Today is World Kindness Day and National Indian Pudding Day
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Today, Friday, November 13, 2026
World Kindness Day is an international observance on November 13. In 2026 that is Friday, November 13. The World Kindness Movement introduced it in 1998 after kindness organizations met in Tokyo in 1997. People mark it with practical acts of goodwill, volunteering, and thank-yous. It is not a U.S. federal holiday.
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