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Friendship Day (also known as the International Friendship Day or Friend's Day) is a day in several countries for celebrating friendship.It was initially promoted by the greeting card industry; evidence from social networking sites shows a revival of interest in Friendship Day that may have grown with the spread of the internet, particularly in India, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.
The speech, intended to be confidential, was leaked to the media and led to mass protests. 2006: Chocolate City speech by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, concerning race politics in the city several months after Hurricane Katrina.
There is an International Friendship Day started in the Republic of Paraguay after the Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia (I believe it is celebrated on the 30th of July). There is also the "Dia del Amigo" and the "Dia do Amigo" celebrated in many South American countries including Brazil. I'm just not sure what day they are celebrated.
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Kindergarten teacher Jeff Berry gave a touching speech at the Lawrence High School graduation on June 18, recognizing that many of the grads had been part of his kindergarten class when he began ...
In September 2011, Facebook launched a "Subscribe" button, allowing users to follow public updates from people without requiring a Facebook friendship connection. [186] [187] The feature was expanded to Pages in July 2012, [188] and to stories in the News Feed in August 2012. [189]
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On July 20, 1958, while out to dinner with friends in the town of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, Dr. Ramón Artemio Bracho proposed the idea of a World Friendship Day to his colleagues. On that night, the World Crusade of Friendship was founded, as an activist organization that would promote the idea of celebrating worldwide friendship on July 30.