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In December 1990, this day became a national observance in Canada with the passing of the Workers Mourning Day Act, so that on April 28, 1991, it was officially the National Day of Mourning for persons killed or injured in the workplace; making April 28, an official Workers' Mourning Day. [2] [3]
National days of mourning on 14, 15 and 16 June. [647] Pakistan: 1 June 19 [648] Barbados: 4 June 26-29 Death of former Prime Minister Lloyd Erskine Sandiford: National mourning on June 26–28 and in the day of State funeral. [649] Moldova: 1 July 4 Victims of Chișinău International Airport shooting: July 4 to be day of mourning. [650] [651 ...
Previously, in 1984, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) established a day of mourning. The Canadian Labour Congress declared an annual day of remembrance in 1985 on April 28, which is the anniversary of a comprehensive Workers' Compensation Act (refer to the entry Workplace Safety & Insurance Board ), passed in 1914.
A similar but rarely-used concept exists at the European Union-level and Arab League-level and are called a European Day of Mourning and Arab League Day of Mourning. The European Commission first introduced the concept on 12 September 2001, when a day of mourning was declared across EU member states for the victims of the September 11 terrorist ...
For the first time this year, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day were declared on Sept. 30 in Canada to mark the lost children and survivors who were taken from ...
Loyalist Day, June 19, celebrating Canada's Loyalist heritage, particularly in Ontario and New Brunswick (also the day Upper Canada was created, now Ontario) National Indigenous Peoples Day, June 21 as part of the Celebrate Canada series; Canadian Multiculturalism Day, June 27 as part of the Celebrate Canada series
According to a search of Newspapers.com, an online archive of more than 26,000 newspapers, the first mention of “Pride Month” was in a June 5, 1972, issue of Pennsylvania’s Delaware County ...
6 months of mourning (3 months full mourning, 3 months half mourning). [18] Italy: 1861 1 Death of PM of Italy Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour [19] Portugal: 1861/2 180 Death of King Peter V of Portugal: 6 months of mourning (3 months full mourning, 3 months half mourning). [20] United States: 1865 1 Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln