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Good Friday is a widely instituted legal holiday around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 U.S. states. [8] [needs update] [failed verification] Some predominantly Christian countries, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts—public dancing, horse racing—in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday. [9] [10]
The Good Friday Agreement (GFA) or Belfast Agreement (Irish: Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta or Comhaontú Bhéal Feirste; Ulster Scots: Guid Friday Greeance or Bilfawst Greeance) [1] is a pair of agreements signed on 10 April (Good Friday) 1998 that ended most of the violence of the Troubles, an ethno-nationalist conflict [2] in Northern Ireland since the late 1960s.
April 10 is the 100th day of the year (101st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland. [13]
Good Friday is always the Friday before Easter Sunday. In 2024, Good Friday falls on Friday, March 29. Related: ‘It Is Finished’—30 Good Friday Bible Verses To Reflect on Christ’s Sacrifice
Good Friday Battle. The Good Friday Battle was an attack by Taliban forces and Members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan on April 2, 2010, on a group of German paratroopers on a recon mission. This was the first prolonged battle of German soldiers since World War II .
The Good Friday Agreement, reached on April 10, 1998, ended a three-decade conflict between Ireland and Britain. Conflict initially began in 1969, with negotiations beginning in the early 1980s.
Good News: Banks and Post Offices Will Be Open on Good Friday. Cameron Jenkins, Amanda Garrity, Katarina Avendaño. April 4, 2023 at 10:24 AM. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or ...
The tornado outbreak of April 9–11, 2009 was a tornado outbreak that affected large portions of the Southern United States on April 9–11, 2009. At least 5 people were killed by tornadoes including three in Mena, Arkansas and two in Murfreesboro, Tennessee just south of Nashville. A total of 85 tornadoes were confirmed over the two days.