With three fine Russian films in recent months on World War 2, -- `` The House I Live In '', `` The Cranes Are Flying '' and `` Ballad Of A Soldier '' -- we had every right to expect a real Soviet block-buster in `` The Day The War Ended ''.

* World Health Day – April 7

* World Intellectual Property Day ( International )

* 1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.

* World Humanitarian Day ( International )

** World Day for Safety and Health at Work ( International )

* World Autism Awareness Day

* World Konkani Day ( Goa )

Several of ASU's graduate schools also appear among the top of the US News & World Report rankings, including the 30th-ranked W. P. Carey School of Business ( along with its 4th-ranked program in Supply Chain Management and the 15th-ranked program in Information Systems ), the 26th-ranked Sandra Day O ' Connor College of Law, the 43rd-ranked Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering ( including five individual programs ranked in the top 30 ), the 16th-ranked School of Public Affairs, the 26th-ranked Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, the 21st-ranked College of Nursing and Health, and 25th-ranked Healthcare Management.

* World Hemophilia Day ( International )

Since 1977, New Zealand has celebrated Arbor Day on June 5, which is also World Environment Day, prior to then Arbor Day, in New Zealand, was celebrated on August 4 – which is rather late in the year for tree planting in New Zealand hence the date change.

Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins ' fire was extinguished in the fourth century.

* 1945 – Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe.

* World Day for Laboratory Animals ( UN recognized )

* World Health Day ( International )

:* Liège celebrates the Bastille Day each year since the end of the First World War, as Liège was decorated by the Légion d ' Honneur for its unexpected resistance during the Battle of Liège.

He announced before the 2007 Cricket World Cup that this would be his last appearance in One Day Internationals.

While typical sports championship parades have been showered with some 50 tons of confetti and shredded paper, the V-J Day parade on August 14 and August 15, 1945 – marking the end of World War II – was covered with 5, 438 tons of paper, based on estimates provided by the New York City Department of Sanitation.

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International ( ODI ) cricket.

In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket ( WSC ) competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics.

The One Day International playing nations automatically enter the final qualification tournament, the World Cup Qualifier, along with other nations who have qualified through separate competitions.

* World AIDS Day ( December 1 )

An example of the society's cultural events showcasing Lomographers ' talents is the Lomokikuyu competition, which raises money for eye surgeries and vision care in Kenya, in partnership with Viennese vision aid organisation Light for the World.

In The World, William Archer wrote that he had enjoyed watching the play but found it to be empty of meaning, " What can a poor critic do with a play which raises no principle, whether of art or morals, creates its own canons and conventions, and is nothing but an absolutely wilful expression of an irrepressibly witty personality?

For example, defense attorney Hans Rolfe ( Maximilian Schell ) raises such issues as the support of U. S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. for eugenics practices, the Hitler-Vatican Reichskonkordat in 1933, the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939 that allowed Hitler to start World War II and Winston Churchill's praising of Adolf Hitler.

She is also the Patroness of the " Queen Silvia Fund " operated by the World Scout Foundation which raises funds for Scouts with disabilities.

The criticism is that workers in the Third World economy nevertheless remain poor, as any pay raises they may have received over what they made before trade liberalization are said to be offset by inflation, whereas workers in the First World country become unemployed, while the wealthy owners of the multinational grow even more wealthy.

During World War II he called for the creation of a committee to investigate the status of blacks and other minorities in the armed forces and advocated a postwar United Nations, international control of atomic energy, increased veterans ' benefits, and federal pay raises.

This interview raises serious doubts first of all because of mixed chronology – The Death Ship first appeared in 1926, not before the First World War.

In 2006 she, along with Petra Bagust and Tau from Spacifix, appeared in an advertisement for the World Vision 40 Hour Famine ; an event which raises funds for children in third world countries.

Steves also raises funds for the hunger advocacy group Bread for the World.

( In The End of the World, the Doctor stated that his homeworld had been destroyed and that he was the last of the Time Lords, which raises the question of whether Braxiatel is still alive.

The story continues right up to 1983, and follows Oshin's adult life as she becomes a wife, raises children of her own, and experiences real-life events-including earthquakes and World War II.

* Integrated Pest Management Lab-An Entomology laboratory that raises beneficial insects for use in The Land and all over Walt Disney World property.

The earliest descriptions of a global communications network came long before the World Wide Web entered popular awareness, though not before traditional science-fiction writers such as Arthur C. Clarke and some social commentators such as James Burke began predicting that such networks would eventually form.

* World Braille Day, starting a week of national tribute to Louis Braille, awareness of the blindness and the Braille writing system

Brands, the world ’ s largest restaurant company, to launch the first annual World Hunger Relief Week, a global campaign to increase awareness about hunger, engage volunteers, and raise critically needed funds to help WFP serve the world's areas of greatest need.

* The 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the Oklahoma City bombing leads to awareness in U. S. of domestic and international terrorism as a potential threat.

* Rising nationalism and increasing national awareness were among the many causes of World War I ( 1914 – 1918 ), the first of two wars to involve many major world powers including Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Russia / USSR, the United States and the British Empire.

The missions of the Foundation and its partner, the Better World Campaign have also helped raise awareness of issues amongst global policy makers and the public.

The use of lead for potable water declined sharply after World War II because of increased awareness of the dangers of lead poisoning.

World Leprosy Day was created to draw awareness to leprosy and its sufferers.

The roots of the modern environmental movement can be traced to attempts in 19th-century Europe and North America to expose the costs of environmental negligence, notably disease, as well as widespread air and water pollution, but only after the Second World War did a wider awareness begin to emerge.

Link awareness is defined as the ability to discover, view, search and update global hyperlink information about any resource with a URL on the World Wide Web.

Known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, Van Basten was named European Footballer of the Year three times ( 1988, ' 89 and ' 92 ) and FIFA World Player of the Year in 1992.

A the end of World War II, political awareness and demands for independence grew in all segments of society.

By the 17th century, it was becoming necessary to reconcile the exploration of the New World and increased awareness of the global distribution of species with the older belief that all life had sprung from a single point of origin on the slopes of Mount Ararat.

Although it was England's first ever defeat in a World Cup or European Championship qualifying match under Eriksson, it brought his position under unprecedented pressure and he was criticized, both by some fans and by BBC commentators, for his alleged lack of charisma and tactical awareness.

Major international contests for women include the yearly Miss World competition ( founded by Eric Morley in 1951 ), Miss Universe ( founded in 1952 ), Miss International ( founded in 1960 ) and Miss Earth ( founded in 2001 with environmental awareness as its concern ).

Teaming up with the World Wildlife Fund, each member travelled to different destinations worldwide with a hope to raise awareness about the seven endangered creatures, including the Siberian Tiger and the Hyacinth Macaw.

One of VVAF's primary causes is Campaign for a Landmine Free World, which works to increase awareness of the world's landmine crisis.

This choice was controversial, as a northern Nigerian woman, Amina Lawal, was awaiting death by stoning for adultery under Sharia law there, but Miss World chose to use the publicity surrounding its presence to bring greater global awareness and action to Amina's plight ( see Controversies section ).

World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December every year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.

Bunn and Netter conceived, designed, and implemented the inaugural World AIDS Day observance – now the longest-running disease awareness and prevention initiative of its kind in the history of public health.

This theme is not specific to World AIDS Day, but is used year-round in WAC's efforts to highlight HIV / AIDS awareness within the context of other major global events including the G8 Summit.

A 67 m long " condom " on the Obelisk of Buenos Aires, Argentina, part of an awareness campaign for the 2005 World AIDS Day

; World War II: There is a growing awareness that America's military capability owes a great deal to the nation's strength in science and engineering.

Haushofer believed the Germans ' lack of geographical knowledge and geopolitical awareness to be a major cause of Germany ’ s defeat in World War I, as Germany had found itself with a poor alignment of allies and enemies.