People Observances

There is a Day for That! provides you with a list of observances and national days related to People.

Christopher Columbus Day

Christopher Columbus Day

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

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Girl Scout Founder’s Day

Girl Scout Founder’s Day

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

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National Chicken Lady Day

National Chicken Lady Day

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

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St Edmund's Day

St Edmund's Day

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

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Rudolf Maister Day

Rudolf Maister Day

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

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Rosa Parks Day

Rosa Parks Day

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

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Ben-Gurion Day

Ben-Gurion Day

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

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Carver Day

Carver Day

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

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Stephen Foster Memorial Day

Stephen Foster Memorial Day

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

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James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day

James Leonard Tagle Gordon Day

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

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Betty White Day

Betty White Day

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

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International Mentoring Day

International Mentoring Day

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

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Parakram Diwas

Parakram Diwas

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

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National Ellen Degeneres Day

National Ellen Degeneres Day

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

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Freethinkers Day

Freethinkers Day

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

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National Curmudgeons Day

National Curmudgeons Day

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

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Korematsu Day

Korematsu Day

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

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Transit Equity Day

Transit Equity Day

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

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Lincoln’s Birthday

Lincoln’s Birthday

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

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International Darwin Day

International Darwin Day

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Susan B. Anthony Day

Susan B. Anthony Day

Marks the birthday of a female civil rights leader

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Founders Day

Founders Day

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

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Casimir Pulaski Day

Casimir Pulaski Day

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

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Harriet Tubman Day

Harriet Tubman Day

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

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National Winston Churchill Day

National Winston Churchill Day

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National Thomas Jefferson Day

National Thomas Jefferson Day

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

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Birthday of Queen Margrethe II

Birthday of Queen Margrethe II

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

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National Paul Revere Day

National Paul Revere Day

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Kartini Day

Kartini Day

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Stephen Lawrence Day

Stephen Lawrence Day

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National Babe Ruth Day

National Babe Ruth Day

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

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Harvey Milk Day

Harvey Milk Day

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

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Linnaeus Day

Linnaeus Day

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

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Loomis Day

Loomis Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Loomis Day

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Thank You Day

Thank You Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Thank You Day.

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Malala Day

Malala Day

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

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Nelson Mandela Day 

Nelson Mandela Day 

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. 

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Harriet Quimby Day

Harriet Quimby Day

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

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Herbert Hoover Day

Herbert Hoover Day

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

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Santa Dulce

Santa Dulce

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

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Antyodaya Diwas

Antyodaya Diwas

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

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National Leif Erikson Day

National Leif Erikson Day

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

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