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1 January – Kingston upon Hull begins its City of Culture programme with a 10-minute fireworks display over the Marina. [1] 2 January The government announces proposals to build seventeen new towns and villages across the English countryside. [2] Yassar Yaqub is killed in a police shooting during an operation on the M62 near Huddersfield. [3]
4 January – Sir Tim Barrow is appointed as the UK's new ambassador to the European Union. [5] 5 January UK car sales are at a record high in 2016 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), which says that 2,690,000 new cars were registered last year, 2% higher than in 2015. [6]
In 2002, there was a special holiday on Monday 3 June to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday was moved from 27 May to 4 June to create a four-day weekend. [39] In 2012, there was a special holiday on Tuesday 5 June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday moved to Monday 4 June ...
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD, 27 January) is a national commemoration day in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of the Jews and others who suffered in the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution. It was first held in January 2001 and has been on the same date every year since.
Dry January; Veganuary (English-speaking world; originated in and headquartered in United Kingdom) [1] National Mentoring Month (United States) [2] Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month (United States) [3] [4]
In the United States, there are two major holidays celebrated in January: New Year’s Day (January 1, 2024) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15, 2024). Both of these are federal holidays ...
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day.Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in Cuba, the fall of a dictatorship, as in Portugal, or the end of an occupation by another state, as in the Netherlands, thereby differing from original independence day or creation of statehood.
England’s group stage opponents at Euro 2025 have been revealed, with the Lionesses taking on debutants Wales, France and the Netherlands in a blockbuster draw.. Sarina Wiegman’s side are ...