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Australia Day is the official national day of Australia.Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a small bay on the southern shore of Sydney Harbour. [2]
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In August 2017 the council of the City of Yarra, in Melbourne, resolved unanimously that it would no longer hold citizenship ceremonies on 26 January and stop referring to it as Australia Day, instead holding an event acknowledging Aboriginal culture and history; [28] the City of Darebin soon followed suit. The federal government immediately ...
Disasters and accidents Two to three days of freezing weather and heavy snow kills at least 27 children in Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Khaskbahar Hindi) At least 14 Indian Army soldiers and four civilians are killed in a series of avalanches near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. (BBC) International relations 2017 Mexico–United States diplomatic ...
Simple English; سنڌي; Slovenčina ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 2017 – Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (b. 1932) [234]
President Donald Trump delivered his as first speech as commander in chief on Inauguration Day Friday morning.
2017 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
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