List of holidays commemorating individuals

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This is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.

PersonHolidayObserving governmentDate
Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony Day United States15 February [1]
Errol Barrow Errol Barrow Day Barbados21 January
Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Day United States31 March [2]
Jesus Christ Christmas VariousDecember 25
Christopher Columbus Columbus Day Varioussecond Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere)
Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Night (or Day)United Kingdom5 November
Malala Yousafzai Malala Day VariousJuly 12th
Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi Jayanti India2 October
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa Day AlbaniaSeptember 5
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day United Statesthird Monday in January
Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Birthday Parts of the United States12 February
Nelson Mandela Mandela Day Various18 July
Harvey Milk Harvey Milk Day California / United States / New YorkMay 22
John Muir John Muir Day CaliforniaApril 21 [3]
Barack Obama Obama Day Kenya, parts of the United StatesNovember 6
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Day Four states of the United States4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon)
Casimir Pulaski General Pulaski Memorial Day United States11 October
Casimir Pulaski Day Illinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc.first Monday in March [4]
Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Day United States10 March [5]
Queen Victoria Victoria Day Canadalast Monday before 25 May
George Washington Washington's Birthday United Statesthird Monday in February [6]
Wright brothers Wright Brothers Day United States17 December [7]
Malcolm X Malcolm X Day Berkeley, Californiaeither Malcolm's birthday on May 19 or the third Sunday of May [8]
Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen Saint Verhaegen Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium20 November

References

  1. ↑ Holly Matthews. "Susan B. Anthony Day". TeacherLINK @ Utah State University. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Presidential Proclamation – Cesar Chavez Day". whitehouse.gov . March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2016– via National Archives.
  3. ↑ "Ronald Reagan, John Muir, Harvey Milk: The Californian trinity". The Economist. July 8, 2010.
  4. ↑ Greenberg, Julia (March 5, 2012). "Casimir Pulaski Day Closings: Chicago Public Schools, Government Agencies Closed for Holiday". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Proclamation 6107 - Harriet Tubman Day, 1990". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ↑ Strauss, Valerie (February 16, 2014). "Why Presidents' Day Is slightly strange". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Proclamation 3315—Wright Brothers Day, 1959 | The American Presidency Project". www.presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Knobel, Lance (2010-05-17). "Malcolm X Day -- more than a day off?". Berkeleyside. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
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