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A 30-day period of national mourning was announced. Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23, were declared bank holidays. [30] [31] Zimbabwe: 3 [32] FR Yugoslavia: 2001 1 Victims of the Podujevo bus bombing: 18 February declared national day of mourning. [33] Portugal: 2001 2 Victims of the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge disaster [34] [35] Andorra ...
The National Day of Mourning protest is held annually at Cole's Hill and is attended by several hundred participants. [ 9 ] [ 4 ] Estimates of attendance in 2021 range from 1,000 – 2,000. [ 10 ] Frank James' son Roland Moonanum James continued to be involved in the event until his death in December 2020 [ 11 ] [ 2 ] , and Frank's ...
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh), held 15 August. In 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by a group of army personnel, along with his family. Circassian Day of Mourning, held May 21, commemorating the Circassian genocide and the Circassian defeat in the Russian-Circassian War; Day of Mourning (Australia), annual protest of Aboriginal and ...
[citation needed] India declared five-day State Mourning, [4] Venezuela declared three days of national mourning [5] Dominican Republic declared day of mourning on 10 December 2013. [6] Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in Singapore, died on 23 March 2015. Official days of national mourning in Singapore was from 23 to 29 March 2015.
The occupation lasted for 19 months, from November 20, 1969, to June 11, 1971. They were visited by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who, inspired by the occupation, led other protests, the first on Thanksgiving in 1970 when they painted Plymouth Rock red. [1] The latter protest continued as the National Day of Mourning. The US ...
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 ...
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4 September declared a national day of mourning. [304] Yugoslavia: 1988 1 Victims of the Lapovo train disaster 12 October declared a national day of mourning. [305] Soviet Union: 1988 1 Victims of the 1988 Armenian earthquake: This was the 1st time in Soviet history that a day of mourning was declared for a disaster. [34] Philippines: 1988 1