World Days

List of World Days and International Days celebrated in Slovakia and throughout the world.

4 January	World Braille Day	WBU, since 2001; on 4th January 1809 Louis Braille, creator of Braille was born, the founder of Braille Alphabet
6 January	World day for War Orphans	initiated by S.O.S Enfants En Detresse
15 January	World Army Day
23 January	National Day of Patriotism
26 January	International Customs Day	World Customs Organization - WCO; on 26th January 1953 inaugural meeting of the Customs Co-operation Council was held , established in 1952, which was renamed in 1994 for World Customs Organization
27 January	World Leprosy Day
27 January	Internet Free Day	since 2001
27 January	International Holocaust Remembrance Day	UNGA Resolution of 1st November 2005; on 27th January 1945 the Red Army liberated the largest Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz
28 January	Data Protection Day
30 January	World Martyrs Day
2 February	World Wetlands Day	on 2 February 1971, Iran adopted the Ramsar Convention, the Convention on Wetlands
4 February	World Cancer Day	since 2002, the same day in 2000 the first World Summit Against Cancer in Paris adopted a charter against cancer - the charter rights of cancer patients
11 February	World Day of the Sick	declared by Pope John Paul II. in 1992 on the feast of Our Lady Lurdskej
21 February	International Mother Language Day	UNESCO, declared in 1999, celebrated since 2000
8 March	International Women's Day	United Nations, celebrated since 1975; in December 1977 UN adopted a resolution declaring the United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace to be in the Member States in celebrating any day of the year in line with the historical and national traditions
15 March	World Consumer Rights Day	Consumers International, CI, since 1983
21 March	World Forestry Day	European Confederation of Agriculture - ECA, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO, initiated in 1971
21 March	March International Day Against Racism	United Nations, declared in 1966, celebrated since 1967; on 21st March 1960 the police masacre on participants of peaceful demonstration against apartheid in South Africa, Sharpeville, killed 69 people
21 March	World Poetry Day	UNESCO, declared in 1999, celebrated since 2000
21 March	World Sleep Day	International Foundation for mental health and neuroscience - IFMHN, declared in 2001
21 March	World Puppetry Day	UNIMA, declared in 2002
22 March	World Water Day	UN, initiated in 1992 at the UN Conference on Environment in Rio de Janeiro celebrates since 1993
23 March	World Meteorological Day	WMO, World Meteorological Organizatio. This Day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization
24 March	World Tuberculosis Day	WHO, International Union against Tuberculosis and respiratory disease - IUATLD, celebrated since 1982; on that day in 1882 R. Koch announced the discovery of Koch bacia
27 March	World Theatre Day	UNESCO, declared in 1961 at the initiative of the International Theater Institute - ITI, celebrated from 1962)
28 March	Teachers' Day
1 April	World Migratory Bird
2 April	International Children's Book Day	International organization bor children's book IBBY, declared in 1967; on 2nd April 1805 H.Ch.Andersen was born
7 April	World Health Day	WHO, celebrated since 1950; on 7 April 1948 World Health Organization A-WHO was founded
18 April	World Heritage Day	UNESCO; declared in 1983, celebrated since 1984
22 April	World Earth Day	celebrated since 1970 in USA
23 April	World Book and Copyright Day	UNESCO, declared in 1995, celebrated since 1996;
26 April	World Intellectual Property Day	World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO, celebrated since 2001
28 April	International Workers' Memorial Day	International Labor Organization ILO, celebrated since 2003
29 April	International Dance Day	celebrated since 1982; on 29 April 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre was born, French dancer, choreographer, creator of modern ballet
1 May	International Labour Day	declared in 1889 in the memory of strike of workers in Chicago in 1886. 3 people were executed and 5 senteced to 15 year in prison.
3 May	World Press Freedom Day	UN, UNESCO, declared in 1993, celebrated since 1994; on the day 1991 the Windhoek Declaration on promoting independent and pluralistic African press in a seminar on promoting independent and pluralistic African press was adopted
4 May	International Firefighters' Day	celebrated since 1999
8 May	World Red Cross Day	celebrated since 1953; on thar day in 1828 Swiss businessman Jean Henry Dunant, cofounder of Red Cross and the first Nobel laureate degree was born
11 May	International Migratory Bird Day
12 May	International Nurses Day	International Nurses Day and the International day of support for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (International Council of Nurses - ICN, celebrated since 1965; on that day in 1820 English nurse Florence Nightingale, who founded the first school for nurses in the world and itself suffered from this syndrome was born
15 May	International Family Day	UN; declared in 1993, celebrated since 1994
17 May	World Telecommunication Day (ITU)	Medzinárodná telekomunikačná únia -- ITU, oslavuje sa od 1965; v ten deň 1865 v Paríži podpísali Medzinárodný telegrafný dohovor, ktorým založili Medzinárodnú telegrafnú úniu, 1. 1. 1934 sa premenovala na Medzinárodnú telekomunikačnú úniu) International Telecommunication Union - ITU, celebrated since 1965, on that day in 1865 International Convention telegraph was adopted in Paris, as foundation of the International telegraph union, on 1st January 1934 it renamed as the International Telecommunications Union
18 May	International Museum Day	International Council of Museums - ICOM, declared in 1977, celebrated since 1978
20 May	World Mass Media Day
21 May	World Day for Cultural Development
22 May	International Day for Biological Diversity
25 May	African Liberation Day
25 May	Missing Children's Day
27 May	Deň bez mobilov
31 May	World No Tobacco Day (WHO
1 June	International Children's Day
4 June	International Day Of Innocent
4 June	World Children Victims of Aggression
5 June	World Environment Day (UNEP)
8 June	World Oceans Day
8 June	World Brain Tumour Day
14 June	World Blood Donor Day,
17 June	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20 June	World Refugee Day
21 June	World Music Day
26 June	Anti Drug Day
26 June	National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
27 June	World Diabetes Day
11 July	World Population Day	UNFPA
9 August	International Day of the World's Indigenous People
12 August	International Youth Day

13 August	Left Handers Day
23 August	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition	UNESCO
26 August	Women's Equality Day
8 Sepember	International Literacy Day	UNESCO
8 Sepember	World Rabies Day
11 Sepember	World First Aid Day
14 Sepember	International Cross-Cultural Day
16 Sepember	Ozone Day
21 Sepember	International Day For Peace
22 Sepember	World Rose Day
22 Sepember	Word Car Free Day
26 Sepember	European Day of Languages
27 Sepember	World Tourism Day
28 Sepember	World Heart Day
1 October	World Elders Day
1 October	World Vegetarian Day
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence
4 October	World Animal Day
5 October	World Teachers Day (UNESCO)
8 October	World Humanitarian Action Day
9 October	World Post Day (UPU)
10 October	World Mental Health Day
14 October	World Standards Day
16 October	World Food Day (FAO)
17 October	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
24 October	United Nations Day
24 October	World Development Information Day,
1 November	World Vegan Day
6 November	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
8 November	World Quality Day
9 November	World Freedom Day
10 November	World Science Day
14 November	World Kindness Day
16 November	International Day for Tolerance and Peace	UNESCO
17 November	International Students Day
19 November	World Toilet Day
19 November	Prevention of Child Abuse
20 November	Child Rights Day (UNICEF)
20 November	Africa Industrialization Day
21 November	World Television Day
21 November	International Philosophy Day (UNESCO)
21 November	World Hello Day
23 November	World Mother-in-Law's Day
25 November	- International Day on Violence against Women
29 November	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
30 November	International Computer Security Day
1 December	(WHO) - World aids day
2 Dec	World Pollution Prevention Day
2 December	World Handicap Day, Black Day for the Blind
2 December	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3 December	World Disabled Day
5 Dec	International Volunteer Day
7 December	(ICAO) - International Civil Aviation Day
9 December	The International Day against Corruption
10 December	World Human Rights Day
18 December	International Migrants Day
20 December	International Human Solidarity Day