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Montenegronhas an Independence Day (celebrating May 21, 2006, when a majority ofnMontenegrins voted to become an independent nation, separate fromnneighbors Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which withnMontenegro made up Yugoslavia for several decades).
Montenegronhas an Independence Day (celebrating May 21, 2006, when a majority ofnMontenegrins voted to become an independent nation, separate fromnneighbors Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which withnMontenegro made up Yugoslavia for several decades).n
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| Montenegro is the orange splotch in the lower third of the central portion of the map. It is near Greece and across the Adriatic Sea from Italy. |
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nTodaynisn’t Montenegro’s Independence Day. It doesn’t celebrate statehoodnapart from the crumbling Yugoslavia. What Montenegrins celebratentoday is the July 13, 1878, date when Montenegro was recognized as annindependent country by the Berlin Congress, and (in my mind morenimportant) the July 13, 1941, date when Montenegrins started anpopular uprising against the Nazis and Mussolini’s Fascist army,nwhich had taken over the country during World War II.
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Montenegronhas rugged mountains, a coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and Karstnlandforms that include caves and sinkholes. Take a look at some ofnthe gorgeous landscapes here and here.
Montenegronhas rugged mountains, a coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and Karstnlandforms that include caves and sinkholes. Take a look at some ofnthe gorgeous landscapes here and here.n
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nAlsonon this date:
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nObon, or Day of the Souls, in Japan
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nRubik’s Cube inventor Erno Rubik’s birthday
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