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On 10 August 2002, the government of Turkmenistan adopted a law to rename all the months and most of the days of the week. The names were chosen according to Turkmen national symbols, as described in the Ruhnama, a book written by Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's first and only president for life.
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
Renamed to Benin in 1975. August 5, 1960 France: Upper Volta: Renamed to Burkina Faso in 1984. August 7, 1960 France Ivory Coast: August 8, 1960 France Niger: August 11, 1960 France Chad: August 13, 1960 France Central African Republic: Central African Empire from 1976-1979. August 15, 1960 France Congo: August 16, 1960 United Kingdom Cyprus
The first national elections in Czechoslovakia, for the new nation's first National Assembly, took place as candidates from 16 political parties vied for 281 of the 300 seats of the Chamber of Deputies. Elections for the 100 member Senate took place one week later.
S outh Sudan, the world’s newest nation, was once the great hope of the international community. Born in July 2011 out of the shadow of Africa’s longest civil war, the fledgling nation in ...
Speed, Victoria, was renamed Speedkills for one month in 2011 as a road safety campaign. [18] Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, changed from the name "Hot Springs" in 1950 when Truth or Consequences host Ralph Edwards announced that he would do the show from the first town that renamed itself after the popular radio program.
As a result, the new nation under Dessalines came to be known as the l’État d’Haïti (The State of Haiti), rather than the Haitian Republic. Following independence, Dessalines accorded all power to himself as the "head of state", which was made possible by the support of the 17 senior officials that signed the third section of the declaration.
Dc Violent Crime Dips 35% In 2024, Reaches 30-Year Low: Us Attorney D.C. police and public safety officials on Monday, however, touted how violent crime in the capital in 2024 is on a record ...