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According to General Assembly resolution A/RES/61/271 of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion..→

The idea of Ohio Violence Week was developed by the Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past, an organization that advocates for peace, tolerance and..→

World Architect Day is celebrated on the first Monday of every October, concurrently with the United Nations’ World Habitat Day, was set up by ..→

In 1985 the United Nations designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day (Resolution 40/202 of 17 December 1985). The i..→

World Animal Day was observed on October 4th, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Started in Florence Italy in 1931..→

The General Assembly declares 4 to 10 October World Space Week to celebrate each year at the international level the contributions of space scie..→

UNESCO proclaimed 5 October to be World Teachers’ Day in 1994, celebrating the great step made for teachers on 5 October 1966, when a special in..→

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year—the day on which jews are closest to G-d and to the quintessence of their own souls. It is the Day of ..→

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German American imm..→

World Smile Day is celebrated on the first Friday in the month of October every year. The idea of World Smile Day was coined and initiated by Ha..→

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. Voices f..→

Leif Erikson was born in Iceland and raised in Greenland. Norse sagas written 300 years after his death describe his explorations, around 1000 C..→

Sukkot or Succot, in traditional Ashkenazi pronunciation Sukkos or Succos, literally Feast of Booths, is commonly translated to English as Feast..→

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Cap..→

STATE OF ALABAMA. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR: "WHEREAS, many of our state citizens are of Native American Indian heritage, and their Tra..→

Columbus Day is a federal U.S. holiday that officially commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ landing in the New World on October..→

Farmer’s Day has history dating back to the 1800’s. There are some cities and towns across the United States that have their own versions of Far..→

Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama on the second Thursday of October beginning in 1915. In 1915, The Fraternal Monitor, publish..→

The idea of replacing Columbus Day with a day celebrating the indigenous people of North America first arose in 1977 from the International Conf..→

In 1989, the South Dakota legislature unanimously passed legislation proposed by Governor George S. Mickelson to proclaim 1990 as the "Year..→

It is easy to be insular in thinking when geographic factors facilitate it but it is good for us in the Virgin Islands to retain some regard for..→

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of raising awareness of mental health issues around the..→