World Science Day for Peace and Development
UNESCO observance since 2001. The premise: science isn't just a thing to do, it's a thing to share — diplomatically, equitably, before someone weaponizes it.
- Category
- Awareness
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2020
The British government announced that it had removed the last land mine from the Falkland Islands, laid by Argentine forces during the 1982 Falklands War.- 2020Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.
- 2019President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military.
- 2009Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.