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World Read Aloud Day
LitWorld says World Read Aloud Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday of February, began in 2010, and was created in New York City by Pam Allyn and a young reader.
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Interest- and lifestyle-oriented observances spanning hobbies, everyday culture and personal pursuits.
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World Savings Day
WSBI traces World Savings Day to World Thrift Day established at the 1st International Thrift Congress in Milan on 31 October 1924 and says members continue to mark October 31; India docume…
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World Science Day for Peace and Development
UNESCO 31 C/Resolution 20
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World Smile Day
The Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation states that Harvey Ball created World Smile Day in 1999, that it is held on the first Friday in October, and that the Foundation now sponsors the obse…
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World Softball Day
WBSC first-party material verifies June 13, the 1991 Olympic-programme date rationale and continuing federation-level observance; WBSC historical material plus a contemporary ISF announceme…
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World Sound Healing Day
World Sound Healing Day / Healing Sounds material identifies February 14, Jonathan Goldman / Healing Sounds as creator/facilitator and a 2003 start by annual-edition chronology; WHO guidanc…
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World Space Week
A/RES/54/68
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World Speech Day
World Speech Day first-party material verifies Simon Gibson’s 2015 launch at the Athens Democracy Forum, annual March 15 recurrence and continuing organizer stewardship across a decentraliz…
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World Sports Journalists Day
AIPS states that 2 July each year has been designated World Sports Journalists Day to mark the association’s foundation.
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World Steelpan Day
A/RES/77/316
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World Table Tennis Day
ITTF and ITTF Foundation first-party material verifies annual observance since 2015, former April 6 scheduling, current Foundation stewardship and the official move to April 23 from 2023 to…
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World Tai Chi & Qigong Day
WorldTaiChiDay.org identifies Bill Douglas and Angela Wong Douglas as co-founders, organizes the annual global event, and sets the last-Saturday-in-April rule; a direct founder interview id…
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World Telecommunication and Information Society Day
A/RES/60/252
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World Television Day
A/RES/51/205
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World Tessellation Day
Created by author and educator Emily Grosvenor in 2016; corroborated by mathematics/science organizations
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World Theatre Day
International Theatre Institute first-party material verifies that ITI initiated World Theatre Day in 1961, that it has been celebrated annually on March 27 since the first 1962 observance,…
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World Tourism Day
UN Tourism observance
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World Turkic Language Family Day
UNESCO 43 C/57
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World Usability Day
World Usability Day identifies Elizabeth Rosenzweig as founder/director, documents its 2005 first year and second-Thursday-in-November recurrence, and maintains a live 2026 program; its arc…
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Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day
The organizer states that WPPD is held on the last Sunday in April; the official archive reaches back to 2001, and founding-history sources identify 29 April 2001 as the first edition after…