World Holidays and Festivals

International observances in 2006:

January-8 World Literary Day
January-11 International Thank-You Day

March-1 International Women of Color Day
March-8 International Women's Day
March-14 World Book Day
March-20 World Frog Day
March-21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
March-22 World Day for Water
March-23 World Meteorological Day

April-2 International Children's Book Day
April-7 World Health Day
April-13 International Special Librarian's Day
April-21 International Creativity and Innovation Day
April-22 Earth Day
April-23 World Copyright Day

May-3 World Press Freedom Day
May-8 World Red Cross Day
May-12 International Midwives Day
May-12 International Nurses Day
May-15 International Day of Families
May-18 International Museum Day
May-22 International Day for Biological Diversity
May-23 World Turtle Day
May-31 World No-Tobacco Day

June-14 World Sea Turtle Day
June-16 International Day of the African Child
June-17 World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought
June-20 World Refugee Day
June-26 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Trafficking
June-26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

July-11 World Population Day
July-16 World Snake Day

August-8 International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August-8 Universal & International Infinity Day
August-12 International Youth Day
August-13 International Lefthanders Day
August-14 World Lizard Day

September-8 International Literacy Day
September-16 International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
September-21 World Gratitude Day

October-1 International Day for the Elderly
October-2 World Farm Animals Day
October-3 World Temperance Day
October-4 World Animal Day
October-5 World Teacher's Day
October-10 World Mental Health Day
October-16 World Food Day
October-17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
October-24 United Nations Day
October-24 World Development Information Day
October-29 International Internet Day

November-8 World Town Planning Day
November-16 International Day for Tolerance
November-21 World Television Day
November-25 In ternational Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
November-30 International Computer Security Day

December-1 World AIDS Day
December-2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
December-5 International Day of Disabled Persons
December-5 International Volunteers Day
December-7 International Civil Aviation Day
December-10 Human Rights Day