buckeyegrad;2144417; said:
What was with all the Holocaust references yesterday? Was it intentional? Seems a little inappropriate considering it was Yom HaShoah (i.e. Holocaust Remembrance Day).
Yes. I'm well-known on BP for my strong pro-Nazi sentiments.
That, and I deliberately and methodically keep track of every single
National Day Of on the calendar so I can make a point of disrespecting them.
See? I even have a list:
January 1
Emancipation Proclamation Anniversary
New Year's Day
January 2 New Year's Day Observed (state holiday by law)
January 16 Martin Luther King Day (state holiday by law)
January 23-29 School Board Recognition Week
January 28 Christa McAuliffe Day
Jan. 30-31 Powerful Learning Conference, Tan-Tar-A, Osage Beach, contact Tammy Bagley, 573-881-4859
February 1-28
Missouri Lifelong Learning Month
National African American History Month
National Children's Dental Health Month
National Career and Technical Education Month
February 1 National Freedom Day
February 4 Rosa Parks Day
February 6-10 National School Counseling Week
February 6-12 National FBLA-PBL Week
February 7 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut
Feb. 12-18
National FCCLA Week
February 12 Lincoln Day
February 13 Lincoln Day Observed
February 17 National PTA Founders Day
February 18-25
National FFA Week
National Entrereneurship Week
February 20 Washington's Birthday Observed
February 22 George Washington's Birthday
March 1-31
American Red Cross Month
Music in Our Schools Month
National Middle Level Education Month
National Nutrition Month
Women's History Month
Youth Art Month
March 1 Peace Corps Anniversary
March 2 NEA's Read Across America
March 4-10 School Social Workers Week
March 5-9
National School Breakfast Week
March 6-12
Math, Engineering, Technology and Science Week
March 7 School Principals Day
March 8
International Women's Day
March 9 Missouri School Read-In Day
March 11 Johnny Appleseed Day
March 12-16 Missouri Severe Weather Awareness Week
March 12 Girl Scout Day
March 13
Alzheimer's Awareness Day
Statewide Torando Drill (Back-up date--Thursday, March 15)
March 18-24 National Poison Prevention Week
March 20-26
National Agriculture Week (March 20-Agriculture Day)
March 21 Bird Appreciation Day
April 1 Arbor Day
April 2
International Children's Book Day
April 4
Paraprofessional Appreciation Day
April 8-14
National Library Week (April 10 National Library Workers Day)
April 9 Prisoners of War Remembrance Day
April 13 Jefferson Day
April 15-21
National Environmental Education Week
National Student Leadership Week
National Volunteer Week
Public School Volunteer Week
April 19
Patriots Day
Holocaust Remembrance Day
April 22 Earth Day U.S.A.
April 22-28
Administrative Professionals Week
(April 25-Administrative Professionals Day)
Week of the Young Child
May 1-31
Better Hearing and Speech Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Sight-Saving Month
May 1-7
National Physical Education and Sports Week
May 1
Law Day U.S.A.
Silver Star Families of America Day
May 4 Horace Mann's Birthday
May 6-12 Children?s Mental Health Week (May 9-Children's Mental Health Awareness Day)
May 6-12 Teacher Appreciation Week (May 8-National Teacher Day)
May 6-13 National Music Week
May 7-11 School Nutrition Employee Week
May 7-13 National Children's Book Week
May 8
Truman Day
May 9 National School Nurse Day
May 13-19 Food Allergy Awareness Week
May 13 Mother's Day
May 15
Missouri's Peace Officers Memorial Day
Schools must display flags at half-staff
May 19 Armed Forces Day
May 20-26 National Educational Bosses' Week
May 28 Memorial Day
June 5 World Environment Day
June 10-14 National History Day Contest
June 14 Flag Day
June 17 Father's Day
June 19 Emancipation Day (Juneteenth)
July 29-31 51st Annual Cooperative Conference for School Adminstrators, location TBA
Nov. 12-16 International Education Week
Beginning in 2000, Spring Festival, and National Day are week-long holidays in the mainland territory of the People's Republic of China, known as Golden Weeks. International Labor Day was a similar holiday from 2000 until 2007.
In Colombia, in the holy week there are consecutive holidays Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Holy Friday) with variable dates in March or April.
In The Netherlands, Remembrance of the Dead is celebrated on the 4 May from 19:00 and Liberation Day on the 5th. This way Remembrance of the Dead and Liberation Day constitute one remembrance: for both Victims and Liberation.
In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day can occasionally occur in Holy Week, the week before Easter; in this case the three holidays (St. Patrick's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday) plus three days leave can result in a 10-day break. See Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland.
In Poland during holidays on the 1 May and 3 May, when taking a few days of leave can result in 9-day-long holidays; this is called The Picnic (or Maj?wka).
In Japan, golden-week lasts roughly a full week. Then, in 2007, the law was amended so that if any 2 public holidays occur both on a weekday and are separated by a day, then that intermediate day shall also be a public holiday, thus creating a 3-day long public holiday.
In Australia, Africa, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Russia and the UK, a public holiday otherwise falling on a Sunday will result in observance of the public holiday on the next available weekday (generally Monday). This arrangement results in a long weekend
The U.S. Congress changed the observance of Memorial Day and Washington's Birthday from fixed dates to certain Mondays in 1968 (effective 1971). Several states had passed similar laws earlier.
[edit] Religious holidays
Further information: Category:Holy days
[edit] Bah?'? holidays
Main article: Bah?'? calendar
Naw Ruz (Bah?'? New Year)
1st Day of Ridv?n
9th Day of Ridvan
12th Day of Ridvan
Declaration of the B?b
Ascension of Bah?'u'll?h
Martyrdom of the B?b
Birth of the B?b
Birth of Bah?'u'll?h
[edit] Buddhist holidays
Vesak
Buddha's Birthday
Bon Festival
Blessed Rainy Day
[edit] Celtic, Norse, and Neopagan holidays
In the order of the Wheel of the Year:
Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter
Winter Nights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year
Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mid-winter
Imbolc (Celtic): 1 February-2 February, Celtic first day of spring
Ostara/Easter (Norse): 21 March-22 March, vernal equinox, Celtic mid-spring
Beltane (Celtic): 30 April-1 May, Celtic first day of summer
Litha (Norse): 21 June-22 June, summer solstice, Celtic mid-summer
Lughnasadh (Celtic): 1 August-2 August, Celtic first day of autumn
Mabon/Harvest End (Norse): 21 September-22 September, autumnal equinox, Celtic mid-fall
See also: Swedish festivities
Christian holidays
See also: liturgical year
Advent
All Saints' Day
All Souls' Day
Ascension Thursday (Ascension of Jesus into Heaven)
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent)
Assumption of Mary (Assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Candlemas
Childermas
Christmas (Birth of Jesus)
Corpus Christi (Sacrifice of Jesus)
Easter (Resurrection of Jesus, end of Lent)
Easter Triduum
Holy Thursday (Celebration of The Last Supper)
Good Friday (Death of Jesus)
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
Easter Monday (Monday following Easter Sunday, not part of the Easter Triduum)
Epiphany
Lent (40 days of penance before Easter)
Pentecost or Whitsun (Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus)
Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (last day of Carnival, last day before Ash Wednesday)
Winter Lent
Watch Night
The Catholic patronal feast day or 'name day' are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints.
Hindu holidays
Akshaya Tritiya
Baisakhi
Raksha Bandhan
Mysore Dasara
Diwali
Diwali Amvasaya (Laxmi Puja)
Diwali (day 2)
Bhaubeej
Durga Puja
Ekadasi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Gokul Ashtami
Gudhi Padwa
Guru Purnima
Holi
Karthikai deepam
Krishna Janmaashtami
Mahashivratri
Mahalakshmi vrata
Bhogi
Makara Sankranti
Kanumu
Navratri
Onam
Pongal
Rama-Lilas
Ram Navami
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vijayadashami
Ugadi
Jewish holidays
Main article: Jewish holiday
Hanukkah (also: Chanukah, the Festival of Lights)
Passover (Deliverance of Jews from slavery in Egypt)
Purim (Deliverance of Jews in Persia from Haman)
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks; Harvest Festival)
Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles)
Tisha B'Av (Day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples)
Tu B'shvat (New year of the trees)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Simchat Torah (Completion of the Sefer Torah)
Shemini Atzeret (The beginning of the rainy season in Israel, sometimes confused as being the 8th day of Sukkot)
Shabbat (The day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and the holiest day of the week)
Muslim holidays
Ashurah tenth day of Muharram. Muharram is the first month of the lunar year.
Eid (feast): date determined by the lunar calendar and observation of the moon:
Eid ul-Fitr on the first day of Shawwaal. It marks the end of Ramadan, the fasting month. Part of honoring this occasion is "zakaat ul-fitr" (giving alms to the needy on the day of Eid ul-Fitr).
Eid ul-Adha on the tenth day of Thoo l-Hijjah, the twelfth and final month of the lunar year.
Mawlid Al Rasul - Celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birth
Nisfu Shaaban
Nuzul Al Qur'an - First revelation of Quran
Ramadan
Al-Isra' wa l-Mi'raj - Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven.
Youm Arafat - Eve of Eid ul-Adha
[edit] Western winter holidays in the Northern Hemisphere
Main article: Christmas and holiday season
See also: List of winter festivals and Chinese New Year
The following holidays are observed to some extent at the same time during the Southern hemisphere's summer, with the exception of Winter Solstice.
Thanksgiving - (fourth Thursday in November in United States) ? Holiday generally observed as an expression of gratitude, traditionally to God, for the autumn harvest. It is traditionally celebrated with a meal shared among friends and family in which turkey is eaten. It is celebrated by many as a secular holiday, and in the USA marks the beginning of the "holiday season". In Canada, since the climate is colder, the harvest season begins (and ends) earlier and thus, Thanksgiving takes place on the second Monday in October. It is also a holiday and a day off, but it is not as celebrated as in the USA.
Black Friday - (Day after Thanksgiving in United States) ? Day after Thanksgiving. It is generally viewed as the first day of the Christmas shopping season. Stores generally give sales and discounts to attract customers.
Winter Solstice, Yule - (Winter solstice, around 21-22 December in the northern hemisphere and 21-22 June in the southern hemisphere) ? The celebrations on the winter solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year, are traditionally marked with anything that symbolizes or encourages life. Decorations of evergreens, bright objects and lights; singing songs, giving gifts, feasting and romantic events are often included. For Neopagans this is the celebration of the death and rebirth of the sun and is one of the eight sabbats on the wheel of the year.
Hanukkah - (26 Kislev - 2/3 Tevet - almost always in December) ? Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of Seleucid forces who had tried to prevent Israel from practicing Judaism, and also celebrating the miracle of the Menorah lights burning for eight days with only enough olive oil for one day.
Christmas Eve - (24 December) ? Day before Christmas. Observances usually include big feasts at night to celebrate the day to come. It is the supposed night that Santa Claus delivers presents to all the good children of the world.
Christmas Day - (25 December) ? Christian holiday commemorating the traditional birth-date of Jesus. Observances include gift-giving, the decoration of trees and houses, and Santa Claus folktales.
Kwanzaa (USA) - (26 December - 1 January) ? A modern American invention held from December 26 to January 1 honoring African-American heritage, primarily in the United States. It was invented in 1966 by black activist and marxist Ron Karenga.
St Stephen's Day or Second Day of Christmas (26 December) ? Holiday observed in many European countries.
Boxing Day (26 December or 27 December) ? Holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on the first non-Sunday after Christmas.
New Year's Eve - (31 December) ? Night before New Year's Day. Usually observed with celebrations and festivities in anticipation of the new year.
New Year's Day - (1 January) ? Holiday observing the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
Consecutive holidays
Beginning in 2000, Spring Festival, and National Day are week-long holidays in the mainland territory of the People's Republic of China, known as Golden Weeks. International Labor Day was a similar holiday from 2000 until 2007.
In Colombia, in the holy week there are consecutive holidays Jueves Santo (Holy Thursday) and Viernes Santo (Holy Friday) with variable dates in March or April.
In The Netherlands, Remembrance of the Dead is celebrated on the 4 May from 19:00 and Liberation Day on the 5th. This way Remembrance of the Dead and Liberation Day constitute one remembrance: for both Victims and Liberation.
In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day can occasionally occur in Holy Week, the week before Easter; in this case the three holidays (St. Patrick's Day, Good Friday, and Easter Monday) plus three days leave can result in a 10-day break. See Public holidays in the Republic of Ireland.
In Poland during holidays on the 1 May and 3 May, when taking a few days of leave can result in 9-day-long holidays; this is called The Picnic (or Maj?wka).
In Japan, golden-week lasts roughly a full week. Then, in 2007, the law was amended so that if any 2 public holidays occur both on a weekday and are separated by a day, then that intermediate day shall also be a public holiday, thus creating a 3-day long public holiday.
In Australia, Africa, Canada, Ireland, Poland, Russia and the UK, a public holiday otherwise falling on a Sunday will result in observance of the public holiday on the next available weekday (generally Monday). This arrangement results in a long weekend
The U.S. Congress changed the observance of Memorial Day and Washington's Birthday from fixed dates to certain Mondays in 1968 (effective 1971). Several states had passed similar laws earlier.
[edit] Religious holidays
Further information: Category:Holy days
[edit] Bah?'? holidays
Main article: Bah?'? calendar
Naw Ruz (Bah?'? New Year)
1st Day of Ridv?n
9th Day of Ridvan
12th Day of Ridvan
Declaration of the B?b
Ascension of Bah?'u'll?h
Martyrdom of the B?b
Birth of the B?b
Birth of Bah?'u'll?h
[edit] Buddhist holidays
Vesak
Buddha's Birthday
Bon Festival
Blessed Rainy Day
[edit] Celtic, Norse, and Neopagan holidays
In the order of the Wheel of the Year:
Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter
Winter Nights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year
Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mid-winter
Imbolc (Celtic): 1 February-2 February, Celtic first day of spring
Ostara/Easter (Norse): 21 March-22 March, vernal equinox, Celtic mid-spring
Beltane (Celtic): 30 April-1 May, Celtic first day of summer
Litha (Norse): 21 June-22 June, summer solstice, Celtic mid-summer
Lughnasadh (Celtic): 1 August-2 August, Celtic first day of autumn
Mabon/Harvest End (Norse): 21 September-22 September, autumnal equinox, Celtic mid-fall
See also: Swedish festivities
[edit] Christian holidays
See also: liturgical year
Advent
All Saints' Day
All Souls' Day
Ascension Thursday (Ascension of Jesus into Heaven)
Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent)
Assumption of Mary (Assumption of the Virgin Mary)
Candlemas
Childermas
Christmas (Birth of Jesus)
Corpus Christi (Sacrifice of Jesus)
Easter (Resurrection of Jesus, end of Lent)
Easter Triduum
Holy Thursday (Celebration of The Last Supper)
Good Friday (Death of Jesus)
Holy Saturday
Easter Vigil
Easter Monday (Monday following Easter Sunday, not part of the Easter Triduum)
Epiphany
Lent (40 days of penance before Easter)
Pentecost or Whitsun (Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus)
Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (last day of Carnival, last day before Ash Wednesday)
Winter Lent
Watch Night
The Catholic patronal feast day or 'name day' are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints.
[edit] Hindu holidays
Akshaya Tritiya
Baisakhi
Raksha Bandhan
Mysore Dasara
Diwali
Diwali Amvasaya (Laxmi Puja)
Diwali (day 2)
Bhaubeej
Durga Puja
Ekadasi
Ganesh Chaturthi
Gokul Ashtami
Gudhi Padwa
Guru Purnima
Holi
Karthikai deepam
Krishna Janmaashtami
Mahashivratri
Mahalakshmi vrata
Bhogi
Makara Sankranti
Kanumu
Navratri
Onam
Pongal
Rama-Lilas
Ram Navami
Vaikunta Ekadasi
Vijayadashami
Ugadi
[edit] Jewish holidays
Main article: Jewish holiday
Hanukkah (also: Chanukah, the Festival of Lights)
Passover (Deliverance of Jews from slavery in Egypt)
Purim (Deliverance of Jews in Persia from Haman)
Rosh Hashanah (New Year)
Shavuot (Festival of Weeks; Harvest Festival)
Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles)
Tisha B'Av (Day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples)
Tu B'shvat (New year of the trees)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
Simchat Torah (Completion of the Sefer Torah)
Shemini Atzeret (The beginning of the rainy season in Israel, sometimes confused as being the 8th day of Sukkot)
Shabbat (The day of rest, the seventh day of the week, and the holiest day of the week)
[edit] Muslim holidays
Ashurah tenth day of Muharram. Muharram is the first month of the lunar year.
Eid (feast): date determined by the lunar calendar and observation of the moon:
Eid ul-Fitr on the first day of Shawwaal. It marks the end of Ramadan, the fasting month. Part of honoring this occasion is "zakaat ul-fitr" (giving alms to the needy on the day of Eid ul-Fitr).
Eid ul-Adha on the tenth day of Thoo l-Hijjah, the twelfth and final month of the lunar year.
Mawlid Al Rasul - Celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birth
Nisfu Shaaban
Nuzul Al Qur'an - First revelation of Quran
Ramadan
Al-Isra' wa l-Mi'raj - Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven.
Youm Arafat - Eve of Eid ul-Adha
[edit] Western winter holidays in the Northern Hemisphere
Main article: Christmas and holiday season
See also: List of winter festivals and Chinese New Year
The following holidays are observed to some extent at the same time during the Southern hemisphere's summer, with the exception of Winter Solstice.
Thanksgiving - (fourth Thursday in November in United States) ? Holiday generally observed as an expression of gratitude, traditionally to God, for the autumn harvest. It is traditionally celebrated with a meal shared among friends and family in which turkey is eaten. It is celebrated by many as a secular holiday, and in the USA marks the beginning of the "holiday season". In Canada, since the climate is colder, the harvest season begins (and ends) earlier and thus, Thanksgiving takes place on the second Monday in October. It is also a holiday and a day off, but it is not as celebrated as in the USA.
Black Friday - (Day after Thanksgiving in United States) ? Day after Thanksgiving. It is generally viewed as the first day of the Christmas shopping season. Stores generally give sales and discounts to attract customers.
Winter Solstice, Yule - (Winter solstice, around 21-22 December in the northern hemisphere and 21-22 June in the southern hemisphere) ? The celebrations on the winter solstice, the longest night and shortest day of the year, are traditionally marked with anything that symbolizes or encourages life. Decorations of evergreens, bright objects and lights; singing songs, giving gifts, feasting and romantic events are often included. For Neopagans this is the celebration of the death and rebirth of the sun and is one of the eight sabbats on the wheel of the year.
Hanukkah - (26 Kislev - 2/3 Tevet - almost always in December) ? Jewish holiday celebrating the defeat of Seleucid forces who had tried to prevent Israel from practicing Judaism, and also celebrating the miracle of the Menorah lights burning for eight days with only enough olive oil for one day.
Christmas Eve - (24 December) ? Day before Christmas. Observances usually include big feasts at night to celebrate the day to come. It is the supposed night that Santa Claus delivers presents to all the good children of the world.
Christmas Day - (25 December) ? Christian holiday commemorating the traditional birth-date of Jesus. Observances include gift-giving, the decoration of trees and houses, and Santa Claus folktales.
Kwanzaa (USA) - (26 December - 1 January) ? A modern American invention held from December 26 to January 1 honoring African-American heritage, primarily in the United States. It was invented in 1966 by black activist and marxist Ron Karenga.
St Stephen's Day or Second Day of Christmas (26 December) ? Holiday observed in many European countries.
Boxing Day (26 December or 27 December) ? Holiday observed in many Commonwealth countries on the first non-Sunday after Christmas.
New Year's Eve - (31 December) ? Night before New Year's Day. Usually observed with celebrations and festivities in anticipation of the new year.
New Year's Day - (1 January) ? Holiday observing the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
In Biblical times, the following Jewish religious feasts were celebrated :
Pesach (Passover) ? 14 Nisan/Abib (sacrifice of a lamb), 15 Nisan/Abib (Passover seder)
Shavuot (Pentecost) ? 6 Sivan
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) ? 10 Tishrei
Sukkot (Tabernacles) ? 15 Tishrei
Hanukkah (Dedication or Lights) ? 25 Kislev (instituted in 164 BC)
Purim (Lots) ? 14 Adar (instituted c. 400 BC)
Not forgetting all 13 days of Chinese New Year's.
Oh. And it's coincidentally the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, and The History Channel2 ran a documentary last week about Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels's failed anti-British blockbuster movie regarding same. But that wasn't mentioned in any other of my posts, of course. 
