Birthday
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A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person or the figurative birth of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a
A Rwandan family celebrating a birthday at home in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic
Young women attired for quinceañera in Mexico City
A one-year-old girl playing with her birthday balloons in Bangladesh
Child with Snow White cake, c. 1910–1940
Anniversary
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An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded.
Birthday
…A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person or the figurative birth of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts…
Swedish celebrities including Miss Sweden Johanna Lind, Camilla Henemark, Alexandra Charles and Christina Schollin celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mae West at Berns in Stockholm in 1993
Memorial plaque presented by the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission in Washington, D.C., in 1951