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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 granddaughter Kisha ...
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 ...
A 30-day period of national mourning was announced. Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23, were declared bank holidays. [31] [32] Zimbabwe: 3 [33] FR Yugoslavia: 2001 1 Victims of the Podujevo bus bombing: 18 February declared national day of mourning. [34] Portugal: 2001 2 Victims of the Hintze Ribeiro Bridge disaster [35] [36] Andorra ...
An eight-day mourning period was declared from April 9 to April 17; with national flag placed at half-mast at all federal buildings.first time mourning was declared in the country since 2010. [248] April 17 was designated a national day of mourning. [248] Georgia: 1 4 citizens drowned in the Enguri River [249] [250] Dominican Republic: 1
[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.
2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [3] Portugal: 1666/8 730 Death of Queen-consort Luisa de Guzmán: 2 years of mourning (1 year full mourning, 1 year half mourning). [4] Portugal: 1690/1 365 Death of Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira: One year of mourning (6 months full mourning, 6 months half mourning). [5]
Three officers were reported injured following the protests. [82] On June 2, approximately 500 protesters marched to the Bexar County Courthouse and confronted county sheriff Javier Salazar about changing the system. [83] That day's protests were mostly peaceful, but a faceoff with police near Alamo Plaza grew violent.
The whole article focuses rather too narrowly on this one specific "National Day of Mourning" without reference to the institution of a national day of mourning, or national days of mourning due to other circumstances, e.g. the death of heads of state, or large-scale accidents. Burschik 15:36, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)