2020 Holidays and Awareness Days

It’s always helpful to have a listing of holidays and awareness days so that you can plan out content to go along with it. ?Sometimes these days will help with a promotion and other times it can help you come up with content ideas during that time frame.

Here’s a list of 2020 Holiday and Awareness days

January 2020

11th National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
16th National Religious Freedom Day
20th World Religion Day
20th Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
27th International Outer Space Day

Month-Long:

Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Blood Donor Month (United States)
National Glaucoma Awareness Month (United States)
Thyroid Awareness Month
Healthy Weight Awareness Month (United States)
National Mentoring Month (United States)

February 2020

2nd World Wetlands Day
4th World Cancer Day
5th Safer Internet Day ? #SID19
13th World Radio Day
14th World Bonobo Day
14th Valentine?s Day
16th World Whale Day
17th President?s Day(United States)
17th Random Acts of Kindness Day
20th World Day of Social Justice
21st International Mother Language Day
26th World Spay Day
27th International Polar Bear Day
28th Rare Disease Day
28th Digital Learning Day
29th Leap Year Day

February Month-Long: Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, along with Black History Month (United States) and American Heart Month.

March 2020

2nd Read Across America Day(United States)
3rd World Wildlife Day
8th International Women?s Day
14th World Kidney Day
15th World Consumer Rights Day
15th World Sleep Day
21st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21st International Day of Forests
21st World Down Syndrome Day
21st World Poetry Day
21st International Day of Nowruz
22nd World Water Day
23rd World Meteorological Day
24th World Tuberculosis Day
30th Earth Hour

March Month-Long:

Brain Injury Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
National Women?s History Month (United States)
Red Cross Month
National Umbrella Month (United States)
Ethics Awareness Month (United States)
National Caffeine Awareness Month (United States)
National Nutrition Month (United States)

April 2020

1st April Fools Day
2nd World Autism Awareness Day
7th World Health Day
12th International Day for Street Children
12th?Easter Sunday
14th World Dolphin Day
15th World Art Day
19th, 20th, and 21st Global Youth Service Days
20th Volunteer Recognition Day
22nd Earth Day
22nd Administrative Professionals? Day (United States)
23rd World Book Day
25th World Malaria Day
25th World Penguin Day
26th World Intellectual Property Day
29th International Dance Day
30th International Jazz Day

April Month-Long:

Alcohol Awareness Month
Autism Awareness Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month (United States)
Parkinson?s Awareness Month
Stress Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Donate Life Month
Math Awareness Month

Also,?Volunteer Appreciation Week in the United States?is the 19th to the 25th.

May 2020

1st International Labor Day
3rd World Press Freedom Day
11th World Fair Trade Day
12th World Migratory Bird Day
15th International Day of Families
17th Endangered Species Day
17th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day?
18th International Museum Day
21st World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
22nd International Day for Biological Diversity
23rd World Turtle Day
25th Memorial Day(United States)
29th International Day for UN Peacekeepers
31st World No Tobacco Day

May Month-Long:

Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Clean Air Month
Foster Care Month
Mental Health Awareness Month
National Barbeque Month (United States)
National Arthritis Month (United States)
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (United States)
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (United States)

In the United States,?Nurses? Week?falls from the 6th to the 12th.?Women?s Health Week?is the 10th to the 16th.?And?Teacher Appreciation Week?is the 5th to the 8th.

June 2020

1st Global Day of Parents
5th World Environment Day
8th World Oceans Day
12th World Day Against Child Labor
14th World Blood Donor Day
17th World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
20th World Refugee Day
21st International Day of Yoga
22nd World Rainforest Day
23rd International Widows Day
30th International Asteroid Day

June Month-Long:

International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month?and?Professional Wellness Month. It is also?Adopt a Cat Month!

July 2020

3rd Recognized Independence Day(United States)
4th Independence Day
4th International Day of Cooperatives
11th World Population Day
12th Malala Day
15th World Youth Skills Day
18th Nelson Mandela International Day
28th World Hepatitis Day
29th Global Tiger Day
30th World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
30th International Day of Friendship

July Month-Long:

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month.

August 2020

1st National Minority Donor Awareness Day (United States)
8th International Cat Day
9th International Day of the World?s Indigenous Peoples
10th World Lion Day
12th International Youth Day
12th World Elephant Day
17th National Nonprofit Day
17th International Homeless Animal Day
19th World Humanitarian Day
26th International Dog Day
29th International Day Against Nuclear Tests

August Month-Long:

American Indian Heritage Month
Children?s Eye Health and Safety Month
National Breastfeeding Month (United States)
National Immunization Awareness Month (United States)

World Breastfeeding Week?is the 1st to the 7th.

September 2020

5th International Day of Charity
7th Labor Day(United States)
8th International Literacy Day
10th World Suicide Prevention Day
13th World Sepsis Day
15th International Day of Democracy
21st International Day of Peace
22nd World Rhino Day
27th World Tourism Day
28th World Rabies Day
29th World Rivers Day
29th World Heart Day

September Month-Long:

World Alzheimer?s Month?and?Biodiversity Month. It is also?Healthy Aging Month, World Sepsis Month?and?Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month.

October 2020

1st International Day of Older Persons
2nd International Day of Nonviolence
4th World Animal Day
5th World Teachers? Day
6th World Cerebral Palsy Day
7th World Habitat Day
8th World Sight Day
9th World Post Day
10th World Mental Health Day
10th World Homeless Day
11th International Day of the Girl Child
12th Indigenous Peoples? Day / Columbus Day (United States)
12th World Arthritis Day
15th International Day of Rural Women
16th World Food Day
16th Global Cat Day
17th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
18th World Values Day
24th United Nations Day
27th World Day of Audiovisual Heritage
29th World Internet Day
31st World Cities Day

October Month-Long:

Cyber Security Month
Down Syndrome Awareness Month (United States)
Energy Awareness Month (United States)
Hunger Awareness Month (United States)
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)
SIDS Awareness Month (United States)
Domestic Violence Awareness Month (United States)

November 2020

10th World Science Day for Peace and Development
11th Veterans? Day (United States)
12th World Pneumonia Day
13th World Kindness Day
14th World Diabetes Day
15th World Philosophy Day
16th International Day for Tolerance
19th World Toilet Day
20th Universal Children?s Day
20th Africa Industrialization Day
21st World Pancreatic Cancer Day
21st World Television Day
25th International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
26th Thanksgiving Day (United States)

November Month-Long:

Alzheimer?s Awareness Month and National Native American Heritage Month in the United States, along with the Great American Smoke Out Month,?Recycling Awareness Month?and?Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

December 2020

1st Giving Tuesday
3rd International Day of People with Disabilities
5th International Volunteer Day
5th World Soil Day
7th International Civil Aviation Day
20th International Human Solidarity Day
24th Christmas Eve
25th Christmas