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Disasters and accidents 2020 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Eta makes landfall as a tropical storm near Cedar Key, Florida. (ABC News) European migrant crisis The International Organisation for Migration says at least 74 people have died after their boat, which was carrying more than 120 people, capsized off the coast of Libya. The Libyan Coast Guard has rescued 47 survivors. (BBC News ...
National Foundation Day: 11 February: 660 BCE Jordan: Independence Day: 25 May: 1946 United Kingdom Emirate of Transjordan Mandate for Palestine: Ascension of Abdullah I of Jordan to the throne. [55] Kazakhstan: Independence Day: 16 December: 1991 Soviet Union Kenya: Jamhuri Day: 12 December: 1963 United Kingdom Kiribati: National Day: 12 July ...
November 12 is the 316th day of the year ... (d. 2020) 1938 – Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist ... National Youth Day (East Timor) World ...
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). The national day is often an official public holiday. Many ...
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. [ b ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day , which also occur on the anniversary of the ...
May 25: National Missing Children's Day [11] last Monday in May: Memorial Day [12] 1st Monday in June: National Child's Day; June 14: Flag Day and National Flag Week; June 19: Juneteenth [13] 3rd Sunday in June: Father's Day; July 27: National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day [14] last Sunday in July: Parent's Day; August 16: National Airborne Day
President Joe Biden announced that Thursday, Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning in honor of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday in his hometown of Plains, Georgia at the age of 100.
Observed with Jefferson Davis' Birthday, and known officially as National Memorial Day / Jefferson Davis' Birthday, in Mississippi. [143] June 19 - Juneteenth; July 4 – Independence Day; September 1–7 (1st Monday) – Labor Day; November 11 – Veterans Day. Known officially as Armistice Day in Mississippi. [143]