Events
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No Homework Day
No Homework Day, celebrated on March 6, is a holiday that seeks to give students a break from homework assignments. Homework refers to a set of tasks assigned to students by their teachers to be completed outside the classroom.
Tags: Teachers · Skills · Learning · Schooling · Schools · Mathematics · Reading · Assignments · Homework · Students
World Information Architecture Day
March 9, 2024 Special Interest
World Information Architecture Day is a one-day celebration held every March 5 by volunteers in numerous locations to inspire global discussion about Information Architecture (IA) and its application in our everyday lives.
Tags: Information Architecture · Architecture · Volunteers · Practices · Understanding · Information · Gather Information · Best Practices · Global · Global Discussion
World Obesity Day
World Obesity Day, an internationally recognized event, moved to March 4 in 2020 from its previous date on October 11. It serves as an annual platform to raise awareness and advocate for practical solutions in addressing the global obesity crisis.
Tags: Obesity · Advocate · Trends · Awareness · Raise Awareness · Treatment · WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative · Childhood · World Health Organization · Consequences
World Hearing Day
World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year by Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO). Activities take place across the globe and an event is hosted at the World Health Organization on March 3.
Tags: Hearing · International Ear Care Day · Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness · Blindness · Deafness · Prevention · Campaigns · World Health Organization · Objectives · Gather Information
International Rescue Cat Day
International Rescue Cat Day is observed on March 2 every year. There are a lot of homeless cats on the streets just waiting for a day like this where people will come to take them off the streets and adopt them as a member of their families.
Tags: Due Diligence · Meow · Homeless Cats · Animals · Cats · Pets · Pet Rescue · Cat Adoption · Rescue · Companionship
Zero Discrimination Day
Zero Discrimination Day is an annual day on March 1 each year by the United Nations and other international organizations. The day aims to promote equality before the law and in practice throughout all of the member countries of the United Nations.
Tags: Racial Discrimination · Discrimination · Michel Sidibé · Pervasive · Genocide · United Nations · Indian Supreme Court · AIDS Commission of Liberia · HIV · AIDS Crisis
Leap Day
March 3, 2024 Special Interest
February 29 is a leap day, added periodically to create leap years in Julian and Gregorian calendars. In the Gregorian calendar, February 29 is added in each year that is an integer multiple of four, unless it is evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400.
Tags: Leap Year · Periodically · Intercalary Date · Periodic · Julian Calendar · Gregorian Calendar · Special Day · Special Date · Divisible · Multiples
Inconvenience Yourself Day
February 26, 2024 Special Interest
Inconvenience Yourself Day is celebrated on the fourth Wednesday in February. It's a day dedicated to putting other people first, and going out of your way to help. People observe this day by performing acts of kindness, and being there for someone.
Tags: Help · Communication · Communications · Communicate · Interaction · People · Kindness · Patience · Helping · Support
World NGO Day
February 26, 2024 Special Interest
World NGO Day is observed every year on February 27. N.G.O. is an acronym for non-governmental organization. World NGO Day is set aside to recognize, celebrate, and honor fundamental contributions and profound impact that organizations have on the world.
Tags: World · Influence · Influencers · Influential · Support System · Support · Help · Organizations · Peace · Non-Governmental Organization
Black Lives Matter Day
February 25, 2024 Special Interest
Black Lives Matter Day is observed on February 26 in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teen who was killed by a white American out of hatred. Black Lives Matter is a chant against racial discrimination and violence toward Black people.
Tags: Trayvon Martin · African-American · Black Lives Matter · Acquittal · George Zimmerman · Black People · Racial Discrimination · Violence · Hatred · Remembrance
Let's All Eat Right Day
February 24, 2024 Food and Beverage
Let's All Eat Right Day is celebrated on February 25, as it marks the birthday of Adelle Davis, a nutritionist, author, and game-changer in nutrition movement throughout the 1900s. Put a face to some of the integral contributions in nutrition as a field.
Tags: Eating · Adelle Davis · Birthday · Nutritionist · Author · Nutrition · Contributions · Game-Changer · Movement · Celebration
Floating Lantern Festival
Floating Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar. This year, it is on February 24. Floating lanterns are traditional Chinese lights made of paper or oiled silk designed to be released onto waterways or into the air.
Tags: Floating Lanterns · Lights · Waterways · Air · Paper · Lakes · Water Wells · Rivers · Seas · Chinese
National Dog Biscuit Day
On February 23, your dog doesn't want a pat, to be scratched behind his ear, or to run after a stick. It really wants a biscuit, because it's National Dog Biscuit Day! This day is also known as Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. It's the best day for dogs.
Tags: Treats · Dogs · Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day · Biscuits · Appreciation · Pets · Sticks · Playing Fetch · Playing · Eating
World Thinking Day
February 24, 2024 Special Interest
World Thinking Day, celebrated on February 22, is a day of friendship, sisterhood, and empowerment where Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across the world speak out on issues that affect girls and young women. Did you know that this event raises funds.
Tags: Thinkers · Fundraising · Fundraiser · Young Women · Girls · Girl Guides · Girl Scouts · Sisterhood · Empowerment · Friendship
Card Reading Day
February 24, 2024 Special Interest
Card Reading Day on February 21 is a sentimental holiday on which people savor the greeting cards sent to them. There is nothing better than going through aisles of greeting cards and selecting one that will best express our feelings for another.
Tags: Sentimental · Greeting Cards · People · Feelings · Emotions · Messages · Communicate · Communications · Cards · Sending Messages
World Day of Social Justice
World Day of Social Justice is an international day on February 20, recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections.
Tags: Declaration · Employment · Social Protection · Social Justice · Social Dialogue · Fundamental Principles · Rights · International Labour Organization · Social Justice Equality Day · International
Presidents' Day
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States.
Tags: President of the United States · George Washington · Abolished Slavery · Continental Army · Federal · Government · Abraham Lincoln · American Civil War · Birthdays · Happy Birthday
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day
February 16, 2024 Special Interest
Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day is celebrated annually on February 18 to commemorate the day a cow named Nellie Jay, which later became Elm Farm Ollie, became the first cow to be flown and milked in an airplane. Part of a scientific effort.
Tags: Cows · Airplanes · Bismarck, Missouri · Nellie Jay · Milk · Spectators · Publicity · Elm Farm Ollie · Scientific · Science
World Human Spirit Day
February 16, 2024 Special Interest
World Human Spirit Day is observed annually on February 17, to encourage mindfulness, and to get us to form the habit of constant reflection as a way to feel content in our pressure-filled society. Strengthen the connection to our spiritual self.
Tags: Human · Spirit · Pressure · Meditation · Mindfulness · Society · Spirituality · Humanity · World · Betterment
Friday Fish Fry Day
February 16, 2024 Food and Beverage
Friday Fish Fry Day is celebrated on the first Friday of Lent every year. It is celebrated primarily in the Midwest, but anyone in the United States can celebrate this all-American tradition as they please. It is a time for friends and families to gather.
Tags: Fish · Eating · Frying · Lent · Midwest · Restaurants · Friends · Families · Bonding · Conversations
National Flag of Canada Day
National Flag of Canada Day, commonly shortened to Flag Day, is observed annually on February 15 to commemorate the inauguration of the flag of Canada on that date in 1965. The day is marked by flying the flag, and educational programs in schools.
Tags: Flag Day · Canada · Flags · Inauguration · Ceremonies · Schools · Educational Programs · Commemorate · Flying · Country
Valentine's Day
February 12, 2024 Relationship
Valentine's Day is celebrated annually on February 14. It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine and through later folk traditions, it has also become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance.
Tags: Feast of Saint Valentine · Saint Valentine's Day · Christian · Valentine · Folk · Romance · Love · Traditions · Cultural Significance · Commercial
World Radio Day
February 10, 2024 Special Interest
World Radio Day (French: Le jour mondial de la radio) is an international day celebrated on the 13th of February each year. The day was decided by UNESCO on November 3, 2011 during its 36th conference.
Tags: Conference · Spanish Radio Academy · UNESCO · United Nations Radio · United Nations · consultation, proclamation, and celebrations · Consultation · Celebration · Proclamation · Anniversary
Red Hand Day
On Red Hand Day or International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, February 12 each year since 2002, pleas are made to political leaders and events are staged around the world to draw attention to child soldiers: children under the age of 18.
Tags: Children · Soldiers · Politics · Political Leaders · Events · Military · Red · Draw Attention · International Day · International
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
February 10, 2024 Special Interest
International Day of Women and Girls in Science is an annual observance on February 11, adopted by United Nations General Assembly to promote the full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
Tags: Women · Girls · Access · Observance · United Nations General Assembly · United Nations · Science · Mathematics · Engineering · Technology
There are 100 total events in this view, with 25 items displayed per page.