World Poetry Day

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...
World Down Syndrome Day

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...
International Day of Nowruz

International Day of Nowruz

Year of first United Nations observance. Million people celebrate their first day of spring. Years of known history and celebrations. International Nowruz Day was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution A/RES/64/253 of 2010, at the...
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