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Diwali, 3 November. NZDA National Oral Health Day, first Friday of November. Guy Fawkes Night, 5 November. Premature Awareness Day, 17 November. World day for the Prevention of Abuse and Violence Against Children, 19 November. White Ribbon Day (for the Elimination of Violence against Women), 25 November.
A Labour Day is observed in each state and territory, although it is varied in date. There are two significant national days, Australia Day (26 January) and Anzac Day (25 April), which are nationwide public holidays. When a public holiday occurs on a Friday or Monday, the three-day period is colloquially known as a "long weekend".
Easter Sunday and Pentecost are always on Sundays, but they are seen more like main holidays than ordinary Sundays. When the standard working week in Sweden was reduced to 40 hours by the Riksdag, all Saturdays became de facto public holidays. Holy Saturday, Midsummer's Eve, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve are also de facto holidays.
Independence Day. 3 July. 1944. Nazi Germany. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
December 19. National Emo Day. National Hard Candy Day. National Oatmeal Muffin Day. December 20. International Human Solidarity Day. Go Caroling Day. National Sangria Day. December 21.
third weekend in February annually. a weekend of blues music and fun. Brewers Feast Craft Beer and Food Festival. Melbourne. 2016 to present. first weekend in December annually. a weekend of independent Beer, paired with craft food and music. Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival [114] Federation Square, Melbourne.
National Coming Out Day: 11 October: 1988: A day to celebrate the act of "coming out", i.e. when an LGBT person decides to publicly share their gender identities or sexual orientation. National Coming out Day was founded in the United States by gay rights activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O' Leary on 1988 in Washington, DC, United States.
26 May 1998. ( 1998-05-26) National Sorry Day, officially the National Day of Healing, is an event held annually in Australia on 26 May commemorating the Stolen Generations. It is part of the ongoing efforts towards reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians . The first National Sorry Day was held on the first anniversary ...