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Labour Day: Between April 30 and June 3 Forty days after Easter: Ascension Day: Ascension of Jesus Between May 11 and June 14 Monday after Pentecost: Whit Monday: Descent of the Holy Spirit June 21: Martyrs' Day: Honors all the people who fought for Togo throughout history. Celebrated with military parades. [4] August 15: Assumption Day ...
The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of March, by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 28, 2013. [1] Each year, various events celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests, and trees outside forests, for the benefit of current and future generations.
Armed Forces Day: Dia das Forças Armadas The main activity that marks Armed Forces Day is the swearing-in act of new recruits to the army. [3] September 30 Agricultural Reform Day: Dia da Reforma Agrária Marks the nationalization of the swiddens (slash-and-burn agricultural land) in 1975. [4] December 21 São Tomé Day: Dia de São Tomé
International Day of Action for Rivers: March 14 World Consumer Rights Day: March 15 Buzzards Day [16] [17] March 15 Digital Cleanup Day [18] March 15 2025 National Panda Day [19] [20] [21] March 16 Global Recycling Day [22] March 18 World Serval Day [23] March 18 Taxonomist Appreciation Day [24] March 19 World Sparrow Day: March 20 World Frog ...
Martyrs Day: Beginning of independence movement, 1959. [2] January 16 Laurent-Désiré Kabila Assassination 2001 January 17 Patrice Lumumba Assassination 1961 April 6 Kimbangu's Day [3] 2023 May 1 Labour Day: May 17 Liberation Day: Zaire renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997 [4] June 30 Independence Day: From Belgium, 1960 [5] August 1 ...
The “Martyrs Day” event — organized by the unsanctioned student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest — characterized the federal holiday as an abomination, and US vets as killers.
In Nepal, Martyrs' Day (Nepali: शहीद दिवस) is celebrated on January 30, corresponding to Magh 16 (Nepali: माघ १६ गते) in the Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar. [21] Martyr (Nepali: शहिद; Shahid) in Nepal is a term for someone who is executed while making contributions for the welfare of the country or society.
The most important national holidays are Independence Day (May 24), Martyrs' Day (June 20), and Revolution Day (September 1). Additional holidays follow the calendar of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, and the two holy Eids (Eid Aladaha and Eid Al-Fitir), as Muslim holidays are observed as public holidays in Eritrea.