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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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2024
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National Day
Maintains National Day in the current statutory holiday framework with three holiday days on October 1–3.
2011
Institutional decision
International Jazz Day
The resolution was adopted at the 17th plenary meeting on 10 November 2011.
2011
Institutional decision
UNESCO Culture and Arts Education Week
The formal 36th General Conference resolutions volume states that Resolution 38 was adopted on 10 November 2011.
2009
Institutional decision
Nelson Mandela International Day
UN Digital Library records A/RES/64/13 as adopted on 10 November 2009.
2006
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International Human Solidarity Day
A United Nations report states that the first International Human Solidarity Day was launched at a ceremony on 10 November 2006 at UN Headquarters, where the Day’s logo was unveil…
2002
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World Science Day for Peace and Development
The United Nations World Science Day page explicitly states that the first World Science Day for Peace and Development was celebrated worldwide on 10 November 2002 under UNESCO au…
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11 November — anniversary of the 1918 Armistice and annual commemoration of Victory and Peace 2027
French official remembrance guidance cites the 1922 law fixing the annual Victory and Peace commemoration on 11 November, the anniv…
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Armistice 1918 2027
France’s official Service-Public holiday tables list Armistice 1918 on 11 November in the overseas legal-holiday framework, support…
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Bhai Duj / Bhai Dooj
Government of India tourism material describes Bhai Dooj as a Hindu/South Asian sibling festival in the Diwali cycle and gives Wedn…
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Dia da Independência Nacional 2027
Angola government material identifies 11 November as National Independence Day and commemorates the proclamation of independence in…
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National Education Day (Rashtriya Shiksha Diwas) 2027
India’s Press Information Bureau states that National Education Day is celebrated every November 11 in honour of Maulana Abul Kalam…
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Remembrance Day 2027
Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence identify Remembrance Day as November 11 and provide official remembr…
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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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