2009 Holidays

Jan 1	New Year's Day
Jan 7	Orthodox Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Jan 13	Stephen Forster Memorial Day
Jan 14	Orthodox New Year (Orthodox)
Jan 16	Lee Jackson Day (VA)
Jan 19	New Hampshire Civil Rights Day (NH)
Jan 19	Martin Luther King Day
Jan 19	Idaho Human Rights Day (ID)
Jan 19	Confederate Heroes Day (TX)
Jan 20	Inauguration Day (MD, VA, DC, LA)
Jan 29	Kansas Day (KS)
Feb 1	National Freedom Day
Feb 2	Groundhog Day
Feb 9	Tu B'Shevat (Arbor Day) (Jewish)
Feb 12	Lincoln's Birthday (CT, CA, IL)
Feb 14	Valentine's Day
Feb 16	Daisy Gatson Bates Day (AR)
Feb 16	Presidents' Day
Feb 24	Carnival/Shrove Tuesday (Christian)
Feb 24	Mardi Gras (LA)
Feb 25	Ash Wednesday (Christian)
Mar 8	Daylight Saving Time starts
Mar 8	International Women's Day
Mar 9	Prophet's Birthday (Islamic)
Mar 10	Purim (Jewish)
Mar 17	St. Patrick's Day
Mar 20	Vernal equinox
Mar 25	Maryland Day (MD)
Mar 26	Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI)
Mar 30	Seward's Day (AK)
Mar 31	Cesar Chavez Day (CO, CA, TX)
Apr 2	Pascua Florida Day (FL)
Apr 4	United Nations' Mine Awareness Day
Apr 5	Palm Sunday (Christian)
Apr 7	United Nations' World Health Day
Apr 9	First day of Passover (Jewish)
Apr 9	Maundy Thursday (Christian)
Apr 10	Good Friday (Christian)
Apr 11	Holy Saturday (Christian)
Apr 12	Easter Sunday (Christian)
Apr 13	Easter Monday (Christian)
Apr 15	Tax Day
Apr 15	Father Damien Day (HI)
Apr 16	Emancipation Day (DC)
Apr 16	Last day of Passover (Jewish)
Apr 19	Orthodox Easter (Orthodox)
Apr 20	Patriot's Day (ME, MA)
Apr 21	San Jacinto Day (TX)
Apr 21	Yom HaShoah (Jewish)
Apr 22	Administrative Professionals Day
Apr 22	Oklahoma Day (OK)
Apr 22	Earth Day
Apr 23	World Book and Copyright Day
Apr 24	Arbor Day (NE)
Apr 27	Confederate Memorial Day (GA, MS, AL, FL)
Apr 29	Yom HaAtzmaut (Jewish)
May 1	National Day of Prayer
May 1	Law Day
May 1	Loyalty Day
May 3	World Press Freedom Day
May 4	Rhode Island Independence Day (RI)
May 5	Cinco de Mayo
May 8	Truman Day (MO)
May 10	Mother's Day
May 10	Confederate Memorial Day (NC)
May 10	Confederate Memorial Day (SC)
May 11	'Confederate Memorial Day' observed (SC)
May 11	'Confederate Memorial Day' observed (NC)
May 12	Lag B'Omer (Jewish)
May 15	International Day of Families
May 15	National Defense Transportation Day
May 15	Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 17	World Information Society Day
May 21	Ascension Day (Christian)
May 21	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22	National Maritime Day
May 22	International Day for Biological Diversity
May 25	African Liberation Day
May 25	Memorial Day
May 29	Shavuot (Jewish)
May 31	Pentecost (Christian)
Jun 1	Statehood Day (KY, TN)
Jun 1	Whit Monday (Christian)
Jun 3	Jefferson Davis Birthday (AL, FL)
Jun 4	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Jun 5	World Environment Day
Jun 7	Trinity Sunday (Christian)
Jun 11	Kamehameha Day (HI)
Jun 11	Corpus Christi (Christian)
Jun 14	Flag Day
Jun 17	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Jun 17	Bunker Hill Day (MA)
Jun 19	Juneteenth (MA, MI, AK, MO, CA, NJ, CT, NM, DC, NY, ID, NC, IA, OK, KY, OR, AR, TX, DE, TN, IL, VA, WY, WA, FL, CO, LA)
Jun 20	West Virginia Day (WV)
Jun 20	World Refugee Day
Jun 21	June Solstice
Jun 21	Father's Day
Jun 23	Public Service Day
Jun 26	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Jun 26	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Jul 3	'Independence Day' observed
Jul 4	Independence Day
Jul 4	International Day of Cooperatives
Jul 11	World Population Day
Jul 20	Isra and Mi'raj (Islamic)
Jul 24	Pioneer Day (UT)
Jul 26	Parents' Day
Jul 30	Tisha B'Av (Jewish)
Aug 9	International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Aug 10	Victory Day (RI)
Aug 12	International Youth Day
Aug 16	Bennington Battle Day (VT)
Aug 17	'Bennington Battle Day' observed (VT)
Aug 19	National Aviation Day
Aug 21	Statehood Day in Hawaii (HI)
Aug 22	Ramadan begins (Islamic)
Aug 23	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Aug 27	Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX)
Sep 7	Labor Day
Sep 8	International Literacy Day
Sep 11	Patriot Day
Sep 12	Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Sep 13	National Grandparents Day
Sep 16	Laylat al-Qadr (Islamic)
Sep 16	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 17	Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Sep 19	Rosh Hashana (Jewish)
Sep 21	International Day of Peace
Sep 21	Eid-al-Fitr (Islamic)
Sep 22	Autumnal equinox
Sep 24	World Maritime Day
Sep 27	Gold Star Mother's Day
Sep 28	Yom Kippur (Jewish)
Oct 1	International Day of Older Persons
Oct 3	First day of Sukkot (Jewish)
Oct 4	Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi (Christian)
Oct 4	Feast of St Francis of Assisi (Christian)
Oct 5	World Habitat Day
Oct 5	Child Health Day
Oct 5	World Teachers' Day
Oct 9	Last day of Sukkot (Jewish)
Oct 9	Leif Erikson Day
Oct 9	World Post Day
Oct 10	World Mental Health Day
Oct 10	Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Jewish)
Oct 12	Native Americans' Day (SD)
Oct 12	Indigenous People's Day (CA*)
Oct 12	Columbus Day (All except )
Oct 14	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 15	White Cane Safety Day
Oct 16	World Food Day
Oct 17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 18	Alaska Day (AK)
Oct 19	'Alaska Day' observed (AK)
Oct 24	World Development Information Day
Oct 24	United Nations Day
Oct 30	Nevada Day (NV)
Oct 31	Halloween
Nov 1	All Saints
Nov 1	Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 11	Veterans Day
Nov 26	Thanksgiving Day
Nov 27	Black Friday
Nov 28	Eid-al-Adha (Islamic)
Nov 29	First Sunday Advent (Christian)
Dec 7	Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 8	Immaculate Conception (Christian)
Dec 12	First day of Chanukah (Jewish)
Dec 17	Pan American Aviation Day
Dec 17	Wright Brothers Day
Dec 19	Last day of Chanukah (Jewish)
Dec 21	December Solstice
Dec 25	Christmas Day (Christian)
Dec 26	Kwanzaa (until Jan 1)
Dec 31	New Year's Eve

 

 

JANUARY - Flower: Carnation - Birthstone: Garnet
 

• New Year's Day January 1, 2009
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 19, 2009
• Inauguration Day January 20, 2009
• Chinese New Year January 26, 2009

FEBRUARY - Flower: Violet - Birthstone: Amethyst
 

• Super Bowl! February 1, 2009
• Groundhog Day February 2, 2009
• Boy Scout Day February 8, 2009
• TuBishavat February 8, 2009
• Lincoln's Birthday February 12, 2009
• Valentine's Day February 14, 2009
• Presidents' Day February 16, 2009
• Washington's Birthday February 22, 2009
• Mardi Gras February 24, 2009
• Ash Wednesday February 25, 2009

MARCH Flower: Jonquil- Birthstone: Aquamarine
 

• Daylight Savings Time Begins March 8, 2009
• Girl Scout Week March 10-16 2009
• St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2009<
• Vernal Equinox March 20, 2009

APRIL Flower: Sweet Pea -Birthstone: Diamond
 

• April Fools' Day April 1, 2009
• Palm Sunday April 5, 2009
• Passover April 9, 2009
• Good Friday April 10, 2009
• Easter Sunday April 12, 2009
• Tax Day April 15, 2009
• Earth Day April 22, 2009
• Arbor Day April 24, 2009
• Administrative Professionals Day April 29, 2009

MAY Flower: Lily of the Valley-Birthstone: Emerald
 

• May Day May 1, 2009
• Cinco de Mayo May 5, 2009
• Teacher’s Day May 5, 2009
• Nurse’s Day May 6, 2009
• Mother's Day May 10, 2009
• Armed Forces Day May 16, 2009
• Memorial Day May 25, 2009

JUNE Flower: Rose - Birthstone: Pearl
 

• Flag Day June 14, 2009
• Father's Day June 21, 2009
• Summer Solstice June 21, 2009

JULY Flower: Larkspur - Birthstone: Ruby
 

• Independence Day July 4, 2009
• Parents Day July 26, 2009

AUGUST Flower: Gladiolus -Birthstone: Peridot
 

• Friendship Day August 2, 2009

SEPTEMBER Flower: Aster -Birthstone: Sapphire
 

• Labor Day September 7, 2009
• Patriot Day September 11, 2009
• Grandparents Day September 13, 2009
• Rosh Hashanah September 19, 2009
• Autumnal Equinox September 22, 2009
• Yom Kippur September 28, 2009 (begins at sunset night before)

OCTOBER Flower: Calendula -Birthstone: Opal
 

• Columbus Day October 12, 2009
• Bosses' Day October 16, 2009
• Sweetest Day October 17, 2009
• Halloween October 31, 2009

NOVEMBER Flower: Chrysanthemum -Birthstone: Topaz
 

• All Saints Day November 1, 2009
• Daylight Savings Time Ends November 1, 2009
• Election Day November 3, 2009
• Veterans Day November 11, 2009
• Thanksgiving November 26, 2009

DECEMBER Flower: Narcissus -Birthstone: Turquoise
 

• Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day December 7, 2009
• Hanukkah December 12, 2009
• Winter Solstice December 21, 2009
• Christmas Eve December 24, 2009
• Christmas December 25, 2009
• Kwanzaa December 26, 2009 - January 1, 2009
• New Year's Eve December 31, 2009