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unusual facts about National holiday


National holiday

A National Day, in which a country celebrates its independence, establishment or an otherwise significant event.


Benjamin Raspail

As member of the council for Seine for the republican left, Raspail proposed the law, on 21 May 1880, which made 14 July a national holiday in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille and the Fête de la Fédération.


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Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black

The singles released from the album were "Can't Truss It", "Night Train", "Shut Em Down" and its B-side "By the Time I Get to Arizona" (samples "Two Sisters of Mystery" by Mandrill and a live version of "Walk on By" by the Jackson 5), in which Public Enemy was depicted in the video killing the Arizona governor, Evan Mecham, who refused to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday.

Bağdat Avenue

Just as Taksim is where people gather for huge national events on the European side, people on the Asian side gather on Bağdat Avenue to celebrate events such as a sport victory or a national holiday.

Confucius

While not a national holiday, it does appear on all printed calendars, much as Father's Day does in the West.

Grand Prix de Paris

It is currently held at an evening meeting on July 14, the French national holiday of Bastille Day.

If the South Woulda Won

He mentions all the states from the Confederacy as well as Kentucky (though it was not in the Confederacy), and includes how he would put his father on $100 bills and make Elvis Presley's death a national holiday.

Japan Breeding farms' Cup Classic

Japan Breeding farms' Cup Classic (ジャパンブリーディングファームズカップクラシック) is an annual race that is usually held on November 3, the national holiday Culture Day.

Lori Lipman Brown

On November 29, 2005, she appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to debate Christmas’s recognition as a national holiday from a secularist point of view.

MS Ben-my-Chree

Brought around to the island from Holland by the late Captain Vernon Kinley, Ben-my-Chree entered service on 5 July 1998, Tynwald Day - the Isle of Man's national holiday.

Peter W. Rodino

Representing a district that was heavily Italian-American when he was first elected, he was best known for his sponsorship of legislation that made Columbus Day a national holiday.

Prix Maurice de Nieuil

It is currently held on the evening of July 14, the French national holiday of Bastille Day.

Queen Fabiola of Belgium

She responded to the threats during the Belgian national holiday celebrations on 21 July by wittily waving an apple to the crowd – a reference to the William Tell folk tale.

Religion in Mexico

However, Christmas is a national holiday and every year during Easter and Christmas all schools in Mexico, public and private, send their students on vacation.

Roger L. Green

In 1985 and 1986 in conjunction with the founding of the National Holiday, Governor Cuomo signed these bills into law.

St. George's Caye

From 3 September through 10 September 1798, British settlers fought and defeated a small Spanish fleet sent to drive them from the area; this battle is marked as a national holiday in Belize each September 10 as the Battle of St. George's Caye.

Union Day

"Great Union Day" on December 1, also known as "Unification Day", the national holiday of Romania

United States Forces – Iraq

Proclaimed as a national holiday by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.