Sentence examples for first celebrated from inspiring English sources

First celebrated in 1911, International Women's Day is rooted in celebration of economic, political and social achievements that women have made.

Alfred Barr first celebrated Mondrian at MOMA in his 1936 survey, "Cubism and Abstract Art".

(It was first celebrated in 1982 in conjunction with the opening of the General Assembly).

Santa Claus -- Sinterklaas -- was a saint whose annual arrival was first celebrated in New Amsterdam.

When do historians believe the new year was first celebrated in this culture or religion?

It was first celebrated as a public holiday in 1818, on the 30th anniversary of that landing.

Black History Month was first celebrated in the UK in 1987, long after BMEness had tightened its hold.

The event, which was first celebrated in 2005, started as a public project of a small art and design studio in San Francisco.

That scene, glimpsed from the balcony of my friend's office, brought out in me a yearning for the time when Sabt el Nour was first celebrated in Ramallah.

Some Indians have urged that Columbus Day -- first celebrated in New York in 1792, the 300th anniversary of Columbus's arrival -- be rescinded as a holiday in their states.

The festival, basically a purification rite for herdsmen, beasts, and stalls, was at first celebrated by the early kings of Rome, later by the pontifex maximus, or chief priest.