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In April 1961, Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia signed Republic Act No. 3022 into law, declaring April 9 of every year as "Bataan Day". [9]In June 1987, Executive Order No. 203 revised all national holidays in the Philippines, referring to the April 9 holiday as "Araw ng Kagitingan (Bataan and Corregidor Day)". [10]
9 April, the day Bataan fell into Japanese hands, was declared a national holiday in the Philippines. [25] Previously called Bataan Day, the day is now known as Day of Valor or Araw ng Kagitingan, commemorating both the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Dambana ng Kagitingan (Shrine of Valor) is a war memorial erected on top of ...
April 9: Vimy Ridge Day in Canada ; Day of Valor in the Philippines 193 – Year of the Five Emperors: Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops at Carnuntum in modern-day Austria. 1388 – Despite being vastly outnumbered, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy defeated an Austrian army at the Battle of Näfels.
April 9 is the 99th day of the year (100th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Day of Valor or Araw ng Kagitingan (Philippines)
Robert Loveman (April 11, 1864 – July 10, 1923) was an American poet. Born to a Jewish [1] family in Cleveland, Ohio, he was educated at the Dalton Academy in Dalton, Georgia, [2] later attending the University of Alabama where he received his A.M. Loveman lived with Friedman relatives at the Battle Friedman House while attending the University of Alabama. [3]
“American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes,” the American Veterans Center’s annual Veterans Day broadcast special, will return to television this year on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to service men ...
National Poetry Writing Month (also known as NaPoWriMo) is a creative writing project held annually in April in which participants attempt to write a poem each day for one month. NaPoWriMo coincides with the National Poetry Month in the United States of America and Canada.
The United States Postal Service is expected to close on Jan. 9, as well. The last national day of mourning observed was when former President George H. W. Bush died in December 2018, when the ...