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World Clean Hands 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 the ordinary public health habit that travels across homes, schools, kitchens, clinics, workshops, and places of worship.
You spot the famous Cayman Islands rock iguana and numerous seabirds including the red-footed booby and frigatebird in their natural habitats. You notice that residents favor dogs and cats as pets, along with tropical fish kept in home aquariums. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet. The entire flight could fit inside the cabin of a modern 747. From 12 seconds to the moon in 66 years. From Kitty Hawk to Mars in 118 years.