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World Safe Crossing 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 roads, crosswalks, signals, ferry landings, station platforms, and the care people owe one another in motion.
You watch the Arctic fox, reindeer, and white-tailed eagle thrive in Norway's northern wilderness and fjord regions. You find that Norwegians frequently keep dogs, cats, and rabbits as beloved household companions. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
Approximately 10% of the population is left-handed. Left-handed people use scissors that don't fit, write in spiral notebooks that dig into their hands, and struggle with can openers designed for right-handed people. August 13th is the day they remind the other 90% that they exist. Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Barack Obama, and Babe Ruth were all left-handed. The world was not designed for them. They adapted anyway.