• The National Day of Mourning, or Workers' Mourning Day is observed in Canada on 28 April. It commemorates workers who have been killed, injured or suffered...
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  • Thursday of November National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance), held 28 April, a commemoration of workers killed or injured on the job Nakba Day, annual...
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  • list of national days of mourning since 2020. It does not include annual remembrance events. National day of mourning International day of mourning, a similar...
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    The National Day of Mourning is an annual demonstration, held on the fourth Thursday in November, that aims to educate the public about Native Americans...
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    graves of military personnel in national cemeteries. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of summer. The first national observance of Memorial...
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  • standards. It coincides with Workers' Memorial Day and the Canadian National Day of Mourning. World Day for Safety and Health at Work was first celebrated...
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    Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Halloween, Mother's Day, and Father's Day are traditionally observed by Canadians as part of Canadian culture. A statutory...
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  • April (section Observances)
    the Islamic calendar List of observances set by the Solar Hijri calendar Youth Homelessness Matters Day National Health Day (Kiribati): April 6 Oral, Head...
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  • the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) established a day of mourning. The Canadian Labour Congress declared an annual day of remembrance in 1985...
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  • Bereavement in Judaism (Hebrew: אֲבֵלוּת, avelut, "mourning") is a combination of minhag (traditions) and mitzvah (commandments) derived from the Torah...
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    its observance fixed on 11 November. Several other days of remembrance for veterans were also created, including the National Aboriginal Veterans Day, inaugurated...
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    Half-mast (category Acknowledgements of death)
    the navy of any allied country. The flag of Bangladesh flew at half-mast on the national mourning day 15 August, the day in which Father of the Nation...
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    initial creation of the day, she is now frequently mentioned in articles that discuss the ongoing impact and observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance....
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    period. In Israel, it is a national memorial day. The first official commemorations took place in 1951, and the observance of the day was anchored in a law...
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    August (section Observances)
    Christian observances Construction Holiday (Quebec) Food Day (Canada) Mead Day (United States) National Mustard Day (United States) Air Force Day (Ukraine)...
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    October (section Observances)
    Movie Day (International observance) National Tree Planting Day (Mongolia) National Grandparents Day (Germany, Hong Kong) Fire Prevention Week (Canada, United...
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  • The Nine Days (category Av observances)
    ninth day of Av, or Tisha B'Av, is a fast day of extreme sadness and mourning over the destruction of the Temple. Some of the observances of this day resemble...
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    Hemisphere, the observance of the Spring Equinox for the Southern Hemisphere in September is of equal importance. The International Day of Peace is celebrated...
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    Awakening Day (Indonesia) National Day (Cameroon) World Metrology Day May 21 Afro-Colombian Day (Colombia) Circassian Day of Mourning (Circassians) Day of Patriots...
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    The Disability Day of Mourning is observed annually on 1 March to commemorate disabled people who were murdered by their caregivers, especially their...
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    pay their respects in London. The United Kingdom observed a national mourning period of 10 days. Elizabeth's state funeral on 19 September was the first...
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    year (1924). Shortly after news broke of Bush's death, President Donald Trump declared a national day of mourning and ordered all flags "throughout the...
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    same day. The Uluru Statement from the Heart was released on Sorry Day in 2017. Day of Mourning (Australia), 26 January 1938 Harmony Day Mabo Day NAIDOC...
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    title of "The Great Successor (Korean: 위대한 계승자)" during the same newscast. The elder Kim's funeral was held on 28 December in Pyongyang, with a mourning period...
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    although often as a voluntary observance. The Reformed Church in America, for example, describes Ash Wednesday as a day "focused on prayer, fasting, and...
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    the "memorial day for the end of the war" (終戦記念日, Shūsen-kinenbi); the official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying...
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    the first instance of what would soon become an annual national ritual of observance – Anzac Day – started in Queensland. On 10 January 1916, Canon David...
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    Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning". CNN. Retrieved October 10, 2021. Weiss, Jana (2018). "The National Day of Mourning" (PDF). Amerikastudien. 63...
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    issued Decree No. 868/2006, calling for the observance of a minute of silence, beginning at 4:00 in the afternoon of the next Saturday. The decree also provided...
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    Šarić, Ljiljana (2012). "Croatia in search of a national day: Front-page presentations of national-day celebrations, 1988–2005". In Šarić, Ljiljana;...
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