2018 Calendar with holidays, observances and special days

“Day of the Teacher” arose out of legislation co-sponsored by CTA and the Association of Mexican American Educators. Sen. Joseph Montoya wrote t... read more

Very often in modern families husbands and wives are so busy at work, with children, TV, Internet and etc that they spent only 4 minutes a day t... read more

Malcolm X Day is an American holiday in honor of the civil rights leader Malcolm X which is celebrated either on May 19 (Malcolm’s birthday), or... read more

Blood pressure changes during the day. It is lowest as you sleep and rises when you get up. World Hypertension Day is a day designated and init... read more

Interesting Facts: During President Lyndon Johnson’s term, many people misdialed the White House number and instead reached the home of a New Yo... read more

Every third Sunday in May, people around the world gather to honour and celebrate the lives of those who have been affected in some way, by the ... read more

Top facts about museums: the Spam Museum at Austin, Minnesota, has ‘Spambassadors’ giving out Spam cubes on sticks; the Museum of Death in Holly... read more

Many vegetarians follow a meat-free diet in an attempt to lower the pressure meat production places on the environment. According to wikipedia.o... read more

Interesting facts about grass. It is believed that the tallest grass grows in savannas and jungles. However, there are plants belonging to the g... read more

Emancipation was proclaimed in Tallahassee on May 20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War and two years after the proclamation was firs... read more

The International Prototype Kilogram was commissioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) under the authority of the Metre ... read more

It was the American Thomas Sullivan who accidentally invented the teabag when he sent out samples in small silk pouches to customers in 1904. Th... read more

In 2001, UNESCO adopted the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity and in December 2002, the UN General Assembly, in its resolution 57/249,... read more

Interesting facts about frogs. Frogs are amphibians which inhabit almost all the planet. They live in water, on the ground, on the trees, even a... read more

Crohn’s disease, also known as Crohn syndrome and regional enteritis, is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that may affect any part of the ga... read more

Obstetric fistula is one of the most serious and tragic injuries that can occur during childbirth. It is a hole between the birth canal and the ... read more

The UN General Assembly, by its resolution 60/119 of 8 December 2005, requested the annual observance of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples... read more

11 Things You May Not Know About Jefferson Davis: 1. Davis was not a secessionist leader. 2. As a West Point cadet, Davis was arrested for par... read more

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) is an Israeli national holiday commemorating the reunification of Jerusalem and the establishment of Israeli co... read more

In 1915, inspired by the poem “In Flanders Fields,” Moina Michael replied with her own poem: We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on field... read more

The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the Christian teaching found in the New T... read more

As of January 31, 2015, 91 802 servicemen and military observers, 12 433 policemen, 5325 international civil servants, 11 762 local civil serva... read more