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Independence Day. 3 July. 1944. Nazi Germany. The liberation of Minsk after several years of German occupation in 1944. Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially.
April 9: National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day. April 14: Pan American Day and Pan American Week. May 1: Loyalty Day. May 1: Law Day, U.S.A. May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day. 1st Thursday in May: National Day of Prayer. 2nd Friday in May: Military Spouse Day. 2nd Sunday in May: Mother's Day.
National Coming Out Day: 11 October: 1988 [38] A day to celebrate the act of "coming out", i.e. when an LGBT person decides to publicly share their gender identities or sexual orientation. [39] National Coming out Day was founded in the United States by gay rights activists Robert Eichberg and Jean O' Leary on 1988 in Washington, DC, United States.
Indigenous Peoples' Day[ a] is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. [ 1] It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various localities.
October 3: The day celebrates the foundation of Gojoseon, the first state of the Korean nation. According to the Samguk Yusa, Dangun founded Gojoseon on the 3rd day of 10th lunar month, 2333 BC. Today, South Koreans celebrate their national foundation on October 3 according to the Gregorian calendar, for convenience sake.
A national day is a day on which celebrations mark the statehood or nationhood of a state or its people. It may be the date of independence, of becoming a republic, of becoming a federation, or a significant date for a patron saint or a ruler (such as a birthday, accession, or removal).
October 16 World Food Day: ... October 25 National Greasy Food Day [200] [201] October 28 ... List of awareness days; Chase's Calendar of Events;
The Christian holidays of Christmas Day and Good Friday remained in secular post-apartheid South Africa's calendar of public holidays. The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission), a chapter nine institution established in 2004, held countrywide consultative public hearings in June and July 2012 to ...