Forth week of January, 2019 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired millions of Americans to participate in non-violent demonstrations to support the ideals of equality for all, and was a motivating fo..→

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January, is the holiday, marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr (which was on January, 15), an outsta..→

National hug day is traditionally observed by students and youth. In far distant seventies this amazing initiative appeared. It was some kind of protest against instantly..→

World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for young people organized every three years by the Catholic Church. World Youth Day was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985. For th..→

Edward Verne Roberts was born January 23, 1939. He contracted polio as an adolescent in 1953. For the first year of his illness, he spent nearly all of his time in a hosp..→

On 26 January, 1953 in Brussels, Belgium the inaugural session of the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) was held. It was preceded by ratification of special international..→

The Holocaust began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany. It ended in 1945 when Allied powers defeated the Nazis. Jewish people were excluded from public l..→