International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is a yearly event on December 2, organized by the United Nations General Assembly. The Day was first celebrated in 1986.

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World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.

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Cities for Life Day

Cities for Life Day is a worldwide festivity that supports the abolition of the death penalty. It is celebrated on November 30 of each year.

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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

The International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is a UN-organized observance. Events are held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, as well as at the United Nations offices at Genevaand Vienna. It is generally held on November 29 each year to mark the anniversary of resolution 181. In 2003, it was observed on December 1.

 

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Russell Alan Hulse

Russell Alan Hulse was born November 28, 1950 and he is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". He was a specialist in the pulsar studies and gravitational waves.

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Giovanni Giorgi

Giovanni Giorgi was born on 27 November 1871 and died on 19 August 1950. He was an Italian electrical engineer who invented the Giorgi system of measurement, the precursor to the International System (SI).

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Constitution Day (India)

Constitution Day is a holiday to honor the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitutional monarchy:  Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949.

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First train service in Kerala

Train service began in Travancore on November 26,1904,with the completion of the Chengotta -Punalur meter gauge line. Rail transport begin in Kerala between Beeper and Tirur line (30.6km) on March 12,1861. Train was built by Madras Railway Company.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The United Nations General Assembly has designated November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  The premise of the day is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence; furthermore, one of the aims of the day is to highlight that the scale and true nature of the issue is often hidden.

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Charles "Lucky" Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was born on November 24, 1897, he was an Italian-born American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime in the United States for splitting New York City into five different Mafia crime families and the establishment of the first Commission. He died on – January 26, 1962.

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John Wallis

John Wallis was born on November 23, 1616, he was an English mathematician who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus. He died on October 28, 1703.

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Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee,

Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee, is a Chinese-born American forensic scientist. He is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists and founder of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science. He was born on
November 22, 1938.

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World Television Day

In December 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996.

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Universal Children's Day

Children's Day is recognized on various days in many places around the world, to honor children globally. It was first proclaimed by the World Conference for the Well-being of Children in 1925 and then established universally in 1954 to protect an "appropriate" day. Major global variants include a Universal Children's Day on November 20, by United Nations recommendation.
source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day

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George Emil Palade

George Emil Palade was a Romanian cell biologist. He was described as "the most influential cell biologist ever", in 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, together with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. He was born on November 19, 1912 and died on October 7, 2008.

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Alan Bartlett Shepard

Alan Bartlett Shepard was born on November 18, 1923. he was an American naval aviator, test pilot, flag officer, NASA astronaut, and businessman, who in 1961 became the second person, and the first American, to travel into space. He died on July 21, 1998.

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International Students' Day

International Students' Day is an international observance of student community, held annually on November 17. Taking the day differently than its original meaning, a number of universities mark it, sometimes on a day other than November 17, for a nonpolitical celebration of the multiculturalism of their international students.

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International Mother Language Day First Announced

International Mother Language Day is an observance held annually on 21 February worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. It has observed every year since 2000 February. It was first announced on 17 November 1999 by UNESCO.

International Day for Tolerance

International Day for Tolerance is an annual observance declared by UNESCO in 1995 to generate public awareness of the dangers of intolerance. It is observed on 16 November.

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Roberto Cavalli

Roberto Cavalli is an Italian fashion designer from Florence. He is known for detailed exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans which are now a standard style for the majority of jean makers. He was born on November 15, 1940.

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