Major 2020 Holidays

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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 everyone, big or small.

Major 2020 Holidays:

January	1 New Year’s Day 4 Trivia Day 5 Feast of the Epiphany- Three Kings Day – date varies 5 National Bird Day 10 Houseplant Appreciation Day 20 Martin Luther King’s Birthday – third Monday 25 Chinese New Years It’s the Year 4718! 25 Opposite Day 26 Australia Day Daily January holidays and special days
February	2 Groundhog’s Day 2 Super Bowl Sunday, Superbowl 54 3 Feed the Birds Day 9 Oscar Night 2020 12 Lincoln’s Birthday 14 Valentines Day 15 Singles Awareness Day – Are you single or in-between relations? Then, this day is for you! 17 President’s Day – third Monday of month 20 Hoodie-Hoo Day 22 Washington’s Birthday 25 Mardi Gras(Fat Tuesday) 26 Ash Wednesday 29 Leap Day – just once every four years Winter Olympics begins – not until 2022 Winter Olympics ends – not until 2022 Daily February holidays and special days
March	8 Daylight Savings begins at 2:00 a.m. – date varies 8 International Women’s Day 10 Purim begins at sundown 13 Friday the 13th 15 Ides of March 17 St. Patrick’s Day 19 Spring (Vernal) Equinox 20 International Earth Day – also called Sun-Earth Day 25 Feast of the Annunciation Daily March holidays and special days
April	1 April Fool’s Day 1 International Tatting Day 3 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday 5 Palm Sunday 8 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days. 10 Good Friday 12 Easter Sunday 15 Income taxes due (most years it is due on the 15th) 20 Patriot’s Day Third Monday 20 Ramadan begins 22 Earth Day (U.S.) 22 Administrative Professionals Day formerly “Secretaries Day” – date varies 23 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday 24 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April Daily April holidays and special days
May	1 May Day 2 Kentucky Derby Day. Mint Juleps anyone!? – date varies 4 Star Wars Day 5 Cinco de Mayo 5 National Teacher’s Day – Tuesday of first full week of May 8 VE Day, WW II 10 Mother’s Day – second Sunday 12 Lilac Sunday 16 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday 18 Victoria Day (Canada) – usually the 24th 25 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 21 Father’s Day – third Sunday Daily June holidays and special days
July	1 Canada Day (Dominion Day) 4 Independence Day 5 National Bikini Day 15 National Hot Dog Day – third Wednesday of month 22 Hammock Day …relax and enjoy! 24 Summer Olympics begins Daily July holidays and special days
August	3 National Watermelon Day 9 Summer Olympics ends 10 National S’mores Day 13 Left Hander’s Day 14 V-J Day 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day Daily August holidays and special days
September	2 VJ Day, WWII 7 Labor Day – first Monday 11 911 Remembrance 13 Grandparents Day – first Sunday after Labor Day 17 Constitution Day 18 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown 19 Oktoberfest begins in Germany 21 International Peace Day (UN) 22 Autumnal Equinox – date varies 25 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the month 27 Yom Kippur Daily September Holidays and special days
October	1 International Day for the Elderly 2 World Smile Day first Friday of month 4 Oktoberfest ends in Germany 12 Columbus Day observed on second Monday 12 Indigenous People Day second Monday of month 12 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday 16 Boss’s Day 17 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday 24 United Nations Day 24 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday 31 Halloween Daily October holidays and special days
November	1 All Saint’s Day 1 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep 1-2 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2 All Soul’s Day – usually on the 2nd 3 U.S. General Election Day – please exercise your right to vote 11 Veteran’s Day 13 Caregiver Appreciation Day 13 Friday the 13th 13 Sadie Hawkins Day 19 Great American Smokeout – third Thursday 20 Universal Children’s Day 26 Thanksgiving Day – fourth Thursday 27 Black Friday – day after Thanksgiving 29 Advent begins Daily November holidays and special days
December	7 Pearl Harbor Day 10 Chanukah lasts 8 days 12 Poinsettia Day 13 Friday the 13th 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) 23 Festivus – for the rest of us! 25 Christmas 26 Kwanzaa 27 National Fruitcake Day 28 Boxing Day – date can vary 31 New Year’s Eve Daily December holidays and special days