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Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.It is referred to, both legally [3] and commonly, as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.
Participated in the Bastille Day celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the entry of the United States into World War I. [22] 4 Japan: Kawagoe, Tokyo: November 5–7: Met with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe. South Korea: Osan, Seoul: November 7–8: State visit.
Lafayette left France on the American merchant vessel Cadmus, on July 13, 1824, and his tour began on August 15, 1824, when he arrived at Staten Island, New York.He toured the Northern and Eastern United States in the fall of 1824, including stops at Monticello to visit Thomas Jefferson and Washington, D.C., where he was received at the White House by President James Monroe.
Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States) [118] July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Bastille Day (France and dependencies) [9] International Non-Binary People's Day [119] Republic Day (Iraq) [120] Victoria Day (Sweden). The birthday of Crown Princess Victoria is an official flag flying day in Sweden. [121] North Korean Defectors' Day (in ...
Nevertheless, as a potent symbol of the Ancien Régime, its destruction was viewed as a triumph and Bastille Day is still celebrated every year. [47] In French culture, some see its fall as the start of the Revolution. [48] The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the iconic event of the Revolution, still commemorated each year as Bastille Day
2016 Nice truck attack: A cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 458 others. 2017: 14 May: Emmanuel Macron began his term as president of France. 2018: 15 July: France wins the 2018 FIFA World Cup. 17 November
Those bollards were intended to block an attack like the New Year’s massacre; their installation was partially inspired by a similar attack in France in 2016, when a terrorist plowed into a ...
President Donald Trump attending the 2017 Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France. In 2017, President Donald Trump was invited by French President Emmanuel Macron to attend the Bastille Day military parade in Paris on July 14, in honor of the countries' diplomatic relations and the centenary of the United States' entry into World War I. [2]