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The holiday was proposed by Representative Lee Zeldin in H.R. 5303 and Senator Marsha Blackburn in S. 2735 in September 2021. September 15–21 (3rd Monday) Native Americans' Day: The holiday was petitioned for and introduced in Congress multiple times but was unsuccessful. The proclamation exists today as "Native American Awareness Week."
Map of Romania in 1919 with new regions annexed to it. Great Union Day ( Romanian: Ziua Marii Uniri, also called Unification Day [1] or National Day) is a national holiday in Romania, celebrated on 1 December, marking the unification of Transylvania, Bassarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918, something that is known as the ...
Kwanzaa ( / ˈkwɑːn.zə /) is an annual celebration of African-American culture from December 26 to January 1, culminating in a communal feast called Karamu, usually on the sixth day. [1] It was created by activist Maulana Karenga, based on African harvest festival traditions from various parts of West , Eastern Africa as well as Southeast ...
There are only three national holidays declared by Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are declared centrally by the Union Government.
Nation Center, headquarters of the Nation Media Group who publish the Daily Nation. The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960.
December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
National Flag Day. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the current flag [5] Day of the National Emblem and the National Flag [9] (May 12, 2024. For the next year, the date will be on April 11, 2025) April 28, 2024. For the next year, the date will be on April 27, 2025 [26]
In 1939, William Randolph Hearst advocated, through his chain of daily newspapers, the creation of a holiday to celebrate citizenship. [citation needed] In 1940, Congress designated the third Sunday in May as "I am an American Day." In 1944 "I am an American Day" was promoted through the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.