Special events and other funny days

The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed annually on the day the police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against apartheid "pass laws" in 1960 (21 march).

The United Nations has been concerned with this issue since its foundation and the prohibition of racial discrimination is enshrined in all core international human rights instruments. It places obligations on States and tasks them with eradicating discrimination in the public and private spheres. The principle of equality also requires States to adopt spe ...

An equinox is one of the two times of the year when the earth's axis is neither from nor towards the sun. The vernal equinox or spring equinox occurs around 20-21 March and the autumnal equinox occurs around 22-23 September each year. Equinoctium is the same as the equinox.

When it is the equinox, day and night are the same length all over the world and the sun is perpendicular to a point on the equator, and from this point the sun will be at its zenith at noon. The words equinox, spring equinox and autumn equinox are also used about the day in which the time falls. The equinoxes are the only d ...

Earth Hour er en verdensomspennende symbolsk markering der folk over hele verden blir oppfordret til å slukke lyset en time for klimaet. Det er naturvernorganisasjonen WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) som står bak kampanjen, som ble avholdt for første gang i Australia. Den symbolske markeringen har som formål å øke bevisstheten rundt klimaproblematikken ved å få privatpersoner, virksomheter, myndigheter og organisasjoner til å slå av elektrisk lys i en time.

Earth Hour så dagens lys i Sydney, Australia i 2007 hvor to millioner deltok. I 2008 hadde det blitt en global bevegelse hvor 50 millioner ...

Daylight saving time is a scheme that involves setting all clocks forward one hour in relation to normal time. Several countries have introduced this to take advantage of the bright parts of the day. Summer time also means the period of the year when the clocks are set 60 minutes compared to the rest of the year.
In the current regulations on summer time, it is set as normal ...

Palm Sunday is NOT a public holiday, but it always falls on a Sunday. That is why it is called Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday is in Christian tradition the celebration of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on the Sunday before the crucifixion. It is celebrated on the last Sunday before Easter. The name comes from the Gospel account of people scattering palm branches in front of Jesus as he rode into the city.