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Independence Day (Macedonian: Ден на независноста, romanized: Den na nezavisnosta) [1] in North Macedonia is celebrated on 8 September. It has been a national holiday since 1991, when, following a referendum for Independence, SR Macedonia gained its independence from Yugoslavia, where it was a federal state, and became a sovereign parliamentary democracy.
It marks the day of the proclamation of the Ilinden Uprising in 1903, as well as the proclamation of the republic of Macedonia in 1944. 8 September: Independence Day [4] Ден на независноста, Den na nezavisnosta: 8 September: 9 September: It marks the day of independence from Yugoslavia, achieved with the 1991 referendum. 11 October
An independence referendum was held in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia on 8 September 1991, which afterwards proclaimed independence from Yugoslavia. [1] It was approved by 96% of voters, with a turnout of 76%.
Day when the Republic was established in 1944, also Ilinden Uprising in 1903. 8 September: Independence Day: Ден на независноста, Den na nezavisnosta: Day of independence from Yugoslavia: 11 October: Day of the Macedonian Uprising: Ден на востанието, Den na vostanieto: Beginning of Anti-fascist war during WWII in ...
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, ... North Macedonia: Republic Day: 2 August: 1903
On July 26, 1963 there was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia), then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 [30] and 4,000 [31] and left more than 200,000 people homeless. [32] About 80 percent of the city was ...
The country of North Macedonia officially celebrates 8 September 1991 as Independence day, with regard to the referendum endorsing independence from Yugoslavia, albeit legalizing participation in "future union of the former states of Yugoslavia". The Republic of Macedonia remained at peace through the Yugoslav wars of the early 1990s.
1 May – Labour Day; 24 May – Saints Cyril and Methodius' Day; 2 August - Republic Day; 8 September - Independence Day; 11 October – Day of the Macedonian Uprising; 23 October – Day of the Macedonian Revolutionary Struggle; 8 December – Saint Clement of Ohrid Day