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Wangari Maathai’s birthday and the power of planting hope
Born on 1 April 1940, Wangari Maathai connected trees with community life, women’s leadership, democracy and peace.
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Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday and the habit of curiosity
15 April opens a window onto a life in which painting, engineering, anatomy and observation continually informed one another.
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International Friendship Day: a date for the people beside us
30 July is a global observance of friendship, while many countries keep their own dates and traditions for celebrating it.
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Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday and a life across art and education
Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday opens a path into poetry, music, education and the way dates move between calendars.
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and a legacy of nonviolence
15 January offers a date for studying a life, a movement and the unfinished work behind a familiar public memory.
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Ada Lovelace’s birthday and the imagination behind computing
Born on 10 December 1815, Ada Lovelace joined mathematical discipline with a remarkable vision of what a machine might do.
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