nPostednon July 1, 2014
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nInnaddition to Canada Day and Independence Day in Burundi (see below),nthere are a LOT of national days today:
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nThenBritish Virgin Islands are celebrating their 1967 autonomy from thenUnited Kingdom.
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nHongnKong is celebrating the 1997 switch from British to Chinese control.
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nMadeiranDay celebrates the island’s 1976 autonomy from Portugal.
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nRwandanis celebrating its 1962 independence from Belgium.
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nAndnSomalia is celebrating the 1960 Formation of the Somali Republic.
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nSon– wow!
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nDidnyou know…?
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ThenBritish Virgin Islands include around 60 Caribbean Islands, includingn15 inhabited islands. At least six of the islands are owned by annindividual or one family!
ThenBritish Virgin Islands include around 60 Caribbean Islands, includingn15 inhabited islands. At least six of the islands are owned by annindividual or one family!n
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| British Virgin Island |
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nEvennthough citizens of the British Virgin Islands are considered citizensnof the European Union, the nation uses the U.S. dollar.
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HongnKong, located on a peninsula and islands at the southeastern part ofnChina, became the first Special Administrative Region of the People’snRepublic of China in 1997.
HongnKong, located on a peninsula and islands at the southeastern part ofnChina, became the first Special Administrative Region of the People’snRepublic of China in 1997. n
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nIt’s considered a city-state AND a part ofnChina; Hong Kong maintains a different political system from mainlandnChina.
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| Hong Kong’s location |
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| Madeira is the red dot. Portugal is the orangish- peachish nation northeast of Madeira; Africa, of course, is the bulging continent southeast of Madeira. |
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nThenisland of Madeira is was claimed by Portugal waaaaay back in 1419 andnwas settled the next year. It’s closer to Africa than to Portugal.
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nMadeiranhas the largest fireworks show in the world every New Year’s Eve.n(Guinness World Records backs up the claim.)
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| Madeira |
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nInalways think of the African nation of Rwanda as the site of civil warnand of the horrific 1994 genocide (one group of Rwandans killed up tona million members of another group), so I was surprised to read thatntourism is a fast-growing part of an improving economy. Apparently anlot of tourists are willing to pay big bucks to see mountain gorillasnin their natural habitat.
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| Even in places that have seen great tragedy, people manage to carve out times of happiness. |
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nOnenof the traditional art forms of Rwanda is cow dung art. (And, yes,ndung does mean poop.)
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| Rwanda’s cow dung art |
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Somalianused to be divided in two – the part that was a protectorate ofnBritain, and the part that was a protectorate of Italy. The latternportion became more independent quicker and ended up with a strongerneconomy – and this inequality hurt the nation was the two werenreunited in one Somali Republic. n
Somalianused to be divided in two – the part that was a protectorate ofnBritain, and the part that was a protectorate of Italy. The latternportion became more independent quicker and ended up with a strongerneconomy – and this inequality hurt the nation was the two werenreunited in one Somali Republic. nn
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nSomalianhas the longest coastline of any of the countries on mainland Africa.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nDancer / choreographer Twyla Tharp’s birthday
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nIndependencenDay in Burundi
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nCanadanDay
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nAnniversarynof the first public zoo in the US
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nJulyn holidays
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in July
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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- August holidays
- August birthdays
- Historical anniversaries in August
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