🎉 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
Where: Geneva, Switzerland
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📅 On This Day: May 8
May 8: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Today is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. Henry Dunant, who helped found the Red Cross, was born on this day in 1828 in Geneva, Switzerland. He believed that anyone who is hurt should be helped, no matter which side they are on.
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🧠 Question of the day
Who helped found the Red Cross?
- Alfred Nobel
- Henry Dunant
- Louis Pasteur
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Answer: Henry Dunant
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What happened on May 8?
May 8: World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day. It happened in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Day