Knowing what holidays and awareness days are coming up can help you with planning promotions and post for your blog and social media. Here is a list of holidays and awareness days for 2019 including hashtags!
Pre-planning around these days can help you come up with content and also help with getting the word out about your blog and/or brand.
January 2019
1. Tuesday, New Year’s Day #NewYearsDay 4. Friday, National Trivia Day #NationalTriviaDay 11. Friday, Human Trafficking Awareness Day #HumanTraffickingDay 13. Sunday, National Sticker Day #NationalStickerDay 14. Monday, Clean Off Your Desk Day #CleanOffYourDeskDay 15. Tuesday, National Hat Day #NationalHatDay 17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day (third Thursday of every quarter) #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay 20. Sunday, Cheese Lovers Day #CheeseLoversDay 21. Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day #MLKDay 21. Monday, National Hugging Day #NationalHuggingDay 23. Wednesday, National Pie Day #PieDay 24. Thursday, National Compliment Day #NationalComplimentDay
25. Friday, Opposite Day #OppositeDay
February 2019
2. Saturday, Groundhog Day #GroundhogDay 3. Sunday, Super Bowl LIII #SBLIII 4. Monday, World Cancer Day #WorldCancerDay 7. Thursday, National Send a Card to a Friend Day #SendACardToAFriendDay 9. Saturday, National Pizza Day #NationalPizzaDay 11. Monday, Inventors Day #InventorsDay 14. Thursday, Valentine’s Day #ValentinesDay 17. Sunday, Random Acts of Kindness Day #RandomActsOfKindnessDay
18. Monday, Presidents Day #PresidentsDay
March 2019
1. Friday, National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day #PeanutButterLoversDay 1. Friday, National Employee Appreciation Day #EmployeeAppreciationDay 2. Saturday, National Read Across America Day #ReadAcrossAmerica & #DrSeuss 5. Tuesday, National Pancake Day #NationalPancakeDay 5. Tuesday, Mardi Gras #MardiGras 6. Wednesday, National Dentist’s Day #DentistsDay 7. Thursday, National Cereal Day #NationalCerealDay 8. Friday, International Women’s Day #BeBoldForChange 8. Friday, National Proofreading Day #NationalProofreadingDay 10. Sunday, National Pack Your Lunch Day #NationalPackYourLunchDay 10. Sunday, Daylight Savings #DaylightSavings 11. Monday, National Napping Day #NationalNappingDay 14. Thursday, Popcorn Lover’s Day #PopcornLoversDay 14. Thursday, Potato Chip Day #NationalPotatoChipDay 14. Thursday, Pi Day #PiDay (To go the extra mile, post this at 1:59, as Pi equals 3.14159…) 17. Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day #StPatricksDay 18. Monday, Awkward Moments Day #NationalAwkwardMomentsDay 19. Tuesday, National Let’s Laugh Day #NationalLetsLaughDay 20. Wednesday, International Day of Happiness #InternationalDayofHappiness 20. Wednesday, World Storytelling Day #WorldStorytellingDay 20. Wednesday, First Day of Spring #FirstDayofSpring 23. Saturday, National Puppy Day #NationalPuppyDay
26. Tuesday, American Diabetes Association Alert Day #AmericanDiabetesAssociationAlertDay
April 2019
1. Monday, April Fools Day #AprilFools 2. Tuesday, World Autism Awareness Day #WAAD 3. Wednesday, National Walking Day #NationalWalkingDay 10. Wednesday, National Siblings Day #NationalSiblingsDay 11. Thursday, National Pet Day #NationalPetDay 15. Monday, National Tax Day #TaxDay 16. Tuesday, National Stress Awareness Day #StressAwarenessDay 16. Tuesday, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day #PJDay 18. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay 18. Thursday, National High-Five Day #NH5D 20. Saturday, National Look-Alike Day #NationalLookAlikeDay 22. Monday, Earth Day #EarthDay2018 24. Wednesday, National Administrative Professionals Day #AdministrativeProfessionalsDay 24. Wednesday, Denim Day #DenimDay 25. Thursday, National Telephone Day #NationalTelephoneDay 25. Thursday, World Malaria Day #EndMalariaForGood 25. Thursday, National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day #COUNTONME 26. Friday, Arbor Day #ArborDay 29. Monday, International Dance Day #InternationalDanceDay
30. Tuesday, National Honesty Day #NationalHonestyDay
May 2019
1. Wednesday, May Day #MayDay 3. Friday, World Press Freedom Day #WPFD2019 #PressFreedom 4. Saturday, Star Wars Day #StarWarsDay & #Maythe4thBeWithYou 5. Sunday, Cinco de Mayo #CincoDeMayo 7. Tuesday, Thank a Teacher Day #ThankATeacher 8. Wednesday, National Receptionist Day #NationalReceptionistDay 13. Sunday, Mother’s Day #MothersDay 27. Monday, Memorial Day #MemorialDay #MDW 28. Tuesday, Hamburger Day #NationalHamburgerDay 29. Wednesday, Paperclip Day #PaperclipDay 31. Friday, World No-Tobacco Day #NoTobacco
31. Friday, Heat Awareness Day #NoFryDay
1. Saturday, International Children’s Day #ChildrensDay 2. Sunday, National Cancer Survivor’s Day #NCSD2019 3. Monday, Leave The Office Early Day #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay 5. Wednesday, World Environment Day #WorldEnvironmentDay 7. Friday, National Donut Day #NationalDonutDay 14. Friday, National Flag Day #FlagDay 16. Sunday, Father’s Day #FathersDay 21. Friday, National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay 21. Friday, First Day of Summer 21. Friday, Take Your Dog to Work Day #TakeYourDogToWorkDay 27. Thursday, National Sunglasses Day #NationalSunglassesDay 27. Thursday, National Handshake Day #HandshakeDay
30. Sunday, Social Media Day #SMDay
July 2019
4. Thursday, Independence Day (United States) 7. Sunday, World Chocolate Day #WorldChocolateDay 11. Thursday, Cheer Up the Lonely Day #CheerUpTheLonelyDay 17. Wednesday, World Emoji Day #WorldEmojiDay 18. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
30. Tuesday, International Day of Friendship #DayOfFriendship
August 2019
2. Friday, National Coloring Book Day #NationalColoringBookDay 9. Friday, National Book Lovers Day #NationalBookLoversDay 12. Monday, International Youth Day #YouthDay 12. Monday, World Elephant Day #WorldElephantDay 16. Friday, National Tell a Joke Day #NationalTellAJokeDay 19. Monday, World Photo Day #WorldPhotoDay 19. Monday, World Humanitarian Day #WorldHumanitarianDay 20. Tuesday, National Lemonade Day #NationalLemonadeDay
26. Monday, National Dog Day #NationalDogDay
September 2019
2. Monday, Labor Day #LaborDay 5. Thursday, International Day of Charity #CharityDay 6. Friday, Read a Book Day #ReadABookDay 8. Sunday, International Literacy Day #LiteracyDay 8. Sunday, National Grandparents Day #NationalGrandparentsDay 11. Wednesday, National Day of Service and Remembrance #911Day 12. Thursday, National Day of Encouragement #DayOfEncouragement 13. Friday, Stand Up To Cancer Day #KissCancerGoodbye 19. Thursday, Talk Like a Pirate Day #TalkLikeAPirateDay 21. Saturday, International Day of Peace #PeaceDay 23. Monday, First Day of Fall 25. Wednesday, National Women’s Health and Fitness Day #FitnessDay
28. Saturday, National Good Neighbor Day #GoodNeighborDay
October 2019
1. Tuesday, International Coffee Day #InternationalCoffeeDay 4. Friday, National Taco Day #NationalTacoDay 4. Friday, World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay 5. Saturday, World Teachers Day #WorldTeachersDay 7. Monday, World Habitat Day #WorldHabitatDay 10. Thursday, World Mental Health Day #WorldMentalHeathDay 10. Thursday, World Sight Day #WorldSightDay 11. Friday, International Day of the Girl #DayOfTheGirl 13. Sunday, National Train Your Brain Day #TrainYourBrainDay 14. Monday, National Dessert Day #DessertDay 16. Wednesday, Bosses Day #BossesDay 17. Thursday, Get to Know Your Customers Day #GetToKnowYourCustomersDay
31. Thursday, Halloween #Halloween
November 2019
1. Friday, World Vegan Day #WorldVeganDay 1. Friday, National Authors Day #NationalAuthorsDay 3. Sunday, National Sandwich Day #NationalSandwichDay 3. Sunday, Daylight Saving Time Ends #DaylightSavings 4. Monday, National Candy Day #NationalCandyDay 8. Friday, National Cappuccino Day #CappuccinoDay 8. Friday, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Day #STEMDay 11. Monday, Veterans Day #VeteransDay 13. Wednesday, World Kindness Day #WKD 14. Thursday, World Diabetes Day #WDD 19. Tuesday, National Entrepreneurs Day #EntrepreneursDay 26. Tuesday, National Cake Day #NationalCakeDay 28. Thursday, Thanksgiving Day #Thanksgiving 29. Friday, National Day of Listening #DayOfListening
30. Saturday, Small Business Saturday #ShopSmall
December 2019
2. Monday, Cyber Monday #CyberMonday 4. Wednesday, National Cookie Day #NationalCookieDay 10. Tuesday, Human Rights Day #HumanRightsDay 21. Saturday, First Day of Winter #WinterSolstice
31. Tuesday, New Year’s Eve #NYE