November 09, 2000
Did you know that August 15 is Mother's Day in Costa Rica? Neither did I, until I found myself outside the locked doors of the National Museum in San Jose one August 15, reading a sign that said the place was closed for Mother's Day.
This inconvenient misunderstanding - as with most of this world's inconvenient misunderstandings - could have been prevented by the Web. Had I consulted The Earth Calendar before leaving for Central America, I would have known not to plan to visit a public institution on August 15 in Costa Rica.
The Earth Calendar displays holidays around the world by date, by country and by religion. So you can call up a page showing you all the holidays around the world on August 15, or all the holidays in Costa Rica for a year or all the Islamic holidays for a year. <>
Playing around with calendar sites can be useful and informative. It can also be pointless and fun.

Earth Calendar 2000

On this site, every day is a holiday! The Earth Calendar is a book of holidays and celebrations around the world. Listings cover any day that recognizes a cultural event. Find out what people are celebrating or skipping work for today. This year's calendar will help you plan, and 2001 holiday dates are due to available within the next couple of months.

Featured on CircumSpice (July 13 2000)

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June 06 2000

The Earth Calendar
By Adam Creed, Newsbytes
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA,
06 Jun 2000, 3:58 AM CST

Every day is a celebration somewhere around the world! The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world, including any day that recognizes a cultural event. Today the US recognizes D-Day. The Web-based calendar shows today's holidays, and you can also search for holidays by specific day, religion, or country. World Wide Web: http://www.earthcalendar.net/
Reported by Newsbytes.com,

Günler gelip geçerken

Torsdag den 18. maj 2000

I dag fejrer buddhister Vesak Dag, som er Buddhas fĝdselsdag. Desuden er det Galiciens nationaldag - og fuldmċne. Al denne information fċs ved et enkelt besĝg pċ Dagens klik - en global almanak, der holder styr pċ nationale helligdage i hele verden.

(If you can translate this to English for me, please email me at Admin@earthcalendar.net - Thanks)

Strange days
Today is National Heroes Day in the Cape Verde Islands and Guinea Bissau, Foundation Day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Inauguration Day in the USA. Those are not things you'll find in the average pocket diary, but Earth Calendar provides a day-by-day guide that will entertain trivia buffs and might even help tourists and business travelers.

Šta se slavi širom sveta?
www.earthcalendar.net
Pogledajte šta se još slavi na dan vašeg rođenja - ili bilo kog drugog datuma - na Zemaljskom kalendaru, gigantskom popisu svih praznika širom sveta. Možda ćete otkriti da se na datum vašeg rođendana u Iranu slavi Nacionalni dan izletnika ili Kasinga dan u Namibiji, tako da ćete imati dvostruki razlog za slavlje.SADRŽAJ 5 DIZAJN 5 VEZE 5 OPŠTI UTISAK 5
PS. If anyone can translate this, it would be much appreciated. :-)

(This is a loose translation of the review)
'The Earth Calendar Today, 30th of March. 
It is in the United States today 'Doctor's Day' 
and in Trinidad 'Spiritual Shouter Day'. Whatever that means. Everyday, somewhere in the world, there is a celebration. These celebration dates can be found on a big database seen at site: 'The Earth 
Calendar. You can seek a specific date, a country or a religion. Available  is the meaning of the 'Full Moon', as well as the 'Seed-Moon' (Time for seeding plants) April 18th, and the 'Harvest Moon', Sept. 13th. For those whom those wish to celebrate them.'