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Civic Public Life observances

Civic institutions, public participation and the shared life of communities.

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Constitution Memorial Day

3 May annually · Japan / national holiday

Japan’s Cabinet Office identifies Constitution Memorial Day on 3 May and explains that it commemorates the enforcement of the Constitution and hopes for national development.

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Cosmonautics Day

12 April · Russian Federation — space commemoration

Official website of the President of Russia / current 2026 Cosmonautics Day material

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Cuban Independence Day / establishment of the Republic of Cuba

20 May; 124th anniversary on 20 May 2026 · Historical Cuban independence anniversary / 2026 U.S. presidential commemoration

A 2026 White House message commemorates Cuban Independence Day on 20 May and identifies 20 May 1902 as the date the Republic of Cuba was established.

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Czech Statehood Day

28 September annually · Czech Republic / state holiday

Current Czech law lists 28 September as Czech Statehood Day; the page’s St. Wenceslas wording is a search-facing alias for the statehood observance.

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David Hamilton Jackson (Liberty) Day

1 November; current proclamations confirm the date · U.S. Virgin Islands / territorial holiday and commemoration

The U.S. Virgin Islands Governor has proclaimed 1 November as David Hamilton Jackson (Liberty) Day; current government proclamations continue to identify the observance on 1 November.

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Day of Goodwill

26 December · South African statutory public holiday

South African public-holiday framework / government source verification

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Day of Indigenous Resistance

12 October · Venezuela / national commemoration

Venezuela’s Ministry of Culture states that 12 October has been commemorated as Día de la Resistencia Indígena since 2002 and continues to publish current anniversary material on that date.…

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Day of International Criminal Justice

17 July · international criminal justice and Rome Statute observance

Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute / International Criminal Court

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Day of National Unity

27 June · Tajikistan national observance

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan

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Day of the National Anthem and Flag (Dia di Himno i Bandera)

2 July annually · Curaçao / official national holiday

Curaçao’s official digital government portal lists 2 July as Dag van het volkslied en vlag / Dia di Himno i Bandera among the island’s legally established official days off.

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Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation

22 August annually · Russia / national civic observance

Russia’s EMERCOM states that the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation is celebrated annually on 22 August and traces the observance to a 1994 presidential decree.

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Day of Uprising Against the Occupation

27 April · Slovenia / national holiday

The Government of Slovenia lists April 27 as Day of Uprising Against the Occupation among the country’s national holidays.

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Democracy Day (Nigeria)

12 June · Nigerian national public holiday

Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation / State House

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Desembarco de los Treinta y Tres Orientales

19 April; 19 April 2026 current commemoration · Uruguay / national historical commemoration

Uruguay’s government sources identify the Desembarco de los Treinta y Tres Orientales with 19 April 1825 and document the 19 April 2026 official commemoration.

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Dia di Boneiru, Dia di Himno i Bandera

6 September annually · Bonaire / special public observance and island national day

The Dutch central government lists 6 September for Bonaire as Dia di Boneiru, Dia di Himno i Bandera; Bonaire’s public body called 6 September 2026 its national day and published the offici…

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Discovery Day

August; Yukon statutory-holiday date varies by year · Yukon, Canada — statutory holiday

Government of Yukon statutory-holiday calendar

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Día de Ceuta

2 September 2026 in the official city calendar · Public holiday in the Autonomous City of Ceuta

Autonomous City of Ceuta

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Día de Duarte / birth anniversary of Juan Pablo Duarte

26 January; observed-holiday treatment should be checked annually · Dominican Republic — national holiday calendar context

Dominican Republic Ministry of Labour annual holiday calendar published through the Presidency

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Día de la Constitución (Day of the Constitution)

25 July annually · Puerto Rico / statutory Constitution Day holiday

Puerto Rico Act No. 1 of August 1, 1952 declares July 25 of each year a legal holiday designated as the Day of the Constitution.

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Día de la Raza / October 12 commemoration in Honduras

12 October · Honduras / Día de la Raza historical-national commemoration

Honduran historical decree material records 12 October as the Día de la Raza national festivity, and current Honduras holiday/tax calendars continue to identify the October 12 observance. O…

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Día de la Revolución de Mayo

25 May annually · Argentina / May Revolution national commemoration

Argentina’s national government identifies May 25 as Día de la Revolución de Mayo y Primer Gobierno Patrio and treats it as an immovable national holiday.

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Día de la Soberanía Nacional

20 November (legal holiday identity; observance may move under current holiday rules) · Argentina / national holiday

Argentina’s national holiday law includes 20 November as Día de la Soberanía Nacional among the national holidays subject to the law’s calendar rules.

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Día de la Soberanía Nacional (National Sovereignty Day)

20 November annually; observed-holiday scheduling can differ from the commemoration date · Argentina / national civic commemoration

Argentina’s Casa Rosada states that every 20 November the country commemorates National Sovereignty Day in memory of the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado.

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Día de las Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras

21 October annually · Honduras / national armed-forces commemoration

Honduras’s Secretariat of National Defense has repeatedly identified October 21 as Armed Forces Day, including official commemorative events on that date.

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Día de las Instituciones de Cantabria

28 July · Cantabria autonomous-community holiday / symbolic regional observance

Government of Cantabria / Official Gazette of Cantabria

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Ecuador's Independence Day

24 May · Ecuador

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade current National Days protocol register lists Ecuador — Ecuador's Independence Day on 24 May. The source verifies the diplomatic national…

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EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary

25 February 2026; special working day in 2026 · Philippines / 2026 national calendar designation

Philippine government information states that 25 February 2026, the EDSA People Power Revolution Anniversary, was declared a special working day under Proclamation No. 1006, Series of 2025.

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Eighteenth Amendment ratification anniversary

16 January · United States / historical anniversary of Eighteenth Amendment ratification

The U.S. National Archives records that the Eighteenth Amendment was ratified on 16 January 1919; Prohibition took effect one year later.

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Election Day

First Tuesday after the first Monday in November for U.S. presidential general elections · United States — federal presidential election context

USAGov states that presidential Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November

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Emancipation Day

3 July · U.S. Virgin Islands / territorial commemoration

The U.S. Virgin Islands Government marks the July 3, 1848 emancipation and has proclaimed July 3 as Emancipation Day in the Territory; a 2026 governor statement marks the 178th anniversary.

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Emmeline Pankhurst Day

14 July · United Kingdom / parliamentary recognition and birth-anniversary commemoration

A 2026 UK Parliament Early Day Motion recognises 14 July as Emmeline Pankhurst Day and ties the date to her birth. Historic England independently records Emmeline Pankhurst’s birth on 14 Ju…

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Emperor's Birthday

23 February · Japan

Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade current National Days protocol register lists Japan — Emperor's Birthday on 23 February. The source verifies the diplomatic national-day…

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Europe Day

9 May · European Union observance

European Union and European Commission

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Evacuation Day

17 March · Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States — legal-holiday designation with statutory qualifications

Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title I, Chapter 4, §7

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Evacuation Day (Independence Day)

17 April annually · Syria / national public-holiday calendar

The Syrian Arab Republic’s current eAIP public-holiday table, effective 27 March 2026, lists 17 April as Evacuation Day (Independence Day).

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Father Lini Day / Lini Day

21 February 2026 · Vanuatu / national remembrance and cultural event context

Vanuatu Tourism Office lists Lini Day on 21 February 2026 and describes it as the annual commemoration of Father Walter Lini, the country’s Father of Independence.

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Festa della Repubblica (Republic Day)

2 June annually · Italy / national Republic Day

The Presidency of the Italian Republic marks the national Festa della Repubblica on June 2; the 2026 programme commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Republic.

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Fiji Day

10 October 2026 in the current government calendar · Fijian national public holiday

Fiji Government

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Filipino-American Friendship Day — 1984 proclamation context

4 July 1984 · Philippines / historical presidential proclamation

The Philippine Senate legislative archive records Proclamation No. 2364, s. 1984, declaring July 4, 1984 Filipino-American Friendship Day as a regular working and school day. The cited evid…

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Flag Day

14 June · United States / statutory patriotic observance

36 U.S.C. §110 states that June 14 is Flag Day and requests an annual presidential proclamation encouraging observance of the anniversary of the Continental Congress’s adoption of the Stars…

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Foundation of Quito commemoration

6 December · Quito, Ecuador

Quito municipal communications document the city’s annual December foundation commemoration and anniversary events

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Founding anniversary of Asunción

15 August; Asunción was founded 15 August 1537 · Asunción, Paraguay / municipal founding anniversary

Paraguay’s Chamber of Deputies and the Municipality of Asunción mark 15 August as the city’s founding anniversary and identify 1537 as the founding year.

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Freedom and Democracy Day

1 December · Chad / national commemoration and national-holiday framework

Chad’s Prime Minister’s office documented the official 1 December 2025 commemoration of the 35th Freedom and Democracy Day, and current constitutional/journal-official material lists 1 Dece…

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Freedom Day

27 April · South African national public holiday and democratic commemoration

South African Government; annual commemoration of the first democratic elections of 27 April 1994

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Freedom Day / 25 April

25 April · Portugal national civic commemoration

Government of Portugal; annual 25 April commemorations

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FSM Constitution Day

10 May; current government observance confirmed · Federated States of Micronesia / national Constitution Day

The FSM Government’s Constitution Day messages identify May 10 with the coming into force of the Constitution in 1979 and continue to mark FSM Constitution Day in current government communi…

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Fête de l’indépendance

23 June annually · Canton of Jura, Switzerland / cantonal observance

The Canton of Jura’s official calendars list Fête de l’indépendance on 23 June, including 23 June in both 2026 and 2027.

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Fête de l’Évacuation

15 October annually · Tunisia statutory public-holiday and national-history context

Tunisia’s government information lists Fête de l’Évacuation on 15 October among public holidays and cites Decree 2011-317 for the holiday schedule.

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Fête du Territoire — Wallis and Futuna

28–29 July 2026 festivities · Wallis and Futuna / territorial civic celebration

The French state services in Wallis and Futuna published the 2026 Territory Day festivities for 28 and 29 July.

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Fête nationale du 14 juillet

14 July · French national day; common English title “Bastille Day”

Presidency of the French Republic (Élysée)

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Garifuna Settlement Day

19 November · Belizean national public and bank holiday

Government of Belize / National Archives and Records Service

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Gesta Libertaria de La Paz / 16 de Julio

16 July annually · La Paz, Bolivia municipal civic commemoration

The municipal government of La Paz marks 16 July and the anniversary of the 1809 Gesta Libertaria as a central civic commemoration for the city.

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Global Energy Independence Day

10 July 2006 (documented Los Angeles County proclamation) · Los Angeles County / documented 2006 proclamation and Tesla-birthday campaign context

Los Angeles County’s official Board of Supervisors Statement of Proceedings documents a presentation proclaiming 10 July 2006 as Global Energy Independence Day. That government record verif…

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Goa Liberation Day

19 December · Goa, India

The Government of Goa’s Department of Information and Publicity 2025 Liberation Day message identifies 19 December 1961 as the day marking Goa’s liberation from Portuguese rule and its inte…

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Guadalcanal Province public holiday

1 August 2026; observed public holiday 31 July 2026 · Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands / 2026 provincial public holiday

The Solomon Islands Gazette No. 157 appoints 1 August for Guadalcanal Province and specifies 31 July 2026 as the observed public holiday.

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Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day

first Monday in March; 2 March 2026 · Guam / territorial government holiday

Guam law designates the first Monday in March as Guam History and Chamorro Heritage Day, and the federal District Court of Guam’s 2026 holiday calendar lists 2 March 2026.

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Guyana Independence Day

26 May · Guyana

The Organization of American States’ current country page lists Guyana National Independence Day as 26 May.

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H.M. Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana’s Birthday

3 June 2026 · Thailand / 2026 financial-institution holiday calendar

The Bank of Thailand’s 2026 holiday notification lists H.M. Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana’s Birthday on 3 June 2026.

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Haiti Independence Day

1 January · Haiti

The Organization of American States’ current country page lists Haiti National Independence Day as 1 January.

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Hari Jadi Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka

24 August 2026 · Melaka, Malaysia / state-level 2026 official observance

Melaka government sources identify 24 August 2026 with the 77th birthday observance of the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka and list the state holiday on that date.

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Hari Ulang Tahun Pertabalan Sultan Terengganu

4 March 2026 · Terengganu, Malaysia / 2026 state observance

Terengganu local-government pages mark 4 March 2026 for the Ulang Tahun Pertabalan of the Sultan of Terengganu, and federal environmental-training calendar material uses the same recurring…

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Hawaiian Flag Day (Lā Hae Hawaiʻi)

31 July · Hawaiʻi / Hawaiian flag commemoration supported by 1989 state legislative resolutions

Hawaiʻi HCR 185 H.D. 1 requested July 31 be designated “Lā Hae Hawaiʻi” as Hawaiian Flag Day; the companion House resolution used the same date and name.

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Heritage Day

20 February 2026 · Yukon, Canada / territorial cultural observance

Yukon’s employment-standards page lists Heritage Day on 20 February 2026 and explicitly says it is not a Yukon statutory holiday.

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Heroes and Foreparents Day

Third Monday in October; 19 October 2026 · British Virgin Islands / territorial public holiday

Virgin Islands government material says the observance began in 2021 and is observed every third Monday of October; the 2026 Cabinet calendar names it Heroes and Foreparents Day on 19 Octob…

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Heroes’ Day

9 June; confirmed in current Uganda government commemorations · Uganda / national civic commemoration

Uganda’s State House documents the national Heroes’ Day commemoration on 9 June, including the 37th Heroes Day commemoration in 2026.