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July 10th! Though I think you'd have a hard time finding one for that day.

Also there is another one that I found for July 10th. July 10th to the 11th is the Parade Of Godiva. Up until the 1960's, the appearance of Lady Godiva, atride her white steed, was part of the of the procession held during the eight day Midsummer Corpus Chirsti Festival. Unforntuatly, the rowdy behavior and vulgar humor of the occasion drew Victorian disapproval. The parade was reinstated in 1969 but toned down considerably. Godiva, Lady of Coventry, was the wife of Earl Leofric and a devout and generous patron of the church. She was considered to be saintly and blessed of God. Godiva begged her husband to free Coventry from tax until, angry at her persistence , he told her that if she rode naked across the crowded marketplace he would grant her request. She agreed but allowed her hair to hang loose so that her whole body was veiled and only her legs exposed. Her husband considered this a to be a miracle and lifted the tax.

April 12th

For April 12 there is a festival that lasts from the 12th to the 19th of April its called The Cerealia/Chu-Si-Nu Festival. The Cerealia in an ancient Roman holiday to honor the Goddess of grain, Ceres. The festival began on April 12th and concluded on April 19th. As with most on the Spring festivals, the Cerealia was celebrated to secure fertility for the crops, Most of the activities were held inside the Circus Maximus, including the yoking of a bull and a rather bizarre fox chase. Burning brands were tied to the foxes tails and then they were set loose among the people. In Tiawan, the Goddess Chu-Si-Nu who presides over childbirth is honored at this time. One of the customs is for pregnant women to go to the temple of Chu-Si-Nu and ask for her blessing on their unborn children.

I checked the book out of the library and I need more birthdates before I take the book back so if you can get any dates from anyone you should post them in. That way you can learn something for that date. Thanks.

Actually no. November 17th is Western Lights. It is the third, and last, of the festivals of the dead in China. Clothing, money, and other gifts are burned in honor of the ancestors and loved ones. Candles, special foods, and rice wine are placed before personal shrines to fortify them during their journey through the spirit world.

January 11th is the Roman Festival of Carmentalia/English Hogmanay in Ancient Rome festival of Carmentalia was held to honor the nymphs of prophecy who were known as the Camenae. The principal nymph was Carnenta, the Goddess of prophecy who protected women in childbirth. Pregnant women would offer Carmenta rice and fresh vegetables in exchange for a safe delivery. Those women wishing to have children would ask Carmenta to bless wild berries that they would then eat to internalize fertility.
(This is a good time to check the gender of your or a friends baby. Take a gold ring tie a chain or a piece of string through the ring. Hold the ring over the mothers belly. Should the strong move in a circular motion the baby surely is a girl. If the ring moves in a back and forth motion the baby surely is a boy.)