- 1811 Independence Movement/Primer Grito de Independencia: the first of a series of revolts in El Salvador against Spanish rule and dependency on Guatemala
- 1976 Summer Olympics: held from July 17 to August 1, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf): the national science academy in South Africa; started in 1996
- Alice in Wonderland (1951): an American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions, based on Lewis Carroll’s novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871)
- Anishinaabe: a group of culturally related indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United Stations; they include the Ojibe, Odama, Potawatomi, Mississaugas, Nipissing, and Algononquin peoples
- Bambi (1942): an American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures, loosely based on Felix Salten’s Bambi, a Life in the Woods (1923)
- Bariba people: the principal inhabitants of north-east Benin
- Canadian Coast Guard Ship Labrador: a Wind-class icebreaker, marking the beginning of the CCGS’s icebreaker operations in the 1960s and extensively charted and documented the then-poorly-known Canadian Arctic; it was taken out of service in 1987 and broke up for scrap in 1989
- Caribbean Scout Jamboree: a periodic gathering for Boy Scouts in the Caribbean
- cinderella stamp: a stamp not ussued for postal purposes by a government administration
- Deepavali: (Diwali) the Hindu festival of lights
- EUROEMD: join stamp issuing program involving countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region; each year a common theme is agreed upon and participating countries create stamps and covers devoted to the topic
- Expo ‘70: a world’s fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970
- hanami: (flower viewing) the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transiet beauty of flowers, in this case almost always referring to those of the cherry (sakura) tree
- Hunminjeongeum: (The Correct/Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People) a 15th century manuscript that introduced the Korean script Hangul; the name of the manuscript is also the original name of the script
- International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safety and orderly growth
- Netherlands East Indies (Dutch East Indies): a Dutch colony mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence in August 1945
- Palearctic Realm: the largest of eight biogeographic realms of the Earth, stretching across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas and East Africa
- Peter Pan: (1953) an American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures, based on J.M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up (1904)
- pillars of Ashoka: a series of monolithic columns dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent inscribed with edicts by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great (c. 268 - 232 BCE)
- polichinelle: the little children or clowns in The Nutcracker ballet who emerge from Mother Ginger’s enormous hoop skirt to do a short dance
- Sensay costume: please visit this site for more information: Carnival Traditions in Dominica
- Sword of Light: (Claímoh Solais; Claidheamh Soluis) a trope object that appears in a number of Irish and Scottish Gaelic folktales
- The Little Prince: a novella written and illusted by French writer and military pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Two Mandarin Ducks: a ukiyo-e by Hiroshige, 1838
- USS Lexington: a 16-gun brigantine of the Continental Navy (United Colonies/United States 1775 - 1785)
- water protectors: activists, organizers, and cultural workers focused on the defense of the world’s water and water systems
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO):_ a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric sciences, climatology, hydrology, and geophysics
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