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The International Day of Peace, also officially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access.
3 November - International Day for Biosphere Reserves [18] 5 November - World Day of Romani Language; World Tsunami Awareness Day; 10 November - World Science Day for Peace and Development; Third Thursday of November - World Philosophy Day; 14 November - International Day against Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Property [19]
The World Day of Peace is an annual celebration by the Catholic Church, dedicated to universal peace, held on 1 January, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. Pope Paul VI established it in 1967, being inspired by the encyclical Pacem in Terris of Pope John XXIII and with reference to his own encyclical Populorum Progressio. The day was first ...
Armistice Day, Anzac Day, Memorial Day, National Unity and Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Sunday Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy ) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died ...
November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 43 days remain until the end of the year. ... 1943 – World War II: ...
The holiday is celebrated on November 18, the day of the fall of the city of Vukovar in the 1991 Homeland War, [1] when the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries committed the two most massive crimes in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence in two Croatian towns, Vukovar and Škabrnja.
As many as 15 youth stayed on their horses all the way to the event. It was a beautiful sight to see the horses and runners come in to the beginning of World Peace and Prayer Day. They brought all their prayers in one hoop of unity. 2006: A Prayer Run for World Peace started in Vancouver, British Columbia that spanned 2,262 miles to the site of ...
An extensive summary of the world-wide activities was presented in the September 1987 issue of BaháΚΌí News, pages 1–18. [17] A symbolic tree for peace was planted on New Year's Day in Dublin's Stephen's Green by Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Sean McBride; the event was organised by the all-Ireland Irish Peace Council which planned other ...