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Clear filtersUS Thanksgiving - origins, date, and how the fourth Thursday became federal law
US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. Federal law traces to a 1789 Washington proclamation; the modern date rule was fixed by FDR in 1939/1941. The Pilgrim origin is a 19th-century framing.
Election Day (US) - the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and the federal voting calendar
Election Day in the United States falls on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Set by federal statute in 1845 and 1875. In 2026 the federal general-election date is Tuesday, November 3. Not a federal holiday; voter turnout, polling-place staffing, and state-by-state early-voting rules shape the day.
Iqbal Day in Pakistan - November 9, the birth anniversary of Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Iqbal Day (Yum-e-Iqbal) on November 9 is a federal public holiday in Pakistan marking the 1877 birth of Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the philosopher-poet whose 1930 Allahabad Address articulated the vision of a separate Muslim state. The day is observed with literary events, school ceremonies, and official observances at Iqbal's mausoleum in Lahore.
Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan (Kinro Kansha no Hi) - November 23, the modern successor to the Niinamesai harvest rite
Japan’s Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日, Kinrō Kansha no Hi) on November 23 is a national public holiday observing the work of the Japanese people and the bounty of the harvest. The day is the modern successor to the ancient Niinamesai harvest rite and was renamed in 1948 under the postwar Holidays Act.
Mexican Revolution Day - third Monday of November, the 1910 uprising and 2006 reform
Mexican Revolution Day (Dia de la Revolucion) on the third Monday of November commemorates Francisco I. Madero's 1910 Plan de San Luis Potosi, the call to arms that ended the Porfirio Diaz regime and began a six-year revolution culminating in the 1917 Constitution. Moved from fixed November 20 by 2006 decree to create a long weekend.
Proclamação da República - November 15, the 1889 proclamation that ended the Brazilian Empire
Brazil's Proclamação da República on November 15, 1889 ended the Empire of Brazil. Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca led the coup that deposed Emperor Pedro II and proclaimed the Republic of the United States of Brazil. A federal public holiday.