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What better way to kick off the new season than to clean up the city you live in? Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day is a day observed in th... read more

The Lithopolis Honeyfest is a non-profit event with a mission to raise awareness of the importance of the honey bee on crop pollination, to incr... read more

South-South cooperation, as an important element of international cooperation for development, offers viable opportunities for developing countr... read more

One hundred and fifty years ago, a battle in northern Italy sparked an idea that has since changed the world. On 24 June 1859, Henry Dunant, a y... read more

International Chocolate Day is an observance that occurs in the United States every year on September 13. The U.S. National Confectioners Associ... read more

National Grandparents Day is rooted in the innovative work of two committed and passionate pioneers: Jacob Reingold and Marian McQuade. During ... read more

The UN General Assembly, in resolution A/62/7 (2007) encouraged Governments to strengthen national programmes devoted to the promotion and conso... read more

World Lymphoma Awareness Day (WLAD) is held on September 15 every year and is a day dedicated to raising awareness of lymphoma, an increasingly ... read more

In 1994, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date o... read more

Mildred Fish was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1902. In 1926, she married German lawyer Arvid Harnack. They returned to his native Germany in... read more

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States, in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. It is bordered by Minnesota to the... read more

Constitution Day or Citizenship Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those w... read more

Representatives of 12 of the 13 original states signed the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. The Constitution, with its 27 amendments, de... read more

Established to recognize those who suffered or suffer captivity in foreign countries while in active service with the U.S. armed forces. Celebra... read more

International Talk Like a Pirate Day - celebrated September 19 is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summe... read more

Miners Day is one of Frederick’s premier annual community events drawing thousands of people to Downtown Frederick for family-oriented fun and e... read more

German-Americans are the largest self-reported ancestral group in the United States. Correspondingly, there are hundreds of large and small Okto... read more

William James said’ Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.’ Steve Jewett and his friends have followed the advice and encourage all ... read more

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted t... read more

International Week of the Deaf is an initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and it was first launched in 1958 in Rome, Italy. Sinc... read more

A parent is a caretaker of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers t... read more

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 ... read more