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International Friendship Day is celebrated annually, on the first Sunday of August, in several countries. It was initially declared a holiday in honour of friends in the United States by the U.S. Congress in 1935. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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Friendship Day at The Friendship Page - Ideas for celebrating International Friendship Day
Society for the Confluence of Festivals in India - When is Friendship Day.
UK Committee for UNICEF - Assembly for Secondary Schools for the UN International Friendship Day (8 August 2004).

International Women's Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (990 words)
	The idea of having an international women's day was first put forward at the turn of the 20th century amid rapid world industrialization and economic expansion that led to protests over working conditions.
	In 1910 the first international women's conference was held in Copenhagen by the Socialist International and an 'International Women's Day' was established, which was submitted by the important German Socialist Clara Zetkin.
	Demonstrations marking International Women's Day in Russia proved to be the first stage of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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