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Hungary: National Day
Belarus: Constitution Day
Palau: Youth Day

Events

1311 - Battle of Halmyros: The Catalan Company defeats Walter V of Brienne to take control of the Duchy of Athens, a Crusader state in Greece.
1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas.
1545 - First meeting of the Council of Trent.
1672 - Charles II of England issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.
1776 - South Carolina becomes the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and set up its own government.
1781 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Guilford Courthouse – Near present-day Greensboro, North Carolina, 1,900 British troops under General Charles Cornwallis defeat an American force numbering 4,400.
1783 - In an emotional speech in Newburgh, New York, George Washington asks his officers not to support the Newburgh Conspiracy. The plea is successful and the threatened coup d'etat never takes place.
1820 - Maine becomes the 23rd U.S. state.
1848 - A revolution breaks out in Hungary. The Habsburg rulers are compelled to meet the demands of the Reform party.
1873 - The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity is founded at Massachusetts Agricultural College.
1877 - The first Test cricket match begins between England and Australia.
1906 - Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
1916 - President Woodrow Wilson sends 12,000 United States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
1917 - Czar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne and his brother the Grand Duke becomes Tsar.
1922 - After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
1926 - The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
1931 - SS Viking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
1933 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss keeps members of the National Council from convening, starting the austrofascist dictatorship.
1939 - World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist.
1943 - World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov – the Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
1944 - World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Allied aircraft bomb the German-held monastery and stage an assault.
1952 - In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870;mm (73 inches) of rain falls in one day, setting a new world record.
1961 - South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.
1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
1970 - The Expo '70 world's fair opens in Osaka, Japan.
1985 - The first Internet domain name is registered (symbolics.com).
1988 - The Halabja poison gas attack of the Iran–Iraq War begins.
1989 - The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is established.
1990 - Gulf War: Iraq hangs British journalist Farzad Bazoft for spying.
1990 - Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first executive president of the Soviet Union.
1990 - The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureş begin on the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas.
221 - Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.

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2026

1 JanuaryDay of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky)
6 JanuaryEpiphany (Święto Trzech Króli oraz Święto Bożego Narodzenia chrześcijan prawosławnych)
3 AprilGood Friday (Veľkonočný piatok)
6 AprilEaster Monday (Veľkonočný pondelok)
1 MayLabour Day (Sviatok práce)
8 MayVictory Day (Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom)
5 JulySaints Cyril and Methodius Day (Sviatok svätého Cyrila a Metoda)
29 AugustSlovak National Uprising anniversary (Výročie Slovenského národného povstania)
1 SeptemberConstitution Day (Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky)
15 SeptemberOur Lady of Sorrows (Sviatok Panny Márie Sedembolestnej, patrónky Slovenska)
1 NovemberAll Saints (Sviatok všetkých svätých)
17 NovemberStruggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu)
24 DecemberChristmas Eve (Štedrý deň)
25 DecemberChristmas (Prvý sviatok vianočný)
26 DecemberBoxing Day (Druhý sviatok vianočný)
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Slovak Republic - Location
Capital: Bratislava
Official languages: Slovak
Government: Parliamentary republic
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Population: 5 455 000
Area: 49 035 km²
Religion: Catholicism (68,9 %), Lutheranism (6,93%), Orthodox Church (5,2%), Calvinism (1,9 %)
Time Zone:
UTC +1 winter
UTC +2 summer
Auto Code: SK
Internet TLD: .sk
Calling code: +421
Corporate Income Tax: 19,00%
Personal Income Tax: 19,00%
Value Added Tax: 19,00%
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