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On April 12, 1961, Cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin entered history by becoming the first human being in space. The space race between the USSR and the USA was on, and it would not end until 1969 when a man would...
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Originally started as a yearly national event in 1956 to promote the benefits of home ownership and the value of using a REALTOR® in real estate transactions, American Home Week has gone through many chan...
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The National Animal Care & Control Association holds its annual week to celebrate and promote professionalism within animal care and control. This week of appreciation recognizes the hard-working men a...
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National Dog Bite Prevention Week® encourages us to do our best to prevent dog bites. Dog bites are the 11th leading cause of non-fatal injuries to children in the first decade of this century. This event...
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Particularly in Roman Catholic and Protestant-majority countries, Holy Week covers Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. It is a week-long celebration in the Philippines, Latin America...
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Passion Plays are a Christian tradition, a telling of Jesus Christ's last days from Palm Sunday through the crucifixion and resurrection. Also referred to as the Way of the Cross, the largest of these in...
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Jefferson Day celebrates the birth of America’s second president and author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson. Public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, Jefferson f...
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Late April is National Medical Laboratory Week, or Lab Week. This week, laboratory workers, scientists, and administrative workers are acknowledged for their work and contributions to healthcare and scien...
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A full moon occurs when the moon is illuminated by the sun and on the opposite side of the earth. Its ecliptic longitude is 180 degrees. For centuries, people have applied names to full moons to track th...
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The Sunday before Easter is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Passiontide, the lead-up to the resurrection. The day commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 33 AD, an event that all four Gospels...
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Orthodox Palm Sunday, the beginning of Passiontide, the lead-up to the resurrection. The day commemorates Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 33AD, an event on which all four Gospels agree. The name...
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National Pan American Week falls yearly around National Pan American Day in the US, and it marks the anniversary of the formation of our Pan-American partnership. On April 14, 1890, delegates from countr...
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The Schneider Electric Paris Marathon occurs in France. It is an annual long-distance running race that starts on the Champs-Élysées heading towards the Place de la Concorde, continuing through the city,...
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Peach Cobbler Day celebrates the easy-to-make dessert of baked peaches in a sugar crumble topping. Cobblers have been a favorite dish in America for centuries. In the United Kingdom, cobblers go by the na...
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National Pet ID Week has one sole purpose: to raise awareness about the importance of updating your pet's identification tags and microchips. Each year tens of thousands of house pets go missing. Only t...