Holidays in Britain
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4 April 1949 - Zebra Crossing
​Zebra crossings were introduced in Britain on 4 April 1949.​
​7 April 1770 - William Wordsworth
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James Callaghan, then parliamentary secretary to the ministry of transport, came up with ‘zebra’ as a name for the crossing which it was thought would be easily understood and remembered, particularly by vulnerable groups such as children.
The flashing beacons were added in 1953.
​The world's most famous zebra crossing is the one featured on the Beatles' Abbey Road album in North London.
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William Wordsworth, one of the greatest English poets, was born on this day at Cockermouth, Cumberland, England. He was orphaned as a boy and he lived with his sister in the Lake District. In 1843, when he was seventy-four, Wordsworth was appointed Poet Laureate, the poet chosen to write poetry for​
the King or Queen. The title 'Poet Laureate' comes from the laurels with which the ancient Greeks traditionally crowned their most celebrated poets. The present Poet Laureate is Carol Ann Duffy, who was appointed in May 2009. The post will be held for a fixed ten-year period.
William Wordsworth most well known poem is about daffodils and begins:
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze
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7 April - World Health Day
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In 1948, the World Health Organization held the First World Health Assembly.​ The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the
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World Health Day. The World Health Day is held to mark WHO's founding, and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health​ each year. The WHO organizes international, regional and local events on the Day related to a particular theme. Resources provided continue beyond 7 April, that is, the designated day for celebrating the World Health Day.
​​The WHO logo or emblem, which was chosen by the first World Health Assembly in 1948, is often associated with promotional material for World Mental Health Day. The emblem consists of the UN symbol surmounted by a staff with a snake coiling round it. ​
The staff with the snake has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical profession. It originates from the story of Aesculapius who was revered by the ancient Greeks as a god of healing and whose cult involved the use of snakes.​The UN symbol features a projection of a world map (less Antarctica) centered on the North Pole, inscribed in a wreath consisting of crossed conventionalized branches of the olive tree. The olive branches symbolize peace and the world map depicts the area of concern to the UN in achieving its main purpose, peace and security.
​OBDORSKAYA GYMNASIUM
WE GIVE YOU WINGS
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