Freedom Day may refer to any of the following days:
National and international
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National Religious Freedom Day
Religious Freedom Day commemorates the Virginia General Assembly's adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom on January 16, 1786. The statute, written by Jefferson in 1777 and shepherded through the legislature ...
on 16 January in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786
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Freedom Day (Ukraine) on 22 January in Ukraine, anniversary of the signing of the Act Zluky by the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic in 1919
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World Freedom Day on 23 January in Taiwan and South Korea to mark the return of ex-communist war prisoners of the Korean War
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National Freedom Day
National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by President Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later was ratified as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Lincoln si ...
on 1 February in the United States, to honor the signing by Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Freedom Day (Belarus) on 25 March in Belarus, anniversary of the establishment of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918
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Freedom Day (Malta)
Freedom Day () is a Maltese national holiday celebrated annually on 31 March. This is the anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops and the Royal Navy from Malta in 1979. On taking power in 1971, the Labour Government indicated it wanted ...
on 31 March, anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops from Malta, 1979
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Freedom Day (Portugal) on 25 April, anniversary of Carnation Revolution in Portugal, 1974
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Freedom Day (South Africa)
Freedom Day is a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. It commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994 and the day on which the new constitution was introduced. The elections were the first national ...
on 27 April, anniversary of the first general election in South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994
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Freedom Day (Malawi) on 14 June, anniversary of the first free election in Malawi in 1994
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States, federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the End of slavery in the United States, ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's n ...
on 19 June in the United States, also known as Freedom Day, commemorating the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, announcing the end of slavery
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Freedom Day (Equatorial Guinea) on 3 August, a public holiday in Equatorial Guinea
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World Freedom Day (United States)
World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by then-President George W. Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe. It started in 2001 and is celebrated on No ...
on 9 November in the United States, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
Local, regional, informal, other
United States
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Liberation and Freedom Day
In a unanimous vote on July 1, 2019, the City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, established a new city holiday, Liberation and Freedom Day, to be celebrated on March 3. Union Army troops, under the command of Major General Philip Sheridan, ar ...
, 3 March, commemorating the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Charlottesville, Virginia, liberating the slaves
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Chicago Public School Boycott of 22 October 1963, also known as Freedom Day
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New York City school boycott
The New York City school boycott, also referred to as Freedom Day, was a large-scale boycott and protest against segregation in the New York City public school system which took place on February 3, 1964. Students and teachers walked out to hig ...
of 3 February 1964, also known as Freedom Day
Other
* An informal name for the anniversary (25 March) of the passage of
Slave Trade Act 1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807 ( 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36), or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not automatica ...
in the United Kingdom
* Celebration of the
Wave Hill walk-off
The Wave Hill walk-off, also known as the Gurindji strike, was a walk-off and strike by 200 Gurindji stockmen, house servants and their families, starting on 23 August 1966 and lasting for seven years. It took place at Wave Hill, a cattle stati ...
on 23 August, a landmark strike in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia
* The fictional holiday celebrated in the episode "
A Taste of Freedom
"A Taste of Freedom" is the fifth episode in the fourth season of the American animated television series ''Futurama'', and the 59th episode of the series overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 22, 2002. The ...
" of the animated TV show ''Futurama''
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Freedom Day Freedom Day may refer to any of the following days:
National and international
* National Religious Freedom Day on 16 January in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedo ...
" in the United Kingdom, 19 July 2021, on which the last remaining social contact restrictions due to COVID-19 were repealed
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National Day
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Liberation Day
Liberation Day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day, but differing from it because it does not involve the original creation of statehood. It commemorates the end of an occupation ...
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Revolution Day
Revolution Day or the Day of the Revolution refers to public holidays or remembrance days in various countries held in commemoration of an important event in the country's history, usually the starting point or a turning point in a revolution that ...
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List of national independence days
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An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded.
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