Global Recycling Day: This day is celebrated to raise awareness about the importance of recycling and the ways in which it can contribute to a sustainable future.
World Sleep Day: World Sleep Day is an annual event intended to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and the many benefits that it provides.
National Awkward Moments Day: This day is all about embracing those embarrassing or awkward moments that we all experience from time to time and using them as opportunities for growth and self-improvement.
Transit Driver Appreciation Day: This day is dedicated to showing appreciation for the hardworking transit drivers who keep our cities and communities moving every day.
National Biodiesel Day: This day is meant to celebrate the use of biodiesel as a renewable and sustainable source of energy, and to raise awareness about the many benefits it provides.
1766: The British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act, a tax on printed materials in the American colonies that had caused widespread protests.
1837: Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, is born in Caldwell, New Jersey.
1922: Mohandas Gandhi is sentenced to six years in prison for civil disobedience in India.
1962: France and the Algerian National Liberation Front sign the Evian Accords, ending the Algerian War and granting Algeria independence.
1990: East Germany holds its first free elections since 1933, leading to the reunification of Germany later that year.
2014: The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, which eventually results in over 11,000 deaths.
2018: The world’s last male northern white rhinoceros, named Sudan, dies in Kenya, leaving only two females of the subspecies alive.
