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National Day (Chinese: 国庆节; pinyin: guóqìng jié; lit. 'national celebration day'), officially the National Day of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国国庆节), is a public holiday in China celebrated annually on 1 October as the national day of the People's Republic of China, commemorating Mao Zedong's formal proclamation of the establishment of the People's ...
Not a holiday for the private sector. November 5 Colon Day; November 10 "Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos" celebrating The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro and the uprising in the Villa de Los Santos against Spain. November 28 Independence Day (from Spain, 1821) December 8 Mother's Day; December 20 National Mourning Day
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
March 8 - International Women's Day; March 12 - Youth Day; April 28 - Kenneth Kaunda Birthday; May 1 - Labour Day; May 25 - African Freedom Day; July (first Monday) - Heroes' Day; July (Tuesday following Heroes' Day) - Unity Day; August (first Monday) - Farmers' Day; October 18 - National Prayer Day; October 24 - Independence Day
Majority Rule Day: Commemorates the day the Bahamian government gained majority rule for the first time, on this day in 1967. It is usually listed with the emancipation of slavery in 1836 and independence from Great Britain in 1973 as the most important events in the history of the Bahamas. Became an official public holiday in 2014.
France started controlling Cambodia in 1863. After being colonized around 90 years, King Norodom Sihanouk began claiming return to independence from France in 1949. In 1953, he was successful to regain full independence, and France agreed to decolonize the whole country.
Independence Day: 1870 (unpaid holiday for federal employees) 1938 (federal holiday) Celebrates the 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence from British rule. Parades, picnics, and cookouts are held during the day and fireworks are set off at night. On the day before this holiday, the stock market trading session ends three hours early.
Observed by: Australian citizens, residents and expatriates: Type: National: Significance: Date of the landing of the First Fleet on Sydney Cove in 1788: Observances: Family gatherings, fireworks, picnics and barbecues, parades, citizenship ceremonies, Australia Day honours, Australian of the Year presentation, many other celebrations alongside protests and mourning ceremonies