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2008 Calendar & Holidays
See also:
Holidays in America
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Significant January holidays:
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New Year's Day
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Epiphany
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1st Day of
Muharram
†
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s
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Prevous month: January
Next month: March
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Significant February holidays:
Black History Month
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Groundhog Day
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Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
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Ash Wednesday
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Chinese New Year
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Lincoln's
Birthday
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Valentine's Day
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Washington's Birthday observed
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Washington's
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Leap Year Day
Prevous month: February
Next month: April
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Significant March holidays:
Women's History Month
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Daylight Saving Time
begins
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The Ides of March
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Palm Sunday
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St. Patrick's Day
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Spring begins
(EDT)
‡
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Mawlid al-Nabi
†
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Good Friday
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Purim
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Easter Sunday
(Western)
Prevous month: March
Next month: May
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Significant April holidays:
Poetry Month
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April Fool's Day
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1st Day of
Passover
†
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Easter Sunday
(Orthodox)
Prevous month: April
Next month: June
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Significant May holidays:
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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May Day
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Ascension Day
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Mother's Day
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Pentecost
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Memorial Day
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Prevous month: May
Next month: July
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Significant June holidays:
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1st Day of
Shavuot
†
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Flag Day
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Father's Day
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Summer begins
(EDT)
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Prevous month: June
Next month: August
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Significant July holidays:
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Canada Day
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Independence Day
Prevous month: July
Next month: September
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Prevous month: August
Next month: October
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Significant September holidays:
Hispanic Heritage Month
(Sept. 15–Oct. 15)
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Labor Day
2
Ramadan
begins
†
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Autumn begins
(EDT)
‡
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1st Day of
Rosh Hashanah
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Prevous month: September
Next month: November
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Significant October holidays:
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ends
(Eid al-Fitr)
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Yom Kippur
†
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Columbus Day
observed
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Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
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1st Day of
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†
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Shemini Atzeret
†
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Diwali
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Halloween
Prevous month: October
Next month: December
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Significant November holidays:
American Indian Heritage Month
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All Saints' Day
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Daylight Saving Time
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Election Day
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Veterans Day
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Thanksgiving
(U.S.)
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1st Sunday of
Advent
Prevous month: November
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Significant December holidays:
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Eid al-Adha
†
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Winter begins
(EST)
‡
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1st Day of
Hanukkah
†
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Christmas
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1st Day of
Kwanzaa
† All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the day before they are listed here.
‡ See
Seasons for the Northern Hemisphere
, for solstices and equinoxes.
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This Day in History
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2007 Calendar
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