Union Day
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Friday’s ceremony celebrated the 105th anniversary of Great Union Day of 1918 when modern-day Romania was formed after its unification with the neighboring regions of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina.
From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2023
Celebrating Myanmar's Union Day, which marks independence from British colonial rule in 1947, the government also announced that 814 prisoners would be pardoned.
From Reuters • Feb. 12, 2022
The military announced on Friday that it would release more than 23,000 prisoners under an amnesty in honor of Union Day, a national holiday commemorating a 1947 independence agreement.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2021
This year, a Tanzanian activist based in Los Angeles called for nationwide antigovernment protests on Union Day, which celebrates the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar to form Tanzania on April 26.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2018
“We should not allow ourselves to be used by our enemies,” Mr. Magufuli said in a speech on Union Day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2018
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