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First Anzac Day parade in Sydney, along Macquarie Street, 25 April 1916. The date 25 April was officially named Anzac Day in 1916; [26] in that year, it was marked by a wide variety of ceremonies and services in Australia, New Zealand and London. [27] In New Zealand, it was gazetted as a half-day holiday.
April 25 is the 115th day of the year ... Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, ... Anzac Day (Australia, [46] New Zealand, [47] ...
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed to the United States of America, becoming the 28th U.S. state.Border disputes between the new state and Mexico, which had never recognized Texas independence and still considered the area a renegade Mexican state, led to the Mexican–American War (1846–1848).
June 26, 2015, was a day of celebration when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. That year, 2,500 same-sex marriage licenses were issued in Texas, the ...
Each year on Anzac Day, services are held at the memorial with thousands of Cantabrians in attendance. [13] In 2011, with the Christchurch Central City cordoned off following the earthquake in February, the service was held in Hagley Park instead. [14] In subsequent years, the annual service went to Cranmer Square.
In honor of Memorial Day, flags across the U.S. and Texas are required to fly at half-staff. ... The date of death and the following day of a United States senator, representative, territorial ...
Texas refused to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving. But Texans refused to go along. November has five Thursdays this year. That’s how it was in 1944, 1945, 1950, 1951 and 1956.