2016 UK DAYS
OF INTEREST
CALENDAR
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JANUARY 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
New Year’s Day
2
Saturday
Science Fiction Day
Dry January Begins
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
12
13
14
15
16
World Braille Day
10
11
International Hot & Spicy
Food Day
International Fetish Day
17
18
19
20
21
Blue Monday
National Popcorn Day
International Day of
Acceptance
Squirrel Appreciation Day
Winnie the Pooh Day
Penguin Awareness Day
World Day of the
Snowman
24
25
26
27
Global Belly Laugh Day
Burns Night (Scotland)
Australia Day
Holocaust Memorial Day
Peanut Butter Day (US)
Irish Coffee Day
Cervical Cancer
Prevention Week Begins
Bubble Wrap
Appreciation Day
Breakfast Week Begins
31
World Leprosy Day
Dry January Ends
22
23
29
30
National Hugging Day
28
National Storytelling Week
Begins
Cervical Cancer
Prevention Week Ends
Breakfast Week Ends
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FEBRUARY 2016
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
World Wetlands Day
7
8
9
10
British Yorkshire Pudding
Day
Chinese New Year
Shrove Tuesday
Ash Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
4
5
6
World Cancer Day
World Nutella Day
Six Nations Begins
Working Naked Day
National Storytelling Week
Ends
12
13
11
Red Hand Day
Darwin Day
Superbowl 50
14
15
Valentine’s Day
Singles Awareness Day
International Book Giving
Day
International Childhood
Cancer Day
21
22
International Mother
Language Day
World Thinking Day
28
29
88th Academy Awards
(Oscars)
Friday
Leap Day
Rare Disease Day
Fairtrade Fortnight Begins
16
17
18
19
20
26
27
London Fashion Week
AW16 Begins
23
London Fashion AW16
Week Ends
24
Brit Awards
25
World Day of Social
Justice
National Chilli Day (US)
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MARCH 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
3
4
5
World Compliment Day
World Book Day
World Day of Prayer
St. David’s Day
International School
Meals Day
English Tourism Week
Begins
12
6
7
8
9
10
11
Mother’s Day
British Pie Week Begins
International Women’s
Day
Barbie’s 57th Birthday
World Kidney Day
No Smoking Day
Super Mario Day
World Plumbing Day
British Science Week
Begins
13
14
Fairtrade Fortnight Ends
Commonwealth Day
British Pie Week Ends
Pi Day
English Tourism Week Ends
International Ask a
Question Day
20
21
International Day of
Happiness
World Poetry Day
Palm Sunday
15
16
World Consumer Rights
Day
22
World Water Day
World Down Syndrome
Day
17
18
19
St. Patrick’s Day
Sport Relief
Earth Hour
Six Nations Ends
23
24
25
Holi
Wear a Hat Day
Good Friday
World Meteorological Day
World TB Day
30
31
26
End of Lent
British Science Week Ends
27
28
Easter Sunday
Easter Monday
Clocks Go Forward
29
World Back Up Day
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APRIL 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
April Fool’s Day
International Children’s
Book Day
International Fun at Work
Day
World Autism Awareness
Day
International Pillow Fight
Day
3
4
World Party Day
International Carrot Day
10
11
Siblings Day
National Gardening Week
Begins
17
18
International Malbec Day
International Dining Week
Begins
National Gardening Week
Ends
24
25
London Marathon
World Malaria Day
Drive It Day
World Penguin Day
International Dining Week
Ends
Allergy Awareness Week
Begins
National Stationery Week
Begins
5
12
6
7
Tartan Day (US)
World Health Day
13
14
International Day of Pink
20
27
Grand National
16
World Art Day
World Voice Day
Titanic Remembrance
Day
Record Store Day
22
23
Earth Day
World Book Night
Passover Begins
St. George’s Day
28
29
30
Pay it Forward Day
International Dance Day
International Jazz Day
21
The Queen’s Actual
Birthday
26
9
15
Vaisakhi (Sikh New Year)
International Plant
Appreciation Day
19
8
Passover Ends
MAY 2016
Sunday
1
2
3
Wednesday
4
5
6
International Dawn
Chorus Day
World Laughter Day
Early May Bank Holiday
World Asthma Day
Star Wars Day
Cinco de Mayo
International No Diet Day
Deaf Awareness Week
Begins
World Press Freedom Day
International Firefighters
Day
International Day of the
Midwife
International Tuba Day
10
11
12
13
14
International Nurses Day
International Hummus
Day
Eurovision Song Contest
Allergy Awareness Week
Ends
National Stationery Week
Ends
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
Saturday
7
Children’s Book Week
Begins
8
9
VE Day
World Red Cross Red
Crescent Day
National Sandwich Week
Begins
Deaf Awareness Week
Ends
Children’s Book Week
Ends
Europe Day
15
16
17
18
International Day of
Families
British Tomato Week
Begins
Learning at Work Week
Begins
National Vegetarian
Week Begins
Sun Awareness Week
Ends
International Day Against
Homophobia &
Transphobia
World AIDS Vaccine Day
22
23
24
25
World Goth Day
International Day for
Biodiversity
World Turtle Day
Dementia Awareness
Week Ends
National Wine Day
Sun Awareness Week
Begins
World Fair Trade Day
Real Bread Week Begins
National Sandwich Week
Ends
19
20
21
World Metrology Day
World Whisky Day
International Museum Day
World Day for Cultural
Diversity
Dementia Awareness
Week Begins
National Epilepsy Week
Begins
National Epilepsy Week
Ends
British Tomato Week Ends
Learning at Work Week
Ends
National Vegetarian
Week Ends
Real Bread Week Ends
29
Thursday
Geek Pride Day
Africa Day
Wesak
FA Cup Final
26
27
28
Amnesty International
Day
World Hunger Day
Champions League Final
English Wine Week Begins
30
31
Spring Bank Holiday
World No Tobacco Day
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JUNE 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
1
Thursday
2
3
International Children’s
Day
International Sex Workers
Day
National Fish & Chip Day
10
11
Euro 2016 Begins
World Gin Day
17
18
World Milk Day
Friday
Saturday
4
Doughnut Day
Volunteer Week Begins
5
6
7
8
9
World Environment Day
Carers Week Begins
Child Safety Week Begins
Heart Rhythm Week
Begins
First Day of Ramadan
World Oceans Day
Donald Duck Day
Volunteer Week Ends
Best Friends Day
13
14
15
Men’s Health Week Begins
World Blood Donor Day
National Beer Day
World Bourbon Day
Royal Ascot 2016
English Wine Week Ends
12
World Day Against Child
Labour
Deaf Awareness Week
Ends
Red Rose Day
Royal Ascot 2016
20
21
22
Father’s Day
World Refugee Day
World Humanist Day
Glastonbury Begins
World Martini Day
Refugee Week Begins
International Surfing Day
Bike Week Ends
Men’s Health Week Ends
National Insect Week
Begins
27
28
29
Wimbledon Begins
International Body
Piercing Day
Beautician’s Day
National Insect Week
Ends
Refugee Week Ends
World Juggling Day
International Picnic Day
19
International Handstand
Day
International Sushi Day
Diabetes Week Begins
Child Safety Week Ends
26
Royal Ascot 2016
Bike Week Begins
Carers Week Ends
Heart Rhythm Week Ends
16
Diabetes Week Ends
Glastonbury Ends
23
International Widows Day
30
24
25
Bring Your Dog to Work
Day
Armed Forces Day
Global Beatles Day
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JULY 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
International Reggae Day
World UFO Day
International Joke Day
Tour de France Begins
Canada Day
3
4
International Plastic Bag
Free Day
Independence Day (US)
10
11
Euro 2016 Final
World Population Day
5
Ramadan Ends
6
7
International Kissing Day
Global Forgiveness Day
8
9
Wimbledon Women’s Final
World Chocolate Day
12
13
Wimbledon Men’s Final
14
15
16
Bastille Day
The Open (Golf)
World Snake Day
Shark Awareness Day
The Open (Golf)
The Open (Golf)
17
18
19
20
The Open (Golf)
Mandela Day
Dharma Day
World Jump Day
21
22
23
Hot Dog Day
World Daiquiri Day
24
28
29
30
World Tequila Day
World Hepatitis Day
International Tiger Day
Cousins Day
World Nature
Conservation Day
International Friendship
Day
Tour de France Ends
31
25
26
27
Cheesecake Day
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AUGUST 2016
Sunday
Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Yorkshire Day
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
4
5
6
Anniversary of the start of
the First World War
International Beer Day
Hiroshima Day
11
International Childfree
Day
Rio Olympics Begins
National Girlfriend’s Day
7
World Breastfeeding Week
Begins
8
9
10
12
13
IPA Day
International Cat Day
World Lion Day
International Youth Day
World Breastfeeding Week
Ends
National Allotments Week
Begins
International Day of the
World’s Indigenous
People
Duran Duran Appreciation
Day
Middle Child Day
International Left Handers
Day
14
15
16
17
National Allotments Week
Ends
18
National Rum Day
19
20
World Humanitarian Day
International Homeless
Animal’s Day
Men’s Grooming Day
World Mosquito Day
World Honey Bee Day
21
22
World Photography Day
23
24
International Day for the
Remembrance of the
Slave Trade & its Abolition
Rio Olympics Ends
28
29
30
Bow Tie Day
August Bank Holiday
International Day of the
Disappeared
International Day against
Nuclear Tests
International Whale Shark
Day
25
26
27
National Burger Day
31
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SEPTEMBER 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
World Beard Day
World Rarebit Day
International Bacon Day
4
11
Grandparents Day
5
International Day of
Charity
12
6
7
8
International Literacy Day
World Physical Therapy
Day
13
Roald Dahl Day
14
15
International Dot Day
Great North Run
18
Great British Beach Clean
World Pharmacists Day
16
Great British Beach Clean
London Fashion Week
SS17 Begins
19
International Talk Like a
Pirate Day
20
London Fashion Week
SS17 Ends
Great British Beach Clean
25
9
26
European Day of
Languages
World Dream Day
27
21
22
World Gratitude Day
Elephant Appreciation
Day
28
29
International Day of
Peace
International Right to
Know Day
World School Milk Day
World Rabies Day
World Car Free Day
World Heart Day
23
30
International Translation
Day
International Vulture
Awareness Day
10
World Suicide Prevention
Day
17
International Country
Music Day
Great British Beach Clean
British Food Fortnight
Begins
24
International Rabbit Day
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OCTOBER 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
World Vegetarian Day
World Architecture Day
International Coffee Day
2
3
4
5
6
7
International Day of NonViolence
World Habitat Day
World Animal Day
World Teachers Day
Mad Hatter Day
World Smile Day
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Begins
National Vodka Day
9
10
World Post Day
World Porridge Day
World Homeless Day
World Mental Health Day
World Day Against the
Death Penalty
11
World Farm Animals Day
National Badger Day
16
World Food Day
World Toy Camera Day
8
Universal Music Day
National Poetry Day
World Octopus Day
British Food Fortnight Ends
Dyslexia Awareness Week
Ends
World Card Making Day
12
13
14
15
International Day of the
Girl Child
World Arthritis Day
World Sight Day
World Egg Day
Global Handwashing Day
17
18
19
International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty
Anti-slavery Day
24
25
United Nations Day
World Pasta Day
National Curry Week
Begins
International Day of
Disaster Reduction
20
21
International Sloth Day
Apple Day
22
World Osteoporosis Day
National Curry Week Ends
23
30
31
Diwali Begins
Halloween
Clocks go Back
26
27
National Black Cat
Appreciation Day
28
29
World Psoriasis Day
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NOVEMBER 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
World Vegan Day
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Diwali Ends
Saturday
5
Guy Fawkes Night
All Saints Day
Movember Begins
6
7
National Nachos Day
13
14
Remembrance Sunday
World Diabetes Day
International Tongue
Twister Day
World Orphans Day
8
9
US Presidential Election
(Scheduled)
World Freedom Day
10
11
12
15
16
17
18
19
International Day for
Tolerance
World Prematurity Day
Children in Need (TBC)
World Toilet Day
23
24
25
Thanksgiving Day (US)
Black Friday
Armistice Day
England v Scotland –
World Cup 2018 Qualifier
Guinness World Records
Day
International Men’s Day
World Kindness Day
20
21
Universal Children’s Day
World Hello Day
22
World Television Day
26
White Ribbon Day
27
28
29
30
International Aura
Awareness Day
Cyber Monday
Giving Tuesday
St. Andrew’s Day
Movember Ends
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DECEMBER 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
5
International Volunteer
Day
6
7
Saturday
1
2
3
8
9
10
World Aids Day
4
Friday
International AntiCorruption Day
Human Rights Day
World Techno Day
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
International Mountain
Day
International Migrants Day
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
St. Stephen’s Day
Christmas Substitute Bank
Holiday
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World Monkey Day
Christmas Jumper Day
Hannukah Begins
New year’s Eve
National Champagne Day