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Rape of both men and women has been used as a weapon in war as long as war has existed. Each year the United Nations seeks to raise awareness of its use in war, the devastating effects it has on its victi...
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World Refugee Day highlights the plight, strength and courage of more than 65 million refugees throughout the world [2018]. Although not declared a public holiday, the world observes it to emphasize the...
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As the weather turns warm and the grass begins to grow, this week is designed to encourage volunteers to help with outdoor care (mowing lawns, pulling weeds, watering plants etc...) for the homes of famil...
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Most of us are familiar with WWII and the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany most notably, but not exclusively. Throughout Europe people rose up against fascism. In modern day Croatia, that task fell to...
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Alan Turing was born on June 23, 1912 to Julius Mathison Turing and Ethel Sara in Paddington, England. During the Second World War, he worked for the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS), the cente...
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Victory Day commemorates the Battle of Cesis with Latvia and Estonia against the Baltische Landeswehr on June 23, 1919. This is a national holiday.
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Macau Day, also referred to as Saint John the Baptist Day, marks the anniversary of the day Dutch forces were chased off the island of Macau on June 24, 1622. This former Portuguese colony is now part of...
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The National Firearms Act (NFA), enacted on June 26, 1934, imposes a statutory excise tax on the manufacture and transfer of certain firearms and mandates the registration of those firearms. The Act was...
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Observed on the 17th day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz (unless it falls on a Saturday), the Fast of Tammuz begins a three week mourning period marking the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem in 70AD by th...
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United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture was first declared in 1997 and marked in 1998. The day chosen is the anniversary (June 26, 1987) of the Convention against Torture and Ot...
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PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Awareness Day first ran from 2010-2013. In 2014 the US Congress made this a month long event, with an awareness day on June 27. It has since gone world wide. PTSD m...
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Three Weeks, or Bein ha-Metzarim, is an observance in the Jewish faith mourning the destruction of the first (586 BC) and second Temples (70 AD). Observed beginning in the Hebrew month of Tammuz, on its...
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Today is the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919. The document officially ended the war between Germany and the Allied Powers five years after the killing of Archduke Fr...
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<p>Armed Forces Day, (Día del Ejército) in Guatemala marks the June 30, 1871 anniversary of the Liberal Revolution, which ended the Carrera Administration and set the nation on a new path. N...
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Loyalty Day is set aside in the United States by Presidential decree each year to honor those whom have defended the country, beginning with the original militia fighting in the Revolutionary War. It is...
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Silver Star Families of America Day was founded in 2004. The Silver Star Families of America's main goal is to assist the American soldiers, wounded or who have fallen ill in the line of duty, as well a...
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National Military Appreciation Month (NMAM), created in 1999, was originally designated by Congress. The purpose is to learn more about the history and recognition of US armed services, the individuals wh...