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Youth Day. 靑年節. Commemorates revolutionary Tenth Uprising in 1911. April 29, July 30. The Emperor's Birthday. 天長節. The birthday of the reigning emperor has been a national holiday in Japan from 1868. Celebrated from 1895 to 1945 when Taiwan was a colony of Japan. May 1.
Hokkien POJ. Siang-si̍p-chiat. The National Day of the Republic of China, also referred to as Double Ten Day or Double Tenth Day, is a public holiday on 10 October, now held annually as national day in the Republic of China (ROC, commonly referred to as Taiwan). It commemorates the start of the Wuchang Uprising on 10 October 1911 which ...
8 August – Arshad Nadeem clinches Pakistan's first Olympic track and field medal after winning gold at the men's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. [ 101 ] 9 August – Three soldiers and four militants are killed in attacks on three army outposts in the Tirah Valley , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, that are claimed by the Gul Bahadur ...
February 9, 2024 at 8:12 PM. TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's defence ministry said on Saturday it had detected eight Chinese balloons crossing the Taiwan Strait in the previous 24 hours, two of which ...
The opposition Kuomintang wins a majority in the 2024 Taiwanese legislative election. Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party is elected president. [ 1] January 25 – Taiwan officially extends compulsory military service to one year from four months due to rising tensions with China. [ 2]
In Pakistan, the National Assembly on 16 December 2015 passed a unanimous resolution expressing grief and sadness over the massacre by the Taliban [49] of 151 students and teachers of Army Public School Peshawar on 16 December 2014. The NA recommended that 16 December should be observed as Pakistan Children Day in memory of the victims.
24 July – 2024 Saurya Airlines Bombardier CRJ200 crash: Eighteen of 19 people aboard a passenger aircraft are killed during its takeoff at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kahtmandu. The only survivor is the pilot. [16]
2027. Decades: 2000s. 2010s. 2020s. See also: Other events of 2024. Timeline of East Timorese history. Events in the year 2024 in East Timor .