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Category: Military, Firearms and Police
Highlighting global events relating to military, policing, and weapons.
This category includes military, military careers, military actions, events related to policing, police, sheriff, secret services, espionage, war, conflicts, weapons and firearms.
Military Events
Afghanistan War Ends (AF)(2021): August 30
Daily
At 15:29 Washington DC time and 23:59 August 30, 2021, local time, the final C-17 plane lifted off from Afghanistan, ending nearly 20 years of occupation and war. The 16-days preceding saw over 123,000 ci...
January
Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Intl....
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Enforced disappearance, also referred to as rendition, is a strategy to spread terror within society. The insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared but...
January
Victory Day, (TR)(1922): August 30
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Victory Day in Turkey marks the anniversary of August 30, 1922, when the nation achieved its independence; Victory Day is a national holiday.
January
Legacy Week (AU): August 31 - September 6...
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Legacy Week, also called Badge Day, first ran in 1942. Promoted by Legacy Australia, the organization describes this week's mission thus: "Legacy Week is the annual national appeal to raise awareness an...
January
Antarctica Day, Intl. (1959): December 1
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Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty on December 1, 1959. This treaty, signed by 12 nations to ensure the area of Antarctica (comprising 10% of the earth's surface), be set asid...
January
Anti-Corruption Excellence Award (ACE) Awa...
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Annually on International Anti-corruption Day, The Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Anti-Corruption Excellence Award or ACE Award is an international recognition established to honor and support the global...
January
Army-Navy Football Game (US-PA): December...
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First played in 1890, the Army-Navy Game is a college football game between the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, and the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Mary...
January
Childermas (C): December 28
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It is believed, and told through the Gospels, that King Herod ordered the killing of all newborn to two-year-old male babies in Bethlehem in an attempt to destroy Jesus Christ. Called the Slaughter of Inn...
January
Day of Quito, (EC)(1534): December 6
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Day of Quito in Ecuador marks the anniversary of December 6, 1534, when Spanish explorers founded the city of Quito.
January
Hanukkah (J) (166 BC): December 20-28
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Hanukkah is a Hebrew holiday that starts on the 25th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev, which usually falls during December. Hanukkah, the "Festival of Dedication" or "Festival of Lights," celebrates th...
January
Jasmine Uprising, Tunisia, Arab Spring Beg...
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Today is the anniversary of the Jasmine Uprising, the catalyst for the Arab Spring. On this day, a street vendor, twenty-six-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi, had enough. Enough corruption. Enough stru...
January
Martyred Intellectuals Day (BD)(1971): Dec...
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Martyred Intellectuals Day is a solemn observance commemorating the brutal assassination of the country's intellectuals during the final stages of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. This day serves as a...
January
Microwave Day: December 6
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For National Microwave Day, there are three possibilities for why this day is on the calendar: ovens, cellphones, or studies. Why the confusion? All the rest of the event sites say "Microwave Oven Day,"...
January
Nanking Massacre Memorial Day (CN)(1937):...
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One of the most horrific events in Chinese History, the Nanking Massacre (Nanjing Massacre), began on December 13, 1937. Japanese troops invaded the city. For the next six weeks, using torture, executions...
January
National Guard Day (US)(1636): December 13
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The National Guard is the oldest institution in the United States. It was the first militia regiment in North America, created on December 13, 1636, by the Massachusetts Bay Colony's General Court. It was...
January
Neutrality Day, Intl. Day of (1995): Decem...
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Created on the anniversary of Turkmenistan's permanent entry into the world body as a neutral nation on December 12, 1995, International Neutrality Day seeks to support preventive diplomacy. These guiding...
January
Ninja, Day of the (2003): December 5
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Ninjas existed in feudal Japan (12th - 19th centuries) and were spies, similar to national spy organizations today, including MI-6, Mossad, and the CIA. Day of the Ninja celebrates this early form of or...
January
NORAD Santa Tracker: December 1-24
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As children across the globe eagerly await Santa Claus's annual journey, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) ensures they can follow his sleigh's every move with their time-honored Santa...
January
Pearl Harbor (1941): December 7
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December 7 is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese empire in 1941. The following day the United States declared war on Germany, Italy, and Japan, thus entering WWII. National Pe...
January
Pepper Pot Day (1777): December 29
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The origins of Pepper Pot Day and the pepper pot itself go to the Revolutionary War. As the American army was camped at Valley Forge for ten days, on this especially harsh winter night, George Washington...
January
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