Saturday 9 September 2017 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

In February of 1848, Mexico and the United States signed a treaty which ended the Mexican War and yielded a vast portion of the Southwest, including present day Californi..→

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 the United States to encoura..→

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 increase the consumption of ho..→

On September 9, 1947 Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, USNR, (1906-1992) who worked with computer pioneer Howard Aiken, found one of the first literal computer bugs: a mo..→

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 young Geneva businessman, w..→