World Intellectual Property Day
Year of first observance. Theme is: "Think, Imagine, Create". Theme is: "Innovation - Improving Lives". World Intellectual Property Day is observed annually on 26 April.[1] The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization...
World Malaria Day
% Of the world's population is at risk of malaria. There were roughly 212 million malaria cases worldwide. There were an estimated 429 000 malaria deaths. World Malaria Day (WMD) is an international observance commemorated every year on 25 April and recognizes...
World Poetry Day
Year of first observance. Lines in a sonnet. B.C.E. The oldest surviving speculative fiction poem. World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of the day is to...Noah – I am a Man
To mark World Poetry Day on 21 March, this is a video of a member of Freedom from Torture’s creative writing group, Write to Life, reciting a poem screened in Guildhall Square – the heart of Portsmouth city...
World Down Syndrome Day
Million people have Down Syndrome (2013). John Langdon Down, a British doctor fully describes the syndrome. An extra copy of this chromosome causes Down Syndrome. World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is observed on March 21. On this day, people with Down syndrome and those...
