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Obi-Wan Kenobi, wielding a blue lightsaber (May 4th)

Introduction

This the place where you will find information regarding posts made on the social media pages. They celebrate all manner of things, like Darwin day, National Periodic Table Day, and more.

Below is a list of sections that you can view information on in this section. Some of these do not have links. Each link will be revealed on the day.

January

Earth Rotation Day (January 8^th)

Lunar New Year (January 22^nd)

International Day of Education (January 24^th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists Icon Alfred Russell Wallace (January 8^th: 200)
André-Marie Ampère (January 20^th: 248)

February

Forecaster icon

National Weatherperson's Day (February 5^th)

Wisdom Tooth icon

National Toothache Day (February 9^th)

Charles Darwin Day (February 12^th)

Periodic Table icon

National Periodic Table Day (February 7^th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists Icon Dmitri Mendeleev (February 8^th: 189)
Charles Darwin (February 12^th: 214)
Galileo Galilei (February 15^th: 459) Alessandro Volta (February 18^th: 278)

March

Science Week icon

British Science Week (March 10-19^th)

March Equinox (March 20^th)

Meteorology icon

World Meteorological Day (March 21^st)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists Icon Albert Einstein (March 14^th: 144)

April

Autism Awareness Day (April 2^nd)

National Astronomy Day (April 29^th)

World Health Day (April 7^th)

DNA Day (April 25^th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists icon Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (April 9^th: 159)
Jan Öort (April 28^th: 123)

May

Light Saber icon

Star Wars Day (May 4^th)

International Day for Biological Diversity (May 22^nd)

International Families Day (May 16^th)

Endangered Species Day (May 19^th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists Icon Santiago Ramón y Cajal (May 1^st: 171)
Florence Nightingale (May 12^th: 203)
Edward Jenner (May 17^th: 274)
Carl Linnaeus (May 23^rd: 316)
Rachel Carson (May 27^th: 116)
Rooke Evelyn Bell Crompton (May 31^st: 178)

June

Cancer Ribbon icon

Cancer Survivors Day (June 4^th)

Meditation icon

Global Wellness Day (June 10^th)

International Asteroid Day (June 30^th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists Icon Barbara McClintock (June 16^th: 121)

July

World Bronchiectasis Day (July 1st)

Population icon

World Population Day (July 11th)

Moon Landing icon

Original Moon landing [1969] (July 20th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists icon Nikola Tesla (July 9^th: 167)
Carl Woese (July 15^th: 95)
Gregor Mendel (July 20^th: 201)
Rosalind Franklin (July 25^th: 103)

August

Lung Cancer icon

World Lung Cancer Day (August 1st)

Left Handers Day (August 13th)

National Beach Day (August 30th)

Birthdays

Famous Scientists icon Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6^th, 1881: 142)
Hans Christian Ørsted (August 14^th, 1777: 246)
Lothar Meyer (August 19^th, 1830: 193)
Ernest Rutherford (August 30^th, 1871: 152)

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Equinoxes throughout the year.

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