Today we’re in Howick, a town near the east coast of South Africa, where this monument honors the anti-apartheid activist and South African president Nelson Mandela, who would have turned 100 today. Like Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US, Mandela Day—celebrated on Mandela’s birthday—is intended not as a holiday exactly but as a day to answer the ‘global call to action’ by finding ways to engage in service to your local community. The best part about Mandela Day? You don’t need to be from South Africa to observe the event.
Celebrate Mandela Day
Today in History
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Native American Heritage Day
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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International Haiku Poetry Day
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Kings of the Kalahari
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Tulips, Netherlands
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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A peak in the clouds
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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The smoke before the bonfire
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It s ∞ Day!
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Wild garlic in bloom at Hainich National Park, Germany
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Irohazaka road
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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National Pumpkin Day
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Not your average sandcastle
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