§ 01 — Observances
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What we celebrate today.
- i. International Day of Families Global
Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico is shot and critically injured while meeting with supporters at an event in Handlová.
The UN commemorates the Palestinian Nakba Day for the first time.
An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.
Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day.
Today is celebrated as International Day of Families in Global.