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Aug 30, 2005
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2005 Calendar

See perpetual calendar for more calendars. See also Calendars and Holidays, This Day in History and Today's Birthdays.

January

S M T W T F S
      1
2 3 45 6 7 8
9 10 1112 1314 15
16 17 1819 2021 22
23 24 25262728 29
30 31      
1—New Year's Day
6—Epiphany
17—Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday observed
21—(Eid) al Adha*

March

S M T W T F S
  1 234 5
6 7 89 1011 12
13 14 1516 1718 19
20 21 2223 2425 26
27 28 293031  
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
 
17—St. Patrick's Day
20—Spring begins (EST)**
20—Palm Sunday
25—Good Friday
25—Purim*
27—Easter Sunday (Western)

April

S M T W T F S
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
POETRY MONTH
 
3—Daylight Saving Time begins
21—Mawlid an-Nabi*
24—1st Day of Passover*

May

S M T W T F S
1 23456 7
8910111213 14
151617181920 21
222324252627 28
293031    
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
1—Orthodox Easter
5—Ascension Day
8—Mother's Day
15—Pentecost
30—Memorial Day observed

June

S M T W T F S
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
13—1st Day of Shavuot*
14—Flag Day
19—Father's Day
21—Summer begins (EDT)**

July

S M T W T F S
     1 2
3 456 78 9
10 111213 1415 16
17 181920 2122 23
24 252627 2829 30
31       
1—Canada Day
4—Independence Day

August

S M T W T F S
 1 2 345 6
789101112 13
14 151617 1819 20
21 222324 252627
28 293031   

September

S M T W T F S
    12 3
456789 10
11 1213141516 17
181920212223 24
25262728 2930 
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH (Sept. 15–Oct. 15)
 
5—Labor Day
22—Autumn begins (EDT)**

October

S M T W T F S
      1
2345 67 8
9 101112 1314 15
1617181920 21 22
23 242526 2728 29
30 31     
4—Rosh Hashanah*
5—Ramadan begins*
10—Columbus Day observed
10—Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
13—Yom Kippur*
18—1st Day of Sukkot*
25—Shemini Atzeret*
30—Daylight Saving Time ends
31—Halloween

November

S M T W T F S
  1 2 34 5
6 789 1011 12
13 14151617 18 19
20 212223 2425  
27282930   
AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH
 
1—All Saints' Day
4—Ramadan ends (Eid al-Fitr)*
8—Election Day
11—Veterans Day
24—Thanksgiving Day (U.S.)
27—1st Sunday of Advent

December

S M T W T F S
    12 3
4 567 89 10
11 121314 1516 17
18 1920212223 24
25 2627282930 31
21—Winter begins (EST)**
25—Christmas Day
26—1st Day of Hanukkah*
26—1st Day of Kwanzaa
*All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown the day before they are listed here. The Islamic calendar is based on lunar observation; thus, given dates of holidays may vary by one or two days.
**See Seasons for the Northern Hemisphere, 2005, for solstices and equinoxes.

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