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National Independence Day 2027
Cambodia’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists November 9 as National Independence Day, while Royal Government historical material…
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National Louisiana Day 2027
National Day Calendar lists its private National Louisiana Day on November 9. Louisiana law separately designates April 30 as Louis…
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National Microtia and Atresia Awareness Day 2027
Ear Community documents the first National Microtia Awareness Day on 9 November 2016, explains the November 9 rationale, and later…
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National Microtia and Atresia Awareness Day
Ear Community’s first-annual report says the organization launched and celebrated the very first National Microtia Awareness Day on November 9, 2016.
1989
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World Quality Day
CQI history states that the IQA celebrated the first World Quality Day on 9 November 1989.
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International Accounting Day 2027
The Accounting Day organization identifies November 10 as International Accounting Day, and U.S. government/professional sources al…
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Marine Corps Birthday 2027
The U.S. Marine Corps states that Marines around the world celebrate the birth of the Corps each year on 10 November.
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United States Marine Corps Birthday 2027
Official Marine Corps history establishes November 10, 1775 as the Corps birthday, Major Edwin McClellan’s 1921 proposal, and Comma…
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World Science Day for Peace and Development 2027
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Peace Memorial Day (228 Peace Memorial Day) 2027
Taiwan legal sources designate February 28 as Peace Memorial Day. The February 28 Incident Act was promulgated in 1995 and amended…
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A Drop of Water is a Grain of Gold 2027
Official Turkmen government material verifies the national observance on the first Sunday in April, including a 2014 presidential d…
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Abai Day 2027
Government Resolution No. 495 of 4 August 2020 added Abai Day — 10 August — to Kazakhstan’s official list of commemorative/holiday…
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Abolition of Slavery 2027
Mauritius’s current Public Holidays Act lists the Day of commemoration of Abolition of Slavery on 1 February; government history an…
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Commemoration of the abolition of slavery — Saint-Martin 2027
French Decree no. 2012-553 specifically added Saint-Martin to the territorial abolition-commemoration schedule with 27 May annually…
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International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2027
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