2026 Commemorative Awareness Calendar

The following list is meant to be a reminder of the many commemorations around the world that celebrate a wide variety of cultural, religious and national aspects in our wide world of interests and beliefs.  It is not a complete list nor an endorsement of all the events and we are aware that various sources identify commemorations on different dates with variations of their names.  This list is merely our attempt to be sensitive to the fact that people around the world have many commemorations, of which our own religious, cultural and personal interests are but a small part.

Poverty in America Awareness Month

American History Month

Black History Month

Canadian History Month

Human Relations Month

Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month

  • 8th – FJMC World Wide Wrap
  • 17th – Ramadan Begins
  • 17th – Lunar New Year
  • 18th – Ash Wednesday
  • 20th – World Day of Social Justice

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

Gender Equality Month

Ethnic Equality Month

National Women’s History Month

  • 2nd – 3rd – Purim
  • 8th – International Women’s Day
  • 11th – World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
  • 19th – Ramadan Ends
  • 21st – Naw-Ruz (Baha’i New Year)
  • 25th – International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Community Service Month

Earth Month

Autism Awareness Month

Arab-American Heritage Month

Celebrate Diversity Month

  • 1st – Passover Starts
  • 2nd – World Autism Awareness Day
  • 9th – Passover Ends
  • 10th – National Day of Silence
  • 15th – Youth Homelessness Matters Day
  • 18th – Husband Appreciation Day
  • 22nd – Earth Day
 

Jewish-American Heritage Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

Personal History Awareness Month

Speech and Hearing Awareness Month

Older Americans Month

  • 5th – Lag BaOmer
  • 5th – Cinco De Mayo
  • 8th & 9th – Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for those who Lost their Lives during World War II
  • 21st – World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
  • 21th to 23rd – Shavuot
  • 22nd – International Day for Biological Diversity

LGBT Pride Month

Black Music Month

Disability Pride Month

  • 1st – Global Day of Parents
  • 12th – Loving Day
  • 14th – Race Unity Day
  • 19th – Juneteenth
  • 21st – Father’s Day
  • 1st – Canada Day
  • 4th – American Independence Day
  • 11th – World Population Day
  • 14th – Bastille Day (French Independence Day)
  • 22nd & 23rd – Tisha B’Av

National Civility Month

  • 2nd – International Day of Friendship
  • 9th – International Day of the World’s Indigenous People 
  • 11th – Son and Daughters Day
  • 13th – International Lefthanders Day
  • 19th – World Huamnitarian Day

9th through October 15th – Hispanic Heritage Month

National Guide Dog Month

  • 10th – World Suicide Prevention Day
  • 11th to 13th – Rosh HaShana
  • 16th – Mexican Independence Day
  • 20th to 21st – Yom Kippur
  • 21st – International Day of Peace
  • 25th – Sukkah Begins
  • 26th – European Languages Day
  • 27th – World Tourism Day

Bullying Prevention Month

AIDS Awareness Month

Down Syndrome Awareness Month

LGBT History Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

  • 9th – World Freedom Day
  • 13th – World Kindness Day
  • 16th – International Day for Tolerance
  • 19th – International Men’s Day
  • 20th – Transgender Day of Remembrance

Universal Human Rights Month