Google explains that after users found that Google Calendar did not have information about important dates or significant celebratory festivals that used to be in the calendar, such as Black History Month or Pride Month, which were previously included, stating that these days or festivals were removed from the holiday calendar last year.
Google said that in the past few years, they have added these celebratory periods or important dates, including cultural celebrations, Teacher’s Day, and many others globally. They also received suggestions to add many more days or festivals, totaling hundreds of events, which led Google to decide to reduce this complexity by showing only official government holidays and various important dates of each country, referencing data from timeanddate.com. These important dates may differ from trending social movements.
Google stated that the display guidelines for official holidays and important dates are similar to other online calendar service providers, and users can still customize and add the important dates they want on their calendar. However, the celebration of various important festivals is still emphasized by Google through their product displays.
Source: The Verge & Google
TLDR: Google removed important dates and celebratory festivals like Black History Month and Pride Month from Google Calendar, emphasizing official holidays and important dates based on country-specific data, while still allowing users to customize their calendars.
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