Memorial Day, June 19.
Holiday in honor of the founding in 1951 of the revolutionary forces of Cambodia. Celebrated with
parades in Phnom Penh.
Memorial Day, June 28.
Holiday in honor of the founding in 1951 of the Revolutionary People's Party of Cambodia. Celebrated with parades in Phnom Penh.

Khmer Republic Constitution Day, May 12.
Commemorates the constitution of 1972.

Independence Day, April 17.
The Lon Nol dictatorship fell on this day in 1975. Also called Victory over American Imperialism Day.

National Day, January 7.
Commemorates the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979.

Day of Hatred, May 20.

Chaul Chhnam, occurs in April.
Cambodian New Year celebration equivalent to Thailand's Songkran. The celebration lasts for three
days of water fights.

Visak Bauchea. Vesak Day.
See Buddhism.

Public holidays.
National Day, Chaul Chhnam, Independence Day, Labor Day (May 1), Day of Hatred (May 20),
Feast of the Ancestors (Sep 22).

Commemoration of National Institutions Day, May 10, 1957.
The Legislative Assembly met for the first time.
Independence Day, January 1, 1960.
On this day French Cameroons was granted independence.

Unification Day, October 1.
British Cameroons had been associated with its neighbor Nigeria, which became independent in 1960. Following this, the northern region voted to merge with Nigeria as the province of Sardauna, and the southern region voted to be unified with the
Republic of Cameroon on October 1, 1961.

Constitution Day, May 20, 1972.
The constitution was ratified.

Youth Day, February 11.

Human Rights Day, December 10.
Commemorates the day in 1948 when the United Nations produced the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.

Public holidays.
Independence Day (Jan. 1), Youth Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1), Ascension Day, Pentecost Monday, Assumption Day, Unification Day, All Saints' Day, Human Rights Day, and Christmas.

Dominion Day, July 1.
Anniversary of the union of the Canadian provinces under one government, which took place in 1867
under the British North America Act. Also known as
Canada Day, Confederation Day.

Remembrance Day, November 11.
See Veteran's Day.

Civic Holiday, first Monday in August.

Labor Day, first Monday in September.

Thanksgiving Day, usually in early October, and determined by annual proclamation.

Victoria Day, May 24.
Commemorates Queen Victoria's birth on this day in 1819. It was made a statutory holiday in Canada in 1908. Observed on the second to last Monday in May.

Public holidays.
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Labor Day (Sep.),

Thanksgiving, and Christmas. There are also public holidays specific to each province.

Alberta. Boxing Day.
British Columbia. Boxing Day.
Manitoba . Civic Holiday, and Boxing Day.
New Brunswick. Boxing Day.
Newfoundland. Saint Patrick's Day, Saint George's Day, Discovery Day, general holiday (July 12),
Saint John's Regatta, and Boxing Day.
Nova Scotia. Sir John Macdonald's Day.
Ontario. Civic Holiday.
Prince Edward Island. Boxing Day.
Quebec. Epiphany, Ash Wednesday, Ascension Day, St. John's Day, All Saint's Day, Immaculate Conception.
Discovery Day, Monday nearest June 24.
Commemorates John Cabot's discovery in 1497. Observed in Newfoundland.
Klondike Gold Discovery Day, Friday before August 18. A public holiday in the Yukon commemorating the anniversary of the discovery of gold in 1896, [which started the Klondike Gold Rush].

Independence Day, July 5.
Cape Verde is a former Portugese colony which has been independent since July 5, 1975.

National Day, September 12.

National holidays.
New Year's Day, National Heroes' Day (Jan 20), Labor Day (May 1), Independence Day,
Assumption, All Saints' Day, Christmas.

CARICOM Day, first Monday in July.
Commemorates the treaty establishing the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM).

Emancipation Day, first Monday in August.
Commorates the emancipation of British slaves in 1838.

Schoelcher Day, July 21.
Celebrates freedom from slavery. A holiday in Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Public holidays.
New Year's Day, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Discovery Day, Queen's Official
Birthday, Constitution Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas.

Independence Day, August 13.
Commemorates independence proclaimed on August 13, 1960.

Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic, December 1.
A national holiday celebrating independence acheived on August 13, 1960. The country was formerly known as Ubangi-Shari.

Boganda Day, March 29.
Anniversary of the death of Barthelemy Boganda (d.1959), the first president of the nation.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, Boganda Day, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1),
anniversary of first government (May 15), Ascension Day, Pentecost, Independence Day, Assumption,
All Saints' Day, national holiday (Nov. 11), the day after Republic Day (Dec. 2), and Christmas.

Independence Day, September 15.
The Central American declaration of independence from Spain was made in 1821. This day is
celebrated by Guatemala, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Republic Day, November 28.
Anniversary of the proclamation of the republic in 1958.

Independence Day, Originally celebrated on the anniversary of the day, August 11th, 1960, when Chad
acheived independence, but was moved to January 11 to avoid the rainy season. Creation of the Union of Central African States Day, April 2. Anniversary of the Union's establishment in 1968.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, National Day (Jan. 11), Aid el Sequir, Aid el Kebir, Easter
Monday, Labor Day, Ascension, Africa Day, Pentecost, Mouloud el Nebi, Traditional Independence Day (Aug. 11), Assumption, All Saints' Day, Republic Day (Nov. 28), and Christmas.

Independence Day, September 18, 1810. Commemorates the first demands for independence.

Armed Forces Day, September 19.
Continues the Independence Day celebration.

National Holiday, September 11, 1973.
Anniversary of the armed forces uprising to overthrow the government.

Navy Day, May 21.
Commemorates the Battle of Iquique in 1879.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, Good Friday, Labor Day, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi,
feast day of St. Peter and St. Paul, Assumption, Independence Day (Sep. 18-19), Columbus Day, All
Saints' Day, Immaculate Conception, and Christmas.

National Day, October 1.
Commemorates the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Army Day or National Liberation Army Festival, August 1, 1927.
Anniversary of the first uprising by a communist-led army against the Nationalists. This was the beginnings of the Red Army, which later became the People's Liberation Army. This day is now an occasion to improve the relationship between the army and civilians.

The CCP's Birthday, July 1.
For the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai in 1921.

Tree Planting Day, April 1.

Youth Day, May 4.
A day in memory of the first mass student movement in 1919 touched off by the existing Chinese government that gave in to the Japanese attempts to colonize Shandong Province. It is also an anti-Confucius movement as well as one that promoted the western scientific and democratic ideas.

Children's Day, June 1.

Teacher's Day, September 1.
It was begun in the 1980's in order to reverse the anti-intellectual sentiment created during the Cultural Revolution, and has not yet become an established holiday.

Public holidays.
New Year's Day (Jan 1), International Women's Day, Tree Planting Day, Labor Day (May 1), Youth Day, Children's Day, The CCP's Birthday, Army Day, Teacher's Day, National Day, Chinese New Year, Lantern Festival, Qing Ming, Dragon Boat Festival, The Seventh Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival
 

Independence Day, July 20, 1810.

Cartagena Independence Day, Nov 11.
Commemorates the city of Cartagena's declaration of independence made in 1811.

Battle of Boyaca Day, August 7.
A public holiday celebrating the anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish in 1819 by the South Americans.

Thanksgiving Day, June 5.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, Epiphany, St. Joseph's Day, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Labor Day, Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, Sacred Heart, feast day of St. Peter and St. Paul, Independence Day, Battle of BoyacaDay, Assumption, Columbus Day, All Saints' Day, Cartagena Independence Day, Immaculate Conception, and Christmas.

Independence Day, July 6.
Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence made in 1975.

Anniversary of President Abdallah's Assassination, November 27.
Ahmed Abdallah, the first president of the Comoros, was assassinated by members of the presidential guard at the presidential palace on the night of November 26/27, 1989.

Public holidays.
Leilat al-Meiraj, beginning of Ramadan, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Islamic New Year, Ashoura, Independence Day, Mouloud, Anniversary of President Abdallah's Assassination.
 

Independence Day, August 15, 1960.
Anniversary of sovereignty.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, Martyr of Independence Day (Jan. 4), Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Pentecost, day before Independence Day (June 29), Assumption Day, All Saints' Day, day before Army Day (Nov. 16), day before national day (Nov. 23), and Christmas.
 

Battle of Rivas Day, April 11.
Anniversary of victory over foreign invaders [Nicaruagan?] in 1856.

Guanacaste Day, July 25.
A public holiday celebrating the annexation of the Guanacaste province on this day.

Mother's Day, August 15.
Honors all mothers on Assumption Day.

Abolition of the Armed Forces Day, December 1.
Costa Rica's army was abolished in December 1948 after anti-Government forces took over following a dispute of the presidential election results.

Public holidays.
The national holidays are New Year's Day, Saint Joseph's Day, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Battle of Rivas Day, Labor Day (May 1), Corpus Christi, Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, Guanacaste Day, Our Lady of the Angels (Aug 2), Assumption, Independence Day, Columbus Day, Abolition of the Armed Forces Day, Immaculate Conception, and Christmas. The week after Christmas is not a legal holiday except for in San Josi, but little business is transacted then.

Public holidays.
New Year's Day, Epiphany, Labor Day (May 1), Republic Day (May 30), National Holiday (June 22), Assumption, Christmas

Independence Day, May 20.
Anniversary of the transfer of power from Spain in 1902.

Beginning of Independence Wars Day commemorates Fidel Castro's guerrilla wars in the 1950s.

Revolution Day, July 26.
Commemorates Fidel Castro's opposition to the Batista military dictatorship on this day in 1953.

Liberation Day, January 1.
Commorates the revolution of 1959 led by Fidel Castro which ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista.

Public holidays.
Liberation Day, Labor Day (May 1), Revolution Day, Wars of Independence Day (Oct 10).
 

Independence Day, October 1.August 16.

Feast of the Submersion of the Holy Cross, January 6.
See Epiphany.

Green Monday. First Monday of Lent.
Observed with an outdoor lunch of bread, olives, and vegetables.

Kataklysmos, June 7.
Festival of the flood observed in seaside towns.

Peace and Freedom Day, July 20.
Anniversary of the Turkish invasion in 1974.

Holidays on Greek side.
New Year's Day, Epiphany, Name Day (Jan 19), Green Monday, Greek Independence Day (see Greece), Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Monday, Greek National Day (Oct 28), Christmas, and Boxing Day.

Holidays on Turkish side.
New Year's Day, Id al-Fitr, National Sovereignty and Children's Day (see Turkey), Worker's Day (May 1), Youth and Sports Day (see Turkey), Id al-Adha, Peace and Freedom Day, Communal Resistance Day (Aug 1), Victory Day (see Turkey), Birth of the Prophet, Republic Day of Turkey (see Turkey), TRNC Day (Nov 15), and Ramazan Bayram.
 

Introduction of Christianity, July 5.
Honors the apostles St. Cyril and St. Methodius.

Public holidays.
New Year's Day, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 1), Introduction of Christianity (July 5), Death of Jan Hus (July 6), Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day.
 

Teacher's Day.
Honors John Comenius, Moravian education reformer.

Czechoslovakia was split on January 1, 1993.