October 11·Every year

International Day of the Girl Child

UN observance since 2012. About 12 million girls under 18 are married each year — that's 23 every minute. Girl-focused interventions cut the curve fastest.

Category: Awareness
Observed in: Canadaofficial

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Notable · 2002

A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.

2018Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
2013A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
2002A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.