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Constitution Day in Taiwan marks the anniversary of December 25, 1946, the day the nation adopted its Constitution. This is a national holiday.
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Today is the anniversary of the enactment of the 55 mile per hour speed limit in the United States in 1974. Speed limits have been with us since 1757, the first of which was passed in Boston. The 55 mile...
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Bootleggers are smugglers, sometimes distillers, who bring in alcoholic beverages where they are either taxed or prohibited. National Bootlegger's Day marks two distinct anniversaries on January 17th. T...
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Brexit Take IV? Yup! We thought this would be gone too, but the mess commonly known as Brexit is projected to continue into 2020 as deadline after deadline gets pushed back and Prime Ministers step down....
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If you’re a parent coping with divorce-related issues, professionals around the world are here to provide free products and services to you all through January. In recognition of International Child-Cente...
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Today is the 10th anniversary of the landmark Citizens United decision, which was upheld by the US Supreme Court in 2010. The court stated, in 2010 that corporations, like people, have a constitutional...
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For all the children who reach the age of 20 during the previous year, Seiji-no-hi or Coming-of-Age Day is their own national holiday. In Japan one officially reaches adulthood at the age of twenty. The...
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Canadian Crime Stoppers Month honors Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers is a civilian, non-profit, charitable organization that forges alliances between community activists, the police department and media in...
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International Customs Day or World Customs Day (WCO) is organized to honor the customs agents and processes governing world trade between nations and combating fraud for 98% of all global trade. Each yea...
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Dimpled Chad Day or Hanging Chad Day is a Wellcat Holiday that honors the 2000 US presidential election snafu created by the vote recount hampered via hanging and dimpled chads.
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National holiday in Morocco commemorating the January 11, 1944 memo by the Independence Party to the Allied powers seeking independence from French colonial rule. They achieved it in 1956.
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It's Judgement Day. Don't panic! This Judgement Day is created by Wellcat.com, not the ethereal day of the same name before Saint Peter. Breathe. Judgement Day was created by the folks at Wellcat to re...
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In light of recent negativity directed toward law enforcement nationally, there is a need to show law enforcement officers that our citizens recognize the difficult and sometimes impossible career they ha...
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Martin Luther King Holiday was first organized in 1986 to celebrate the civil rights leader's life and great contributions to western society. He was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. The nationa...
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Dr. Martin Luther King was an American pastor who rose to prominence in the 1950s as a voice for social justice and equal rights. Today is his actual birthday, January 15, 1929. The annual holiday in hi...
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Celebrating the birthday of Prithivi Narayan Shah (1723-1775), the last ruler of the Gorkha Kingdom and first monarch of Kingdom of Nepal. He is responsible for unifying the tribes into one nation. Nation...
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Today marks the anniversary of the signing of the peace treaty between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). This ended a 12-year civil war t...
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Public Domain Day celebrates intellectual property such as copyrighted works by legendary authors and other creatives whom have passed on or donated their works to the creative commons. Public domain work...
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January 14, 1784, the Continental Congress of the United States ratified the Treaty of Paris, signed September 3, 1783. This document officially ended the war for independence between the United States an...