[cnc] Upcoming Holidays & Other Notable Dates

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Mostly for personal reference, feel free to suggest some I may have missed or overlooked (I'm Canadian, Julian's American, there's bound to be some confusion). I'm not going to do anything with a lot of these, but it helps keep track.

NOVEMBER (2011)
- All Saint's Day (1st)
- Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos (1st, 2nd note: Mexican holiday)
- Election Day (2nd note: off year)
- Guy Fawkes Day (5th note: UK holiday)
- Daylight Savings Ends (6th)
- Eid al-Adha (6th - 9th)
- Veterans Day (11th note: Remembrance Day in Commonwealth, Armistice Day in others)
- Sadie Hawkins Day (15th?)
- Trans* Remembrance Day (20th)
- Thanksgiving (24th)
- Black Friday (25th)
- Islamic New Year (27th note: different calendar)

Birthdays: Edward Nygma (15th, here), Jonathan Crane (16th, here)

DECEMBER (2011)
- World AIDs Day (1st)
- Ashura (5th)
- National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (7th)
- Hanukkah/Chanukah (20th note: sunset - 28th)
- Winter Solstice (22nd)
- Saturnalia (note: ?)
- Christmas Eve (24th)
- Christmas Day (25th) *
- Boxing Day (26th note: Commonwealth)
- Kwanzaa (26th - January 1st)
- New Year's Eve (31st) *

JANUARY (2012)
- New Year's (1st) *
- Friday the Thirteenth
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day (16th)
- Lunar/Chinese New Year (23rd note: Year of the Dragon)

FEBRUARY (2012)
- Groundhog Day (2nd)
- Lincoln's Birthday (12th)
- Valentine's Day (14th)
- Washington's Birthday (20th)
- Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras (21st)
- Ash Wednesday (22nd note: religious, Christian)
- Anniversary of the Gregorian Calendar (24th Note: Julian's 'birthday')
- Leap Day (29th)

MARCH (2012)
- Purim (sunset 7th - nightfall 8th note: religious, Jewish)
- International Women's Day (8th)
- Daylight Saving Time (11th)
- Pi Day (14th note: ...yes I know)
- The Ides of March (15th)
- St. Patrick's Day (17th)
- March Equinox (20th note: Vernal Equinox Day in Japan, also Ostara (Wiccan, neopaganism))

APRIL (2012)
- April Fool's Day (1st) *
- Palm Sunday (1st note: Religious, Christian)
- Good Friday (6th note: Religious, Christian)
- Passover (6th - 14th note: Religious, Jewish)
- Easter (8th, Monday 9th note: Religious, Christian)
- Friday the Thirteenth
- 4/20 (20th note: cannabis culture day)
- Earth Day (22nd note: uh /stares at arbor day)
- Arbor Day (27th)
- Beltane ( sunset 30th - sunset May 1st)

MAY (2012)
- May Day (1st)
- Star Wars Day ("May the Fourth be with you")
- Cinco de Mayo (5th)
- Mother's Day (13th)
- Armed Forces Day (19th)
- Victoria Day (21st note: Canadian)
- Towel Day (25th)
- Memorial Day (28th)

JUNE (2012)
- Trinity Day (3rd note: Religious, Christian)
- Transit of Venus (5th)
- Flag Day (14th)
- Isra and Mi'raj (16th - 17th note: Religious, Muslim)
- Father's Day (17th) *
- Juneteenth (19th)
- New Moon (19th)
- June Solstice (20th)

JULY (2012)
- Canada Day (1st note: Canadian)
- Independence Day (4th)
- International Day of Cooperatives (7th)
- World Population Day (11th)
- Friday the Thirteenth
- Nelson Mandela Day (18th)
- Ramadan (20th - August 18th** note: Religious, Muslim)
- Parent's Day (22nd)
- World Hepatitis Day (28th)
- Tisha B’Av (28th note: Religious, Jewish)
- International Day of Friendship (30th)

AUGUST (2012)
- Lughnasadh (1st note: Religious, Wiccan)
- Laylat al-Qadr (14th note: Religious, Muslim)
- Assumption of Mary (15th note: Religious, Christian)
- Ramadan (ends, 18th**)
- National Aviation Day (19th)
- Women's Equality Day (26th)

SEPTEMBER (2012)
- Labour Day (3rd)
- National Grandparents Day (9th)
- Patriot Day - 9/11 (11th)
- Rosh Hashana (17th note: Religious, Jewish)
- Autumn Equinox (22nd)
- Yom Kippur (26th note: Religious, Jewish)

OCTOBER (2012)
- Sukkot (1st - 7th note: Religious, Jewish)
- Child Health Day (1st)
- Feast of St Francis of Assisi (4th note: Religious, Christian)
- Columbus Day (8th)
- my birthday (9th i can list it, fight me)
- Sweetest Day (20th Note: Midwest/Great Lakes)
- Eid-al-Adha (25th-26th note: Religious, Muslim)
- Hallowe'en (31st)*
- Samhain (31st/Nov. 1st)

Year of the Rabbit (Feb 3 2011 - Jan 22 2012)
Moon Phases
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