anything.")
Saturday 18 January - Thesaurus Day (It is celebrated every year on January 18th, which is the birthday of the author of Roget's Thesaurus, Peter Roget. Peter Roget was born on January 18th in 1779); Winnie the Pooh Day (This day was created to celebrate the birth of A.A .Milne in 1882)
Monday 20 January - Camcorder Day (On this date in 1982, the camcorder was first introduced into the public marketplace by Sony Electronics); Blue Monday (Date for 2020. The third Monday is claimed to be the most depressing day of the year)
Thursday 23 January - Handwriting Day (The day was basically started by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association in 1977); Measure Your Feet Day
Friday 24 January - Beer Can Appreciation Day (This tradition was first started in 1935, and on the heels of it came a never ending parade of varieties of labelling); Global Belly Laugh Day; Compliment Day; Talk Like A Grizzled Prospector Day
Saturday 25 January - A Room Of One's Own Day; Burns Night (Scotland and Scottish community); International Fun at Work Day; Opposite Day (is particularly popular among children, who enjoy the kind of absurdity that can happen when everything you say is backwards); Visit Your Local Quilt Shop Day
Monday 27 January - No Brainer Day (This day was created by Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith, 'America's Premier Eventologist' - per Insight Magazine - Washington, DC - August, 1995, and 'The Premier Eventologist in the History of the World - per The Chicago Tribune - Chicago, Il - January 2001); Punch the Clock Day (This holiday celebrates the system of calculating employee work hours through the Punch Clock system and its invention)
Tuesday 28 January - Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day; Kazoo Day (Alabama Vest of Macon Georgia made the first Kazoo in the 1840's. Actually, he conceived the Kazoo, and had Thaddeus Von Clegg, a German clockmaster make it to his specifications)
Friday 31 January - Backward Day (In almost every culture there came a time of year when all the societal rules got turned on their head); Hug an Economist Day; Inspire Your Heart With Art Day
February 2020Saturday 1 February - Bubblegum Day; Decorating With Candy Day; Working Naked Day (is founded by Lisa Kanarek)
Monday 3 February - Dump Your Significant Jerk Day; The Day the Music Died (On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, together with pilot Roger Peterson)
Thursday 6 February - Lame Duck Day (Lame Duck is a term used to describe an elected official who is no longer responsible to his constituency, usually due to the fact that he’s on his way out of office and reelection is no longer a possibility)
Friday 7 February - Ballet Day (Ballet found its origins during the Renaissance throughout Italy and France, though it had yet to evolve into the form we know it today); Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day
Sunday 9 February - Read In The Bathtub Day; Toothache Day (It is so important that we learn how to take care of our teeth and not only get rid of nasty aches but also stop them coming back or turning into something more serious)
Tuesday 11 February - White Shirt Day (is marks the end of a union strike by employees of General Motors in 1937); Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; Get Out Your Guitar Day (Ever since the first version of a guitar was created, man has desired to escape the mundane and take some time to dream); Clean Out Your Computer Day; Satisfied Staying Single Day; Make a Friend Day
Saturday 15 February - Restaurant Day (is occurs once per season. The third Saturday of February, May, August, and November); Hippo Day
Wednesday 19 February - International Tug-of-War Day (Dropped from the Olympic Games in 1920, Tug of War still remains a Worldwide sport and many nations have their own governing bodies)
Sunday 23 February - International Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day (The first dog biscuits were developed in the mid-19th century by American manufacturer James Spratt); Play Tennis Day; Curling Is Cool Day
Tuesday 25 February - Pistol Patent Day (Samuel Colt invented the pistol. He received Patent # 138 for it on this day in 1836. The patent was for the Colt Revolver with a rotating chamber containing six bullets); World Spay Day (Last Tuesday in February)
Wednesday 26 February - Personal Chef Day; Carnival Day; For Pete's Sake Day (if there’s a Pete in your life, why not do something for his sake?); Tell a Fairy Tale Day
March 2020Sunday 1 March - World Compliment Day (appeared after many successful editions of “National Compliment Day” in the Netherlands); Horse Protection Day (Horse Protection Day was first observed in 2005 when it was founded by pet lifestyle expert and animal behaviorist Colleen Page); Plan A Solo Vacation Day; Share a Smile Day
Tuesday 3 March - World Butt Day (Kara Kitty Blair, Rae Woodbuns, Melissa Benzinger in 2012); Namesake Day; Peach Blossom Day and Peach Blossom Festival in Japan; I Want You to be Happy Day; What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day
Wednesday 4 March - Holy Experiment Day (The Lord truely works in mysterious ways); International Scrapbooking Industry Day; Fun Facts About Names Day; Hug a GI Day
Saturday 7 March - Doodle Day (Doodle Day became a worldwide event in 2004 to raise awareness and funds for epilepsy research and support); Be Heard Day
Monday 9 March - Barbie Day (Barbie debuted on March 9, 1959 at the American International Toy Fair in New York); False Teeth Day; Get Over It Day
Wednesday 11 March - World Plumber’s Day (initiated by the World Plumbing Council); Fill Our Staplers Day; Worship of Tools Day
Friday 13 March - Ken Day (is celebrates the occasion in 1961 when Barbie’s long-term on-off boyfriend, Ken Carson, first appeared on the scene, exhibited by his makers Mattel at a toy fair); Jewel Day or National Jewelry Day in US; Earmuffs Day; International Napping Day; Open An Umbrella Indoors Day
Sunday 15 March - Absolutely Incredible Kids Day; Brutus Day; Dumbstruck Day; Everything You Think is Wrong Day; True Confessions Day
Monday 16 March - Quilting Day; Everything You Do is Right Day; Lips Appreciation Day; Saint Urho's Day (Finnish Americans and Finnish Canadians)
Saturday 21 March - Memory Day; Fragrance Day; Common Courtesy Day; Single Parent’s Day
Friday 27 March - National Joe Day in US; Quirky Country Music Song Titles Day
Monday 30 March - Pencil Day; I am in Control Day; Take a Walk in the Park Day
Tuesday 31 March - International Cleavage Day; Bunsen Burner Day; Crayola Crayon Day; International Quit Your Crappy Job Day
April 2020Friday 3 April - Don't Go to Work Unless it's Fun Day; Find A Rainbow Day; Tweed Day
Saturday 4 April - World Rat Day; Vitamin C Day; Hug a Newsman Day; Walk Around Things Day; Every Day is Tag Day (First Saturday in April)
Sunday 5 April - Go For Broke Day; Read a Road Map Day; Tangible Karma Day (is a company founded by Amber Nicole Dilger in 2005 and her idea was to recycle and reuse); Walk to Work Day
Tuesday 7 April - International Beaver Day (The largest beaver-built dam is in Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada and is 850m long); No Housework Day
Saturday 11 April - Barbershop Quartet Day (On April 11, 1938 the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America was founded in Tulsa, Oklahoma); Eight Track Tape Day (It's origin likely hails from the sixties and seventies); Submarine Day
Sunday 12 April - Big Wind Day (On April 12, 1934, the staff of the Mount Washington Observatory recorded the highest surface wind ever measured, anywhere on earth. This big wind was officially recorded at 231 miles per hour.); Walk On Your Wild Side Day (Thomas and Ruth Roy are credited with being the creators of this celebration)
Monday 13 April - Scrabble Day (April 13th is the birthday of Alfred Butts, the inventor of the Scrabble game)
Tuesday 14 April - International Moment of Laughter Day (is focuses on laughter as a way to de-stress); Look Up at the Sky Day; Reach as High as You Can Day; That Sucks Day (Throughout the history of the holiday and the organization that sponsored it, That Sucks LLC, they seek to exemplify all that is terrible and wrong in the world); Be Kind to Lawyers Day
Wednesday 15 April - Rubber Eraser Day (Joseph Priestley discovered the eraser in 1770, using pieces of rubber imported from Brazil. Then in 1858, Hyman Lipman of Philadelphia, Pa., patented the pencil with an eraser at the end); Take A Wild Guess Day
Thursday 16 April - Foursquare Day (4sqDay or Foursquare Day was coined by Nate Bonilla-Warford, an optometrist from Tampa, Florida on March 12, 2010 being the 4th month and the 16th being equal to four squared. The idea came to him while "thinking about new ways to promote his business". FitBy4sqDay has been a quest by foursquare users to reach new fitness goals and live in a healthier way and is an excellent opportunity for local businesses to shine); Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day
Friday 17 April - Bat Appreciation Day; Blah Blah Blah Day (is the opportunity to stop procrastinating and get to grips with all those stalled projects and broken promises right now); Ford Mustang Day (The Ford Mustang was first introduced to the world in April of 1964); Haiku Poetry Day; Kickball Day
Saturday 18 April - World Amateur Radio Day (Every April 18, radio amateurs worldwide take to the airwaves in celebration of World Amateur Radio Day. It was on that day in 1925 that the International Amateur Radio Union was formed in Paris); International Pizza Cake Day; Pet Owners Independence Day; Auctioneers Day (is one of the world’s most ancient professions, having begun more than 2,000 years ago. Third Saturday of April); High Five Day
Sunday 19 April - Bicycle Day (The events of the first LSD trip in April 19, 1943, now known as “Bicycle Day”, after the bicycle ride home, proved to Hofmann that he had indeed made a significant discovery: a psychoactive substance with extraordinary potency, capable of causing significant shifts of consciousness in incredibly low doses); Garlic Day; Hanging Out Day; Poetry And The Creative Mind Day
Monday 20 April - Look Alike Day; Record Store Day; Dyngus Day (It is very popular in Poland, as well as in Polish communities across America)
Tuesday 21 April - Bulldogs Are Beautiful Day (They are related to the Asiatic Mastiff, which, according to historical records, lived in Mesopotamia around 4,000 BC)
Thursday 23 April - International Nose Picking Day; International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day (The Day is declared by author Jo Walton, held on April 23 and first celebrated in 2007, in response to remarks made by Howard V. Hendrix stating that he was opposed "to the increasing presence in our organization the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America of webscabs, who post their creations on the net for free". The purpose of the day, according to Walton was to encourage writers to post "professional quality" works for free on the internet. The name of the day originates from the assertion by Hendrix that the "webscabs" are "converting the noble calling of Writer into the life of Pixel-stained Technopeasant Wretch."); Take a Chance Day; Talk Like Shakespeare Day
Saturday 25 April - East Meets West Day (Many kinds of sports team hold annual East vs. West games. ); National Pet Parent's Day in US (Last Sunday in April)
Monday 27 April - Babe Ruth Day (On April 27, 1947, Babe Ruth attended Yankee Stadium for Babe Ruth Day. It was to be the second last time he was at the stadium); Go Birding Day; Morse Code Day; Save The Frogs Day; Sense Of Smell Day; Tell a Story Day; World Tapir Day
Tuesday 28 April - Kiss Your Mate Day; Biological Clock Day; Cubicle Day (Designed by Robert Propst and known for a complete absence of individuality, cubicles were first introduced in 1967 as a way to subdivide open office space and provide workers with a degree of privacy); Great Poetry Reading Day
May 2020Friday 1 May - School Principals' Day (if you don’t have a good principal, you won’t have a good school); Global Love Day; CSS Reboot Day; Lei Day (the event started in 1927 at the bank of Hawaii); Mother Goose Day (The term "Mother Goose" dates back to the 1650's); New Home Owners Day; Save the Rhino Day
Sunday 3 May - Garden Meditiation Day; International Grab a Boob Day; No Pants Day; World Laughter Day (was created in 1998 by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder of th worldwide Laughter Yoga movemen); Lumpy Rug Day; Two Different Colored Shoes Day
Tuesday 5 May - Cartoonists Day (They were the favorite part of the morning paper for many of us growing up)
Wednesday 6 May - No Homework Day (this is the day where children can tell their teachers and parents in complete honesty that they will not be doing their homework, in order to mark this special day);
International No Diet Day Friday 8 May - No Socks Day; Iris Day; National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day in US
Monday 11 May - Train Day; Root Canal Appreciation Day; Twilight Zone Day (The television show The Twilight Zone, was created, written and narrated by Rod Serling. It premiered on October 1, 1959)
Tuesday 12 May - Limerick Day (celebrates the birthday of Writer Edward Lear: 1812-1888. Limericks were popularized by Lear in 1846 in his Book of Nonsense); Odometer Day (The odometer was invented by William Clayton in 1847)
Thursday 14 May - Chicken Dance Day (“Der Ententanz” was the name of the song that inspired all of this, and while the dance has come to be called “The Chicken Dance”, the song itself is called The Duck Dance)
Friday 15 May - Nylon Stockings Day; Straw Hat Day; Bike-to-Work Day in United States (is celebrated on the third Friday of May); International Virtual Assistants Day (the third Friday in May)
Saturday 16 May - Restaurant Day (is occurs once per season. The third Saturday of February, May, August, and November); Biographers Day; Love a Tree Day; Sea Monkey Day (They’re known as Artemia New York Ocean Science and go through anhydrobiosis, or hibernation when they are dried out. Then, with the right mixture of water and nutrients they can spring right back into life); Wear Purple for Peace Day
Wednesday 20 May - National Seal Day in Canada (In response to this, Bill S-208 was Royally Assented on May 16th, 2017, designating May 20th annually as National Seal Products Day, and to recognize the importance of the seal hunt for Canada’s Indigenous people, coastal communities and entire population); Be a Millionaire Day
Friday 22 May - Buy a Musical Instrument Day; World Goth Day (The Official World Goth Day site defines it as "a day where the goth scene gets to celebrate its own being, and an opportunity to make its presence known to the rest of the world.")
Wednesday 27 May - Cellophane Tape Day (Cellophane tape was invented in the 1930’s with the purpose of putting a seal on an amazing new substance called, you guessed it, cellophane); Sun Screen Day or Sunscreen Protection Day
Friday 29 May - Learn About Composting Day; Put A Pillow On Your Fridge Day
Saturday 30 May - Loomis Day; Ronnie James Dio Day; Water a Flower Day; International Hug Your Cat Day
June 2020Monday 1 June - Wear A Dress Day; Go Barefoot Day; Dare Day; Drawing Day; Flip a Coin Day; International Doubt Day; Say Something Nice Day
Thursday 4 June - Old Maid's Day; Hug Your Cat Day in US; National Healthcare Recruiters Day in US
Saturday 6 June - Gardening Exercise Day; Yo-Yo Day (The classic Yo-Yo was made wildly popular in America by businessman Donald F. Duncan Sr. He manufactured the "Duncan Yo-Yo" in the early 1900's); Drive-In Movie Day
Monday 8 June - Best Friends Day; Name Your Poison Day; Upsy Daisy Day; International Housewife's Day
Tuesday 9 June - Donald Duck Day (Donald first appeared to us in a 1934 film called The Wise Little Hen, a retelling of the original little red hen story)
Wednesday 10 June - Ball Point Pen Day (In June of 1943 the Bíró brothers, László and György, became owners of US Patent 2,390,636 – better known around the world as the ball point pen)
Friday 12 June - Red Rose Day; Loving Day (is the biggest multiracial celebration in the United States. This is anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states."); Superman Day (Superman was first created in 1933 by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, the writer and artist respectively)
Monday 15 June - Hollerin' Contest Day; Magna Carta Day in Britain; Nature Photography Day; Smile Power Day :)
Thursday 18 June - International Panic Day (Don't worry. Don't fret. and, above all, don't panic); Go Fishing Day; International Picnic Day; Splurge Day; Dump The Pump Day (Third Thursday of June); National Seersucker Day in US (date fer 2020)
Friday 19 June - Garfield The Cat Day (Garfield was famously created by cartoonist Jim Davis and appeared in a cartoon strip on 19th June 1978); World Sauntering Day (The holiday was created in 1979 by W.T. Rabe in response to the growing popularity of jogging. It is believed to have begun at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan, USA. The Grand Hotel has the world's longest porch at 660 feet. The idea behind the day was to encourage people to slow down and appreciate the world around them)
Saturday 20 June - American Eagle Day; International Surfing Day (was established in 2005 by Surfing Magazine and The Surfrider Foundation)
Friday 26 June - Beautician's Day; Canoe Day; Take Your Dog to Work Day (Friday after Father's Day)
Sunday 28 June - International Body Piercing Day; Log Cabin Day (was originated by the Log Cabin Society in corroboration with the Bad Axe Historical society); Paul Bunyan Day
Monday 29 June - Please Take My Children To Work Day (Last Monday of June); Waffle Iron Day
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