Internet Day Internet Day Internet Day is an event celebrated in Mexico, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Spain, Colombia, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of the world on October 29, promoted by the Association of Internet Users and by the Internet Society, respectively. It was celebrated for the first time on October 29, 2005. Shortly afterwards, at the Summit of the Information Society celebrated in Tunisia in November 2005, it was decided to propose to the UN the designation of October 29 as the "World-wide Day of the Information Society", which resulted in Internet Day being celebrated on that day. Internet
Day of the Young Combatant Day of the Young Combatant Day of the Young Combatant () is a non-official commemoration day, celebrated each March 29 in Chile. Its main purpose is remembering the deaths of brothers Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, which occurred on March 29, 1985 during the dictatorship in Chile. The brothers were reportedly members of a pro-Marxist, anti-government insurgent group called MIR. The commemoration is a call for human rights awareness and inquiry into several cases of extra judicial killings during the dictatorship. Violence often involves throwing rocks against buildings, vehicles, and police, as well as fire-bombing with Molotov cocktails. Given the