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2012 Mission Holiday Schedule

HOLIDAY

DAY OF WEEK

DATE

COUNTRY

NEW YEAR’S DAY

SUNDAY

January 01

B

NEW YEAR’S DAY

MONDAY

January 02

A

TRAD. RELIGIOUS DAY*

TUESDAY

January 10

B

BIRTHDAY OF M. L. KING

MONDAY

January 16

A

MAOULOUD

TBA

TBA

B

WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY

MONDAY

February 20

A

EASTER MONDAY

MONDAY

April 09

B

BENIN LABOR DAY

TUESDAY

May 01

B

ASCENSION DAY

THURSDAY

May 17

B

WHIT MONDAY

MONDAY

May 28

B

MEMORIAL DAY

MONDAY

May 28

A

U.S. INDEPENDENCE DAY

WEDNESDAY

July 04

A

FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN

TBA

TBA

B

BENIN INDEPENCE DAY

WEDNESDAY

August 01

B

ASSUMPTION DAY

WEDNESDAY

August 15

B

U.S. LABOR DAY

MONDAY

September 03

A

COLUMBUS DAY

MONDAY

October 08

A

TABASKI

TBA

TBA

B

ALL SAINTS DAY

THURSDAY

November 01

B

VETERANS DAY

MONDAY

November 12

A

THANKSGIVING DAY

THURSDAY

November 22

A

CHRISTMAS

TUESDAY

December 25

A/B

Key:

A = American holiday

B = Beninese holiday

TBA = To be announced depending on local Muslim interpretation of the lunar Islamic Calendar

* = Traditional religious holiday