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George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie.
Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Gerald R. Molen.
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Fans of unusual sports from the modern era should definitely note today 13 June in their calendars. Since 2017 this date stands for the International Axe Throwing Day.
Friday the 13th is an American horror franchise that comprises twelve slasher films, a television show, novels, comic books, video games, and tie‑in merchandise. The franchise mainly focuses on the fictional character Jason Voorhees, who drowned as a boy at Camp Crystal Lake due to the negligence of the camp staff.
June 14 is all about a day of action, which I am happy to take up at this point. Because this date is celebrated in many countries as the so-called World Blood Donation Day, which is intended to draw attention to the importance of blood donation.
Generally speaking, Greek antiquity is said to have been associated with a whole host of relevant inventions in the context of human cultural history: mathematics, philosophy, theatre, etc. - to name but a few disciplines. Less well known, on the other hand, is the matter of an extensive bath, in whose honour today, June 14th, is also celebrated as International Bathing Day.
The Star Trek universe has been celebrating June 16 since 2007 as the so-called Captain Picard Day.
Krypton is a fictional planet appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The planet is the native world of Superman and is named after the element Krypton.
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The company sells database software and technology, cloud engineered systems, and enterprise software products particularly its own brands of database management systems. In 2018, Oracle was the third-largest software company by revenue.
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries. The company began in 1911, founded in Endicott, New York, as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed "International Business Machines" in 1924.
The 18th of June is again a date on which a single day of celebration or action does not seem to suffice. One of them is the International Panic Day, which this article examines.
All fans of Japanese cuisine should mark June 18th red in their calendars. The culinary collection celebrates this date as International Sushi Day.