2017 Calendar: Holidays, Important Dates And Other Events Scheduled This Year

If you made a new year's resolution to be more organized, now is your chance. Grab your planner and your favorite pen — 2017 is officially here.

There's nothing like filling in a new calendar with all the important dates you need to remember. Whether you want to keep track of the various holidays, astronomical happenings, award shows or historical anniversaries, we've got you covered. Here's a rundown of the major dates in 2017, collected from TimeandDate.com, Space.com, Movie Insider, the Council on Foreign Relations and ITN Source.

January

Tuesday, Jan. 3: Quadrantid meteor shower

Sunday, Jan. 8: Stephen Hawking's 75th birthday and Golden Globe Awards

Monday, Jan. 16: Martin Luther King Day

Friday, Jan. 20: Inauguration Day

Saturday, Jan. 28: Chinese New Year

February

Thursday, Feb. 2: Groundhog Day

Friday, Feb. 10: "The LEGO Batman Movie" release

Sunday, Feb. 12: presidential election in Germany and Grammy Awards

Tuesday, Feb. 14: Valentine's Day

Sunday, Feb. 19: general election in Ecuador

Monday, Feb. 20: Presidents' Day

Sunday, Feb. 26: annular eclipse of the Sun and Academy Awards

March

Wednesday, March 1: Ash Wednesday

Sunday, March 12: Holi, Purim and beginning of Daylight Saving Time

Wednesday, March 15: general election in the Netherlands and 100th anniversary of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia's abdication

Friday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day and "Beauty and the Beast" movie release

Monday, March 27: general election in Somaliland

Thursday, March 30: 150th anniversary of the Alaska Purchase

April

Saturday, April 1: April Fools' Day

Sunday, April 9: Palm Sunday and presidential election in Serbia

Tuesday, April 11: Passover begins

Friday, April 14: Good Friday and "The Fate of the Furious" movie release

Sunday, April 16: Easter

Tuesday, April 18: Passover ends, Tax Day

Sunday, April 23: presidential election in France

Sunday, April 30: 75th anniversary of the fall of Saigon

May

Friday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo and "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" movie release

Sunday, May 14: Mother's Day

Friday, May 17: presidential election in Iran

Saturday, May 27: Ramadan begins

Monday, May 29: Memorial Day

June

Wednesday, June 14: Flag Day

Sunday, June 18: Father's Day

Wednesday, June 21: Summer solstice

Monday, June 26: Eid al-Fitr

July

Thursday, July 1: 50th anniversary of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Tuesday, July 4: Independence Day

Friday, July 7: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" movie release

Tuesday, July 25: presidential election in India

August

Friday, Aug. 4: presidential election in Rwanda

Tuesday, Aug. 8: general election in Kenya

Saturday, Aug. 12: Perseid meteor shower

Monday, Aug. 21: total eclipse of the Sun

Saturday, Aug. 26: presidential election in Singapore

Thursday, Aug. 31: 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death

September

Saturday, Sept. 2: Eid al-Adha

Monday, Sept. 4: Labor Day

Monday, Sept. 11: Patriot Day

Thursday, Sept. 21: Rosh Hashanah

Saturday, Sept. 30: Yom Kippur

October

Monday, Oct. 9: Columbus Day

Tuesday, Oct. 10: general election in Liberia

Tuesday, Oct. 31: Halloween

November

Sunday, Nov. 5: end of Daylight Saving Time

Tuesday, Nov. 7: Election Day in the United States

Saturday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day

Friday, Nov. 17: "Justice League" movie release

Sunday, Nov. 19: general election in Chile

Thursday, Nov. 23: Thanksgiving

Friday, Nov. 24: Black Friday

December

Wednesday, Dec. 13: Hanukkah begins

Thursday, Dec. 14: Geminid meteor shower

Friday, Dec. 15: "Star Wars: Episode VIII" movie release

Wednesday, Dec. 20: Hanukkah ends and scheduled presidential election in South Korea

Thursday, Dec. 21: Winter solstice

Sunday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve

Monday, Dec. 25: Christmas

Tuesday, Dec. 26: Kwanzaa begins

Sunday, Dec. 31: New Year's Eve