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International Day of Democracy

Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 2007 to promote democratic principles worldwide. As of 2023, only 45% of the world's population lives in a full or flawed democracy, down from 55% a decade ago. The day falls between International Literacy Day and World Peace Day — neither adjacency is coincidental.

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Notable · 2017

A homemade bomb partially exploded on an eastbound District line train at Parsons Green tube station in West London, injuring 30 passengers.

2020Signing of the Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in Washington, D.C., normalizing relations between Israel and two Arab nations, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
2017The Parsons Green bombing takes place in London.
2011Four miners are killed in the Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales.