United States Edition
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 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 United Nations observance recognizing Indigenous peoples, cultures, rights, and knowledge.
A day for maps, arrows, labels, warnings, directions, and the quiet civic kindness of making places easier to understand.
You spot the endemic Norfolk Island parakeet and the rare Norfolk Island robin, found nowhere else on Earth. You see that Norfolk Island residents keep domestic cats, dogs, and chickens as their most common pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
In a country where the average adult reads 12 books per year and the average American home has 27 books that have never been opened, this day asks you to pick up a book and read it. The Library of Congress has 170 million items. The average public library has 50,000. The book you need is probably on the shelf, and the library is free.