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Martyrs' Day: يوم الشهيد: Remembers Libyans killed or exiled under Italian rule and those who are killed in the 17 of February revolution. 23 October: Liberation Day: يوم التحرير: Day of Liberation from Gaddafi's Jamahiriya declared on 23 October 2011. 24 December: Independence Day: عيد الاستقلال
The day became a national holiday known as "Day of Revenge"; [54] ... Prior to independence, Libya was home to more than 140,000 Christians ...
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or ... Liberian Declaration of Independence. Libya: Independence Day:
Later that same year, Libya and Egypt fought a four-day border war that came to be known as the Libyan-Egyptian War, both nations agreed to a ceasefire under the mediation of the Algerian president Houari Boumediène. [46] In February 1977, Libya began to provide military supplies to Goukouni Oueddei and the People's Armed Forces in Chad.
17 February - Revolution Day; 19 March – Commemoration of the Victory over Gaddafi; 10–13 April – Little Feast; 15–19 June – Feast of the Sacrifice; 7 July – Islamic New Year; 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 16 September – Martyrs' Day; 23 October – Liberation Day; 24 December – Independence Day
Cyprus Independence Day is commonly celebrated on 1 October. [7] Dominica: Dominica, Windward Islands [a] 3 November: 1978 Egypt: 28 February: 1922: Control over the Suez Canal Zone was maintained until 1956. Eswatini: 6 September: 1968: Initially called Swaziland, which was also its pre-independence name. Renamed eSwatini by King Mswati III in ...
The Kingdom of Libya (Arabic: المملكة الليبية, romanized: Al-Mamlakah Al-Lībiyya, lit. 'Libyan Kingdom'; Italian: Regno di Libia), known as the United Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, was a constitutional monarchy in North Africa that came into existence upon independence on 24 December 1951 and lasted until a bloodless coup d'état on 1 September 1969.
The 1951 Libyan Constitution was brought into force on October 7, 1951, prior to Libya's formal declaration of its independence on December 24, 1951 [1] as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under the rule of King Idris. The enactment of the Libyan Constitution was significant in that it was the first and only piece of legislation that ...