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4 Holidays and observances. 5 References. ... 2021 (Thursday) 2020 ... 2016 (Friday) 2015 (Wednesday) November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap ...
Remembrance Day (11 November) is a national holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at 11:00 am—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month."
On November 18, 2021, on the House floor, Representative Ayanna Pressley read the names of 46 trans people murdered that year. [34] [41] [42] Pressley was joined by other members of the Congressional [LGBTQ+] Equality Caucus that included Representatives Marie Newman, David N. Cicilline, Mark Takano, Sara Jacobs, and Al Green. [43]
In addition to Thanksgiving and Veterans Day, November's calendar of holidays and observances includes several other reasons to celebrate.
April 22, 2021 Herzl Day: Public holiday in Israel. 14 Iyar Sunset, 25 April – nightfall, 26 April 2021 Pesach Sheni: 18 Iyar Sunset, 29 April – nightfall, 30 April 2021 Lag Ba'omer: Public holiday in Israel. 28 Iyar May 10, 2021 Fast of Samuel: Fast is optional and is generally only observed by Chevra kadisha. Starts at dawn. 28 Iyar May ...
However, as of 2021, the State of California does not actually observe this holiday by closing its government offices, giving its employees paid time off, or encouraging private businesses to do the same in observance. [43] In Washington state it is celebrated the Friday immediately following the fourth Thursday in November.
The holiday is celebrated on November 18, the day of the fall of the city of Vukovar in the 1991 Homeland War, [1] when the Yugoslav People's Army and Serbian paramilitaries committed the two most massive crimes in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence in two Croatian towns, Vukovar and Škabrnja.
May 18: State Flag and Constitution Day. Flag Day was originally separate from Constitution Day and celebrated on February 19, until the two holidays were combined in 2017 [77] Ukraine: August 23: Day of the National Flag [78] Ukraine: Crimean Tatars: June 26 [79] United Arab Emirates: November 3: Flag Day (United Arab Emirates) [80] United ...