Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the 5 October, the day of the foundation of the Tentara Keamanan Rakyat ("People's Security Armed Forces"), the predecessor of the TNI, in 1945, itself a replacement for the "Badan Keamanan Rakyat" ("People's Security Corps") established on 29 August on the same year. Military parades are held nationwide in major cities and provincial capitals in honor of the TNI's serving men and women and military veterans. Rouz-e Artesh (English: "Army Day") is celebrated on 18 April, the establishment day of the army. Iraqi Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 6 January, and marks the anniversary of the
Day of the Programmer day is chosen because 1024 = 2, and this does not have leap year issue. Day of the Programmer The Day of the Programmer is an international professional day that is celebrated on the 256th (hexadecimal 100th, or the 2th) day of each year (September 13 during common years and on September 12 in leap years). It is officially recognized in Russia. The number 256 (2) was chosen because it is the number of distinct values that can be represented with an eight-bit byte, a value well-known to programmers. 256 is also the highest power of two that is less