United States Edition
World Pocket Notebook Day leads today's complete edition for United States.
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Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for lists, sketches, phone numbers, recipes, reminders, ideas, and the old power of writing something down.
A day for clearing the surface, finding the note, opening the notebook, and giving the workday a better beginning.
A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.
They build burrows with doors. They ambush from below. They are related to tarantulas. You find the silken doors.
You observe red foxes, alpine ibex, and golden eagles in Liechtenstein's Rhine Valley and Alpine terrain. You commonly keep dogs, cats, and rabbits as household pets in Liechtenstein. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You choose Laima, Latvia's beloved chocolate brand founded in 1920, which you find in every Latvian household during celebrations and holidays. You know that Laima represents Latvian pride in maintaining traditional chocolate craftsmanship through Soviet occupation and independence, making each chocolate a symbol of national identity.
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated. France gave it to America as a gift of friendship. The statue weighs 225 tons. The copper skin is 3/32 of an inch thick, which is less than the thickness of two pennies. The torch was replaced in 1986 because the original was corroded. The poem on the base, "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus, was added in 1903. It reads: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."