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Fun Facts Traditional birthstone: yellow topaz, citrine Mystical birthstone: pearl Ayurvedic birthstone: topaz Flower: yellow chrysanthemum Chinese Floral Emblem: gardenia Sun Signs: Scorpio / Sagittarius Dates Vary Year to Year 1st Wednesday: Rüeblimart, Switzerland 1st Saturday: Sadie Hawkins Day 4th Monday: Zibelemarit, Berne, Switzerland 4th Thursday: Thanksgiving Day Friday after Thanksgiving: Black Friday Sunday after Thanksgiving: Pasadena Doo Dah Parade Wednesday before Advent: Buss Und Bettag,  Germany Sunday before Advent: Totensonntag, Germany 4th Sunday before Christmas: Advent begins 15th Day of dark 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month: Diwali 2nd Day of bright 1/2 of Kartika, 8th Hindu month: Bhai Dooj 25th Day of Kislev, 3rd Jewish month: Chanukah Weekly Observances ~1st Week~ American Art Week National Fig Week World Communication Week ~2nd Week~ International Week of Science and Peace, UN National Chemistry Week National Split Pea Soup Week Red Flannel Days, Michigan ~3rd Week~ Book Week National Culinary Week National Family Week ~4th Week~ National Cookie Week National Home Care Week Monthly Observances Aviation History Month Good Nutrition Month International Creative Child and Adult Month National Alzheimer's Disease Month National Diabetes Month National Epilepsy Month National Hospice Month National Pepper Month National Raisin Bread Month National Stamp Collecting Month Peanut Butter Lover's Month

Daily Observances 1 All Hallow's Day All Saint's Day Day of the Dead, Mexico National French Fried Clam Day Samhain 2 All Soul's Day Dia de Finados, Portugal National Deviled Egg Day  Soulcaker's Play, Cheshire, UK 3 Meiji Setsu, Japan Sandwich Day St. Hubert's Day St. Pirminius' Day St. Winifred's Day 4 Mischief Night, UK, Australia, New Zealand National Candy Day St. Americus' Day St. Charles Borromeo's Day 5 Guy Fawkes' Day, UK National Doughnut Day St. Elizabeth's Day 6 Gustavas Adolphus Day, Sweden National Nachos Day Saxophone Day St. Illtyd's Day St. Leonard's Day 7 Feast of Stolen Fire St. Florentius' Day St. Willibrord's Day 8 Crystal Night, Hebrew Feast of the Four Crowned Martyrs Gwynn ap Nudd, Celtic National Harvey Wallbanger Day 9 Go To An Art Museum Today Day Kristallnacht National Scrapple Day St. Benen's Day Tree Festival Day, Tunisia 10 Forget-Me-Not Day National Vanilla Cupcake Day Nincnevin St. Andrew Avellino's Day St. Martin's Eve (Portugal) Tulip Lantern Festival, Switzerland 11 Armistice Day Beggar's Day, Netherlands Education Day Eleven Eleven Eleven Day, Netherlands Feast of Dionysus Lunantishees, Ireland Martinmas National Sundae Day Poppy Day Remembrance Day, Canada St. Menas of Egypt's Day Veteran's Day, US 12 Indian Summer Festival National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day St. Emillion's Day St. Josaphat's Day 13 Chuang Tzu's Day Feast of St. Nicholas I Festival of Jupiter National Indian Pudding Day St. Abbo's Day St. Stanislaus Kostka's Day 14 Children's Day, India Inuit Asking Festival, Eskimo Moccas, Celtic National Guacamole Day St. Dubricus' Day 15 Dynasty Day, Belgium National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day Shichi-Go-San, Japan St. Albertus Magnus' Feast St. Gertrude's Day 16 Hecate Night, Wicca St. Echerius' Day St. Gertrude the Great's Day St. Margaret of Scotland's Day 17 Homemade Bread Day Knight Festival Morocco Independence Day National Baklava Day 18 Latvia Independence Day National French Vichyssoise Day St. Odo of Cluny's Day St. Romanus' Day Volkstrauertag, German 19 Monaco National Day National Flag Day, Brazil St. Mechchild's Day St. Nerses' Day 20 Mexico Revolution Day National Peanut Butter Fudge Day St. Edmund the Martyr's Day Zaire Independence Day 21 National Stuffing Day St. Gelasius' Day World Hello Day 22 National Roast Turkey Day National Stop the Violence Day St. Cecilia's Day 23 National Cashew Day Niiname-Sai, Japan Repudiation Day, Maryland St. Clement's Day 24 Festival of Silence National Espresso Day St. Mesrob's Day 25 National Parfait Day St. Catherine of Alexandria's Day St. Mercury's Day 26 National Cake Day St. John Berchmans' Day St. Siricius' Day 27 National Bavarian Cream Pie Day St. Barlam and Josaphat's Day St. Maximus' Day Zibelemarit, Switzerland 28 National French Toast Day St. Catherine Laboure's Day St. Simeon Metaphrastes' Day 29 National Chocolates Day Parliament Night Square Dance Day St. Cuthbert Mayne's Day St. Saturnius' Day 30 Bonifacio Day, Philippines National Mousse Day St. Andrew's Day St. Frumentius' Day, Greek

National Days refer to the USA unless stated otherwise. Jewish and Muslim holidays begin the previous day at sundown.