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Annual special days recognized by presidential proclamation. Bold text indicates a public holiday, on which most government agencies and major businesses are closed. January 16: Religious Freedom Day; 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday; 3rd Sunday in January: National Sanctity of Human Life Day
Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. [1] The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, [2] with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010. However, other groups began celebrating Mandela Day ...
March 22 or April 16 or May 20 or July 3 or November 1: Emancipation Day: 5: 2005: Florida (2021), Maryland (2013), Puerto Rico, Washington, DC (2005), United States Virgin Islands (2017) Commemorates the Emancipation of slaves March 10: Harriet Tubman Day: 1: 2000: Maryland (2000) The death of Harriet Tubman May 19: Malcolm X Day: 1: 2015 ...
Jrue Randall Holiday (/ d r uː / DROO; born June 12, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for one season with the UCLA Bruins before being selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2009 NBA draft with the 17th overall pick.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Independence Day Swiss National Day Yorkshire Day: 2 International Friendship Day: 3: 4: 5 Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America . The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared ...
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Yunnan province of China, killing one person and destroying over 10,000 homes. (BBC) July 2009 Ürümqi riots. Chinese President Hu Jintao returns to Beijing and chairs Politburo Meeting, vowing "severe punishment" on culprits as the social order in Ürümqi is being restored.
Hong Kong 1 July march in 2011. On 1 July of each year since the 1997 handover, a march is led by the Civil Human Rights Front.It has become the annual platform for demanding universal suffrage, calling for observance and preservation civil liberties such as free speech, venting dissatisfaction with the Hong Kong Government or the Chief Executive, rallying against actions of the Pro-Beijing camp.