So if you want to help a multinational soft drink conglomerate with its brand recognition or celebrate humanity's devolution of language by reading Moby Dick translated entirely into emoji, today's the day!
And after a Greens amendments, same-sex couples will be able to celebrate recognition with an official ceremony.
When a Crow boy killed his first big game animal, he was given public recognition; a song celebrating the achievement was sung at a ceremony similar to that which would mark his return from a first war party.
Evan Wolfson, the founder and president of Freedom to Marry, which lobbies for same-sex marriage nationwide and is based in New York, said his group would continue to push for federal recognition — "Today we celebrate, tomorrow we go back to work" — and admitted that he had experienced many emotional moments in recent days.
No shortage of good writers have already explained that the Confederate flag was birthed in oppression and bathed in blood, and it was first raised atop the South Carolina state house not as part of 150 years of continuous public recognition but to celebrate the Civil War's centennial in 1961 – and then, by law in 1962, to demonstrate opposition to the federal government and racial integration.
All football clubs have landmark anniversaries, which are duly celebrated in recognition of a particular achievement.
It is hard to say how accurate this analysis is but that Unctad has identified it as necessary is something to be celebrated as recognition that FDI per se does not reduce poverty, but specific types of FDI may do so.
This annual day of recognition is dedicated to celebrating transgender people worldwide and to raising awareness of discrimination against the trans* community.
Self-identified introverts have eagerly shared listicles like 23 Signs You're Secretly An Introvert and celebrated the recognition that needing plenty of time alone or being uncomfortable in huge groups doesn't necessarily make you flawed -- just different.
In fact, while we celebrate the recognition of 44 species, we also mourn the fact that 82% of the 34 species that have been listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species are threatened with extinction.
