People Observances

Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate.

Since 2009, Nelson Mandela's birthday has been celebrated as a chance to honor his life and inspire others to take action to change the world for the better. 

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Harriet Quimby Day.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Herbert Hoover Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Santa Dulce in Brazil.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Antyodaya Diwas in India.

Leif Eriksson was the first known European to have set foot on continental North America, 500 years before Christopher Columbus.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of General Pulaski Memorial Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Christopher Columbus Day in Italy.

Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts was born on this day in 1860.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Chicken Lady Day

The brave King Edmund was killed by Danish invaders on November 20th 869 after refusing to denounce his Christianity.

This day remembers an important Slovenian general on the day of one his most notable achievements.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Ben-Gurion Day in Israel.

Rosa Parks day is observed to honor the civil rights in the USA and to pay a tribute to the activist Rosa.

This national day celebrates the life of George Washington carver, a great African American scientist.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Stephen Foster Memorial Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Mentoring Day.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Betty White Day.

The day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, an importnat figure in India's independence movement..

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Ellen Degeneres Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Curmudgeons Day.

Freethinkers Day (Thomas Paine Day), celebrates the life of the influential American writer and philosopher.

Marks the birthday of Fred Korematsu, a leading civil rights activist for Asian Americans

Rosa Parks day is observed to honor the civil rights in the USA and to pay a tribute to the activist Rosa.

Lincoln, was born on 12 Feb 1809 in LaRue county, Kentucky. He became the 16th president of the United States in 1860.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Darwin Day

Marks the birthday of a female civil rights leader

Marks the birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouts movement.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Casimir Pulaski Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Harriet Tubman Day.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Winston Churchill Day

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the USA was born on April 13th 1743.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Birthday of Queen Margrethe II

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Paul Revere Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Kartinis Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Stephen Lawrence Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Babe Ruth Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Harvey Milk Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Linnaeus Day in Sweden.

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Loomis Day