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Have a Heart Day is a child and youth-led reconciliation event that brings together caring Canadians to help ensure First Nations children have the services they need to grow up safely at home, get a good...
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Race relations day is supported by multiple religious organizations, but does not have a specific sponsor. Coinciding with Valentines Day, it is a day to promote interracial and interfaith appreciation in...
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Random Acts of Kindness Day occurs during Random Acts of Kindness Week. Dr. Chuck Wall, a professor at Bakersfield College, recalls hearing about "random senseless acts of violence" on the news in 1993,...
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There is no official origin for this particular holiday. It simply seems to have grown out of custom and fun. However, it does provide an opportunity to enjoy one of the world’s favorite (and oldest) bev...
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Greeting cards first appeared in China and Egypt over 2,000 years ago as a way to send greetings during celebrations like the Chinese New Year. By the 15th Century, Europeans began exchanging cards with e...
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Like many societies, the Bangali seek to preserve their language and heritage. Students protested on this day and were killed 1952 when Urdu was declared to official language of neighboring Pakistan. Man...
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International Mother Language Day was proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999 (30C/62) with a purpose in prom...
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Honoring the beauty and durability of tile, National Tile Day is an initiative of the tile and stone exhibition host, Coverings. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness on tile's key benefits inclu...
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Bartending originated in Rome, Greece and Asia. It is a profession that in its infancy required the bar keeper know how to brew their own spirits, ales and wines. Beginning in the 20th Century, cocktails...
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Green to represent Independence, white to honor the purity of the Roman Catholic faith and red representing the blood of national heroes and Spanish ancestry, the Mexican flag includes an emblem of an eag...
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February 24, 1592 Pope Gregory XIII established the Gregorian Calendar via a Pappel Bull, the primary calendar used in the world today and the calendar underlying international commerce. The new calenda...
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Read a Fairy Tale Day seeks to remind us of the delightfully happy endings found in fairy tales. You know, those stories where everything works out? The goblins and witches are banished, the boy always ge...
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It's a day to celebrate the great things from days gone bye. Retro Day was created in 2018 to help upcoming generations experience life before the Internet and smartphones. Yes, there really was a world b...
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The original idea behind Floral Design Day marked the celebration of Carl Rittner's birthday, the founder of Rittners School of Floral Design Mr. "R" as his students affectionately called him, founded T...
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The first known accounts of the idea of a Tooth Fairy originated in Arabia in the 1300s. To this day in Islamic countries, parents continue to toss lost teeth in the air, a practice dating well before the...
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In 1915 the NAACP organized a nationwide protest against the negative portrayals of African Americans in “Birth of A Nation”. The founding members of the association immediately understood the power and i...
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In 1993, AHEF partnered with Houston ISD to initiate and celebrate the first American Heritage Month (AHM). American Heritage Month supports the teaching and understanding of the founding history, philoso...
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November is National American Indian Heritage Month, a time to learn about the people who inhabited this land well before colonization and continue as part of our national identity. On August 3, 1990, thi...
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National Drum Month, sponsored by the Percussion Marketing Council, encourages people to become drummers and invest in percussion sets. During this month, events are held in music stores and special inc...