The astronomical moment when Earth's axis presents both hemispheres equally to the sun, the 72 million deaf and hard-of-hearing people worldwide whose visual languages are finally gaining global ...

September 14 includes National Food Is Medicine Day, promoting the therapeutic role of whole food in chronic disease prevention, and Gedaliah Fast, the Jewish minor fast commemorating the ...

The largest land animal on Earth, the Shire's most celebrated birthday — September 22 is shared by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins — and the once-a-year conversion of a major city's streets from car traffic ...

September 4 includes National Wildlife Day, created by Colleen Paige to honor Steve Irwin and raise awareness for the more than 40,000 species currently threatened, and National Food Bank Day, raising ...

September 2 is the 245th day of the year. More than 10 holidays and observances fall on the date. Bison-ten Yell Day is the whimsical observance encouraging people to yell ten times at a bison — or to ...

September 29 includes International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, proclaimed by the UN in 2019 for the 1.3 billion metric tons of food lost or wasted annually — accounting for 8 percent of ...

September 17 is the 260th day of the year. More than 20 holidays and observances fall on the date. Australian Citizenship Day is observed on September 17 to celebrate Australian citizenship and the ...

On September 7, Labor Day is the most widely observed U.S. federal holiday, established by Congress in 1894. International Day of Clean Air is the most globally significant environmental observance, ...

The DC Comics character who first appeared in Detective Comics No. 27 in May 1939, the red panda that Ailurus fulgens shares with raccoons, bears, weasels, and no close relatives, and the global joke ...

On September 26, National Pancake Day is the most widely recognized U.S. food observance, celebrating a food with 30,000 years of culinary history. European Day of Languages is the most globally ...