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As a young boy, Franklin worked as an apprentice in his older brother's printing shop in Boston, where The New-England Courant was published and printed.. Franklin never got anything he wrote published, so, at age 16, he created the persona of a middle-aged widow named Silence Dogood. [1]
The National Sports Day in India is celebrated on 29 August, on the birth anniversary of hockey player Major Dhyan Chand. [1] This day marks the birthday of Major Dhyan Chand Singh, the hockey player who won gold medals in Olympics for India in the years 1928, 1932 and 1936.
Greek flag. Eleftheria i thanatos (Greek: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος, IPA: [elefθeˈri.a i ˈθanatos]; 'Freedom or Death') is the motto of Greece. [1] [2] It originated in the Greek songs of resistance that were powerful motivating factors for independence.
The National March on Washington: Free Palestine was a demonstration held on November 4, 2023, at the National Mall, in Washington, D.C. The event was held in conjunction with similar protests across the United States and internationally.
Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. [1] It commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national elections where everyone of voting age of over 18 from any race group, [2] was allowed to vote.
The National Day of Encouragement in the United States was announced in 2007 and occurs each year on September 12. [1] [2] It is a day to uplift and encourage people to make a positive impact in their lives. [3] The first proclamation for the Day of Encouragement was made by Mayor Belinda LaForce of
National Airborne Day is a day designated by the United States Congress to honor the nation's airborne forces of the Armed Forces. It was created in 2002 by George W. Bush . History
The Shipping News is a novel by American author E. Annie Proulx and published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1993. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, [1] the U.S. National Book Award, as well as other awards. [2] It was adapted as a film of the same name which was released in 2001.