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The Black Ribbon Day, officially known in the European Union as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism and also referred to as the Europe-wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, [1] [2] is an international day of remembrance for victims of totalitarianism regimes, specifically Stalinist, communist, Nazi and fascist ...
Orange and black ribbon: 1769 1945 Ribbon of Saint George; commemoration of World War II in post-Soviet countries [84] [85] Pink and blue ribbon? Infant and pre-natal death or premature birth [10] [4] [53] Hydrocephalus two tone blue ribbon ? Hydrocephalus [9] [4] Blue denim ribbon 1992 Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Society in the UK [86]
A black ribbon may be put on a flag, as on the Georgian flag at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony. Similar to a black armband, the black ribbon is a public display of grief. Individuals or organizations display the ribbon in commemoration of victims after specific incidents. Some examples include:
On 23 August 1986, Black Ribbon Day demonstrations were held in 21 western cities including New York, Ottawa, London, Stockholm, Seattle, Los Angeles, Perth, and Washington, DC to bring worldwide attention to human rights violations by the Soviet Union. In 1987, Black Ribbon Day protests were held in 36 cities including Vilnius, Lithuania ...
World Plant Milk Day. Friday, Aug. 23. Black Ribbon Day. National Cuban Sandwich Day. National Sponge Cake Day. National Ride the Wind Day. Cheap Flight Day.
On the day of the funeral, of the hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens visiting the capital to pay their respects, at least 109 were later acknowledged to have died in a human crush. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Stalin's body was embalmed and interred in Lenin's Mausoleum until 1961, when it was moved to the Kremlin Wall Necropolis .
Some explanations of Black Friday claim that the holiday references a 19th-century term for the day after Thanksgiving, during which plantation owners could buy slaves at discount prices.
Black Ribbon Day; Joseph Stalin's purges and massacres between 1936 and the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany (Great Purge) had about one million victims.