To commemorate the people's uprising in Lhasa during March 1959, demonstrations and Buddhist memorial services are held in the countries where Tibetans have sought refuge (other than China), usually on 10th March each year. The Dalai Lama makes a statement at this time every year. Communist Chinese troops first entered Tibet

Arbor Day is celebrated on the last Friday in April in the United States to encourage the planting and care of trees. It originated in Nebraska, but has spread across the US and even to other parts of the world. Outside the US there are many holidays with a similar theme

Following the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, there was a call to commemorate her life throughout the British Empire, and her birthday, 24th May, was selected for an annual celebration known as "Empire Day". Although the day was enthusiastically celebrated in many countries which fell under British rule (Australia and

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (b 1911, d 24/1/86) was a professional writer in the 1930s and '40s writing novels, science fiction and westerns. In 1950, he wrote a seminal work "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" which led in 1954 to the founding of the Church of Scientology, which promoted his

St Benedict was born at Nursia, a small town near Spoleto in the province of Umbria, Italy. He was the son of a Roman nobleman, and had a twin sister, St Scholastica. Around his twentieth birthday, he gave up his life in Rome studying for his career as a

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