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Outdoor Classroom Day

Outdoor Classroom Day is a global movement to inspire and celebrate outdoor play and learning, at home and at school. On Outdoor Classroom Day itself, which has two dates each…

African Liberation Day

On African Liberation Day many African countries celebrate the hard-fought achievement of their freedom from European colonial powers.

Memorial Day

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, commemorates all men and women who have died in military service for the United States.

Cheese Rolling Festival, UK

The Cheese Rolling Festival is an annual English tradition in which several contestants attempt to chase a rolling cheese wheel down a very steep hill to win one of the most…

World Reef Awareness Day

World Reef Awareness Day is a call to action for protecting the reef ecosystem within our oceans. Learn more.

El Colacho, Spain

El Salto del Colacho, also known as The Baby Jumping Festival, is a Spanish ritual in which men dressed as the devil jump over babies born within the year. Traditionally,…

American Indian Citizenship Day

American Indian Citizenship Day commemorates the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act in 1924, granting United States citizenship to all Native Americans born in the country.

World Bicycle Day

World Bicycle Day celebrates the uniqueness, longevity, and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries. It's a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable…

World Environment Day

World Environment Day is an environmental awareness day dedicated to educating people, protecting the planet, and improving the overall human environment.

D-Day

D-Day is observed in the U.S. in memory of the Normandy landings in France on June 6, 1944, in which American soldiers and other Allied forces fought to end World War…