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Liberation Day in Hong Kong marks the anniversary of August 1945 withdrawal of Japanese troops from the city. This is a city holiday celebrated on the last Monday of August. Whether it continues after 202...
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Victory Day in Turkey marks the anniversary of August 30, 1922, the day the nation achieved its independence. This is a national holiday.
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Constitution Day in Kazakhstan marks the anniversary of August 31, 2995, the day the nation ratified its constitution. This is a national holiday. This is a national holiday.
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Crankshaft celebrates the initial publishing of the nationally syndicated comic strip on August 31, 1987.
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Freedom Day in Malaysia marks the anniversary of August 31, 1957, the day the nation received its independence from Britain. This is a national holiday. This is a national holiday.
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Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan marks the anniversary of August 31, 1991 the day the nation declared its independence from the Soviet Union. This is a national holiday. This is a national holiday.
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Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago marks the anniversary of August 31, 1962, the day the islands became independent nations of the British Commonwealth. This is a national holiday. This is a nation...
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Mother Tongue Day in Moldova marks the anniversary of August 31, 1991, the day the nation officially exchanged the Cyrillic alphabet with the Latin alphabet. This is a national holiday. This is a nation...
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July 1, 1937 saw the world's first emergency telephone number deployed in London covering a 12 mile radius from Oxford Circus. It would be another 31 years before the US would implement a similar system,...
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Canada Day is Canada's National day. July 1, 1867 the British North America Act was enacted, creating the country of Canada within the British Empire and empowering it with full self-governing authority....
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I benefitted directly from the British handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997. When that was announced in the early 1990s, the wealthy of Hong Kong bought up real estate in Northern Washington State and C...
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Independence Day in Burundi marks the anniversary of July 1, 1962, the official separation of the nation from Belgium. This is a national holiday.
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Independence Day in Rwanda marks the anniversary of July 1, 1962, the official separation of the nation from Belgium. This is a national holiday.
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Liberation Day in Suriname marks the anniversary of July 1, 1863, when slavery was officially abolished in the then Dutch territory. This is a national holiday.
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National Day in Somalia marks the anniversary of July 1, 1960, the official merging of British and Italian Somaliland into one republic. This is a national holiday.
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Postal workers have one of the most physically demanding jobs, with each walking an average of 4-8 miles a day in all kinds of weather: snow, rain, heat, humidity...you name it. They are essential to our...
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Republic Day in Ghana marks the anniversary of July 1, 1960, the official inauguration of the republic. This is a national holiday.
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Sir Seretse Khama Day commemorates the July 1, 1921 birth of Khama, Botswana's first president. This is a national holiday.