January
1st Mochitsuki Day (Japanese) 6th Three King's Day (Puerto Rican) 15th Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Chinese/Korean/Vietnamese New Year (varies)
| February
African American History Month Sisterhood/Brotherhood Week (varies) 5th Constitution Day (Mexican) Purim (Jewish) (varies) 15th Susan B. Anthony's Birthday 15th Nirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism) Shivaratri (Hindu) (varies)
| March
Women's History Month Pesach (Passover) (Jewish) (varies) 3rd Girls Day (Japanese) 4th Two Trung Sisters Day (Vietnamese) 5th Boys Day (Japanese) 8th International Women's Day 22nd Emancipation Day (Puerto Rican) 26th Kuhio Day (Hawaiian) |
April
1st International Children's Book Day Earth Month 5th Ching Ming Festival (Chinese) 8th Buddha Day 13th Vaisakhi (Sikh) 17th Verranzano Day (Italian) 21st Festival of Ridvan (Baha'i) 29th Hung Vuong (Vietnemese) | May
Asian American Heritage Month 2nd Holocaust Memorial Day 5th Cinco de Mayo (Mexican) 5th Children's Day (Japanese) 24th Women's International Disarmament Day 28th Dragon Boat Festival (Chinese)
| June
6th Memorial Day (Korean) 11th Kamehameha Day (Hawaiian) 19th Juneteenth Day (African American) 29th Green Corn Dance (Seminole) Lesbian/Gay Pride Month
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July
15th Bon (Mahayana Buddhism) 21st Hopi Niman Dance Day 25th Constitution Day (Puerto Rican)
| August
6th Hiroshima Day 9th Nagasaki Day 15th National Day (Korean American) 26th Women's Equality Day 30th Sunrise Dance Day (Native American)
| September
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish) (varies) Yom Kippur (Jewish) (varies) Sukkot (Jewish) (varies) Maulud-un-Nabi (Muslim) (varies) 8th Cherokee National Day 15th Respect for Aged Day (Japanese) 16th Mexican Independence Day 18th International Day of Peace 28th & 29th American Indian Day |
October
Hispanic Heritage Month 1st World Vegetarian Day 11th National Lesbian/Gay Coming Out Day 12th Day of the Race (Latino/a) 16th World Food Day 24th United Nations Day 28th Czechoslavak Independence Day Dussehra (Hindu) (varies) Pavarana (Theravada Buddhism) Kanname Festival (Shinto) (varies) | November
1st & 2nd days of the dead (Latino/a) 15 International Day of the Indian Children's Book Week (varies) Latin American Week (varies) Niiname Festival (Shinto) Native People Day of Mourning (varies)
| December
Chanukah (Jewish) (varies) 5th Discovery day (Haitian) 10th Human Rights Day 15th Navidades (Puerto Rican) 16th Posadas (Mexican) 26th to Jan. 1st Kwanza (African American)
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Reference
Reprinted from Multicultural Voices in Contemporary Literature: A Resource for Teachers, Updated and Revised Edition by Frances Ann Day. Copyright 1999 by Frances Ann Day. Published by Heinemann, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc., Portsmouth, NH.