Benin

National Day, November 30. Commemorates the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist state on the anniversary of the day in 1975 when the official name of this country was changed from Dahomey to Benin.
Martyrs' Day, January 16. Anniversary of the mercenary attack on Cotonou.

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Martyrs' Day, Id al-Fitr, Youth Day (Apr 1), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Workers' Day (May 1), Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Id al-Adha, Assumption, Armed Forces Day (Oct 26), All Saints' Day, National Day, Christmas, Harvest Day (Dec 31).

Bermuda

Peppercorn Day, April 23. The day of the Peppercorn ceremony, when officials collect one peppercorn as rent of the Old State House in Saint George.
Bermuda Day, May 24.
Somers Day, July 28. Commemorates Admiral Sir George Somers' settlement of 1609.

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Good Friday, Bermuda Day, Queen's Official Birthday, Cup Match, Somers' Day, Labor Day (Sep), Remembrance Day (Nov 11), Christmas.

Bhutan

National Day of Bhutan, December 17. The first hereditary King of Bhutan was installed on this day in 1907.
King's Birthday, November 11. The birthday of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who became king in 1972 at age sixteen.

Public holidays   Buddhist holidays, King's Birthday, Dussehra, National Day of Bhutan.

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Black History Month

Freedom Day, February 1. President Abraham Lincoln approved the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution on this day in 1865, which abolished slavery.
Langston Hughes's Birthday, February 2.
Rosa Lee Parks Birthday, February 4.
Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, February 12.
Frederick Douglass's "presumed" birthday, February 14.
Frederick Douglass's Death Anniversary, February 20.
Death of Malcom X, February 21. Malcom X was shot to death in Harlem, 1965.

Bolivia

Independence Day, August 6. Anniversary of the day in 1825 when Bolivia gained its independence from Spain.
La Paz Day, July 16. La Paz, the capital of Bolivia, was founded on this day in 1548. Observed in La Paz.
Martyrs' Day, July 21.
Memorial Day, March 23.
National Day, April 9. Anniversary of the reestablishment of the National Revolutionary Movement in 1952.
Alacitas, occurs in January. Indian festival for the god of abundance.

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Carnival (Shrove Mon. and Shrove Tue.), Good Friday, Labor Day (May 1), Corpus Christi, Independence Day, All Souls' Day, and Christmas. There are also regional public holidays.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Labor Days (May 1-2), July 27, November 25.

Botswana

Botswana Day, September 30. Celebrates the country's independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.
President's Day, May 24.

Public holidays   New Year's Day, Easter, Ascension Day, President's Day, Botswana Day, Christmas. Multiple days are given for most of these holidays.

Boxing Day

Boxing Day, December 26. It takes its name from the custom of sending Christmas boxes to errand boys, porters, servants, mail carriers, and others entitled to small gifts at this time. A legal holiday in Great Britain and most of western Europe, Canada, Australia, and many of the former possessions of the British Empire. In Ireland it is celebrated as Saint Stephen's Day and in Italy as Santo Stefano.