September 23·Every year

International Day of Sign Languages

UN observance since 2018. There are roughly 300 distinct sign languages used by over 70 million deaf people — and most countries don't legally recognize their own.

Category: Awareness
Observed in: Switzerlandofficial

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Notable · 2019

The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.

2024Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people.
2022Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.
2020A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.