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2020 EDITORIAL PLANNING CALENDAR National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month 2020 01 January SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 New Year’s Day

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • 77th Golden • 18th Anniv: Opening Globe Awards of Gitmo Prison

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • National Religious • Freedom Day • Iowa (Feb 3) • New Hampshire Primary (Feb 11) • Valentine’s Day (Feb 14) • President’s Day (Feb 17) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • SAG Awards • 3rd Anniv. Women’s • National • MLK Day March Compliment Day • Opposite Day

26 27 28 29 30 31 1 • 62nd Grammy • Intl. Holocaust • 3rd Anniv. Muslim Ban • 3rd Anniv. Sally Awards Remembrance Day Airport Protests Yates dismissal • 3rd Anniv. Muslim Ban EO Black History Month 2020 02 SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 • World Hijab Day •

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • Iowa • State of the Union

• NFL Super Bowl • 3rd Anniv: Yemeni Bodega Strike 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Chocolate Day • 5th Anniv: Chapel • New Hampshire • National Women’s History • 92nd Academy Awards Hill Shooting Primary Valentine’s Day Month • (Mar 3) • Intl. Women’s Day (Mar 8)

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 • NBA All-Star Game • Natl. Day of • Intl. Mother • Nevada Democratic President’s Day Remembrance Language Day Caucuses

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 • National Eating • South Carolina Disorders Democratic Primary Awareness Week Women’s History Month MARCH 10 • Hawaii Republican caucuses • Idaho primary • primary 2020 • primary • primary March • Democratic caucuses 03 • Ohio primary • Washington primary SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT MARCH 14 • DC Republican convention 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • Guam Republican caucus • Super Tuesday • 3rd Anniv: Muslim • Northern Marianas Ban 2.0 EO Democratic convention • Republican convention

MARCH 17 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • Arizona Democratic Primary • primary • International • Primaries* • Girl Scouts Day • Primaries* • primary Women’s Day • Popcorn Lover’s Day • National Potato Chip Day • Northern Marianas Republican • Pi Day convention SXSW 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Freedom of • Spring Equinox International • Republican • Arab American Heritage Information Day St. Patrick’s Day caucuses Month • Ohio Primary • World Poetry Day • (Apr 12) • (Apr 8-16) SXSW • Earth Day (Apr 22) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • National Puppy Day • primary • Waffle Day • Muslim Women’s Day • Earth Hour • MLB Opening Day

SXSW 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 • Puerto Rico • National Doctor’s Day • National Equal Pay Democratic primary Day • Natl. Vietnam War Arab American Heritage Month APRIL 4 • Democratic primary • Hawaii Democratic primary • primary 2020 April APRIL 28 04 • New York primary • Connecticut primary • Delaware primary • primary SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT • primary • Rhode Island primary 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 • Primaries* • Cesar Chavez’s • Wyoming Democratic Birthday April Fool’s Day caucuses • 52nd Anniv: MLK • Census Day Assassination North Dakota Republican state convention 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • Wisconsin Primary • National Beer Day / World Health Day

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12 Easter 13 14 15 16 17 18 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • 7th Anniv: Boston • 57th Anniv: MLK’s • Asian Pacific American • Grilled Cheese Marathon Bombing Letter from Sandwich Day Heritage Month • Tax Day Birmingham Jail • (May 25) • Jackie Robinson Day PASSOVER 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • 81st Anniv: Billie • 1st Anniv: Muslim Ban Holiday’s “Strange Earth Day Oral Arguments Fruit” • World Penguin Day

RAMADAN 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 • Primaries* • Honesty Day • International Jazz Day

RAMADAN Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2020 National Mental Health Awareness Month 05 May SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 • Intl. Worker’s Day • Kansas Democratic primary; Guam Democratic caucuses RAMADAN

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 • United Nations World • Natl. Day of Prayer / • Indiana primary Press Day Reason • National Teacher Day

RAMADAN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Nebraska, West • Nakba Day • LGBTQ Pride Month Mother’s Day primaries • National Bike to • International Work Day National Nurses Day • RAMADAN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 • International • Kentucky • 3rd Anniv: Manchester Museum Day Democratic primary; Bombing Oregon primary

RAMADAN 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 • 3rd Anniv: Portland • National Hamburger Eid al-Fitr Memorial Day Train Attack Day • National Wine Day LGBTQ Pride Month 2020 06 June SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 • National Macaroon Day • , , • 3rd Anniv: London • National Cheese Day • 52nd Anniv: Robert F. • Virgin Islands , South Bridge Attack Kennedy Assassination Democratic caucuses Dakota primaries • World Environment • District of Columbia Day Democratic primary 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 • Children’s Day • World Ocean Day • 3rd Anniv: ACT For • 4th Anniv: Orlando America’s “March Pulse Shooting Against Sharia” Rallies

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • 3rd Anniv: Alexandria • 5th Anniv: • 3rd Anniv: Finsbury • World Refugee Day ; • U.S. Independence Day Shooting Charleston Church Mosque Attack • National Bald Eagle Day African-American (Jul 4) Shooting • International Picnic • First Day of Summer • Democratic National Day Convention (Jul 13-16) • Olympics begin (July 24) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 • National Pink Day • 2nd Anniv: SCOTUS Father’s Day Muslim Ban Decision • International Yoga Day

28 29 30 1 2 3 4 • Social Media Day 2020 07 July SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 • Intl. Joke Day Independence Day

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 • National Kissing Day • National Blueberry Day • 6th Anniv: Report • World Population Day • Video Games Day shows NSA Spied on Muslim Americans

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • National French • MLB All-Star Game • World Emoji Day • Back to school Fries Day • Republican National Convention (Aug 24 – 27) • El Paso Shooting 1st Democratic National Convention Anniversary (Aug 3) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • National Ice Cream • National Lollipop • National Hot Dog Day • National Tequila Day Day Day

Olympics 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 • 100 Days to Election Day Eid al-Adha Olympics 2020 08 August SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 26 27 28 29 30 31 1

HAJJ Olympics 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • 1st Anniv: El Paso • U.S. Coast Guard Day • 8th Anniv: Oak Creek • International Cat Day shooting Shooting • International Beer Day HAJJ Olympics 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Book Lover’s Day • 3rd Anniv: • Left Hander’s Day • National Hispanic Heritage Charlottesville Rally & Month begins (Sep 15) Attack • (Sep 7)

Olympics Nation Conference 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 • 3rd Anniv: Barcelona • World Humanitarian • Senior Citizens Day • National Tooth Van Attack Day Fairy Day

ISLAMIC NEW YEAR 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 • 13th Anniv: First • Women’s Equality Day • 57th Anniv: March on • Hashtag Ever Used • National Dog Day Washington

Republican National Convention National Hispanic Month Begins 2020 09 September SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 • 1st Anniv: Odessa • Cheese Pizza Day shooting • International Bacon Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 • Read a Book Day • 63rd Anniv: Civil • Swap Ideas Day • 19th Anniv: 9/11 Attacks Labor Day Rights Act • NFL Regular Season

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Natl. Grandparents • Hispanic Heritage • Constitution / • National • LGBTQ History Month Day Month Begins Citizenship Day; Cheeseburger Day / Domestic Violence • National Peanut Day 3rd Anniv: St. Cloud Awareness Month Attack • / Indigenous People’s Day (Oct 12) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 • Intl. Day Of Peace; • Natl. Voter • 3rd Anniv Muslim Registration Day Ban 3.0 • First Day of Autumn

27 28 29 30 1 2 3 • Ask a Stupid • Presidential Debate Question Day; • Natl. Good Neighbor Day National Hispanic Month Ends LGBTQ History Month 2020 Domestic Violence Awareness Month 10 October SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 • International Coffee Day • International Day for the Elderly

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • World Smile Day • World Teachers' Day • Vice Presidential Debate

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • National Coming • Natl. Hispanic • Dictionary Day Columbus Day / • Holiday Season Out Day Heritage Month Indigenous • Native American Heritage Ends Month People’s Day • Presidential Debate • Veteran’s Day (Nov 11) • Thanksgiving (Nov 26) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 • 3rd Anniv: Muslim • World Series Begins • National Nut Day • United Nations Day Ban 3.0 Blocked • Presidential Debate • Make A Difference Day

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • 2nd Anniv: • an-Nabi Shooting

FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD 2020 11 November SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 • Election Day • 11th Anniv: Fort Hood • Saxophone Day • Sandwich Day Shooting

FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 • USMC Day • World Kindness Day • World Diabetes Day Veteran’s Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Natl. Philanthropy Day • International • World Peace Day • Natl. Absurdity Day • World Hello Day • Giving Tuesday (Dec 1) Tolerance Day • Universal Children's • National Adoption Day • (Dec 10-18) Day • (Dec 25) • New Year’s Eve (Dec 31) AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 • National Cashew Day • Evolution Day • • 4th Anniv: Ohio • National Espresso Day Thanksgiving • Natl. Day of Listening State Attack

29 30 1 2 3 4 5 • Intl. Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People 2020 12 December SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 • Giving Tuesday • 5th Anniv: San Bernadino Attack

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 • 79th Anniv: Pearl • Intl. Anti- • Human Rights Day Harbor Attack Corruption Day • Letter Writing Day

HANUKKAH 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 KEY FUTURE EVENTS • Ice Cream Day • Bill of Rights Day • 2nd Anniv: • Bake Cookies Day • New Year’s Day (Jan 1) • Violin Day #ForAbdullah • Martin Luther King Day Campaign (Jan 18) • Presidential Inauguration HANUKKAH (Jan 20) • State of the Union (TBA) 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 • First Day of Winter • Crossword Puzzle Day Christmas

27 28 29 30 31 1 2 • National Fruitcake • Card Playing Day Day New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day