Chase's Calendar of Events 2016

12,500 entries. 196 countries. 366 days. Find out what's going on any day of the year, anywhere across the globe! If you're looking to tie a promotional event to a special month, travel to a music festival halfway around the world, blog about a historical milestone or do a celebrity birthday round-up on your radio show or Twitterfeed, Chase's Calendar of Events is the one resource that has it all. The world’s datebook, Chase's is the definitive day-by-day resource of what America and the wider world are celebrating and commemorating. Founded in 1957 on a reputation for accuracy and comprehensiveness, this annual publication has become the must-have reference used by experts and professionals for more than fifty years. From celebrity birthdays to historical anniversaries, from astronomical phenomena to national awareness days, from award ceremonies and sporting events to religious festivals and carnivals, Chase's is the one-stop shop for everything that is happening now or is worth remembering from the past. The 2016 Edition of Chase's Calendar of Events brings you: The Transit of Mercury Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Brazil The 25th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR The 50th anniversary of the first celebration of Kwanzaa The 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor The National Park Service’s 100th birthday The 100th anniversary of WWI’s Battle of Verdun and Battle of the Somme The 200th birth anniversary of Charlotte Brontë Indiana’s 200th statehood birthday For librarians, broadcasters, journalists, event planners, public relations professionals, editors, writers or simply the curious, this is one reference you can't do without!