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International Day of Happiness and the value of measuring wellbeing
Observed on 20 March, the day asks societies to consider wellbeing, inclusion and opportunity alongside economic growth.
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United Nations Day: what happened on 24 October 1945
United Nations Day marks the date in 1945 when the UN Charter entered into force and the organization officially came into existence.
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Helen Keller’s birthday and a life of communication and advocacy
Helen Keller was born on 27 June 1880. She became a writer and activist whose work reached disability rights, suffrage, labor and peace.
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Alan Turing’s birthday and the ideas that changed computing
Born on 23 June 1912, Alan Turing helped define computation, contributed to wartime codebreaking and asked whether machines could think.
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International Museum Day and the dates that preserve history
Museums mark 18 May with a changing annual theme and an invitation to consider how collections serve, include and represent communities.
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World Water Day: why 22 March belongs on the calendar
Observed by the United Nations on 22 March, World Water Day focuses attention on safe water, sanitation and shared freshwater systems.
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