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The U.S. president designates Women’s History Month every year Between 1988 and 1994, Congress passed resolutions requesting and authorizing the president to proclaim the special month.
Examples of "Notable Last Facts" include the last surviving participant or witness to a historic event, the last work produced by a major artist, author, performer or musician, or perhaps the last remaining example of a once-prevalent style or object, such as a type of architecture, or a make or model of an automobile, motorcycle, or airplane.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
The first commemorative month was the US Black History Month, which first was commemorated at Kent State University from January 2 to February 28, 1970, [2] and recognized by President Gerald Ford in 1976, during the celebration of the United States Bicentennial. [3] The observance had begun at a smaller scale in 1926 as "Negro History Week".
2. The day became Women's History Week in 1978. An education task force in Sonoma County, California kicked off Women's History Week in 1978 on March 8, International Women's Day, according to the ...
Each year, Goodreads, members cast votes for their favorite books, which are then curated into a list of around 15 of the year's best page-turners.This year, nearly 6 million (!) votes were cast ...
Each year from Feb. 1 to March 1, Black History Month is recognized in the U.S. Set aside to commemorate the many contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans, the observation provides an ...
Famous first facts: a record of first happenings, discoveries, and inventions in American history is a book listing "First Happenings, Discoveries and Inventions in the United States". The book's seventh edition (ISBN 978-1-61925-468-8), published in March 2015 — includes more than 8,000 entries on 1,400 pages. [1]