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In the 2024 Philippine LEAF Awards, Dinagyang has been awarded as the Best Festival in the Visayas. [33] Dinagyang was also the first ever Philippine recipient of the Asia-Pacific Folklore Festival award by the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), held in February 2024 in Pattaya , Chonburi , Thailand .
1633 – The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy. 1774 – The British pass the Quebec Act , setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
2024 – Gerry Conway, English folk and rock drummer/percussionist (b. 1947) [3] 2024 – Louis Gossett Jr. , American actor (b. 1936) [ 331 ] Holidays and observances
Juneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people of African descent located in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from the slavery system in the United States." [9] President Biden's annual proclamation in 2024 began, "On June 19, 1865, freedom finally came for the 250,000 enslaved people of Texas. That day ...
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author [18] (d. 2024) [19] 1945 – Carson Van Osten , American comics creator and musician (d. 2015) 1945 – John Rutter , English composer, conductor, and producer
Observances: Confession, the ritual burning of the previous year's Palm Sunday branches, finalizing one's Lenten sacrifice, eating pancakes and other sweets: Date: Concluding day of Carnival or Shrovetide; the day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is always placed 47 days before the western Easter Sunday: 2024 date ...
Philippine Republic Day (Tagalog: Araw ng Republikang Pilipino), also known as Philippine–American Friendship Day, [1] is a commemoration in the Philippines held annually on July 4. It was formerly an official holiday designated as Independence Day , celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Manila , which granted Philippine independence from ...
1619 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.; 1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.; 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".