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Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine: Observed by: People in many countries; Anglican Communion (see calendar) Lutheran Church (see calendar) Traditionalist Catholicism (see calendar) [notes 1] Type: Christian, romantic, cultural, commercial observance: Significance: Feast day of Saint Valentine; the celebration of love and ...
Černová Tragedy Day ; Flag Day (Greece) Independence Day (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979. Navy Day (United States) (unofficial, official date is October 13) World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [44]
These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.). Below is a list of all observances so designated.
Railway Day, Librarian Day, World Book Day, National Day of the Romanian Tax Consultant 29 April War Veterans' Day [10] First Sunday in May (May 5 in 2024) Mother's Day: Second Sunday in May (May 12 in 2024) Father's Day, Teenager's Day and National Dress Day 2 May National Youth Day 3 May World Press Freedom Day: 5 May Day of the Tatar ...
This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents. 2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam , marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
The name 'Lammas' comes from Old English hlafmæsse meaning "loaf mass". [8]Several antiquarians suggested that the name 'Lammas' came from 'lamb mass'. John Brady [9] supposed that tenants of the Cathedral of York, dedicated to St Peter in Chains, of which this is the feast, were required to bring a live lamb to the church.
Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
1980 – As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican. 1988 – Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people. [12] 1989 – The 6.9 M w Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central ...