Fifth week of May, 2020 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

The UN General Assembly, by its resolution 60/119 of 8 December 2005, requested the annual observance of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Ter..→

11 Things You May Not Know About Jefferson Davis: 1. Davis was not a secessionist leader. 2. As a West Point cadet, Davis was arrested for participating in the “Eggnog ..→

In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem: We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, It see..→

Interesting facts about grass. It is believed that the tallest grass grows in savannas and jungles. However, there are plants belonging to the grass family, which are fiv..→

The Torah was given by God to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai more than 3300 years ago. Every year on the holiday of Shavuot jews renew their acceptance of God’s gift, a..→

As of January 31, 2015, 91 802 servicemen and military observers, 12 433 policemen, 5325 international civil servants, 11 762 local civil servants, 1800 UN volunteers ha..→

World Multiple Sclerosis Day is held on 30 May every year, though events and campaigns take place throughout the month of May. The 2019 campaign will be called ‘My Invisi..→

In Christianity, Pentecost (Day of the Holy Trinity) is celebrated fifty days after Easter Sunday, inclusively (i.e., 49 days with the first day counted, seven weeks), he..→

During the voyages of Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic Ocean Indians presented him and his people with tobacco leaves which were used by natives for smoking, chew..→