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Global Handwashing Day is an annual global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing ..→

The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on 15 October 2008. This new international day, established by the General Assembly in i..→

Approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies worldwide end in miscarriage. According to the World Health Organization, 4.5 million stillbirths occur each ye..→

White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on Oct. 15 of each year since 1964. Then President Lyndon B. Joh..→

Dravet syndrome, also known as Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI), is a rare and catastrophic form of intractable epilepsy that begins ..→

Boss’s Day is generally observed on or around October 16 in the United States. (If the holiday falls on a weekend, it is celebrated on the close..→

World Anesthesia Day commemorates the first successful demonstration of ether anesthesia on October 16, 1846. American dentist William Morton , ..→

On 16 October 1945, 42 countries assembled in Quebec, Canada, to create the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Their..→

We are living in the world, where every fourth person tries to survive for 1 US dollar a day. Even in the most technologically developed country..→

To appeal to as many voters as possible, politicians sometimes pronounce "Missouri" two different ways—Missouree and Missouruh—in the ..→

Alaska has two official state holidays: Seward’s Day, the last Monday in March, commemorates the 1867 signing of the treaty in which U.S. Secret..→

International Credit Union Day (ICU Day) has been celebrated on the third Thursday of October since 1948. 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of its..→

On October 19 is celebrated worldwide on the Day of Struggle Against Breast Cancer. The best tool for this struggle is early detection, therefor..→

Each year on the 20th of October we celebrate the International Chefs Day. The American Culinary Federation, Inc. (ACF), a professional, organi..→

The International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, celebrated on 20 October each year, not only marks the anniversary of the International Fed..→

The concept for World Osteoporosis Day started with a campaign launched by the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society and supported by E..→

World Statistics Day is observed On 20 October every 5 years since 2010 when it was celebrated for the first time, as decided in the UN General ..→

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

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..→

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

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 ..→

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