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Prince Charles performed in the 2016 National Poetry Day, reading Seamus Heaney's "The Shipping Forecast". [5] In 2015, National Poetry Day poems were included in the Blackpool Illuminations. [6] In 2020, BT commissioned Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to write "Something Clicked", a reflection on lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]
This is a list of calendars.Included are historical calendars as well as proposed ones. Historical calendars are often grouped into larger categories by cultural sphere or historical period; thus O'Neil (1976) distinguishes the groupings Egyptian calendars (Ancient Egypt), Babylonian calendars (Ancient Mesopotamia), Indian calendars (Hindu and Buddhist traditions of the Indian subcontinent ...
Independence Day (Urdu: یومِ آزادی, romanized: Yaum-i Āzādī ), observed annually on 14 August, is a national holiday in Pakistan.It commemorates the day when Pakistan achieved independence from the United Kingdom and was declared a sovereign state following the termination of the British Raj between the 14th and 15th August 1947.
The White Star Line was a British shipping line. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up to become one of the most prominent shipping companies in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focused primarily on speed ...
Leinster defeat Ulster in the 2012 Heineken Cup Final at Twickenham, their third Heineken Cup win in four seasons. (Setanta Sports) In horse racing, I'll Have Another wins the 2012 Preakness Stakes giving him the chance to become the first horse to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing since Affirmed in 1978. (AP via Yahoo ...
January 1 – The Quebec Sales Tax (QST) rises one percentage point to 9.5%.; January 10 – MP for Saint-Maurice—Champlain, the NDP's Lise St-Denis, crosses the floor to join the Liberal caucus.
January 5–7 – A landslide occurs in Compostela Valley, leaving more than 30 people dead, and 50 still missing. [1]January 15 – The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) declares the independence of Bangsamoro Land (Sulu, Mindanao, Palawan, Sabah) in Valencia, Bukidnon.
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