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World Bee Day This day was created to raise awareness of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development by the UN. The goal is to strengthen measures aimed at protecting bees and other pollinators, which would significantly contribute to solving problems related to the global food supply and eliminate hunger inContinue reading “Holidays on 20th May”

International Museum Day This day has been celebrated since 1977. The objective is to raise awareness about the fact that “Museums are important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Last year over 37,000 museums participated in the event in about 158 countries and territories.Continue reading “Holidays on 18th May”

Ascension is celebrated 40 days after Easter by the Christian Church. It is always a Thursday and can be called Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday or Holy Thursday. It commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into heaven. Some Christian denominations move it to the following Sunday and call it Ascension Sunday. AscensiontideContinue reading “Ascension”

This is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday. The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on 17th May 1814. The declaration declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid it being ceded to Sweden after Denmark-Norway’s defeat in the Napoleonic Wars. This established an unionContinue reading “Norwegian Constitution Day”

This day celebrates the contribution of light and light-based technologies to various fields and areas of life including arts and culture, education, medicine, communication, science and sustainable development. The day commemorates the anniversary of physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman’s first successful laser operation in 1960. The day is observed by the United Nations and administeredContinue reading “International Day of Light”

On the evening of 16th-17th May an attack on German dams was carried out by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command under the codename Operation Chastise. It used special “bouncing bombs” developed by Barnes Wallis to breach the dams Mohne and Edersee which caused catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and of villages in the EderContinue reading “Dambusters Raid”