2017 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which is responsible for measures to improve the saf..→

By resolution 42/112 of 7 December 1987, the General Assembly decided to observe 26 June as the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit..→

Torture seeks to annihilate the victim’s personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. The United Nations has condemned tortur..→

Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person t..→

Those enterprises, which generally employ fewer than 250 persons, are the backbone of most economies worldwide and play a key role in developing..→

King Charles I of England granted the land on which South Carolina is located to Sir Robert Heath in 1629. The region was named Carolina, a word..→

In the Tropics, just over 70% of people had access to electricity in 2012, up from 56% in 1990. Although access has improved considerably, it re..→

Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. The first asteroid was Ceres, discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. In 1801, Giuseppe Piazzi dis..→

Ohio is experiencing a Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Epidemic. NAS is a complex disorder that occurs when newborns are exposed to certain addicti..→

Sports journalism is an essential element of any news media organization. Sports writers must have a foundation in competition coverage and anal..→

The Virgin Islands are located in the Caribbean, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean and east of Puerto Rico, consist of four..→

Independence Day of the United States is a national federal holiday celebrated on July 4 (also known as "the Fourth of July", “July Fo..→

The economic activity of the 30,000 cooperatives in the U.S. contributes an estimated $154 billion to the nation’s total income. The co-ops have..→

Kissing Day aims to make us appreciate a kiss in its own right. No conventions, no social norms, just a kiss. Across the globe we embrace the..→

Today is a special day for pasta lovers. The first written reference to pasta was in 1154 in Sicily. In 1884, the first American pasta factory o..→

Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history. For example, one vessel found at an Olmec archaeological site on the Gulf ..→

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be class..→

Collector Car Appreciation Day is an annual celebration to raise awareness of the role automotive restoration and collection plays in American s..→

By the end of the century, the world’s population might be as high as 17 billion or as low as 7 billion, according to the most recent UN estimat..→

Aggregate is the component of a composite material that resists compressive stress and provides bulk to the composite material. For efficient fi..→

Interesting fact about Bastille: after the storming of the Bastille, its main key was given to the Marquis de Lafayette who later gave it to Geo..→

The UN estimates that the number of unemployed youth globally reached 74.5 million in 2013, the majority of whom live in developing countries. A..→