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Orangemen’s Day
Newfoundland and Labrador legislation names Orangemen’s Day and sets out its July observance mechanics
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Civic Remembrance History observances
Civic observances, historical anniversaries, remembrance days and public-life commemorations.
641 observances
All observances
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Pa-Togan Nengminza Sangma
Government of Meghalaya
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Pakistan Day
Press Information Department, Government of Pakistan
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Pakistan Independence Day
Pakistan Cabinet Division lists Independence Day on 14 August 2026 as a public holiday, and National Assembly history records the transfer of power on 14 August 1947. The Indian Independenc…
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Paraguay Independence Day
Paraguay’s current Law No. 7544/2025 lists both May 14 and May 15 as annual national holidays for National Independence Day, while Ministry of Foreign Affairs material identifies May 14 and…
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Parakram Diwas
Government of India announced on January 19, 2021 that January 23 would be celebrated every year as Parakram Diwas, stated that a Gazette notification had been published, began the 125th-an…
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Pascua Florida Day
Florida Statutes
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Paso a la Inmortalidad del General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes
Argentina’s Law 27,258 establishes the 17 June national holiday commemorating General Martín Miguel de Güemes; Law 27,399 classifies 17 June as a transferable national holiday, so the obser…
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Paso a la Inmortalidad del General José de San Martín
Government of Argentina
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Patriot Day
U.S. Government Publishing Office
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Paz del Chaco
Paraguay’s official holiday list names 12 June as Paz del Chaco, and state media commemorated the 91st anniversary on 12 June 2026.
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Peace Memorial Day (228 Peace Memorial Day)
Taiwan legal sources designate February 28 as Peace Memorial Day. The February 28 Incident Act was promulgated in 1995 and amended in February 1997 to designate the day as a national memori…
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Peace Officers Memorial Day
The White House’s 2026 proclamation states that law authorizes 15 May of each year as Peace Officers Memorial Day.
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Philippine Military Academy Foundation Day / founding anniversary
The Philippine Military Academy traces its institutional roots to the Academia Militar established on 25 October 1898; Philippine government communications mark the academy’s founding anniv…
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Philippine-American War Memorial Day / Araw ng Paggunita sa Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano
Republic Act No. 11304 declares February 4 of every year Philippine-American War Memorial Day / Araw ng Paggunita sa Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano and classifies it as a special working holid…
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Philippine-British Friendship Day
Proclamation No. 381 (2000) established Philippine-British Friendship Day on December 7; Proclamation No. 1592 (2008) moved the recurring date to October 20. Current NCCA material lists Oct…
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Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day
Republic Act No. 9187 declares June 30 each year Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day, a national special working holiday and a special non-working holiday in Aurora Province; current NCCA/NHC…
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Pioneer Day
State of Utah public-agency holiday calendar
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Police Commemoration Day
India’s Press Information Bureau documents Police Commemoration Day on 21 October and its connection to the 1959 Hot Springs police sacrifice.
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Polish National Flag Day / National Flag Day of the Republic of Poland
Poland’s Act of February 20, 2004 inserted Article 6a establishing May 2 as Flag Day of the Republic of Poland. Current government material continues the May 2 observance and explains its h…
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Political Flag Day
Timeanddate lists Political Flag Day in Mongolia every July 10 and explicitly distinguishes it from a public holiday; National Today independently places the observance on July 10.
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Popular Consultation Day
Timor-Leste Law No. 10/2005 designates August 30 as Popular Consultation Day, a fixed-date national public holiday; current Government holiday notices retain that status, and UN records est…
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Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities Day
Government of Portugal
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Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day
36 U.S.C. §116 directly establishes the recurring last-Monday-in-May federal prayer-proclamation framework; current presidential proclamations continue the statutory practice.
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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
Health Canada’s health-promotion calendar lists Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day on 15 October, and federal public-health statements recognize the day.
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Primer Grito de Independencia / 10 de Agosto de 1809
Ecuador government sources anchor the historical commemoration to August 10, 1809 and treat August 10 as a mandatory national holiday subject to the country’s statutory transfer rules.
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Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day
Hawaiʻi law designates 26 March as Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day.
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Proclamation Day
South Australia’s current Public Holidays Act 2023 names 26 December as the Proclamation Day holiday, while the History Trust of South Australia documents 28 December 1836 as the first vice…
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Proclamation of Independence
Mali government material marks September 22 as the anniversary of accession to independence; a contemporaneous UN record states that Act No. 60-35/AL/RS of September 22, 1960 proclaimed the…
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Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia (National Day)
Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists 18 November as the Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia (National Day), and Latvia’s in-force law on holidays recognizes 18 November as Proclama…
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Proclamation of the Republic of Upper Volta / 11 December national-day context
The Presidency of Burkina Faso states that the Republic of Upper Volta was proclaimed on 11 December 1958. Current government sources call 11 December the national celebration and frame it…
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Proclamation of the Republic — Brazil
The 15 November 1889 historical event is the anniversary anchor. Federal legal sources show November 15 in the national-commemoration framework by Decree 155-B of 1890 and as a national hol…
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Puducherry Liberation Day
Government of Puducherry history records the 1 November 1954 de facto transfer, while a 2014 Home Department order declared 1 November a public holiday on account of Puducherry Liberation D…
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Pulse Day of Remembrance Ceremony
The City of Orlando’s 2026 official announcement describes the Pulse Remembrance Ceremony as an annual community remembrance held every June 12 to honor the 49 people killed, survivors and…
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Purple Heart Day
U.S. Army sources describe the day as observed annually on 7 August; VA history establishes the 1782 Badge of Military Merit date anchor while the modern day’s founder remains unresolved.
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Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day
Founder Deborah Barnes directly documents the first annual August 28 observance in 2015, its date rationale in memory of Mr. Jazz, and continuing 2026 stewardship.
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Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Day
Proclamation No. 15 declares 17 March 1966 and every March 17 thereafter as Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Day.
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Reconquest Day
Timeanddate lists Reconquest Day on January 2 as an observance in Spain, and Calendarific independently records January 2 for the same observance.
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Remembrance Day
Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei documents the post-war origin of the National Remembrance tradition, the 1946 national framework, later government decisions, and the current 4 May observance wi…
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Remembrance Day
Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence identify Remembrance Day as November 11 and provide official remembrance guidance and ceremony context.
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Remembrance Day
Australia’s Department of Veterans’ Affairs states that Remembrance Day is held on November 11 each year, the anniversary of the 1918 Armistice. DVA records the first Australian two-minute…
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Remembrance Day
Turkmenistan’s government identifies 6 October as Remembrance Day commemorating victims of the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake as well as national heroes who died in war; the public search title i…
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Remembrance Sunday
UK government and Royal British Legion material place Remembrance Sunday on the second Sunday in November; in 2026 that falls on 8 November.
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Republic Day
Ghanaian official and legal sources identify 1 July with the 1960 republican transition; Republic Day was a commemorative day under the post-2019 framework and the 2025 amendment restored 1…
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Republic Day
Guyana Parliament and Department of Public Information sources identify 23 February 1970 as the republic transition and document the first Mashramani celebration tied to Republic Day; curre…
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Republic Day
Government of India sources distinguish the Constitution’s adoption on 26 November 1949 from its commencement on 26 January 1950, when India became a republic; Ministry of Defence material…
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Republic Day
Official Malta sources identify 13 December 1974 as the creation of the Republic of Malta and current government holiday guidance lists Republic Day as a National Holiday regulated by Chapt…
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Republic Day
Turkish government historical material verifies the 29 October 1923 proclamation; current Law No. 2429 defines October 29 as the National Holiday and the legal period from 13:00 on October…
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Republic Day
Tunisia’s official government information records the proclamation of the Republic on 25 July 1957, and the state news agency documented Republic Day on 25 July 2026.
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Republic Day (Philippines; July 4 historical statutory commemoration)
Republic Act No. 4166 declared July 4 Philippine Republic Day in 1964, and the current DILG Aurora advocacy calendar still lists July 4 as Republic Day while later holiday frameworks mean i…
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Restauration de la République
The Canton of Geneva’s official holiday calendar lists Restauration de la République on 31 December, including 31 December 2026 and subsequent calendars.
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Restoration of Independence Day
Timor-Leste Law No. 10/2005 of 10 August establishes 20 May, Restoration of Independence Day, as a fixed-date national public holiday; current government notices continue that legal status.
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Rhode Island Independence Day
Rhode Island government sources state that 4 May each year is established as Rhode Island Independence Day, commemorating the General Assembly’s 4 May 1776 Act renouncing allegiance to the…
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Rizal Day
December 30 commemorates José Rizal’s death on 30 December 1896. Official historical material records national commemoration in 1898; Act No. 345 of 1902 designated December 30 a public hol…
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RMS Titanic sinking anniversary
NOAA verifies that RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912 and describes the protected wreck site as a memorial. The record is a historical anniversary and does not assert creation of a separatel…
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Ronald Reagan Day
The California Department of Education states that 6 February of each year is designated and set apart as Ronald Reagan Day pursuant to Education Code section 37222, with schools encouraged…
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Russia Day
Official website of the President of Russia
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Saba Saba Day
Government of Tanzania diplomatic missions
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Saint Damien de Veuster Day
Hawaii Revised Statutes §8-8 designates May 10 as Saint Damien de Veuster Day and states that it is not a state holiday; 2010 Act 10 explicitly changed the older Father Damien DeVeuster Day…
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Saint Lucia Independence Day
Government of Saint Lucia and the Saint Lucia Constitution Order verify 22 February 1979 as the independence/constitutional transition date; current government material continues annual Ind…
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San Francisco’s official birthday anniversary
A National Register nomination held by the National Park Service states that the first Mass associated with Mission San Francisco de Asís was celebrated on June 29, 1776 and that June 29 re…
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San Jacinto Day
Texas legislative records establish the 1836 historical anchor, the 1874 state-holiday action and current Government Code §662.003(b).
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Sarawak Day
Sarawak government sources establish the 22 July historical anchor, the 2016 public-holiday milestone and continuing annual commemoration.
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Senate of the Philippines founding anniversary
Senate of the Philippines primary-history and centennial records tie October 16 to the inauguration / first convening of the Philippine Legislature with the Senate on 16 October 1916. The J…
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Serfs' Emancipation Day
The Tibet Autonomous Region legislature adopted March 28 as Serfs' Emancipation Day on January 19, 2009; contemporaneous official reporting verifies the first 2009 observance and regional g…
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Sette Giugno
Government of Malta
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Sinai Liberation Day
Egypt’s State Information Service states that the anniversary of Sinai Liberation is commemorated on April 25 each year; the 2026 presidential address marked the 44th anniversary.
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Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Day
Singapore’s Ministry of Defence documents SAF Day on 1 July and states that SAF Day Combined Rededication Ceremonies have been held annually since 1 July 1987.
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Somalia Independence Day
Somalia government sources verify July 1, 1960 southern independence and union into the Somali Republic, annual July 1 commemoration and current national-holiday treatment. Current official…
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Southern Africa Liberation Day
SADC says its 2018 Summit endorsed 23 March as Southern Africa Liberation Day and that SADC commemorates it every year on that date.
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Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)
The Parliament of Georgia states that its 21 July 2010 resolution officially recognized 25 February as Soviet Occupation Day, tied to the 25 February 1921 capture of Tbilisi; current parlia…
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Spirit of ’45 Day
A U.S. congressional concurrent resolution supports observance of Spirit of ’45 Day on the second Sunday in August