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By resolution 54/134 of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Eliminatio..→

The first documented thanksgiving services in territory currently belonging to the United States were conducted by Spaniards and the French in t..→

Thanksgiving Day (Thanksgiving) is an important public holiday, celebrated by Americans on the fourth Thursday in November. One of the four most..→

Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism. In North America, Buy Nothing Day is held on the Friday after U.S...→

Thinking about shopping women appear almost as often as men in thinking about sex. 74% of women admitted that they think about shopping every mi..→

Where did the name come from? In an effort to rid Judea of its Jewishness, the Romans renamed the area Filistia (Palestine) in the mid-130s CE. ..→

In 1990, former President George H.W. Bush approved a Joint Resolution of Congress designating November as National American Indian Heritage Mon..→

Some states observe the day as part of Presidents’ Day, which is officially known as Washington’s Birthday. Although Lincoln’s birthday, Februa..→

Computer Security Day is an annual event that is observed worldwide. It was started in 1988 to help raise awareness of computer related security..→

There are a total of 241 clinics in the state of Ohio. The Ohio Association of Free Clinics (OAFC) exists to educate and equip free clinics in p..→

Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley on February 4th, 1913. Her husband Raymond Parks was a member of the NAACP(the National Association for..→

More than 35 million people live with HIV worldwide. Despite progress, AIDS continues to kill about 8,000 Americans each year. Over 1.1 million ..→

Slavery has evolved and manifested itself in different ways throughout history. Today some traditional forms of slavery still persist in their e..→

The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 (A/RES/47/3, 37th plenary meeting, 14 October 1992), b..→

96% of volunteers say that it “makes people happier”. The experience of helping others provides meaning, a sense of self-worth, a social role an..→

Soil is a living system, has 6 layers called horizons O, A, E, B, C and R. It acts as a filter for underground water, filtering out pollutants. ..→

In fact, there is an entire food industry based on this one appliance. Today, over 90% of American households own a microwave oven. In 1942, a ..→

These are some fun facts about Boeing Commercial jetliners: the 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner of all time; the Boeing 747 (all ver..→

On Sunday morning at 7:55 A.M., December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (forces were led by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo) attack..→

The Northern Mariana Islands are composed of volcanic rock, the southern islands of madrepore limestone covering a volcanic base.There are activ..→

And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was..→

The tradition is a carryover from 1825 and 1834, when Guam’s faithful made a "promesa" (promise) to hold a procession in Mary’s honor ..→