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Black Day (블랙데이) (South Korea)
Black Day (블랙데이) is South Korea's unofficial April 14 observance for singles who received nothing on Valentine's Day or White Day, marked by eating jajangmyeon, wearing black, and drinking black coffee; it emerged in the 1990s.
Steak and Blowjob Day
Steak and Blowjob Day, also Steak & BJ Day, is a satirical unofficial internet holiday on March 14, one month after Valentine's Day, credited to Boston radio DJ Tom Birdsey in 2002. Not an official holiday; widely criticized as sexist.
Sweetest Day
Sweetest Day, an informal American holiday on the third Saturday of October, began as 1916 Candy Day and a 1921 Cleveland candy-makers' charity giveaway, now a regional Great Lakes Valentine's Day-like gift occasion.