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January 2007
 

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New Year's Day
Emancipation Day - African American, United States
Feast of St. Basil - Christian, Orthodox
Ganjitsu - Japanese New Year
Mahayana - Buddhist New Year
Birth of Guru Gobindh Singh - Sikh
Epiphany - Christian
Dia de los Reyes - Three Kings' Day - Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic
Feast of the Nativity - Christian, Orthodox
Maghi - Sikh
Festival of Lohri - Hindu
Makar Sankranthi - Hindu - new beginning
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
Shinran Memorial Day - Buddhist
World Religion Day - Baha'i
First day of the Week of Prayer for Unity - Christian
Hijra -- Islamic New Year
Eid al-Adha - Islamic, Muslim
World Religion Day - Baha'i-sponsored day that is dedicated to the unity and oneness of all world religions
Vasant Panchami -- Celebration of Saraswati, goddess of learning - Hindu
Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
Ashura - Islamic Day of Atonement. Honors Muhammad's martyred grandson

February 2007
 



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African American Heritage Month; National Black History Month

Candlemas - Christian
Tu B'Shevat -- New Year for Trees
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
Nirvana Day - Buddhist
St. Valentine's Day - Christian
Tet Festival Begins - Vietnam New Year
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist - Year of the Boar
Losar - Tibetan New Year - Buddhist
Mardi Gras, ending the Carnival season between Christmas and Lent
Ash Wednesday, Lent begins - Protestant, Roman Catholic
Sunday of Orthodoxy
First day of Intercalary Days - Baha'i


March 2007
 



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National Women's History Month

St. David's Day - English, Welsh
International Women of Color Day
Purim begins at sundown - Jewish
Magha Puja Day/Sanga Day - Buddhist celebration of teachings by Lord Buddha
Purim - Marks the survival of Jews in Persia - Jewish
Holi - Festival of color - Hindu spring festival
International Women's Day
Daylight Savings Time
St. Patrick's Day - Christian, Ireland, United States
Hindu New Year
Vernal Equinox
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Higan - Buddhist observance of harmony
Nav Ruz, Naw Ruz, Norooz - Bahá’i & Persian New Year
The Annunciation - Christian
Rama Navami -- Birthday of Sri Rama - Hindu
Lazarus Saturday - Orthodox Christian
Mawlid al-Nabi -- Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, founder of Islam
Human Rights Day


APRIL 2007
 

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Palm Sunday - Christian celebration of the beginning of Holy Week
Theravadin Buddhist New Year
Lord's Evening Meal - Jehovah's Witness Christian
Passover begins - An 8-day commemoration of the deliverance of the Jews from slavery in Egypt
Daylight Saving Time begins
Good Friday - Christian commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus
Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
Easter Sunday - Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus
Easter/Pascha - Orthodox Christian
Baisakhi - Hindu New Year
Ch'ing Ming Festival of Pure Brightness - Chinese
Sinhala and Tamil New Year - Sri Lanka
Vaisakhi - Sikh
Miladun-Nabi - The Prophet Muhammad's Birthday - Muslim
Yom Hashoah - Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day
Ridvan - Bahá’i
Earth Day
Freedom Day - South Africa


MAY 2007
 



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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Law Day - United States
May Day - Europe
Beltane - Wiccan
Worker's Day
Buddha Day - Visakha Puja - Buddha's Birthday - Wesak in Theravada - Buddhist marking of the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha
National Day of Prayer - United States
Cinco de Mayo - Cultural Celebration, Mexico, celebrating the overthrow of the Mexican Imperial Monarchy
Children's Day - Japan
Mother's Day
International Day of Families
Ascension of Christ - Christian
Malcolm X's birthday - African-American, United States
Shavuot begins at sunset - Jewish festival that commemorates Moses receiving the Ten Commandments and the Torah
Declaration of the Bab - Baha'i
Pentecost - Christian commemoration of when the Holy Spirit came to the disciples
Trinity - Orthodox Christian
Memorial Day
Ascension of Baha'u'llah - Baha'i observance of the death of the founder

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Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transexual Pride Month

All Saints Day - Orthodox Christian
Trinity Sunday - Christian
World Environment Day
Corpus Christi - Catholic Christian
Flag Day
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan - Sikh
Father’s Day
Juneteenth
Summer Solstice
First Nations Day - Native American

JULY 2007
 

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Canada Day - Canada
Independence Day - United States
Fil-American Friendship Day - Phillippines, United States
Dalai Lama’s Birthday
through July 14: +++Inclusionati Youth Leadership
Martyrdom of the Bab - Baha'i
Bon Festival - Japan
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan - Sikh
Birthday of Haile Selassie Rastafarian
Pioneer Day - Mormon celebration of the 1847 arrival in Salt Lake City of the first settlers
through August 3: +++Police/Youth Live In Camp

AUGUST 2007
 

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Civic Holiday - Canada
Transfiguration of The Lord - Orthodox Christian
O-Bon begins - Japanese
Independence Day - Pakistan
Assumption - Christian
Dormition of the Theotokos - Eastern Orthodox
Independence Day - India
Liberation Day - Korea, South Korea
Raksha Bandhan - Humanity Day - Hindu
Lailat Al Bara'ah - Islamic Night of Salvation

SEPTEMBER 2007
 



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National Hispanic Heritage Month

Church year begins - Orthodox Christian
Krishna Janmashtami - Hindu commemoration of the birth of Krishna
Deepavali (Diwali) - Hindu
Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset - Jewish New Year
Ramadan begins - commemorating Muhammad's divine revelation
Autumnal Equinox
Yom Kippur begins at sunset - Jewish Day of Atonement
Sukkot begins at sunset - Jewish festival of the harvest

OCTOBER 2007
 





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National Disability Employment Awareness Month
National Gay & Lesbian History Month
National Arts & Humanities Month


World Communion Sunday - Protestant
Eid al Fitr (Ramadan ends) - Islam
Navaratri Begins - the Hindu festival of the divine mother
Birth of the B'ab - Baha'i
Reformation Day - Protestant Christian
All Hallows Eve - Christian

NOVEMBER 2007
 

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All Saints' Day
All Souls' Day - Christian day of prayers for the dead
Election Day in the United States
Diwali - Indian Festival of Lights
Veteran's Day
Birth of Baha' u'llah - Baha'i
International Day for Tolerance
Thanksgiving - Interfaith
Martyrdom of Guru Teg Bahadur
Christ the King - Christian
Day of the Covenant - Baha'i
St. Andrew's Day - Christian


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World AIDs Day
First Sunday of Advent - Christian
First day of Hanukkah - Jewish Festival of Lights
International Day of Disabled Persons
St. Nicholas Day - Christian
Bodhi Day - Buddhism
Immaculate Conception of Mary - Catholic
Human Rights Day
Feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe - Catholic
Hajj begins - Islam
Waqf al Arafa (Hajj Day) - Islam
Eid-Al-Adha - Islamic Feast of Sacrifice
Pancha Ganapati - Five-day festival for Ganesh - Hindu
Winter Solstice
Christmas - Christian
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
Kwanzaa begins - Cultural - African-American celebration of family, community and culture
St. Stephen's Day - Christian
Holy Innocents - Christian
Eid al-Adha -- Feast of Sacrifice


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