Important Days of the Year (2024)

World Braille Day04 January2019International Day of Education24 January2019International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust27 January2006World Day of Social Justice20 February 2008International Mother Language Day21 February2008World Wildlife Day03 March2014International Day to Combat Islamophobia15 March2022International Day of Happiness20 March2013International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination21 March1966International Day of Forests21 March2013World Down Syndrome Day21 March2012World Water Day22 March1993International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims24 March2011International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Slave Trade25 March2008World Autism Awareness Day02 April2008International Mine Awareness Day04 April2006International Day of Sport for Development and Peace06 April2014International Day of Human Space Flight12 April2011International Mother Earth Day22 April2010World Press Freedom Day03 May1994International Day of VesakFull Moon day of May every year2000International Day of Families15 May1994World Telecommunication and Information Society Day17 May2007World Bee Day20 May2018World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development21 May2003International Day for Biological Diversity22 May2001International Day for UN Peacekeepers29 May2003Global Day of Parents01 June2012International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression04 June1983World Environment Day05 June1974World Food Safety Day07 June2019World Ocean Day08 June2009World Elder Abuse Awareness Day15 June2012World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought17 June1995International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict19 June2015World Refugee Day20 June2001International Day of Yoga21 June2015International Widows Day23 June2011International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking26 June1988International Day of Co-operatives02 July1993Nelson Mandela International Day18 July2010International Moon Day20 July2022World Chess Day20 July2020World Drowning Prevention Day25 July2021World Day against Trafficking in Persons30 July2014International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples09 August1995International Youth Day12 August2000World Humanitarian Day19 August2009International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism21 August2018International Day against Nuclear Tests29 August2010International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances30 August2011International Day of Charity05 September2013International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies07 September2020International Day of Democracy15 September2008International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer16 September1995International Day of Peace21 September1982International Day of Sign Languages23 September2020International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons26 September2014International Day of Older Persons01 October1991International Day of Non-Violence02 October2007World Habitat Day1st Monday of October1986International Day of the Girl Child11 October2012International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction13 October1989International Day of Rural Women15 October2008International Day for Eradication of Poverty17 October1993World Development Information Day24 October1972World Cities Day31 October2014International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists02 November2015World Tsunami Awareness Day05 November2016International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict06 November2001International Day for Tolerance16 November1995World Children's Day20 November1954World Television Day21 November1997International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women25 November2000International Day of Persons with Disabilities03 December1992International Volunteer Day05 December1986International Anti Corruption Day09 December2003United Nations Human Rights Day10 December1948International Mountains Day11 December2003International Universal Health Coverage Day12 December2017International Migrants Day18 December2000International Human Solidarity Day20 December2006International Day of Epidemic Preparedness27 December2021