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World Hello Day is a secular holiday observed annually on November 21, to express that conflicts should be resolved through communication rather than the use of force. Participants verbally greet ten people or more on that day as an expression of the importance of personal communication in preserving peace. The annual global event began to be ...
1974 – The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted. 1977 – Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
In December 1996 the United Nations proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996. [ 1 ] Opposition to this declaration took the form of 11 abstentions to a vote on the resolution; in expressing their opposition, the delegation from Germany said: [ 2 ]
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11-01: November 1 World Vegan Day: 11-01: November 1 World Basking Shark Day: 11-03: November 3 International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: 11-06: November 6 National Bison Day: 11: First Saturday in November America Recycles Day: 11-15: November 15 World Fisheries Day [186] 11-21: November 21
e. Lebanese Independence Day (Arabic: عيد الإستقلال اللبناني, romanized: Eid Al-Istiqlal, lit. 'Festival of the Independence') is the national day of Lebanon, celebrated on 22 November in commemoration of the end of the French Control over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule.
6 October - International Geodiversity Day [17] 11 October - International Day of the Girl Child. 13 October - International Day for Disaster Reduction. 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 24 October - United Nations Day. 27 October - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
Suffrage Day, 19 September. International Talk Like a Pirate Day, 19 September. Pink Ribbon Day (Breast Cancer Awareness), 8 October. World Arthritis Day, 12 October. Rā Maumahara (New Zealand Wars Remembrance Day), 28 October (also the anniversary of the New Zealand Declaration of Independence) World Stroke Day, 29 October. Halloween, 31 October.