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World Clean Water Habit 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 checking the small daily routines that keep water respected, conserved, and safely shared at home and in public life.
You encounter Saint Helena giant tortoises, wirebirds, and endemic seabirds on these remote Atlantic islands. You notice that islanders commonly keep dogs, cats, and donkeys as their primary pets and working animals. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
In Rhode Island, this is still a state holiday, the only state that still observes it. On September 2, 1945, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. In Times Square, a sailor kissed a nurse in a photograph that became one of the most famous images of the 20th century. In Rhode Island, they celebrate with a parade in Narragansett. The rest of the country has moved on. Rhode Island has not.