Recognition and appreciation of people, roles, groups and contributions.
International Pharmaceutical Federation states that its Council adopted World Pharmacists Day in 2009, that September 25 marks FIP’s 1912 inception anniversary, and that FIP leads the campa…
The official World Pianist Day project identifies Ivan Manko-Vertogradov as creator, November 8, 2014 as the first edition and the 8×11/88-key date symbolism.
World Plumbing Council first-party material verifies March 11, an October 2009 WPC launch, the inaugural March 11, 2010 observance and continuing annual WPC stewardship.
World Physiotherapy
CQI history records the first World Quality Day on 9 November 1989 and the former second-Thursday-in-November recurrence. CQI states that from November 2021 it moved from one day to a week-…
International Ranger Federation first-party material verifies July 31, identifies the observance as an IRF initiative promoted with The Thin Green Line and confirms current annual stewardsh…
IFRC first-party history verifies May 8, post-First-World-War conference origins, the first International Red Cross Day on May 8, 1948, the Henry Dunant birthday rationale, the 1984 change…
World Refrigeration Day Secretariat first-party material verifies Stephen Gill as originator of the idea, Secretariat establishment, inaugural 26 June 2019 observance, the Lord Kelvin birth…
IFSW records that member organizations approved an international social work day at the 2004 Adelaide General Meeting, the first World Social Work Day was celebrated in 2007, and the third-…
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
UNESCO 27 C/INF.7
American Planning Association material states that Carlos María della Paolera started World Town Planning Day in Buenos Aires in 1949 and that it is observed every 8 November.
The World Veterinary Association states that it created World Veterinary Day in 2000 for annual observance on the last Saturday of April and continues to lead the campaign, including 25 Apr…
