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On December 23, 1949, the Twelfth Political Affairs Conference of the State Council of the Central People's Government (Chinese: 中央人民政府政务院) passed the Measures for National Holidays on Annual and Memorial Days, stipulating that National Day should be a national holiday for all the people as the October 1 and October 2.
1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria. 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam. [18] [19]
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
During the years of socialism, the value of this historically important day was ignored, but the law of the State Greate Khural of the Republic of Mongolia on August 16, 2007, made December 29 a public holiday, and later enshrined it into law on December 23, 2011, making it a public holiday, the Day of the Restoration of National Freedom and ...
4 Holidays and observances. 5 References. ... in the Gregorian calendar; 210 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600 ... 1949 – Mark B. Cohen ...
1949 – Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile (d. 2024) 1950 – Manju Bansal , Indian biologist and academic 1950 – Ross Hannaford , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
Find out when Costco is open during the holidays so you don’t miss any opportunities to save. When Does Costco Open? Costco’s is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.
1949 – Jerry Lawler, American wrestler and sportscaster [158] 1949 – Garry Shandling, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016) [159] 1949 – Steve Smith, American lawyer and politician (d. 2014) [160] 1950 – Marie Laberge, Canadian actress, educator and writer [161] 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell Jr., American author (d. 2012) [162]