On September 21, International Day of Peace is the most globally recognized observance, established by the UN in 1981 for a 24-hour global ceasefire. Yom Kippur is the most widely observed religious ...

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National Video Game Day is observed on September 12 — a second annual video game observance, with a different date than the July 8 version — celebrating the interactive entertainment medium whose ...

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On September 12, National Video Game Day is the most widely recognized pop culture observance, celebrating the $180 billion global industry. National Chocolate Milkshake Day is the most popular food ...

The stars and stripes that Betsy Ross is said to have stitched in 1777, the U.S. Army founded to fight a revolution, and the sour-mash whiskey that the state of Kentucky distills into a protected ...

August 10 is the 222nd day of the year. More than 20 holidays and observances fall on the date. Abai Day is a Kazakh national holiday honoring Abai Qunanbaiuly, the 19th-century Kazakh poet and ...

On October 1, International Coffee Day is the most globally recognized food observance, established by the ICO in 2015 for 125 million agricultural livelihoods. World Vegetarian Day is the most widely ...

On August 6, National Root Beer Float Day is the most popular U.S. food observance, celebrating Frank Wisner’s 1893 Colorado invention. Bolivia Independence Day is the most significant national ...

On May 1, May Day is the most globally observed holiday, a public holiday in more than 80 countries rooted in the 1886 Haymarket affair. Buddha Purnima is the most widely observed religious holiday, ...