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Category: Civil Rights, Philanthropy and Human Rights
Events, awareness days, holidays, and promotions celebrating or highlighting civil rights, philanthropy, and human rights.
The civil rights category includes events relating to philanthropy and human rights.
Civil Rights Events
Revolution Day, (TZ)(1963/1964): January 1...
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Revolution Day in Tanzania marks the anniversary of January 12, 1963, the day then Zanzibar became independent under a Sultan. It didn't last long. On January 12, 1964, the sultan was overthrown and the a...
January
Liberation Day, (TG)(1967): January 13
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Liberation Day in Togo marks the anniversary of January 13, 1967, the day the government of Grunitzky was overthrown by rebels headed by Eyadema. This is a national holiday.
January
Martin Luther King's Birthday (1929): Janu...
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John Chilembwe Day (MW)(1995): January 16
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John Chilembwe was a Baptist pastor who helped lead an uprising against British colonial rule in now Malawi (Nyasaland). The uprising lasted from January 23-26, 1915. Though the revolt would fail, and Chi...
January
Religion Day, World: January 16
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Religious Freedom Day, Ntl. (1786): Januar...
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National Religious Freedom Day marks the anniversary of the drafting of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson on January 16, 1786. The statute was ratified three days later and be...
January
Liberation Day, (PO)(1945): January 17
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Liberation Day in Poland marks the anniversary of January 17, 1945, the day the city of Warsaw was liberated from Nazi occupation by Russian forces. This is a national holiday.
January
Martin Luther King Holiday: January 17
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Martin Luther King Holiday was first organized in 1986 to celebrate the civil rights leader's life and great contributions to western society. He was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. The nationa...
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Confederate Heroes Day (US-TX)(1807): Janu...
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Angel Island Day, Ntl. (1910): January 21
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Roe-v-Wade Day (1973): January 22
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January 22, 1973 saw the landmark decision by the United States Court on Roe v. Wade and on Doe v. Bolton. This ruling made abortion legal in the United States and provided women with the choice of having...
January
Ukrainian Day (UA)(1918): January 22
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On January 22, 1918 the nation state Ukraine proclaimed its independence from Russia. Independence would last until 1921 when the Soviet Union took control of the country. In 1991 it regained its independ...
January
Education Day of, Intl.: January 24
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Initiated by the United Nations in 2019, International Day of Education seeks to highlight the correlation between peace and education. Education is the 4th of the United Nation's 2030 Sustainable Develop...
January
Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Nazi...
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January 27, 1945, the Soviet Army liberated the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Each year since 1996, the nation of Germany has marked this anniversary as a day to remember all victims of...
January
Holocaust Victims' Day, World (1945): Janu...
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National Day (NR)(1968): January 31
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The island nation of Nauru gained its independence on January 31, 1968 from trusteeship of Britain, Australia and New Zealand. National Day in Nauru is a celebration of this anniversary.
January
African, Intl. Decade for People of Africa...
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The International Decade for People of African Descent, proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 68/237 and to be observed from 2015 to 2024, provides a solid framework for the United Nations, Member Sta...
January
United Nations Decade for Sustainable Ener...
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Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) empowers leaders to broker partnerships and unlock finance to achieve universal access to sustainable energy, as a contribution to a cleaner, just and prosperous worl...
January
Indigenous Languages, Intl. Decade of: 202...
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Over 7,000 indigenous languages are in danger of disappearing forever. Their preservation is essential to millions of people's oral histories and cultures. <br><br> The International Decade of Indige...
January
Third International Decade Poverty Eradica...
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Hunger, malnutrition, lack of education, lack of opportunity, poor health, and discrimination are just some of the results and stigma associated with poverty. <br><br>If you've ever experienced a period o...
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