Holidays and Observances in the United States in 2021
| Date | Name | Type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day | State Holiday | All |
| Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 4 | Monday | World Braille Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany | Christian | |
| Jan 7 | Thursday | Orthodox Christmas Day | Orthodox | |
| Jan 7 | Thursday | International Programmers' Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 7 | Thursday | Estelle Reel Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Jan 8 | Friday | Battle of New Orleans | State Legal Holiday | Louisiana |
| Jan 13 | Wednesday | Stephen Foster Memorial Day | Observance | |
| Jan 14 | Thursday | Orthodox New Year | Orthodox | |
| Jan 17 | Sunday | World Religion Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day | State Holiday | All |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama, Mississippi |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Idaho Human Rights Day | State Holiday | Idaho |
| Jan 18 | Monday | Civil Rights Day | State Holiday | Arizona, New Hampshire |
| Jan 19 | Tuesday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Jan 19 | Tuesday | State Holiday | State Observance | Georgia |
| Jan 19 | Tuesday | Confederate Heroes' Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jan 20 | Wednesday | Inauguration Day | State Holiday | DC |
| Jan 20 | Wednesday | Inauguration Day | Federal Holiday | DC, MD*, VA* |
| Jan 24 | Sunday | International Day of Education | United Nations observance | |
| Jan 26 | Tuesday | International Customs Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Jan 27 | Wednesday | International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust | United Nations observance | |
| Jan 28 | Thursday | Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat | Jewish holiday | |
| Jan 29 | Friday | Kansas Day | State Observance | Kansas |
| Jan 31 | Sunday | World Leprosy Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 1 | Monday | National Freedom Day | Observance | |
| Feb 1 | Monday | First Day of Black History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Feb 2 | Tuesday | World Wetlands Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 2 | Tuesday | Groundhog Day | Observance | |
| Feb 3 | Wednesday | National Girls and Women in Sports Day | Observance | |
| Feb 4 | Thursday | International Day of Human Fraternity | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 4 | Thursday | World Cancer Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 4 | Thursday | Rosa Parks Day | State Observance | New York |
| Feb 4 | Thursday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | California, Missouri |
| Feb 5 | Friday | National Wear Red Day | Observance | |
| Feb 6 | Saturday | International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 6 | Saturday | Ronald Reagan Day | State Observance | California |
| Feb 7 | Sunday | Super Bowl | Sporting event | |
| Feb 10 | Wednesday | World Pulses Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 11 | Thursday | International Day of Women and Girls in Science | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 11 | Thursday | World Day of the Sick | Worldwide observance | |
| Feb 12 | Friday | Lincoln's Birthday | State Holiday | CT, IL, MO, NY |
| Feb 12 | Friday | Lincoln's Birthday | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Feb 12 | Friday | Georgia Day | State Observance | Georgia |
| Feb 12 | Friday | Lunar New Year | Observance | |
| Feb 13 | Saturday | World Radio Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 14 | Sunday | Valentine's Day | Observance | |
| Feb 14 | Sunday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Arizona |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Presidents' Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | All except DE, FL, GA, IA, KS, KY, LA, NC, RI, WI |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Presidents' Day | State Legal Holiday | KS, KY, LA, NC, RI, WI |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Daisy Gatson Bates Day | State Holiday | Arkansas |
| Feb 15 | Monday | Susan B. Anthony's Birthday | State Observance | CO, FL, NY, WI |
| Feb 16 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | Observance, Christian | |
| Feb 16 | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | State Holiday | AL*, FL**, LA, MS** |
| Feb 16 | Tuesday | Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| Feb 17 | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday | Christian | |
| Feb 20 | Saturday | World Day of Social Justice | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 21 | Sunday | International Mother Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Feb 25 | Thursday | African-American Scientist and Inventor Day | State Observance | Virginia |
| Feb 25 | Thursday | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Indiana |
| Feb 26 | Friday | Purim | Jewish holiday | |
| Feb 28 | Sunday | Linus Pauling Day | Local observance | Oregon |
| Mar 1 | Monday | Zero Discrimination Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 1 | Monday | Self-Injury Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 1 | Monday | St. David's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 1 | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Illinois, Indiana |
| Mar 1 | Monday | First Day of Women's History Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 1 | Monday | First Day of Irish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Mar 2 | Tuesday | Texas Independence Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Mar 2 | Tuesday | Read Across America Day | Observance | |
| Mar 2 | Tuesday | Town Meeting Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Mar 3 | Wednesday | World Wildlife Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 4 | Thursday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | Wisconsin |
| Mar 5 | Friday | Employee Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| Mar 8 | Monday | International Women's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 11 | Thursday | Maha Shivaratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Mar 11 | Thursday | Isra and Mi'raj | Muslim | |
| Mar 11 | Thursday | World Kidney Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 14 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time starts | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Mar 17 | Wednesday | St. Patrick's Day | Observance, Christian | |
| Mar 17 | Wednesday | Evacuation Day | State Holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | French Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | International Day of Happiness | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 20 | Saturday | March Equinox | Season | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | World Poetry Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | International Day of Nowruz | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | World Down Syndrome Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 21 | Sunday | International Day of Forests | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 22 | Monday | World Water Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 23 | Tuesday | World Meteorological Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 24 | Wednesday | World Tuberculosis Day | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 24 | Wednesday | International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Thursday | International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Thursday | International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members | United Nations observance | |
| Mar 25 | Thursday | Maryland Day | Local observance | Maryland |
| Mar 26 | Friday | Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Mar 27 | Saturday | Passover Eve | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 27 | Saturday | Earth Hour | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian | |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Holi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Mar 28 | Sunday | Passover (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Mar 29 | Monday | Seward's Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Mar 29 | Monday | National Vietnam War Veterans Day | Observance | |
| Mar 30 | Tuesday | Wyoming Veterans Welcome Home Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Mar 30 | Tuesday | Doctors' Day | Observance | |
| Mar 30 | Tuesday | Vietnam Veterans Day | State Observance | Delaware, West Virginia |
| Mar 31 | Wednesday | International Transgender Day of Visibility | Worldwide observance | |
| Mar 31 | Wednesday | César Chávez Day | State Holiday | AZ*, CA, CO***, MI*, NM*, NV*, TX***, UT*, WA*, WI* |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian | |
| Apr 1 | Thursday | April Fool's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 2 | Friday | World Autism Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Good Friday | State Holiday | CT, DE, HI, IN, KY, LA, NC, ND, NJ, TN, TX*** |
| Apr 2 | Friday | Pascua Florida Day | Local observance | Florida |
| Apr 2 | Friday | State Holiday | State Holiday | Georgia |
| Apr 3 | Saturday | Holy Saturday | Christian | |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Last Day of Passover | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | United Nations' Mine Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 4 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 5 | Monday | International Day of Conscience | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 5 | Monday | Easter Monday | Observance, Christian | |
| Apr 6 | Tuesday | International Day of Sport for Development and Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 6 | Tuesday | National Tartan Day | Observance | |
| Apr 6 | Tuesday | National Library Workers' Day | Observance | |
| Apr 7 | Wednesday | United Nations' World Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 7 | Wednesday | Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 8 | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish commemoration | |
| Apr 12 | Monday | International Day of Human Space Flight | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 13 | Tuesday | Ramadan Starts | Muslim | |
| Apr 13 | Tuesday | Thomas Jefferson's Birthday | Observance | |
| Apr 14 | Wednesday | World Chagas Disease Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 15 | Thursday | Yom Ha'atzmaut | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 15 | Thursday | World Art Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 15 | Thursday | Father Damien Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| Apr 16 | Friday | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | DC |
| Apr 16 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| Apr 18 | Sunday | International Day for Monuments and Sites | Worldwide observance | |
| Apr 19 | Monday | Patriots' Day | State Holiday | Maine, Massachusetts |
| Apr 20 | Tuesday | Chinese Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 21 | Wednesday | World Creativity and Innovation Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 21 | Wednesday | San Jacinto Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Apr 21 | Wednesday | Administrative Professionals Day | Observance | |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | International Girls in ICT Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | Earth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | Oklahoma Day | Local observance | Oklahoma |
| Apr 22 | Thursday | Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | Observance | |
| Apr 23 | Friday | World Book and Copyright Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Friday | World Spanish Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 23 | Friday | English Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 24 | Saturday | International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 25 | Sunday | International Delegate's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 25 | Sunday | World Malaria Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Monday | World Intellectual Property Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Monday | International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 26 | Monday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Apr 26 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Apr 26 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | Mississippi |
| Apr 26 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Legal Holiday | Florida |
| Apr 26 | Monday | State Holiday | State Observance | Georgia |
| Apr 28 | Wednesday | World Day for Safety and Health at Work | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Lag BaOmer | Jewish holiday | |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Orthodox Good Friday | Orthodox | |
| Apr 30 | Friday | International Jazz Day | United Nations observance | |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Holiday | Nebraska |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Arbor Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Apr 30 | Friday | Kentucky Oaks | Sporting event | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Orthodox Holy Saturday | Orthodox | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Kentucky Derby | Sporting event | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Law Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Loyalty Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Saturday | National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day | Observance | |
| May 1 | Saturday | Lei Day | Local observance | Hawaii |
| May 1 | Saturday | First Day of Military Appreciation Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 1 | Saturday | First Day of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 1 | Saturday | First Day of Jewish American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| May 2 | Sunday | Orthodox Easter | Orthodox | |
| May 2 | Sunday | World Tuna Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 2 | Sunday | International Family Equality Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 3 | Monday | Orthodox Easter Monday | Orthodox | |
| May 3 | Monday | World Press Freedom Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 4 | Tuesday | Kent State Shootings Remembrance | Local observance | Ohio |
| May 4 | Tuesday | Rhode Island Independence Day | Local observance | Rhode Island |
| May 4 | Tuesday | National Teacher Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| May 5 | Wednesday | World Portuguese Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 5 | Wednesday | Cinco de Mayo | Observance | |
| May 6 | Thursday | National Nurses Day | Observance | |
| May 6 | Thursday | National Day of Prayer | Observance | |
| May 6 | Thursday | West Virginia Day of Prayer | State Observance | West Virginia |
| May 7 | Friday | Truman Day observed | State Holiday | Missouri |
| May 7 | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | Observance | |
| May 7 | Friday | Military Spouse Appreciation Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| May 8 | Saturday | Lailat al-Qadr | Muslim | |
| May 8 | Saturday | Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War | United Nations observance | |
| May 8 | Saturday | World Migratory Bird Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 8 | Saturday | World Ovarian Cancer Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 8 | Saturday | World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 8 | Saturday | Truman Day | State Holiday | Missouri |
| May 8 | Saturday | Victory in Europe Day | Observance | |
| May 9 | Sunday | Mother's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| May 9 | Sunday | Mother's Day | Observance | |
| May 10 | Monday | International Day of Argania | United Nations observance | |
| May 10 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | Local observance | North Carolina |
| May 10 | Monday | Confederate Memorial Day | State Holiday | South Carolina |
| May 12 | Wednesday | International Nurses Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 13 | Thursday | Ascension Day | Christian | |
| May 13 | Thursday | Eid al-Fitr | Muslim | |
| May 14 | Friday | Native American Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| May 15 | Saturday | International Day of Families | United Nations observance | |
| May 15 | Saturday | Public Lands Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| May 15 | Saturday | Peace Officers Memorial Day | Observance | |
| May 15 | Saturday | Armed Forces Day | Observance | |
| May 15 | Saturday | Preakness Stakes | Sporting event | |
| May 16 | Sunday | International Day of Living Together in Peace | United Nations observance | |
| May 16 | Sunday | International Day of Light | United Nations observance | |
| May 17 | Monday | Shavuot | Jewish holiday | |
| May 17 | Monday | World Telecommunication and Information Society Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 17 | Monday | Tax Day | Observance | |
| May 19 | Wednesday | Emergency Medical Services for Children Day | Observance | |
| May 20 | Thursday | World Bee Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 20 | Thursday | World Autoimmune / Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 21 | Friday | World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development | United Nations observance | |
| May 21 | Friday | International Tea Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 21 | Friday | National Defense Transportation Day | Observance | |
| May 22 | Saturday | International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations observance | |
| May 22 | Saturday | National Maritime Day | Observance | |
| May 22 | Saturday | Harvey Milk Day | Local observance | California |
| May 23 | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian | |
| May 23 | Sunday | International Day to End Obstetric Fistula | United Nations observance | |
| May 24 | Monday | Whit Monday | Christian | |
| May 25 | Tuesday | African Liberation Day | Worldwide observance | |
| May 25 | Tuesday | National Missing Children's Day | Observance | |
| May 26 | Wednesday | Day of Vesak | United Nations observance | |
| May 29 | Saturday | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers | United Nations observance | |
| May 30 | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian | |
| May 31 | Monday | World No Tobacco Day | United Nations observance | |
| May 31 | Monday | Memorial Day | Federal Holiday | |
| May 31 | Monday | Decoration Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA |
| May 31 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Mississippi |
| Jun 1 | Tuesday | Global Day of Parents | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 1 | Tuesday | First Day of Pride Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Tuesday | First Day of Caribbean-American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Jun 1 | Tuesday | Statehood Day | Local observance | Kentucky, Tennessee |
| Jun 3 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Christian | |
| Jun 3 | Thursday | World Bicycle Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 3 | Thursday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | Local observance | Florida |
| Jun 4 | Friday | International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 5 | Saturday | World Environment Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 5 | Saturday | International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 5 | Saturday | Belmont Stakes | Sporting event | |
| Jun 6 | Sunday | Day of the Russian Language | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 6 | Sunday | Native American Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Jun 6 | Sunday | D-Day | Observance | |
| Jun 7 | Monday | World Food Safety Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 7 | Monday | Jefferson Davis' Birthday | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Jun 8 | Tuesday | World Oceans Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 11 | Friday | Kamehameha Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Jun 12 | Saturday | World Day Against Child Labour | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 12 | Saturday | Loving Day | Observance | |
| Jun 13 | Sunday | International Albinism Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 14 | Monday | World Blood Donor Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 14 | Monday | Army Birthday | Observance | |
| Jun 14 | Monday | Flag Day | Observance | |
| Jun 15 | Tuesday | World Elder Abuse Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 16 | Wednesday | International Day of Family Remittances | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 17 | Thursday | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 17 | Thursday | Bunker Hill Day | Local holiday | Massachusetts* |
| Jun 18 | Friday | Sustainable Gastronomy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 18 | Friday | Juneteenth (substitute) | Federal Holiday | |
| Jun 18 | Friday | Juneteenth National Freedom Day (substitute) | State Holiday | 16 states |
| Jun 18 | Friday | Juneteenth (substitute) | Half Day | Louisiana |
| Jun 18 | Friday | Juneteenth Day | State Holiday | New Jersey |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth | Federal Holiday | |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth | State Observance | 15 states |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth Day | State Observance | AK, AR, CA, CT, ME, MI, MT, OK, UT, VT |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth National Freedom Day | State Holiday | 16 states |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth | Half Day | Louisiana |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth National Independence Day | State Holiday | DC, MA, MD, NY |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Juneteenth | State Observance | Minnesota |
| Jun 19 | Saturday | Emancipation Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | World Refugee Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | Father's Day | Observance | |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | Father's Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | West Virginia Day | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | American Eagle Day | Observance | |
| Jun 20 | Sunday | June Solstice | Season | |
| Jun 21 | Monday | International Day of Yoga | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 21 | Monday | International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 21 | Monday | West Virginia Day observed | State Holiday | West Virginia |
| Jun 23 | Wednesday | Public Service Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 23 | Wednesday | International Widows' Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 25 | Friday | Day of the Seafarer | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 26 | Saturday | International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 26 | Saturday | International Day in Support of Victims of Torture | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 27 | Sunday | Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 28 | Monday | Carolina Day | State Observance | South Carolina |
| Jun 29 | Tuesday | International Day of the Tropics | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 30 | Wednesday | International Asteroid Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jun 30 | Wednesday | International Day of Parliamentarism | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 3 | Saturday | International Day of Cooperatives | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 4 | Sunday | Independence Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Jul 4 | Sunday | Independence Day | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, OK |
| Jul 5 | Monday | Independence Day (substitute) | State Holiday | AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, OK |
| Jul 5 | Monday | Independence Day (substitute) | Federal Holiday | |
| Jul 11 | Sunday | World Population Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 13 | Tuesday | Nathan Bedford Forrest Day | Local observance | Tennessee |
| Jul 14 | Wednesday | Bastille Day | Observance | |
| Jul 15 | Thursday | World Youth Skills Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 16 | Friday | Rural Transit Day | Observance | |
| Jul 18 | Sunday | Tisha B'Av | Jewish holiday | |
| Jul 18 | Sunday | Nelson Mandela Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 20 | Tuesday | Eid al-Adha | Muslim | |
| Jul 20 | Tuesday | World Chess Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 23 | Friday | Pioneer Day observed | State Holiday | Utah |
| Jul 24 | Saturday | Pioneer Day | State Holiday | Utah |
| Jul 25 | Sunday | World Drowning Prevention Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 25 | Sunday | Parents' Day | Observance | |
| Jul 27 | Tuesday | Korean War Veteran Recognition Day | State Observance | West Virginia |
| Jul 27 | Tuesday | National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | Observance | |
| Jul 28 | Wednesday | World Hepatitis Day | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 30 | Friday | International Day of Friendship | United Nations observance | |
| Jul 30 | Friday | World Day Against Trafficking in Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 1 | Sunday | Colorado Day | State Observance | Colorado |
| Aug 1 | Sunday | American Family Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Aug 4 | Wednesday | Coast Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Aug 4 | Wednesday | Barack Obama Day | Observance | Illinois |
| Aug 7 | Saturday | Purple Heart Day | State Observance | West Virginia, Wyoming |
| Aug 7 | Saturday | Purple Heart Day | Observance | |
| Aug 9 | Monday | International Day of the World's Indigenous People | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 9 | Monday | Victory Day | State Holiday | Rhode Island |
| Aug 10 | Tuesday | Muharram | Muslim | |
| Aug 12 | Thursday | International Youth Day | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 13 | Friday | Friday the 13th | Worldwide observance | |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | Assumption of Mary | Christian | |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | National Navajo Code Talkers Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Aug 15 | Sunday | National Senior Citizens Day | Observance | |
| Aug 16 | Monday | Bennington Battle Day | State Holiday | Vermont |
| Aug 19 | Thursday | Ashura | Muslim | |
| Aug 19 | Thursday | World Humanitarian Day | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 19 | Thursday | National Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Aug 20 | Friday | Hawaii Statehood Day | State Holiday | Hawaii |
| Aug 21 | Saturday | Raksha Bandhan | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 21 | Saturday | International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 22 | Sunday | International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 23 | Monday | International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 26 | Thursday | Susan B. Anthony Day | State Observance | Massachusetts |
| Aug 26 | Thursday | Women's Equality Day | Observance | |
| Aug 27 | Friday | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | State Holiday | Texas |
| Aug 29 | Sunday | International Day against Nuclear Tests | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 30 | Monday | Janmashtami | Hindu Holiday | |
| Aug 30 | Monday | International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 31 | Tuesday | International Day for People of African Descent | United Nations observance | |
| Aug 31 | Tuesday | International Overdose Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 4 | Saturday | World Sexual Health Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 5 | Sunday | International Day of Charity | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 6 | Monday | Labor Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Sep 6 | Monday | Labor Day | State Holiday | All |
| Sep 7 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 7 | Tuesday | International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 7 | Tuesday | Still's Disease Awareness Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 7 | Tuesday | Rosh Hashana | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| Sep 8 | Wednesday | International Literacy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 9 | Thursday | International Day to Protect Education from Attack | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 9 | Thursday | California Admission Day | State Holiday | California* |
| Sep 10 | Friday | Ganesh Chaturthi | Hindu Holiday | |
| Sep 10 | Friday | World Suicide Prevention Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | First Responders Day | State Observance | North Carolina |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | Patriot Day | Observance | |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | Patriot Day | State Observance | Alaska |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | Observance | |
| Sep 11 | Saturday | Native American Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Sep 12 | Sunday | International Day for South-South Cooperation | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 12 | Sunday | National Grandparents Day | Observance | |
| Sep 12 | Sunday | Constitution Commemoration Day | State Holiday | Arizona |
| Sep 13 | Monday | International Programmers' Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 15 | Wednesday | International Day of Democracy | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 15 | Wednesday | First Day of National Hispanic Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Sep 16 | Thursday | Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 16 | Thursday | International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 16 | Thursday | Yom Kippur | State Holiday | Texas*** |
| Sep 17 | Friday | World Patient Safety Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 17 | Friday | Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | Observance | |
| Sep 17 | Friday | National POW/MIA Recognition Day | Observance | |
| Sep 18 | Saturday | International Equal Pay Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 18 | Saturday | Air Force Birthday | Observance | |
| Sep 18 | Saturday | National CleanUp Day | Observance | |
| Sep 21 | Tuesday | First Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 21 | Tuesday | International Day of Peace | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 22 | Wednesday | Emancipation Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| Sep 22 | Wednesday | September Equinox | Season | |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | International Day of Sign Languages | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 23 | Thursday | International Celebrate Bisexuality Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 24 | Friday | Native American Day | State Observance | California, Nevada |
| Sep 24 | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Observance | Montana, Texas |
| Sep 24 | Friday | Michigan Indian Day | State Observance | Michigan |
| Sep 25 | Saturday | Public Lands Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Sep 25 | Saturday | National Public Lands Day | Observance | |
| Sep 26 | Sunday | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 26 | Sunday | Gold Star Mother's Day | Observance | |
| Sep 27 | Monday | Last Day of Sukkot | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 27 | Monday | World Tourism Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 27 | Monday | American Indian Day | State Observance | Tennessee |
| Sep 28 | Tuesday | Shmini Atzeret | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 28 | Tuesday | International Day for Universal Access to Information | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 28 | Tuesday | World Rabies Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 29 | Wednesday | Simchat Torah | Jewish holiday | |
| Sep 29 | Wednesday | International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 29 | Wednesday | World Heart Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | World Maritime Day | United Nations observance | |
| Sep 30 | Thursday | International Translation Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 1 | Friday | International Day of Older Persons | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 1 | Friday | World Vegetarian Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 2 | Saturday | International Day of Non-Violence | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 4 | Monday | Feast of St Francis of Assisi | Christian | |
| Oct 4 | Monday | World Habitat Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 4 | Monday | Frances Xavier Cabrini Day | State Holiday | Colorado |
| Oct 4 | Monday | Child Health Day | Observance | |
| Oct 5 | Tuesday | World Teachers' Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 6 | Wednesday | Navratri | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 6 | Wednesday | World Cerebral Palsy Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 6 | Wednesday | German American Day | Observance | |
| Oct 9 | Saturday | World Post Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 9 | Saturday | Leif Erikson Day | Observance | |
| Oct 9 | Saturday | Leif Erikson Day | Local observance | Colorado |
| Oct 9 | Saturday | Robert E. Lee's Birthday | State Observance | Arkansas |
| Oct 10 | Sunday | World Mental Health Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 10 | Sunday | Chicago Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | International Day of the Girl Child | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Columbus Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Columbus Day | State Legal Holiday | Tennessee |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Columbus Day | State Holiday | 22 states |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Fraternal Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Yorktown Victory Day | State Holiday | Virginia |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Discoverers’ Day | State Observance | Hawaii |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Native American Day | State Observance | Oklahoma |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Native American Day | State Holiday | South Dakota |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Indigenous People's Day | State Holiday | DC, ME, NE, NM |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Indigenous People's Day | State Observance | 30 states |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Indigenous People's Day | Observance | |
| Oct 11 | Monday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Alabama |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Casimir Pulaski Day | State Observance | MA, MI, RI |
| Oct 11 | Monday | Boston Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Oct 13 | Wednesday | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 13 | Wednesday | Navy Birthday | Observance | |
| Oct 14 | Thursday | Dussehra | Hindu Holiday | |
| Oct 14 | Thursday | World Sight Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 15 | Friday | International Day of Rural Women | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 15 | Friday | White Cane Safety Day | Observance | |
| Oct 15 | Friday | Boss's Day | Observance | |
| Oct 16 | Saturday | World Food Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 16 | Saturday | Sweetest Day | Observance | 13 states |
| Oct 17 | Sunday | International Day for the Eradication of Poverty | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 18 | Monday | Alaska Day | State Holiday | Alaska |
| Oct 19 | Tuesday | The Prophet's Birthday | Muslim | |
| Oct 24 | Sunday | United Nations Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 24 | Sunday | World Development Information Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 27 | Wednesday | World Day for Audiovisual Heritage | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 29 | Friday | World Stroke Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Oct 29 | Friday | Nevada Day | State Holiday | Nevada |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | World Cities Day | United Nations observance | |
| Oct 31 | Sunday | Halloween | Observance | |
| Nov 1 | Monday | All Saints' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 1 | Monday | World Vegan Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 1 | Monday | First Day of Native American Heritage Month | Annual Monthly Observance | |
| Nov 2 | Tuesday | All Souls' Day | Christian | |
| Nov 2 | Tuesday | International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 2 | Tuesday | Election Day | Observance | |
| Nov 2 | Tuesday | Election Day | State Holiday | New Jersey, Virginia |
| Nov 3 | Wednesday | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
| Nov 4 | Thursday | Diwali/Deepavali | Hindu Holiday | |
| Nov 5 | Friday | World Tsunami Awareness Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 6 | Saturday | International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 7 | Sunday | New York City Marathon | Sporting event | |
| Nov 7 | Sunday | Daylight Saving Time ends | Clock change/Daylight Saving Time | |
| Nov 8 | Monday | Barack Obama Day | Local observance | Alabama** |
| Nov 10 | Wednesday | World Science Day for Peace and Development | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 10 | Wednesday | Marine Corps Birthday | Observance | |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | Veterans Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 11 | Thursday | Veterans Day | State Holiday | All except MA, WY |
| Nov 12 | Friday | World Pneumonia Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 14 | Sunday | World Diabetes Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 16 | Tuesday | International Day for Tolerance | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 17 | Wednesday | World Prematurity Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 18 | Thursday | World Philosophy Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 19 | Friday | World Toilet Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 19 | Friday | International Men's Day | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 19 | Friday | George Rogers Clark Day | State Observance | Ohio |
| Nov 20 | Saturday | Universal Children's Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Saturday | Africa Industrialization Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 20 | Saturday | Transgender Day of Remembrance | Worldwide observance | |
| Nov 21 | Sunday | World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 21 | Sunday | World Television Day | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 25 | Thursday | International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 25 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | State Holiday | All |
| Nov 25 | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Nov 26 | Friday | State Holiday | State Holiday | Georgia |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Presidents' Day | State Holiday | New Mexico |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day | State Holiday | Indiana |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Day After Thanksgiving | State Holiday | 22 states |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Black Friday | Observance | |
| Nov 26 | Friday | American Indian Heritage Day | State Holiday | Maryland |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | Observance | |
| Nov 26 | Friday | Native American Heritage Day | State Holiday | Washington |
| Nov 28 | Sunday | First Sunday of Advent | Christian | |
| Nov 29 | Monday | Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) | Jewish holiday | |
| Nov 29 | Monday | International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 29 | Monday | Nellie Tayloe Ross's Birthday | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Nov 29 | Monday | Cyber Monday | Observance | |
| Nov 30 | Tuesday | Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare | United Nations observance | |
| Nov 30 | Tuesday | Giving Tuesday | Observance | |
| Dec 1 | Wednesday | World AIDS Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 1 | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | State Observance | Alabama |
| Dec 1 | Wednesday | Rosa Parks Day | Local observance | Ohio |
| Dec 2 | Thursday | International Day for the Abolition of Slavery | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 3 | Friday | International Day of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 4 | Saturday | International Day of Banks | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 5 | Sunday | International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 5 | Sunday | World Soil Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 6 | Monday | Last Day of Chanukah | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 6 | Monday | St Nicholas Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Tuesday | International Civil Aviation Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 7 | Tuesday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | State Observance | Alaska, Wyoming |
| Dec 7 | Tuesday | Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | Observance | |
| Dec 7 | Tuesday | Delaware Day | State Observance | Delaware |
| Dec 8 | Wednesday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Christian | |
| Dec 9 | Thursday | International Anti-Corruption Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 9 | Thursday | World Genocide Commemoration Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 10 | Friday | Human Rights Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 10 | Friday | Wyoming Day | State Observance | Wyoming |
| Dec 11 | Saturday | International Mountain Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 12 | Sunday | International Day of Neutrality | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 12 | Sunday | International Universal Health Coverage Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 12 | Sunday | Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | Christian | |
| Dec 13 | Monday | National Guard Birthday | Observance | |
| Dec 14 | Tuesday | Asarah B'Tevet | Jewish holiday | |
| Dec 15 | Wednesday | Bill of Rights Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Friday | Pan American Aviation Day | Observance | |
| Dec 17 | Friday | Wright Brothers Day | Observance | |
| Dec 18 | Saturday | International Migrants Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 18 | Saturday | Arabic Language Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 20 | Monday | International Human Solidarity Day | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 21 | Tuesday | December Solstice | Season | |
| Dec 23 | Thursday | Washington's Birthday | State Holiday | Georgia, Indiana |
| Dec 23 | Thursday | Christmas Holiday | State Holiday | Florida |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Day (substitute) | State Holiday | All except CA, MA, MS, NY, RI, TX |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Day (substitute) | Federal Holiday | |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve | State Holiday | AR, KS*, KY, MI, NC, ND, OK, SC, TX, VA*, WI |
| Dec 24 | Friday | Christmas Eve | Observance, Christian | |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day | State Holiday | CA, MA, MS, NY, TX |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day | State Holiday | All except CA, MA, MS, NY, TX |
| Dec 25 | Saturday | Christmas Day | Federal Holiday | |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Kwanzaa (first day) | Observance | |
| Dec 26 | Sunday | Day After Christmas Day | State Holiday | KS, NC, SC, TX |
| Dec 27 | Monday | International Day of Epidemic Preparedness | United Nations observance | |
| Dec 27 | Monday | Christmas Day (substitute) | State Holiday | Rhode Island |
| Dec 30 | Thursday | New Year Holiday | State Holiday | Florida |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Day (substitute) | State Holiday | All except GA, MA, MS, NY, RI, TX, WI |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Day (substitute) | Federal Holiday | |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve | State Holiday | LA, MI, WI |
| Dec 31 | Friday | New Year's Eve | Observance | |
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