February 15 marks Flag Day in Canada

Sunday February 15 is National Flag Day in Canada; February 15 1965 was when the Maple Leaf design that Canada has for its flag now was first unveiled on Parliament Hill. This day is raising some concerns about the...

Day 3 - The Pirate Bay’s ‘King Kong’ Defense

Day three of the trial started with presentation of the amended charges and ended early again with all sides retiring for pizza! " The lawyers representing all four called on the court for the acquittal of their...

National Weatherman's Day - Thursday February 5

Today, Thursday February 5, is National Weatherman's Day - a day to honour the men and women who go to work everyday to tell us what the weather is going to be like and what is predicted in the forecast. They...

Charles Darwin turns 200 - celebrations in the UK

Charles Darwin would have been 200 today, and celebrations are taking place all over the world to celebration the 200th anniversary of the naturalists's birth. No country is taking these celebrations more seriously than the UK. Darwin Day has a list of over 650 events in 42...

The Fourth Day – The Creation of the Luminaries

" The Fourth Day – The Creation of the Luminaries By Prof. Dr. Eli E. Lasch “And God said: let there be luminaries in the firmament of the heaven ( Rakia ha’shamajim, the basis of realization, see above) to separate THE day from THE night (or to differentiate between...

Venezuela Celebrates Hugo Chavez Day

Just 24 hours ago, Venezuelans had no idea they would be enjoying a national holiday today. On Sunday, February 1st,  Venezuelan government has spontaneously decided to create a national holiday to...

Hollow Remembrance Day

The time has come to call attention to the over the top Israel bashing as anti-Jewish. Lets distinguish from policy differences or disagreements. Everyone has a right to their opinions. But when does this cross over into the realm of using these events as a means to...

Yo-Yo Ma and Perlman pre-recorded music on Inauguration Day

Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Gabriella Montero and Anthony McGill played a lovely original song for new President Barack Obama on his Inauguration Day, however it has now been revealed that what most of the people...

Inauguration Day on Twitter

The graph on the page is worth seeing ! "t was a big day at Twitter HQ today and it's not even noon yet. We saw 5x normal tweets-per-second and about 4x tweets-per-minute as this chart illustrates. Overall, Twitter sailed smoothly through the inauguration but at the peak,...

National Nothing Day today

National Nothing Day is today, and although this may seem like an odd holiday to celebrate, today is a day to do absolutely nothing and not feel bad about it.  However, we really should have known about it...

Barack Obama fulfills Martin Luther King's dream

Martin Luther King, Jr had a dream for America, and on January 20th Barack Obama will make one of those dreams come true. When Obama is sworn in as President, millions of people across America will see the echos of...

India truckers' strike ends on eighth day

Indian truckers have ended their eight day strike on Monday after long impasse. The strike ended after the trucker's union met government represntative and got an assurance that their demands will be addressed. ...

Happy Winter Solstice today!

December 20 marks the day of Winter Solstice and Winter Solstice rituals for 2008. Sunday December 21 marks the official beginning of Winter, as the sun will be at the greatest angular distance from the Northern...

Human Rights Day 2008 - Dignity and Justice for All

Wednesday, December 10th is the 60th Anniversary of International Human Rights Day, a day set aside to recognize that equal rights of all human individuals is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the...

Macedonians plant six million trees today

In Macedonia today, thousands of people volunteered to plant six million trees as part of a reforestation campaign in the Balkan country.Macedonia has experienced many wild fires over the past two years and...
 

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