This is a list of government-sanctioned holidays commemorating individuals.
Person Holiday Observing government DateBhanubhakta AcharyaBhanu JayantiNepal, India13 JulyB. R. AmbedkarAmbedkar JayantiIndia14 April Susan B. Anthony Susan B. Anthony Day United States 15 February Errol Barrow Errol Barrow Day Barbados 21 JanuaryNetaji Subhas Chandra BoseNetaji JayantiIndia23 JanuaryRobert BurnsBurns Night (or Day)Scotland25 January Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez Day United States 31 MarchJesus ChristChristmasVarious25 December Christopher Columbus Columbus Day Various second Monday in October (US); 12 October (elsewhere)Leif EriksonLeif Erikson DayUnited States, parts of Canada9 October Guy Fawkes Guy Fawkes Night (or Day) United Kingdom 5 November Mahatma Gandhi Gandhi Jayanti India 2 October Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day United States third Monday in JanuaryFred KorematsuFred Korematsu DayParts of the United States30 January Abraham Lincoln Lincoln's Birthday Parts of the United States 12 February Nelson Mandela Mandela Day Various 18 July Harvey Milk Harvey Milk Day California / United States / New York 22 MayJohn Muir John Muir Day California 21 April Barack Obama Obama Day Kenya, parts of the United States 6 November Rosa Parks Rosa Parks Day Four states of the United States 4 February (California and Missouri); 1 December (Ohio and Oregon)Maharana PratapPratap JayantiRajasthan9 May Casimir Pulaski General Pulaski Memorial Day United States 11 October Casimir Pulaski Day Illinois, Wisconsin public schools, etc. first Monday in MarchShivajiShiv JayantiMaharashtra19 FebruaryMother TeresaMother Teresa DayAlbania5 September Harriet Tubman Harriet Tubman Day United States 10 MarchPierre-Théodore VerhaegenSaint VerhaegenBrussels20 November Queen Victoria Victoria Day Canada last Monday before 25 May George Washington Washington's Birthday United States third Monday in February Wright brothers Wright Brothers Day United States 17 December Malcolm X Malcolm X Day Berkeley, California either Malcolm's birthday on 19 May or the third Sunday of May
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