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State funeral customs have evolved over time. For the funeral service itself the Book of Common Prayer has been used in recent centuries, with readings from the Authorized Version of the Bible; in its essentials the form of service used is the same for a monarch as for any other person. [5]
John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. The assassination and state funeral was the most famous state funeral in the United States, [20] made by the fact that it was the first in the television age and was covered live from start to finish, nonstop for 70 hours. [21] [20]
Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and his state funeral took place on November 25, 1963, in Washington, D.C. As President Kennedy lay in state, foreign dignitaries—including heads of state and government and members of royal families—started to arrive in Washington to attend the state funeral on Monday. [1]
State funeral of Sir Robert Menzies: May 19, 1978 Australia: Melbourne ~100,000 [67] State funeral of Houari Boumédiène: December 29, 1978 Algeria: Algiers: State funeral of Park Chung-hee: November 3, 1979 South Korea: Seoul ~2,000,000 [68] State funeral of Josip Broz Tito: May 8, 1980 Yugoslavia: Belgrade ~700,000 [69] Funeral of Bobby ...
The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held on Jan. 9 at Washington National Cathedral. Carter will also lie in state in the U.S. Capitol ...
In the United Kingdom, state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs. The most recent was the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. [5] A state funeral may also be held to honour a highly distinguished figure following the approval of the monarch and Parliament (of the expenditure of public funds). [6]
The state funeral procession of B. J. Habibie at the Kalibata Heroes' Cemetery, Jakarta on 12 September 2019. State funerals has been arranged on the respective dates: Sudirman (30 January 1950) The seven victims of the 30 September Movement (5 October 1965) Sukarno (22 June 1970) Mohammad Hatta (15 March 1980) Hamengkubuwono IX (8 October 1988)
Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II (13 P) Pages in category "State funerals in the United Kingdom" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.