Date Event/Activity/Campaign #/Accounts2017 United Nations have chosen

International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development theme for 2017

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#IY2017

January

1st Jan New Year's Day ALL

18th Museums Selfie Day MUSEUMS#MuseumSelfie@MuseumSelfieDay

18th A.A Milne was born 1882 LIBRARIES23rd – 28th Academic Book Week LIBRARIES

@AcBookWeek#AcBookWeek

23rd National handwriting day ALL25th First Winter Olympics held, 1924 ALL

25th Robert Burns Night LIBRARIES25th St Dwynwens Day (Welsh valentines

day)ALL#StDwynwensDay

25th Opposite day ALL27th National Geographic Society

Founded (1888)ALL

27th Holocaust Memorial Day ALL@HMD_UK

28th-4th f National Storytelling Week LIBRARIES#Storytelling

28th Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster)

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29th National Puzzle Day ALLFebruaryAll month Library lovers month LIBRARIES

1st Oxford English Dictionary first published in 1884

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1st February 1st - The King's DNA - Richard III: From car park to cathedral. – Rhydypennau Library

Libraries (Rhydypennau)

2nd Harry Potter Book night LIBRARIES#HarryPotterBookNight

4th Launch of National Libraries Week http://www.nationallibrariesday.org.uk/

4thA morning of The Greats- Rhydypennau library

Libraries (Rhydypennau)

4th Monthly musical morning- Rhydypennau Libraries

4th Facebook First Launched in 2004 as ALL

thefacebook.com6th Queen Elizabeth II came to the

throne 1952ALL

6th Monopoly Board Game Goes on Sale in Stores, 1935

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7th Charles Dickens born, 1812 LIBRARIES7th Safer Internet Day ALL9th National Weather Service

Established (1870)ALL

10th Welsh Language Music Day ALL10th Chess champion loses to a

computer Gary Kasparov loses the first game of a six-game match against Deep Blue, an IBM computer 1996

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11th Ahoy there!- Rhydypennau Library Libraries (Rhydypennau)12th First Barbie Dolls for sale (1959) ALL

12th Judy Blume born, 1938 LIBRARIES12th Charles Darwin born (1809) LIBRARIES14th Valentines Day ALL

15th Bloody Valentine Quiz.- Rhydypennau Library

Libraries (Rhydypennau)

15th Life and love behind enemy lines. – Rhydypennau Library

Libraries (Rhydypennau)

16th First British cheque written- 350th anniversary

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16th World Read Aloud Day17th Random Acts of Kindness Day ALL

17th MARKETING EXCELLENCE AWARDS! ALL

18th Former planet, Pluto, Discovered By Clyde Tombaugh in 1930

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20th Edward VI is Crowned King of ALL

England, in 1547,20th-26th Student volunteering week ALL

27th John Steinbeck born, 1902 LIBRARIES28th Floral Design Day ALL

28th Shrove Tuesday ALLMarch

1stSaint David's Day, Patron Saint of Wales

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1st Yellowstone National Park Established (1872)

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1st World compliment day ALL2nd Dr. Seuss born, 1904 – Dr Seuss Day LIBRARIES2nd 20th birthday of World book day UK

& Ireland#WorldBookDay/WorldBookDay20

4th Grammar day ALL4th Property Marking – South wales

police (Cardiff Library)ALL (Cardiff Library)

7th Unique names day ALL17 Saint Patrick's Day, ALL8th Ash Wednesday ALL8th International Women's Day ALL

10th-19th British science week ALL11th Musical morning- Rhydypennau

LibraryLibraries (Rhydypennau)

13th Commonwealth Day ALL13th Uranus discovered

The discovery of the seventh planet from the sun was first announced by William Herschel in 1781.

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15th First Test cricket match - England ALL

and Australia in 187718th On this day in 2003 British Sign

Language was recognised as an official British language

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21st World poetry day ALL/LIBRARIES24th Red nose day ALL26th Mothers day ALL26th A E Houseman

On this day in 1859, this famous poet was born in Worcestershire

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27th World Theatre Day ALL29th Birth of R.S Thomas LIBRARIES30th Pencil patented

On this day in 1858, the pencil with a rubber attached was patented.

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April

All month National pet month ALLAll month National poetry month ALL

#npm171st April fools ALL2nd International children’s book day LIBRARIES3rd The first call from a cell phone is

made in New York on this day in 1972

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6th North Pole Discovered In 1898. ALL7th William Wordsworth LIBRARIES7th World health day ALL9th Oldest audible sound recording

made (1860)ALL

14th Titanic Struck an iceberg shortly before midnight on April 14 causing it to sink at 2:20 AM on April 15.

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14th Good Friday ALL15th Artist/Inventor Leonardo Da Vinci ALL

born, 145215th National Library workers day #NLWD23rd William Shakespeare born, 1564 LIBRARIES27th Walter Lantz born, 1899 (The

creator of Woody Woodpecker)ALL

29th International Dance Day ALL30th International Jazz Day ALLMay6th Eiffel Tower opens to the public in

1889ALL

13th World fair trade day ALL

14th National Dance Like a Chicken Day ALL

14th Dylan Thomas Day http://www.dylanday.co.uk/15th -15th June National Smile month ALL

https://

www.dentalhealth.org/our-work/national-smile-month @Dentalhealthorg

15th-21st Dementia Awareness Week ALL

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/remembertheperson

19th Endangered Species Day ALL

http://www.endangered.org/campaigns/endangered-species-day/

23rd World Turtle Day

This awareness day aims to raise the profile of the endangered turtle.

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24th Mary Had A Little Lamb Published in 1830.

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25th Star Wars released on this day in 1977.

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28th World Hunger day ALLhttp://worldhungerday.org/ @WorldHungerDay

29 May - 3 June Urdd Eisteddfod ALLhttp://www.urdd.cymru/en/eisteddfod/ #urdd2017

31st Big Ben ALL

London’s famous clock rang out for the first time on this day in 1859.

June2nd National Doughnut Day ALL4th First Ford Made Henry Ford made

his first operational car in 1896.ALL

5th National Gingerbread Day ALL5th World Environment day ALL8th World Ocean Day ALL9th Ramp up the red- The British Heart

Foundation@TheBHF

9th World Egg Day ALL12th Anne Frank born 1929 ALL17th Statue of Liberty arrives (1885) ALL20TH 'Jaws' arrives in cinemas (1975) ALL25TH First publication of The Diary of

Anne Frank (1947)ALL

July1st International Joke Day ALL1ST SOS distress signal adopted (1908) ALL3RD End of rationing

On this day in 1954

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7th July World Chocolate Day ALL

8TH Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

On this day in 2000,

LIBRARIES

15th First Boeing 707 Flew In 1954. ALL20TH First Moon Landing (1969) ALL23rd Ice Cream Cone Introduced In 1904. ALL23RD Daniel Radcliffe

The Harry Potter star was born on this day in 1989

LIBRARIES

27th Bugs Bunny First debuted in cartoons in 1940.

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28th Birth of Beatrix potter LIBRARIES29th NASA Established in 1958 ALL

31ST JK Rowling born in 1965 LIBRARIESAugust3RD Christopher Columbus left for his

voyage to discover America in 1492ALL

4TH Anne Frank Discovered in 1944 ALL

4th-12th National eisteddfod of Wales ALL

http://eisteddfod.wales/anglesey-2017?_ga=1.260954253.1292026044.1484914526

11TH Enid Blyton Birthday 1897 LIBRARIES

16th Elvis Presley dies (1977) ALL

31ST Diana, Princess of Wales dies in 1997

LIBRARIES

September7TH Queen Elizabeth I born in 1533 ALL8TH International Literacy Day LIBRARIES13th Birth of Roald Dhal LIBRARIES/ALLOctober5TH World Teachers' Day ALL6TH Jane Eyre published in 1847. LIBRARIES9-14th National Libraries week LIBRARIES

@librariesweek

#LoveLibraries http://www.nationallibrariesd

ay.org.uk/10TH World Mental Health Day ALL14th The Battle of Hastings

In 1066,ALL

22ND International Stammering Awareness Day

ALL

27th Birth of Dylan Thomas (welsh poet) ALL30th-4th November Halloween week at Ruthin Gaol,

Ruthin , North WalesALL

30ST The first TV transmission was made on this day in 1925 by John Logie Baird.

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31ST Halloween ALLNovember5th Bonfire night ALL8TH 1895 X-ray discovered ALL11TH X-ray discovered ALL12th Remembrance Sunday ALL

13th-19th National recycling week ALL14TH World Diabetes Day ALL18TH First push-button telephone ALL19TH First National Lottery in 1994, ALL21ST Toy Story was released on this day

in 1995ALL

23RD 1963 First episode of Dr Who ALL25th International Hat Day ALL

25TH One month until Christmas! ALL26TH Alice in Wonderland is born

On this day in 1862

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29TH CS Lewis born in 1898 ALLDecember3RD First human heart transplant (1967) ALL4TH First Sunday newspaper published

(1791) ‘The Observer’ALL

10TH Human Rights Day ALL15TH First version of basketball played

(1891)ALL

18TH Steven Spielberg born (1946) ALL19TH BBC World Service begins

broadcasting (1932)ALL

20TH Cardiff becomes Wales' capital city (1955)

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22ND Speed limit introduced to UK (1965) ALL24TH CHRISTMAS EVE ALL25TH CHRISTMAS DAY ALL26TH Boxing day/ St Stephen's Day ALL31st New years Eve ALL