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International observances (January-April): List ofinternationalobservances [edit] Below is a list of days, years and decades that have been recognized asinternationalobservances by the United Nations, or by some other organizations that declareinternationalobservances but are not as widely recognized. Days[edit] January[edit] January 26 –InternationalCustomsDayrecognized by theWorld Customs Organization[2] January 27 –InternationalDayof Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, recognized by the UN[3] January 31 –Street Children'sDay February[edit] February 2 –World WetlandsDay February 4 –World CancerDay, recognized by the UN and WHO[3][4] February 6 --InternationalDayof Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation, recognized by WHO[3][5] February 11 –WorldDayof the SickInstituted by PopeJohn Paul II February 13 –World RadioDay, recognized by the UN and UNESCO[3][6] February 20 –WorldDayof Social Justice, recognized by the UN[3] February 21 –InternationalMother LanguageDay, recognized by the UN and UNESCO[3] March[edit] March 1 - World Civil DefenceDay[7] March 8 –InternationalWomen'sDay, recognized by the UN[8] March 11 –WorldDayof Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film March 14 –InternationalDayof Action for Rivers[9] March 14 –PiDay March 15 –World Consumer RightsDayWorld ContactDay March 20 –InternationalDayof theFrancophonie[10] March 20 –InternationalDayof Happiness, recognized by the UN[3][11] March 20 –World SparrowDay[12] March 21 –InternationalDayfor the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, recognized by the UN[3] March 21 –World PoetryDay, recognized by the UN and UNESCO[3][13] March 21 –InternationalDayof Nowruz, recognized by the UN[3][14] March 21 –World Down SyndromeDay, recognized by the UN[3][15] March 21 –World PuppetryDay, recognized byUNIMA March 21 –InternationalDayof Forests, recognized by the UN[3][16] March 22 –World WaterDay, recognized by the UN[3][17] March 23 –World MeteorologicalDay, recognized by the UN and WHO[3][18] March 24 –World TuberculosisDay, recognized by the UN and WHO[3][19] March 24 –InternationalDayfor the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, recognized by the UN [3][20] March 25 –InternationalDayof Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, recognized by the UN[3][21] March 25 –InternationalDayof Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, recognized by the UN[3][22] Third Friday of March –World SleepDay April[edit] April 1 –April Fool'sDay April 2 –World Autism AwarenessDay, recognized by the UN[3][23] April 2 –InternationalChildren's BookDay April 4 –InternationalDayfor Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, recognized by the UN[3][24] April 7 –Dayof Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide, recognized by the UN[3][25] April 7 –World HealthDay, recognized by the UN and WHO[3][26] April 8 –InternationalRomaniDay April 12 –InternationalDayof Human Space Flight, recognized by the UN[3][27] April 16 –World EntrepreneurshipDay[28] April 17 –World HemophiliaDay April 22 –InternationalMother EarthDay, recognized by the UN[3][29] April 23 –World Book and CopyrightDay, recognized by the UN and UNESCO[3][30] April 23 –English LanguageDay[3] April 24 –WorldDayfor Laboratory Animals April 25 –World MalariaDay, recognized by the UN and WHO[3][31] April 26 –World Intellectual PropertyDay, recognized by the UN and WIPO[3][32] April 28 –WorldDayfor Safety and Health at Work, recognized by the UN and ILO[3][33] April 29 –Dayof Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare, recognized by the UN[3][34] April 29 –InternationalDanceDay, recognized by UNESCO[35] April 30 –InternationalJazzDay, recognized by the UN[3][36]

The 100 Most Common City Names in the World: Depending on whose official count you agree with, you can say that ourworldis politically divided into 196 countries, 217 sovereign states, or 234 autonomous bodies. Among these, there are 4,054 administrative regions that carry various labels: states, provinces, regions, divisions, prefectures, communes, etc. Among those 4,054 regions, you will find 3,173,958 designated or chartered locations, which may be categorized as cities, towns, villages, etc. Everycityhas a story.Ineverycityyou will find distinct cultural characteristics, unique local history, distinguished citizens, business leaders, educators, politicians, and local celebrities. Every town has its favorite restaurants, its oldest local hangouts, its famous landmarks, its important historical sites, its hometown heroes, its claims to fame, and an overall zeitgeist of shared knowledge and experiences among its residents that generally manifests as good old-fashioned hometown pride. My hometown of Reno, Nevada, USA is known astheBiggest LittleCityintheWorld, for so many reasons that it would take a lifetime to document them all.TheReno-Sparks Metropolitan Area is considered to be medium-sized bytheUS Census Bureau, but we pride ourselves onthefact that within 20 miles of here you will find more attractions than you couldinmostcities four or five timesthesize of Reno. Ourcityis, to put it simply, one of a kind. Itsname, however, is not. There are,infact, 12 cities called RenointheUnited States, and 16 worldwide. About one third ofthecitiesintheworld—1,137,549 of them to be precise—share theirnamewith at least one other. Some cities, as you will see below, share theirnamewith many others. This table showsthe100mostcommoncitynamesintheworld, and how many cities share each one. There are a few tiesinthemix, which I've identified golf tournament style:  NameCities 1 San Jose 328 2 San Antonio 320 3 Santa Rosa 296 4 Santa Cruz 282 5 San Juan 255 6 San Miguel 254 7 Santa Maria 253 8 San Pedro 248 9 San Francisco 235 T10 San Isidro 234 T10 Buena Vista 234 12 Santa Ana 210 13 San Rafael 207 14 Santa Rita 195 15 Santa Lucia 194 16 Buenavista 190 17 San Vicente 186 18 San Luis 181 19 Santa Barbara 176 T20 San Lorenzo 168 T20 La Esperanza 168 22 Santo Domingo 164 23 San Pablo 161 24 Buenos Aires 158 25 Concepcion 157 26 Phumi Ba 153 27 San Agustin 151 28 Santa Teresa 148 29 Santa Elena 147 30 Victoria 144 T31 Santa Clara 143 T31 Santiago 143 T33 San Nicolas 142 T33 San Carlos 142 T33 Santa Isabel 142 T36 San Andres 140 T36 San Roque 140 38 San Martin 138 T39 El Carmen 137 T39 Pueblo Nuevo 137 41 Santa Fe 135 42 San Felipe 132 T42 Rosario 132 T44 La Union 131 T44 La Laguna 131 T44 Esperanza 131 47 El Porvenir 125 48 La Palma 124 49 San Ramon 122 T50 El Rosario 120  NameCities T50 Las Delicias 120 T50 La Florida 120 53 San Fernando 119 T54 San Joaquin 115 T54 Ojo De Agua 115 T54 Bella Vista 115 T57 La Cruz 114 T57 San Cristobal 114 59 El Palmar 112 60 El Limon 111 61 Guadalupe 110 62 El Paraiso 109 T63 El Rincon 108 T63 Las Palmas 108 65 La Ceiba 107 T66 Santo Tomas 105 T66 San Marcos 105 68 La Loma 104 69 Belen 103 T70 Las Mercedes 102 T70 Las Flores 102 T70 Mikhaylovka 102 T70 Union 102 T70 Manga 102 T75 La Paz 101 T75 Carrizal 101 T75 San Ignacio 101 T75 La Victoria 101 T79 Kamenka 100 T79 Paraiso 100 T79 Aleksandrovka 100 T82 El Rodeo 99 T82 Santa Ines 99 T84 Ivanovka 98 T84 Nikolayevka 98 T84 Las Cruces 98 T87 Miraflores 96 T87 San Jeronimo 96 T89 Soledad 95 T89 Candelaria 95 T91 Alekseyevka 93 T91 Berezovka 93 T93 La Concepcion 92 T95 Los Angeles 91 T95 El Naranjo 91 T95 Bellavista 91 98 Dolores 90 T99 Carmen 89 T99 San Sebastian 89 T99 Kalinovka 89 [Correction July 3, 2012] The first version of this list had a miscount at 93rd place, due to cities with names beginning with this character: Ã�, such as Ã�jecar and Ã�jinocar. The majority of them are in Azerbaijan, and the names appear to be mostly unique. The list has been corrected to show"Kalinovka"tied for 99th place.

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All Nobel Prizes (1901-1904): 1904 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1904 Sir William Ramsay "in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1904 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov "in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1904 Frédéric Mistral "in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist" José Echegaray y Eizaguirre "in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama" The Nobel Peace Prize 1904 Institut de droit international (Institute of International Law) 1903 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Antoine Henri Becquerel "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity" Pierre CurieandMarie Curie, née Sklodowska "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1903 Svante August Arrhenius "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen "in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1903 Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit" The Nobel Peace Prize 1903 William Randal Cremer 1902 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1902 Hendrik Antoon LorentzandPieter Zeeman "in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1902 Hermann Emil Fischer "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1902 Ronald Ross "for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1902 Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome" The Nobel Peace Prize 1902 Élie Ducommun Charles Albert Gobat 1901 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1901 Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1901 Jacobus Henricus van't Hoff "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring "for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1901 Sully Prudhomme "in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect" The Nobel Peace Prize 1901 Jean Henry Dunant Frédéric Passy. By nobelprize.org

All Nobel Prizes (1905-1910): 1910 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1910 Johannes Diderik van der Waals "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1910 Otto Wallach "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1910 Albrecht Kossel "in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1910 Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories" The Nobel Peace Prize 1910 Bureau international permanent de la Paix (Permanent International Peace Bureau) 1909 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 Guglielmo MarconiandKarl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 Wilhelm Ostwald "in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1909 Emil Theodor Kocher "for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1909 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings" The Nobel Peace Prize 1909 Auguste Marie François Beernaert Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque 1908 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1908 Gabriel Lippmann "for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908 Ernest Rutherford "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908 Ilya Ilyich MechnikovandPaul Ehrlich "in recognition of their work on immunity" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1908 Rudolf Christoph Eucken "in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life" The Nobel Peace Prize 1908 Klas Pontus Arnoldson Fredrik Bajer 1907 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 Albert Abraham Michelson "for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907 Eduard Buchner "for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran "in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1907 Rudyard Kipling "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author" The Nobel Peace Prize 1907 Ernesto Teodoro Moneta Louis Renault 1906 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1906 Joseph John Thomson "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1906 Henri Moissan "in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1906 Camillo GolgiandSantiago Ramón y Cajal "in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1906 Giosuè Carducci "not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces" The Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Theodore Roosevelt 1905 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1905 Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard "for his work on cathode rays" The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1905 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer "in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds" The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Robert Koch "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis" The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz "because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer" The Nobel Peace Prize 1905 Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau