Nearly 2 million Muslims from around the world have been in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in recent days, making the annual pilgrimage known as the Hajj. To learn more about this religious practice, try The Hajj link or these World of Faith links . Today is Greenery Day in Japan. St. Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles celebrates Carnival today. Today is Revolution Day in Sierra Leone.
Today is a public holiday in Singapore.
In the United States of America, the states of Mississippii and Alabama celebrate Confederate Memorial Day today. Taiwan celebrates Cheng Cheng Kung Landing Day today to commemorate the landing of Ming Dynasty loyalist Cheng Cheng Kung, who ousted Dutch colonists from the island.