NOTABLE DATES AHEAD
In the skies
Total solar eclipse - April 8. Parts of the South and East
Coast will see a total solar eclipse. It will be partial for
Californians.
Partial lunar eclipse - Sept. 17
Comet Tsuchinshan passes close to Earth - Oct. 12 - Oct.
19
2024 federal holidays
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Monday, Jan. 15
Presidents Day - Monday, Feb. 19
Memorial Day - Monday, May 27
Juneteenth - Wednesday, June 19
Independence Day - Thursday, July 4
Labor Day - Monday, Sept. 2
Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day - Monday, Oct. 14
Veterans Day - Monday, Nov. 11
Thanksgiving - Thursday, Nov. 28
Christmas Day - Wednesday, Dec. 25
2024 non-federal holidays
Leap Day - Thursday, Feb. 29
Chinese New Year - Saturday, Feb. 10 (year of the dragon)
Mardi Gras - Tuesday, Feb. 13
Valentine's Day - Wednesday, Feb. 14
Ash Wednesday - Feb. 14
Super Tuesday election - March 5
Ramadan - (tentative date) evening of March 10 through
April 8
St. Patrick's Day - Sunday, March 17
Nowruz - Wednesday, March 20
Holi - Monday, March 25
Good Friday - March 29
Easter Sunday - March 31
Passover - evening of Monday, April 22, through April 30
Mother's Day - Sunday, May 12
Flag Day - Friday, June 14
Father's Day - Sunday, June 16
Republican convention - July 15-18
Democratic convention - Aug. 19-22
Halloween - Thursday, Oct. 31
Diwali - begins Friday, Nov. 1
Presidential election day - Tuesday, Nov. 5
Christmas Eve - Tuesday, Dec. 24
Sources: History.com, The Associated Press, Ballotpedia, Historic Newspapers, CBS News
Hanukkah - evening of Wednesday, Dec. 25, through
Thursday, Jan. 2
Kwanzaa - Thursday, Dec. 26 through Jan. 2
New Year's Eve - Tuesday, Dec. 31
2024 major sports events
Super Bowl - Sunday, Feb. 11
NBA All-Star Game - Sunday, Feb. 18
Daytona 500 - Sunday, Feb. 18
MLB Opening Day - Thursday, March 28
Boston Marathon - Monday, April 15
Kentucky Derby - Saturday, May 4
Preakness Stakes - Saturday, May 18
Belmont Stakes - Saturday, June 8
MLB All-Star Game - Tuesday, July 16
Olympics in Paris - Friday, July 26 - Sunday, Aug. 11
2024 awards shows
Golden Globe Awards - Sunday, Jan. 7
Emmy Awards - Monday, Jan. 15
Grammy Awards - Sunday, Feb. 4
Academy Awards - Sunday, March 10
CMT Awards - Sunday, April 7