National Book Day is an important event in the Spanish calendar, and is held to encourage people to read more.

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National Healthcare Decisions Day is an annual event the 16th of every April and is now in the sixth year.

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President Barack Obama noted those numbers Thursday at a White House event on a national day of action by supporters of tougher gun laws.

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Along with the White House event, the national day of action included rallies and other gatherings in cities across the country by supporters of new gun legislation.

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Chelsea Clinton, honorary chairwoman of the Day of Service, said at a kickoff event on the National Mall that Saturday was the 19th anniversary of the day her father, former President Bill Clinton, signed the bill that designated a National Day of Service to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr.

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On 13-14th May 2010, the UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) Scotland Committee and the Centre for Mountain Studies (UHI), in partnership with Scottish Natural Heritage, the John Muir Trust and the Cairngorms National Park Authority, will hold a two-day event on wild landscapes and re-wilding in Scotland.

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This event capped the four-day annual gathering of the National Foundation for Women Legislators, in the course of which the Casey Chair also briefed dozens of female legislators during individual Committee meetings regarding this new, urgent national security and human rights challenge.

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You can learn more, find an event near you, and pledge to serve here, at the National Day of Service site.

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The event began last year as a way of celebrating Spain's National Book Day, but it also coincides with the award of the Cervantes Prize for Literature, the Spanish-speaking world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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The three-day event will see student representatives take part in debates and vote for a new national leadership.

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One of the major events that the host committee will be producing is the Verizon Super Bowl Boulevard, which will be a four-day event with five stages of musical performances, food and beverage offerings, live national television broadcasts, and interactive fan attractions along the Mississippi River at Woldenberg Park.

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