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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 ...
English: First Nations Indigenous Australian protest, "Day of mourning", 1938, Russell Clark, from photo-mechanical print published in 'Man' magazine, ...
March 14 is the day of national mourning. Flags lowered half-mast. 16 Romanian citizens were among those killed [60] Palestine: 2004 3 Assassination of Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin [112] Serbia and Montenegro: 2004 1 Victims of the 2004 unrest in Kosovo: Day of mourning declared separately by the Government of Serbia and of Montenegro. [113 ...
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were each honored with a national day of mourning after they were assassinated in 1968. Biden orders flags to be flown at half-staff for ...
STORY: With the day declared a national holiday, a memorial ceremony attended by 600 dignitaries was held at Parliament House in Canberra for Queen Elizabeth, who died on Sept. 8 after 70 years on ...
March 22 was a day off from work. On March 25 and March 26, the president's funeral day was declared a public holiday, and government offices, banks, businesses, and schools were closed. [223] [224] [225] Uganda [226] Rwanda: 9 Mourning period declared from March 18 until March 26, the burial day. [227] Kenya: 7 [228] Burundi [229] Mozambique: 5
The commission, together with the European Council and the European Parliament, designated 14 September 2001 as a day of mourning in member states and EU institutions. European citizens were asked to join in three minutes of silence. [1] [2] The Arab League observed three days of mourning for the death of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia on 4 August ...
The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans in the United States, notably the Wampanoag and other tribes of the Eastern United States; dispel myths surrounding the Thanksgiving story in the United States; and raise awareness toward historical and ongoing struggles facing Native American ...