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Important Occasions in our History

Since the beginning of history mankind has celebrated many days on many occasions. Get to know the history of the occasions we celebrate nowadays across the globe from the needless to mention “Mother’s Day” and family/social occasions to the cultural occasions like “Labour’s Day” and all the way to the religious occasions like “Saint Patrick’s Day” and their story through history.

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Valentine greeting card
Valentine's Day494 to Present

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated an...

Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving1536 to Present

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, som...

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St. Patrick's Day17th Century to Present

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festiv...

A jack-o'-lantern, one of the symbols of Halloween
Halloween1745 to Present

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhallo...

Labor Day
Labor day1856 to Present

Labor Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of wor...

Juneteenth Flag
JuneteenthMonday Sep 22, 1862 to Present

Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth) – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberati...

Graves at Arlington on Memorial Day Image
Memorial daySaturday May 30, 1868 to Present

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military per...

MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's DayWednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bon...

Father's Day
Father's Day1908 to Present

Father's Day is a day of honoring fatherhood, paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in...

Black Friday
Black Friday1952 to Present

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, whi...

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