Calendar of Events
January 2011
1st New Year’s Day
8th Elvis Presley's Birthday
25th Burns Night
26th Australia Day
February 2011
3rd Chinese New Year - Year of the
Rabbit
14th Valentines Day
March 2011
1st St David's Day
7th Oscar Night, 82nd Annual Academy Awards
14th Mothering Sunday – Mother’s Day
17th St Patricks Day
28th British Summertime commences
April 2011
3rd Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race
5th – 11th Golf Augusta, Georgia - The Masters
2nd Good Friday
5th Easter Monday
10th Grand National, Aintree
16th Charlie Chaplin born (1889)
21st Queen Elizabeth's Birthday
23rd St George's Day - National Day-England
23rd Shakespeare Day
May 2011
3rd Early May Bank Holiday
5th Cinco de Mayo, Mexican Festival
8th V E Day 1945
15th Football - FA Cup Final, Wembley
22nd Rugby Union Heineken Cup Final, Paris
23rd Whit Sunday
29th Eurovision Song Contest Final, Oslo, Norway
29th Rugby Union Guinness Premiership-Final
31st Spring Bank Holiday
TBA Golf - European Open, London Club, Kent
June 2011
1st Marilyn Monroe’s birthday (1926)
2nd Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II 1953
2nd National Day - Italy
5th WED – World Environmental Day
5th Horse Racing – Derby, Epsom Downs
6th D Day 1944
10th First Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race 1829
11-July 11th Football World Cup, South Africa
14th Trooping the Colour
17th Ladies Day, Royal Ascot
18th Battle of Waterloo 1815
19th H.M. The Queen’s Official Birthday
20th Father's Day
21st Longest Day of the Year
21st Wimbledon Tennis (ends 4th July)
23rd – 27th Glastonbury Festival
24th Midsummer Day
30th Henley Royal Regatta (ends 4th July)
July 2011
4th USA Independence Day
14th Bastille Day
15th St Swithin's Day
15th – 18th British Open Golf Championship, St. Andrews, Scotland
25th St Christopher's Day
25th St James' Day
31st Cowes Week (ends 7th August)
August 2011
3-7th Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court, London
7th – 29th Edinburgh Tattoo
30th Summer Bank Holiday
September 2011
9thJewish New Year
28th Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor Wales (ends 3 October)
18th Oktoberfest (ends 3rd October)
18th Yom Kippur
29th Michaelmas Day
October 2011
3rd National Day - Germany
2nd World Smile Day
4th World Animal Day
5 – 11th National Children's Book Week
12th National Day - Spain
16th World Food Day
17th Diwali Festival of Lights
21st Apple Day
21st Trafalgar Day
24th,25th RSPB Feed the Birds Day
24th United Nations Day
25th British Summer Time (BST) ends
30th Wear it Pink Day
31st Halloween
November 2011
1st All Saints Day
2nd All Souls Day
5th Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night
8th Remembrance Sunday
11th Armistice Remembrance Day
19th Beaujolais Nouveau
20th Children in Need
26th Thanksgiving
30th St Andrew's Day
December 2011
6th St Nicholas Day
21st Winter Solstice - Shortest Day
24th Christmas Eve
25th Christmas Day
26th Boxing Day
31st New Years Eve
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