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January 2023

Australia Day (26th)
Chinese New Year (22nd, 2023)
Epiphany · Three Kings Day - Wise Men (6th)
Martin Luther King (3rd Monday)
Mozart's Birthday (27th)
Puzzle Day, Nat'l (29th)

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February 2023

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (12th)
Black History Month
Dental Health Month
Mardi Gras (21st, 2023)
National Green Week (1st week M-F)
George Washington's Birthday (22nd)
Groundhog Day (2nd)
Lantern Festival (5th, 2023)
Presidents' Day (3rd Monday)
Valentine's Day (14th)

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March 2023

Craft Month
Dr. Seuss' Birthday (2nd)
Johnny Appleseed's Day (11th)
Natn'l Little Red Wagon Day (last Wed.)
Mothering Sunday (19th, 2023)
Music in our Schools Month
Nutrition Month (Nat'l)
Poison Prevention Week (3rd week)
Ramadan (3/22 - 4/21, 2023)
Read Across America (2nd)
Spring begins (20th)
St. Patrick's Day (17th)
Van Gogh's Birthday (30th)
World Water Day (22nd)
Woman's History Month

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April 2023

Arbor Day (last Friday)
Earth Day  (22nd)
Easter (17th, 2022)
Garden Month
Kite Month
Library Week (23rd - 29th, 2022)

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May 2023

Child Care Provider Day
(Friday before Mother's Day)
Children's Book Week (2-8, 2023)
Cinco de Mayo (5th)
National Egg Month
Int'l Firefighter Day (4th)
Graduation Month
May Day (1st)
Memorial Day, USA (last Monday)
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday)
Mother Goose Day (1st)
Nurse Day (Int'l) (12th)
Police Week (week of 15th)
Nat'l Safe Boating Week (20-26, 2023)
Space Day (1st Friday)
Teacher's Day (3rd) | Week (1-5, 2023)
Transportation Week (14-20, 2023)

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June 2023

Aesop's Birthday (4th)
Dairy Month
Father's Day (3rd Sunday)
Flag Day, USA (14th)
Fly a Kite Day (15th)
Fruit and Vegetable Month
1st Hot-Air Balloon Flight (4th)
Paul Bunyan Day (28th)
Int'l Picnic Day (18th)
Race Unity Day (2nd Sunday)
National Rose Month
Safety Month
Sky Day (30th)
Summer begins (21st)
World Environment Day (5th)
National Yo-yo Day (6th)
Zoo & Aquarium Month

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July 2023

Bastille Day (14th)
Canada Day (1st)
Amelia Earhart Day (24th)
Fourth of July
Ice Cream Month
First Moon Landing (20th)
National Picnic Month
Beatrix Potter Day (28th)
Teddy Bear Picnic Day (10th)

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August 2023

Aviation Day (19th)
Back to School
Be An Angel Day (22nd)
Clown Week (Int'l) (1st-7th)
Sports Day (1st)
Tooth Fairy Day (22nd)
Water Quality Month
Watermelon Day (3rd)

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September 2023

Autumn begins (23rd)
Back to School
Chicken Month Nat'l
Child Passenger Safety Week (17-23, 2023)
Classical Music Month
Day of Peace (Int'l) (21st)
Good Neighbor Day (4th Sunday)
Grandparent's Day (1st Sunday after Labor Day)
Labor Day (1st Monday)
Library Month Sign-up Card Month
Teddy Bear Day (9th)

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October 2023

Candy Corn Day (30th)
 Character Counts Week (3rd full week)
Children's Health Month
Columbus Day (2nd Monday)
Farmer's Day (12th)
Fire Prevention Week (week of 9th)
Halloween (31st)
Global Handwashing Day (15th)
Picasso's Birthday (25th)
World Post Day (9th)
School Bus Safety Week (3rd week M-F)
Thanksgiving-Canada (2nd Monday)
United Nations Day (24th)
World Food Day (16th)
World Space Week (4th-10th)
World Teachers' Day (5th)

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November 2023

America Recycles Day (15th)
Aviation Month
Bible Week (Nat'l) (20th-27th)
Cake Day (Nat'l) (26th)
Candy Day (Nat'l) (4th)
Child Safety Month
World Radiography Day · X-ray discovery (8th)
Thanksgiving-USA (4th Thursday)
Veteran's Day (11th)


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December 2023

Advent begins (3-24, 2023)
Christmas (25th)
Cookie Day (Nat'l) (4th)
Hanukkah (sunset 12/7 - nightfall 12/15)
Kwanzaa (26th - Jan 1st)
Poinsettia Day (12th) 
Read a New Book Month
Roof Over Your Head Day (3rd)
Saint Nicholas Day (6th)
Sinterklaas (5th/6th)
Twelve Days of Christmas (25/26 Dec.-5/6 Jan)
Winter begins (21st)
Wright Brothers Day (17th)

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