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Category: Anniversaries & Historic Events
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions related to historical anniversaries.
This category covers historical events that fall on or near a specific day (or sometimes a month). It may be a birthday, a death day, a patent filing, or an event in the news. .
Anniversaries Events
Handcuff Day, Ntl. (1912): February 20
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On February 20, 1912, the US Patent Office issued patent #1,017,955 to George A. Carney for a "swinging bow ratchet type" adjustable handcuff. Today is the anniversary of that invention. Quite a few crimi...
January
Heroes' Day (MZ)(1969): February 3
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National Heroes' Day marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary and United Nations trustee Eduardo Mondlane on February 3, 1969. Assassinated by the Portuguese, he is considered the father of Moz...
January
Hirak Protest (DZ)(2019): February 22
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January
Income Tax Day (1913): February 3
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February 3, 1913, the Federal Income Tax came into existence in the United States when Delaware voted in favor of it. It was the 36th state and achieved the necessary majority. The first income tax was...
January
Independence Day (DO)(1844): February 27
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Independence Day marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Dominican Republic from Haitian occupation, February 27, 1844. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Independence Day (EE)(1918): February 24
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Like many eastern European and Baltic states, Estonia has endured a less than direct path to independence. On February 24, 1918, it achieved its independence from the Russian empire, only to be annexed by...
January
Independence Day (GD)(1974): February 7
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Independence Day in Granada marks the anniversary of February 7, 1974, when the nation's rebels gained independence from Great Britain's colonial rule. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Independence Day (KO)(2008): February 17
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January
Independence Day (LC)(1979): February 22
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On February 22, 1979, the island nation of St. Lucia achieved independence from Great Britain. Independence Day is a national holiday.
January
Independence Day (LI)(1918): February 16
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The Baltic nation of Lithuania has seen its independence come and go over the years. It first declared independence on February 16, 1918, only to be swallowed by the Soviet Union in 1940 as part of a land...
January
Independence Day (LK)(1948): February 4
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Sri Lanka became a nation in 1972. Before then, the nation was known as Ceylon and was part of the British Empire. On February 4, 1948, the nation gained independence from colonial rule; Independence Day...
January
Internment Day (1942): February 19
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American history isn’t always flattering. Whether slavery, genocide against Native Americans, civil rights abuses, and even the insurrection of the capital in 2021 by people seeking to interfere with the...
January
Inventors' Day, Ntl.(1847): February 11
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January
Israel Declared an Apartheid State (IL/PS)...
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THE LAST APARTHEID STATE Amnesty International released a report on 1 February 2022 that decisively recognized the state of Israel as an apartheid state. The report covers the lands granted in 1948 by t...
January
Janan Luwum Day (UG)(1977): February 16
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January
Kindness, National Day of (CA)(1920): Febr...
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National Day of Kindness is for our members and clubs to celebrate our founding (February 20, 1920) and commitment to serving the community's greatest need. Every community needs kindness and people perfo...
January
Kyoto Protocol Day (2005): February 16
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The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Created on December 11, 1997, it commits its parties to reduce energy waste and pollut...
January
Lame Duck Day (1933): February 6
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Lame Duck Day marks the anniversary of the 20th amendment to the US Constitution: 20TH AMENDMENT "The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on January 20, and the terms of Senators...
January
Leadership Day, Ntl.(1947): February 20
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January
League of Women Voters Day (1920): Februar...
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The League of Women Voters was founded by Carrie Chapman Catt on February 14, 1920, at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention. The struggle to obtain the right to vote for women laste...
January
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