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Anzac day is a memorial day to commemorate the fallen soldiers at Gallipoli. 8000 Australian soldiers and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers lost their lives in a battle that lasted 8 months in 1915. In most towns and cities in Australia and New Zealand a Dawn service is held in commemoration. A Dawn service is held in Turkey at the very beach where the battle took place Australia Day celebrates the Landing of Captain Arthur Phillip in Sydney Cove on the 26th January 1788. On that day he declared British Sovereignty and raised the British Flag. Also known as 'Invasion Day'. Boxing Day is held on St Stephen's day, the name coming from the practice of opening the church poor boxes that day and giving to charity. Also known as Our Lady Aparacida According to the Old Calender Inventor of the Cyrillic alphabet -- His tutors were the Saint brothers Cyril and Methodius Also known as Day of the Slavic Heritage Every 4th year after the Presidential election Midnight of Aug. 14, actually. On this day in 1893, the Macedonian revolutionery organization was formed. In many countries, May Day is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labour Day, which celebrates the social and economic achievements of the labour movement. Federal Holiday - Still officially named "Washington's Birthday" Not the current monarch's actual birthday. Date when the constitution of India came into force. Missionaries of Christianity among the Slavs of Great Moravia and Pannonia and inventors of the Glagolitic alphabet Commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and MÄori Chiefs at Waitangi in 1840.
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