Unable to plan a funeral event during global calendar events

Global events that we can't cancel, cause you to be unable to plan funerals and goaled events. The funeral thing is silly when I can plan other events, even they're not goaled events. 

Global events like the one circled aren't even mandatory for your sim to appear and should be ignored when trying to schedule funerals and goaled events instead of trying in vain to fine a free day on the already bloated calendar.  They're not even holidays. The entire day is blocked off for a few hours. It's absurd

Absurd.