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World Vegan Day began in 1994 as a 50th-anniversary celebration for the Vegan Society, founded in November 1944.
World Vegan Day
When: Sunday, November 1
Created by: Louise Wallis, a former Vegan Society president
Why November: The society was founded that month in 1944
History: The Vegan Society
The founders constructed “vegan” from the first three and final two letters of “vegetarian.” World Vegan Day later grew into World Vegan Month. Six letters turned out to have serious mileage.
