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Links: https://www.wsbi-esbg.org/Events/WSD               https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/world-savings-day-save-a-bit-big-things-                   will-follow/2025905 On 31 st of October, World Savings Day is celebrated. Its main purpose is to raise public’s awareness of the importance of savings both for modern economies and for normal people. The holiday was set up on 31 st of October, 1924 during the 1 st International Savings Bank Congress in Milano, Italy. It originally was established to inform populace about the idea of saving their money, rather than keeping it at home. World Thrift Day, as it is also known, reached its popularity peak after WW2 in years 1955-1970. In some countries, due to its popularity, it became a national tradition, for example in Austria, where mascot associated with the holiday reached a higher degree of brand awareness then the country’s presiden...

Links: https://www.un.org/en/observances/un-day On 24 th of October, United Nations Day is celebrated internationally. It marks the anniversary of the entry of the UN Charter into force. With its signing, UN officially came into being. The holiday was set up in 1948, and replaced the original United Nations Day, which was initially a set of military parades to boost Allies’ soldiers’ morale during World War II, and later a celebration of victory in said war. Additionally, this day has a different theme each year. In 2020, it is “The future we want, the United Nations we need: reaffirming our collective commitment to multilateralism”. This year, due to coronavirus pandemic, the UN annual concert was pre-recorded and screened in General Assembly Hall in United Nation’s headquarters in NYC on 22 nd of October. On 24 th of October, more than 250 monuments, bridges and other landmarks of huge cultural, historical and political significance from 150 cities in 21 European countri...

Links: https://sofrep.com/specialoperations/gsg-9-storms-lufthansa-flight-181-somalia-frees-86-hostages/ On 17 th of October,1977, hijacked Lufthansa 181 flight landed in Mogadishu, Somalia, and was stormed by West-German counter-terrorist commando group GSG-9 later that night. The landing of a plane was preceded by its hijacking on 13 th of October by four terrorists belonging to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and its flight all across the Middle East and part of Northern and Eastern Africa, where they were always refused landing permissions, and with quickly deteriorating reserves of fuel, eventually forced to land in Mogadishu, Somalia. There began negotiations with the hijackers, who demanded release of some of their comrades imprisoned in Germany and Turkey in exchange for freeing the plane. German government sent a fake message to the terrorists, that they agreed to their terms, and that prisoners were already enroute. In the meantime, German counter-ter...

Links: https://wfmh.global/world-mental-health-day/                https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day On 10 th of October, World Mental Health Day is celebrat ed all over the globe. Its overall objective is, as the name suggests,   to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world, and mobilize efforts to support mental health care in many countries. It provides an opportunity for all mental healthcare workers to talk about their work, and what needs to be done for the quality of mental healthcare to increase worldwide. It was firstly observed on 10 th of October, 1992, and officially set up as an annual activity of World Federation for Mental Health by the then Deputy Secretary General Richard Hunter. For the first 3 years, it had no specific theme, and was only celebrated by a two-hour telecast broadcast globally. In 1994, a theme of the Day was set up to be “Improving the Quality of Mental Health ...

  Links:  https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/The-reunification-of-Germany On 3 rd  of October, 1990, West and East Germany were officially united as one country, which is still to this day one of the most important events in history of not only Europe, but also the entire world. It was triggered by slow decay of communist regimes in Eastern and Central Europe, which in turn were caused by constant changes in USSR’s party’s core politicians. Many of the “younger” generation of communists were rising to power, and with them the desire of general populace for liberal changes in the system. In East Germany, civil unrest was great, and “younger” generation of communists rose to power. They eventually allowed free travel between East and West Germany, and thus the Iron Curtain was officially dismantled. Multiparty elections were held, and communists suffered a crushing defeat. Later this year, negotiations for a treaty for unification began, and monetary union betwe...