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holidays - 2009
June
5 - Friday World Environment Day
21 - Sunday Father's Day
21 - Summer Solstice Longest day of the year
24 - Wednesday St. John Baptiste Day Canada
July
1 - Wednesday Canada Day Observed, Canada
4 - Saturday Independence Day 4th of July
13 - Monday Orangeman's Day Ireland
August
3 - Can. Civic Holiday Canada, most provinces
3 - Monday Scot. Bank Holiday Scotland
22 - Saturday Ramadan Begins (Islamic)
31 - Bank Holiday England, Ireland, Scotland
September
National Hispanic Heritage Month
7 - Monday Labor Day US, Canadian
13 - Sunday Grandparent's Day
19 - Saturday Talk Like a Pirate Day
19 - Rosh Hashanah Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
21 - Eid-al-Fitr End of Ramadan (Islamic)
22 - Autumnal Equinox Equal light and dark
25 - Friday Native American Day
28 - Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
12 - Monday Columbus Day Observed
12 - Monday Can. Thanksgiving Day Canada
17 - Saturday Sweetest Day
24 - Saturday United Nations Day
31 - Saturday Halloween
November
1 - Dia de los Muertos Mexico, Day of the Dead
1 - Sunday All Saint's Day
1 - Sunday End of Daylight Savings Time US
2 - Monday All Soul's Day
11 - Veterans Day US National Holiday
11 - Can. Remembrance Day Canada
26 - Thanksgiving Day US National Holiday
December
AIDS Awareness Month
12 - Hanukkah Begins at Sunset (Jewish)
21 - Winter Solstice Shortest Day of the Year
25 - Christmas US National Holiday (Christian)
26 - Saturday Kwanzaa Begins, ends Jan. 1
26 - Saturday Boxing Day Canada, UK
31 - Thursday New Year's Eve
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