All - Leep Calendar

International Girls' Day is created and supported by the Confidence Coalition. It aims to combat media messages, cultural stereotypes, and peer influences that create a stigma around girls and their future as women. International Girls' Day aims to demonstrate that a girl can become anything she wants to be. International Girls' Day is separate from the International Day of the Girl Child, which the United Nations sponsors.

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Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day: November 14

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Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day urges everyone to set aside their cares for a day and laugh. We're heading into the holiday season, and you'll need all the stress relief you can get!

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Maghar (S): November 14–December 13

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In the Nanakshahi calendar of the Sikhs, Maghar is the ninth month, and in the Gregorian calendar, this falls between November and December. Thirty days long, Maghar often begins on November 14 of the Gregorian calendar, and Sikhs go on a pilgrimage on the first day of Maghar. The Nanakshahi calendar is based on the birth of Sikhi Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.

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Pickle Day, Ntl.: November 14

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National Pickle Day is a celebration that focuses on the cucumber pickle. Pickling to preserve foods has been around since ancient times and is an excellent way to extend the life of fresh vegetables. The pickle, or gherkin in Britain, is the reigning favorite and can be either sweet or sour. This unofficial holiday currently does not have a sponsor.

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Readjustment Movement's Day (GW)(1980): November 14

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Readjustment Movement's Day in Guinea-Bissau marks the anniversary of November 14, 1980, when a coup overthrew the government and led to the next four years of rule under a special council. Readjustment Movement's Day is a national holiday.

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Road Safety Week (UK): November 14-20

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Brake, the road safety charity, coordinates Road Safety Week. It encourages people to get involved through their schools, colleges, employers, community groups, authorities, and emergency services to educate the population on how to create safer streets and reduce deaths and casualties on the road. Road Safety Week is the United Kingdom's key road safety event.

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Western Sahara Annexed by Morocco (WI/MO)(1975): November 14

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November 14, 1975, Spanish (Western) Sahara, Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania signed the Madrid Accords, leading to the annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco, ushering in the last colonization on the continent of Africa. On February 27, 1976, Spain officially departed Western Sahara. West Sahara is on the Northwestern coast of Africa, south of Morocco, and north and west of Mauritania. It is home to approximately 600,000 people. Many people are aware of the occupation of Palestine. Yet, few are aware of an equally brutal occupation currently occurring in Western Sahara, which, like Palestine, is protected diplomatically by the United States government and its allies. Both situations have many similarities, including walls built to keep people in or out. Western Sahara boasts the world's most extensive active minefield, laid at the base of its 2,700 km wall. Its wall, manned by Moroccan troops, is four times longer than Israel's and twelve times the size of the former Berlin Wall. Both territories were previously under European colonial rule and primarily given over by their European colonizers to the current occupiers: Palestine from Britain and Western Sahara from Spain. In both cases, Morocco and Israel annexed the land and labeled it "disputed." Under international law, in both cases, the land is occupied. Like Palestine, Western Sahara media, social media, and freedom of expression are heavily monitored and swiftly punished by the occupier should they stray from the accepted narrative. Intimidation in West Sahara is met via beatings, disappearances, threats, imprisonment, monitoring, and restrictions on movement. In both cases, the people seek fundamental human rights and self-determination; in each case, the occupations have been going on for decades. West Sahara was the actual starting point of the Arab Spring, well before Mohamed Bouazizi self-immolated in Tunisia in December 2011. In the fall of 2010, the indigenous Saharawi people began demonstrating against the occupying Moroccan authorities. They built a tent city on the outskirts of Laayoune. Though the protest was peaceful and included thousands of men, women, and children, the Moroccan authorities razed the camp by fire and other means on November 8, 2010. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-morocc0-sahara-protest/western-sahara-protest-camp-tests-moroccos-nerve-idUSTRE6A61I920101107 The occupation continues to this day. What you can do: Democracy Now's one-hour special on the situation in Western Sahara was broadcast on August 31, 2018. Mark this anniversary by learning about this situation, which continues to be unknown to most people in the Western world.

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American Enterprise Day: November 15

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FBLA-PBL sponsors American Enterprise Day. This promotion honors the American free enterprise system with educational information, public relations, and symposiums.

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Bundt Day, Ntl.: November 15

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National Bundt Day honors the Bundt cake and the Bundt pan, a baking pan with a distinctive ring shape. Inspired by the Gugelhupf cake, a traditional European sweet, it is the inspiration behind the Bundt pan. Often made from cast aluminum, the Bundt pan reached its pinnacle in modern popularity during the 50s and 60s. From Nordic Ware, the origin of the Bundt pan: "In the 1950s, two German women approached Dave Dalquist with a cast-iron "bund" pan with a hole in the middle and asked if he could create several pans like it in aluminum for them to sell and raise money for their synagogue. Taking cue from the original pan, Dave modified the shape and created new beautiful lightweight version, which now is known as the Bundt pan. Today, the Bundt pan can be found in more than 70 million households around the world."

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Clean Your Refrigerator Day: November 15

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In preparation for the Thanksgiving feast, today is Clean Your Refrigerator Day. Clean out those science experiments and expired food. Wash the sides, clean the veggie bins, or outsource this task to the kids. You’ll need all the room you can get because Thanksgiving is coming soon!

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Cord Blood Day, World: November 15

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Since 1988, stem cells from umbilical cord blood have been used in research to treat several diseases. Over the past few decades, an increasing percentage of parents have been donating their children's cord blood or enrolling in family banking in hopes that stem cells from birth may be able to treat disease or save lives in the future. Nearly 80 life-threatening diseases — from cancers to blood diseases to immune disorders — can be treated today using cord blood stem cells, including pediatric transplants, cerebral palsy, and Type One Diabetes. National Cord Blood Awareness Day seeks to educate parents and consumers about the necessity to bank cord blood for themselves and their family's future.

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Dynasty Day, (BE)(1918): November 15

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First held in 1866, November 15 is the official birthday of Belgium's reigning king or queen. Since all monarchs have the same birthday celebration, this day grew into Dynasty Day as a way to honor all former rulers of the nation.

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Entrepreneurs’ Day, National: November 15

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National Entrepreneurs' Day celebrates the entrepreneurs who are the foundation of the US House Resolution 401 aims to make the third Tuesday of every November National Entrepreneurs' Day. National Entrepreneurs' Day will become an official US holiday if the resolution is adopted.

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George Spelvin Day (1886): November 15

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In American theater tradition, when an actor plays more than one role in a production, he/she is listed in the playbill as George Spelvin for the second (In England, the name Walter Plinge is used). On November 15, 1886, Spelvin made his theatrical debut in Charles A Gardner's play "Karl the Peddler" in New York City.

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I Love to Write Day: November 15

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Today is I Love to Write Day, and John Riddle created this event to introduce children to writing and encourage adults to go back to reading. It also falls right in the middle of National Writing Month in November, which includes a month-long novel-writing challenge: 50,000 words in 30 days. Created in 2002.

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