World Kindness Day. From the "Declaration of Kindness": "We recognize the fundamental importance of simple human kindness as a basic condition for satisfactory and meaningful life ...".
Birthday of Zinaida Fosdick (1889 - 1983), spiritual disciple of the Roerich family, active leader of many of Roerich's organizations, pianist, critic, teacher and translator. Since 1949 she is the director of Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York.