Ethiopia - National Day - 28 May

Ethiopia - Country Overview

May 28 Derg Downfall Day (National Day)

Commemorates the end of the Derg junta in 1991. Although this day is Ethiopia's National Day, its official name is Derg Downfall Day.

Ethiopia - Country Overview

Africa

Capital: Addis Ababa

Large cities/towns: Dire Dawa, Gondar

Languages: Amharic, Oromigna, Tigrigna,

Currency: Birr

Azerbaijan - Republic Day - 28 May

May 28 Republic Day Founding of Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (1918).

Azerbaijan - Country Overview

Former Soviet Republic

Capital: Baku

Large cities/Towns: Gandja, Sumgait

Languages: Azeri, Turkish, Russia

Currency: Manat

Guyana - Independence Day - 26 May

The Cooperative Republic of Guyana celebrates the Independence Day on May 26 every year. The day commemorates the date in 1966 when it attained freedom from the British Empire.


Guyana Independence Day is a significant public holiday in Guyana. It is celebrated on May 26 every year. May 26 is the day when the country attained its independence in 1966 when the British Dominion over Guyana ended.

Guyana - Country Overview

Capital: Georgetown

Large towns: Linden, New Amsterdam

Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu, Creole

Currency: Guyana Dollar

Date of Independence 26 May, 1966

Georgia - National Day - 26 May

The Democratic Republic of Georgia was the first modern establishment of a Republic of Georgia. It existed from May 1918 to February 1921. The DRG was created after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917. Georgia's capital is Tbilisi, and its state language was Georgian. Proclaimed on May 26, 1918, on the break-up of the Transcaucasian Federation, it was led by the Social Democratic Menshevik party. It collapsed between February and March 1921 to become a Soviet republic.

Georgia - Country Overview

Capital: Tbilisi

Large Cities/Towns: Batumi, Kutaisi

Languages: Georgian, Russian

Currency: The Lari

Georgia was a former Soviet Republic

Jordan - Independence Day - 25 May

The National Day of Jordan is on the 25 May

It is Independence Day, from the United Kingdom 1946. The parliament of Transjordan made Abdullah I of Jordan their king 1946.

Jordan - Country Overview

Asia

Capital: Amman

Large Cities/Towns: Irbid, Salt, Zarka

Languages: Arabic, English

Currency: Dinar

Date of Independence: 25 May 1946

Argentina - Day of the First National Government - 25 May

The May Revolution  was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. The result was the removal of Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the Primera Junta (First Junta), on May 25.

This day is celebrated as the day of the First National Government in Argentina.

Argentina - Country Overview

Capital: Buenos Aires

Large cities/towns: Cordoba, La Plata, Mendoza, Rosario

Languages: Spanish, Italian

Currency: Peso

Date of Independence: 9 July 1816

Eritrea Independence Day - 24 May

Independence Day of Eritrea is observed on May 24 every year. On this day in 1991, Eritrean People's Liberation Front forces moved into the capitol Asmara, re-instating independence, following a severe 30 years battle against Ethiopian army regime.

Yemen - Unification Day - 22 May

Yemen - Country Overview

Yemeni unification took place on 22 May 1990, when North Yemen was united with South Yemen, forming the Republic of Yemen.

Yemen - Country Overview

Asia

Arabian Peninsula

Capital: Sana'a
            Aden

Language: Arabic

Currency: Rial

Formation of the Country:  22 May 1990

Norwegian Constitution Day - 17 May

Norwegian Constitution Day is the National Day of Norway and is an official national holiday observed on May 17 each year. Among Norwegians, the day is referred to simply as syttende mai (meaning May Seventeenth), Nasjonaldagen (The National Day) or Grunnlovsdagen (The Constitution Day).

The Constitution of Norway was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17 in the year 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent nation.

Norway Country Profile

Europe

Northwestern Europe

Capital Oslo
Large cities: Bergen, Trondheim

Language: Norwegian

Currecny: Krone

Date of Independence: 7 June 1905

Paraguay Independence Day - 14, 15 May

Paraguay gained independence from Spain on May 14, 1811.

The independence day is observed on 15 May every year.

Both days are holidays for schools.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Paraguay

http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Americas/Paraguay-HISTORY.html

Paraguay - Country Overview

South America

Capital: Asuncion

Large cities: San Horenzo, Encarnacion

Languages: Spanish, Gurani

Currency: Guarani

Date of Independence 14 May 1811
Paraguay gained independence from Spain on 14 May, 1811.

Liberation Day- Netherlands - 5 May

In the Netherlands, Liberation Day  is celebrated each year on May 5th, to mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II.

On the 5th of May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel de Wereld in Wageningen.

After the liberation in 1945, Liberation Day was commemorated every 5 years. Finally, in 1990, the day was declared to be a national holiday, when the liberation would be commemorated and celebrated every year.

Netherlands - Country Overview

Europe

Capital Amsterdam

Large Cities: Rotterdam, Ulrecht

Currency Euro

3 May - Poland Constitution Day

Poland


The Constitution of May 3, 1791  was drafted between October 6, 1788, and May 3, 1791, when it was adopted as a "Government Act" ) by the Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (a dualistic state of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch).

The Seym of the Republic of Poland, at the request of the Senate, re-established the May 3 Constitution Day on April 6, 1990.

http://www.polishworld.com/polemb/const/

Poland - Country Overview

Capital Warsaw

Other Large Cities: Lodz, Krakow

Language: Polish

Currency; Zloty

Date of Independence 11 November 1918

World Intellectual Property Day - 26, April

About the Day

World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) member states designated April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day with the aim of increasing general understanding of Intellectual Property.

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About WIPO


The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the United Nations agency dedicated to the use of intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, designs, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity.

The Mission: The mission is to promote innovation and creativity for the economic, social and cultural development of all countries, through a balanced and effective international intellectual property system.


WIPO's nine strategic goals were adopted by our member states in December 2009 in the first phase of a comprehensive strategic realignment process within the Organization.

Balanced Evolution of the International Normative Framework for IP
Provision of Premier Global IP Services
Facilitating the Use of IP for Development
Coordination and Development of Global IP Infrastructure
World Reference Source for IP Information and Analysis
International Cooperation on Building Respect for IP
Addressing IP in Relation to Global Policy Issues
A Responsive Communications Interface between WIPO, its Member States and All Stakeholders
An Efficient Administrative and Financial Support Structure to Enable WIPO to Deliver its Programs



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2013

Theme: Creativity: The Next Generation

http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2013/article_0011.html

Featured Innovators - 2013
http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/ip-outreach/en/ipday/2013/pdf/innovator_snapshots.pdf

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