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World Earth Day
Every year on April 22, we celebrate our mother earth with ‘World Earth Day, which marks the anniversary of the Modern Environmental Movement What were 3 problems that led to the creation of Earth Day? Because there was no EPA, no Clean Air Act, no Clean Water Act. There were no legal or regulatory mechanisms to […]
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Ambedkar Jayanti
14 April It marks Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birthday who was born on 14 April 1891. Also known as Bhim Jayanti, it is an annual festival observed on 14 April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar, an Indian polymath and civil rights activist. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is widely regarded as the founder of […]
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International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day – celebrated annually on March 8 – is a day that commemorates the social, political and economic achievements of women. Women in different parts of the world use this day to come together to celebrate one another and rally for equal treatment and representation. What’s the theme for International Women’s Day in […]
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Multiple Personality Day – 5th March
National Multiple Personality Day is observed annually on March 5th. Multiple Personality Day is a national holiday on 5th March. It is now referred to as Dissociative identity disorder (DID). DID is a mental disorder characterized by the maintenance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. The disorder is accompanied by memory gaps […]
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1878, The World’s First Telephone Directory Issued
On February 21, 1878 the New Haven District Telephone Company issued its first list of subscribers–a broadside listing about 50 subscribers with no telephone numbers included. This telephone directory booklet or pamphlet contained the names and addresses of 391 subscribers who paid $22 per year for service. The advertisers included physicians and carriage companies. Customers […]
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Adolf Hitler declaring war on America, 1941.
Adolf Hitler declared war on America, on December 11, 1941. On December 8, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. This prompted Germany to declare war on the United States, which, in turn, led to the United States declaring war on Germany on December 11, 1941. […]
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Hazrat Ali Birthday
Hazrat Ali’s birthday honours the birth of Ali ibn Abu Talib in February. Hazrat Ali was born in Mecca, which is touted as the holiest place in Islam. He was the first man to embrace Islam as his religious path, and Muhammad as the Prophet of God. It is believed that Hazrat Ali was the […]
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Indian Independence Day
Independence Day in India occurs on August 15 of every year. It celebrates the date in 1947 when the Indian Independence Act came into effect, which established India and Pakistan as separate countries, no longer under British imperialist rule. (In Pakistan, Independence Day is celebrated on August 14th.)
