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June. African-American Music Appreciation Month [28] [29] ALS Awareness Month (Canada) Caribbean-American Heritage Month [30] LGBT Pride Month. National PTSD Awareness Day [31] National Safety Month [32] National Smile Month (United Kingdom, May and June) Devotion to the Sacred Heart.
Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. [5] However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino heroes. [6] In practice, National Heroes Day celebrations were observed on the same day as ...
Independence Day [1] ( Filipino: Araw ng Kasarinlán; also known as Araw ng Kalayaan, "Day of Freedom") is a national holiday in the Philippines observed annually on June 12, [2] commemorating the declaration of Philippine independence from Spain in 1898. [2] Since 1978, it has been the country's National Day .
The origin of most early festivals, locally known as "fiestas", are rooted in Christianity, dating back to the Spanish colonial period when the many communities (such as barrios and towns) of the predominantly Catholic Philippines almost always had a patron saint assigned to each of them.
Filipino-American Friendship Day. Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commence in October 1992. [1]
Prehistory of the Philippines. Followed by. Colonial era. The recorded history of the Philippines between 800 and 1565 begins with the creation of the Laguna Copperplate Inscription in 800 and ends with the beginning of Spanish colonization in 1565. The inscription records its date of creation Saka (800 CE). The discovery of this document marks ...
As a result, the Philippines was one day behind its Asian neighbours for 323 years, 9 months and 4 days from Saturday, 16 March 1521 (Julian Calendar) until Monday, 30 December 1844 (Gregorian Calendar).
A red letter day (sometimes hyphenated as red-letter day) is any day of special significance or opportunity. Its roots are in classical antiquity; for instance, important days are indicated in red in a calendar dating from the Roman Republic (509–27 BC). [1] 16th century calendar for the month of January, with some entries emphasised in red text.