Diary Event Dates to Remember in 2012 These Diary event dates will help you plan parties, celebrations, events and religious festivities during 2012 EVENT DETAILS DAY OF EVENT DATE OF EVENT       New Years Day * Sunday 1st January Holocaust Memorial Day Friday 27th January St. Valentines Day Tuesday 14th February Ash Wednesday    Wednesday 22nd February St. David's Day Thursday 1st March St. Patrick's Day Saturday 17th March Mothering Sunday Sunday 18th March Vernal Equinox Tuesday 20th March British Summer Time Begins Sunday 25th March Pesach (Passover) Saturday-Friday 7th - 13th April Good Friday * Friday 6th April Easter Sunday Sunday 8th April Easter Monday * Monday 9th April St. Georges Day Monday 23rd April May Day * Monday 7th May Spring Bank Holiday * Monday 28th May Fathers Day Sunday 17th June Longest Day of the Year Thursday 21st June American Independence Day Wednesday 4th July Summer Bank Holiday * Monday 27th August Autumnal Equinox Sunday 23rd September Rosh Hashanah Monday-Tuesday 17th - 18th September Yom Kippur Wednesday 26th September British Summer Time Ends Sunday 28th October Halloween Wednesday 31st October All Saints Day Thursday 1st November Guy Fawkes Day - Bonfire Night Monday 5th November Remembrance Sunday Sunday 11th November American Thanksgiving Thursday 22nd November St. Andrew's Day Friday 30th November Shortest Day of the Year Saturday 22nd December Christmas Eve Monday 24th December Christmas Day * Tuesday 25th December Boxing Day - Day of Goodwill * Wednesnday 26th December New Years Eve Monday 31st December       * Bank Holidays England & Wales Diary Event Dates to Remember and Religious Holidays in the year:  2011, 2013, 2014, 2015