diff --git a/wp-includes/template-functions-general.php b/wp-includes/template-functions-general.php
index 43c34c3674..1e08730e77 100644
--- a/wp-includes/template-functions-general.php
+++ b/wp-includes/template-functions-general.php
@@ -419,9 +419,9 @@ function get_calendar($daylength = 1) {
                 $ak_titles_for_day['day_'.$ak_post_title->dom] = '';
             }
             if (empty($ak_titles_for_day["$ak_post_title->dom"])) { // first one
-                $ak_titles_for_day["$ak_post_title->dom"] = htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($ak_post_title->post_title));
+                $ak_titles_for_day["$ak_post_title->dom"] = str_replace('"', '"', wptexturize(stripslashes($ak_post_title->post_title)));
             } else {
-                $ak_titles_for_day["$ak_post_title->dom"] .= $ak_title_separator . htmlspecialchars(stripslashes($ak_post_title->post_title));
+                $ak_titles_for_day["$ak_post_title->dom"] .= $ak_title_separator . str_replace('"', '"', wptexturize(stripslashes($ak_post_title->post_title)));
             }
         }
     }