Forth week of October, 2019 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Since 1998, every year on October 22 we celebrate International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD). The self-help groups and the national associations become very active an..→

USS Hocking (APA-121) was a Haskell-class attack transport of the United States Navy (Displacement: 6,873 tons; Length: 455 ft (139 m); Beam: 62 ft (19 m); Draft: 24 ft (..→

The annual observance of Disarmament Week, which begins on the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, was called for in the Final Document of the General Asse..→

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, includ..→

The General Assembly in 1972 instituted World Development Information Day to draw the attention of world public opinion to development problems and the need to strengthen..→

Larry Itliong is known as a prominent leader in one of the greatest social justice movements in the United States of America: the American farm labor movement. At 15 yea..→

With the passage of AB396 by the 1997 legislature, Nevada voters, on November 3, 1998 advised the 1999 legislature they wanted to celebrate Nevada Day on the last Friday ..→

Just imagine a plate of hot freshly cooked spaghetti in a thick tomato sauce, with seasoned pieces of smoked sausage, black olives, and mushrooms, or delicious Chicken Fe..→

British police officers carry a teddy bear in their cars to help comfort kids who are scared after an accident. That’s really awesome! If you’re a police officer in India..→

New Zealander George Hudson proposed the idea of daylight saving in 1895. Germany and Austria-Hungary organized the first nationwide implementation, starting on April 30,..→

Diwali (or Deepavali, the festival of lights ) is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn (northern hemisphere) or spring (southern hemisphere) every year. One of ..→

Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 21st centuries. They help t..→