Poland Edition
World Shared Table Day leads today's complete edition for Poland.
Daily Edition
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 meals, manners, recipes, and ordinary hospitality that help people understand one another.
The British East India Company has taken Bengal after the Battle of Plassey and the wealth is draining out. The muslin weavers are being forced out of business. The Permanent Settlement locks land ownership into British-friendly landlord hands. The famine of 1770 killed a third of the population. The next famine is coming.
The commemoration of the September 1, 1939, invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, which began World War II. The day is observed with ceremonies at Westerplatte near Gdansk, where the first battle of the war was fought, and at the monument to the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw. Air raid sirens sound at 4:45 AM, the exact time of the first bombing. The day is a solemn reminder that Poland lost six million citizens during the war, half of them Jewish.
A day for food, water, grooming, shade, warmth, and the small routines that keep animals safe and loved.
A day for mending the little thing before it becomes the expensive thing.
You encounter the elusively beautiful African elephant, graceful impala, and powerful lion that roam Eswatini's reserves and savannas. You find that local residents commonly keep dogs, cats, and chickens as household pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
