Robert Burns's birthday

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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, the Ploughman Poet, Robden of Solway Firth, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a "light" Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary is often at its most blunt. [Read more on Wikipedia]

The best-known portrait of Burns

Antonio Carlos Jobim's birthday

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Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (January 25, 1927 in Rio de Janeiro – December 8, 1994 in New York), also known as Tom Jobim, was a Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist. A primary force behind the creation of the bossa nova style, his songs have been performed by many singers and instrumentalists within Brazil and internationally. [Read more on Wikipedia]

Australia Day

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orkut’s 7th birthday

Grandparent's Day

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50th Anniversary of JFK's Inaugural

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U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his only inaugural address at 12:51 (ET) Friday, January 20, 1961, immediately after taking the presidential oath of office administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.

The New Year of the Trees

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Tu Bishvat (Hebrew: ט״ו בשבט‎) is a minor Jewish holiday, occurring at sunset on the 19th of January through sunset on the 20th of January, 2011. It is also called "The New Year of the Trees" or (Hebrew: ראש השנה לאילנות, Rosh HaShanah La'Ilanot‎). Celebrated on the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, Tu Bishvat is one of four "New Years" mentioned in the Mishnah. [Read more on Wikipedia]

Paul Cézanne's birthday

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Paul Cézanne (French pronunciation: [pɔl seˈzan]; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed. [Read more on Wikipedia]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day

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Festival of Kites

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Coming of Age Day

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Khalil Gibran's birthday

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Khalil Gibran (born Gubran Khalil Gubran bin Mikhā'īl bin Sa'ad; Arabic جبران خليل جبران بن ميخائيل بن سعد, January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon mutasarrifate), as a young man he immigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, a series of philosophical essays written in English prose. An early example of Inspirational fiction, the book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture. Gibran is the third best-selling poet of all time, behind Shakespeare and Lao-Tzu. [Read more on Wikipedia]

Večerníček's 46th Anniversary

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Večerníček (- in Czech and Slovak; literally Little Eveninger) is a television programme for the children in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia (before 1993 two different versions aired in the Czech part and in the Slovak part of Czechoslovakia). It has been regularly broadcast for over 40 years. A similar concept is called Sandmännchen in Germany and Esti mese in Hungary. [Read more on Wikipedia]