As 2025 nearly comes to a close, we have three bank holidays in quick succession - Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's ...

Former President Trump proposed two new national holidays commemorating the U.S. victories in World War I and World War II. The proposed dates are November 11th (WWI) and May 8th (WWII - European ...

This year, the UK is marking Christmas Day and Boxing Day on a Thursday and Friday respectively. However, come 2026, the bank holiday schedule will see a slight shift. The majority of the 2026 bank ...

Believe it or not, France has had a form of social security since the 1600s, and its modern system began in earnest in 1910, when the world’s life expectancy was just 32 years old. Today the average ...

Not all holidays are widely celebrated though, and naming a national day doesn’t automatically bring it national attention — just ask National I Want Butterscotch Day (Feb. 15). To measure how real ...