Holidays on 18th October

Azerbaijan Independence Day This is the main state holiday in the country. It commemorates the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan adopting a Constitutional Act on the Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan in 1991. There are parades held. World Okapi Day This day is about celebrating this animal and using it as a flagship species to protectContinue reading “Holidays on 18th October”

International E-Waste Day

This day was developed in 2018 by the WEEE Forum with the support of its members. The day is used to raise the public profile of e-waste recycling and encourage customers to recycle their e-waste with the resulting increase in e-waste recycling rates on the day itself and into the future. Activities include conferences, events,Continue reading “International E-Waste Day”

The International Day for Disaster Reduction

This day was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. The day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about the importance of reining in the risksContinue reading “The International Day for Disaster Reduction”

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!

Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October to celebrate the harvest and other blessings of the past year. It has been officially celebrated as an annual holiday since 6th November 1879, being celebrated before in either late October or early November before this year. From 1879 onwards, it was a Thursday in November,Continue reading “Happy Thanksgiving Canada!”

Holidays on 12th October

Equatorial Guinea Independence Day This day commemorates when Equatorial Guinea marked independence from Spain in 1968. The Portuguese first colonised one of the islands Bioko in 1471, but ceded its control to Spain in 1778 under the Treaty of El Pardo. In 1900 it became a colony called Spanish Guinea, it was split into twoContinue reading “Holidays on 12th October”

Holidays on 10th October

Cuba Independence Day This day commemorates the Anniversary of the beginning of the War of Independence. The “Dia de la Independencia” marks the start of Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain in 1868. At the start of the nineteenth century, the Peninsular Wars in Europe resulted in Napoleon’s brother Joseph becoming king of Spain. FeelingContinue reading “Holidays on 10th October”