# Calendar of "national this day', or "national xyz week?" (etc)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-of-national-this-day-or-national-xyz-week-etc/354165>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 25, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-of-national-this-day-or-national-xyz-week-etc/354165 "2006-04-25T17:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-of-national-this-day-or-national-xyz-week-etc/354165/1 "2006-04-25T17:19:05Z")

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Where can I find an on-line calendar that lists all the hokey ‘national’ days and weeks in the US of A, such as “National Sock Manufactures Day”, or “National Playground Equipment Week/Month?”

There are a bunch of these hokey days/weeks/months I’d like to reference.

Consider today, “National I-have-no-clue-where-to-find-this-info Day”

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**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calendar-of-national-this-day-or-national-xyz-week-etc/354165/2 "2006-04-25T17:40:03Z")

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I don’t know about on-line (in an ‘on the web’ sense), but far and away the best book for this is the annual [Chase’s Calendar of Events](http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/getpage.php?page=chases_intro.php&template=chases). It’s highly possible that you can find it in the reference section fo a library. It’s also orderable via PDF from them, it appears.