100: Armenian Genocide

From Wikipedia:
"100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide"

 The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will be commemorated on April 24, 2015. Every year on April 24 Armenians around the world commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide. April 24 of 1915 is the day when thousands of the Armenian community leaders of Constantinople (now Istanbul) were deported and mostly executed.  In July 2013, the construction of the Armenian Genocide Museum began in Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay, which was the first country to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide in 1965, thus became the first country besides Armenia to build a museum dedicated to the Armenian Genocide "at the initiative of the state." The Ministry of Education and Culture along with the Armenian community of Uruguay is expected to complete the construction of the museum on the 100th anniversary of the genocide. In September 2013, the Pasadena City Council approved the proposal for a genocide memorial, which is expected to be completed by April 24, 2015. It is expected that the Armenian Genocide Museum of America in Washington DC to be opened in 2015 In addition, the Montebello Genocide Memorial in California is expected to become a historical landmark in 2015, coinciding with genocide continental.

^ The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide is coming up on April 24th and it's important for the world to remember that this was the first real genocide in modern times and yet many countries and people refuse to give it the respect that it and the victims deserve. ^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_anniversary_of_the_Armenian_Genocide