The Calendar
What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.
Observed On This Date
The United Nations invites member states to mark the day with television programme exchanges on peace, security and economic and social development, describing television itself as a symbol of communication and globalization rather than the point of the celebration.
This Week In Computing History
Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.