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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1944 June 17: Icelandic National Day
June 21: National Indigenous Peoples Day, Canada
1975 June 25: Mozambique Independence Day
1917 June 26: Crimean Tatar National Flag Day
1960 June 26: Madagascar Independence Day
1977 June 27: Djibouti Independence Day
1880 June 29: Internal Autonomy Day/Mourning Day, Tahiti
1976 June 29: Seychelles Independence Day
1960 June 30: Democratic Republic of Congo Independence Day
National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee Week
1962 July 1: Independence Day of Burundi
1997 July 1: Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong
1962 July 1: Rwanda Independence Day
1960 July 1: Somalia Independence Day
1971 July 1: West Papua Day of Resistance
1998 July 1: Biak Massacre, West Papua
1776 July 4: United States Independence Day
1962 July 5: Algeria Independence Day
1975 July 5: Cape Verde Independence Day
2009 July 5th: Urumqi Massacre, Xinjiang
1811 July 5: Venezuelan Declaration of Independence
1975 July 6: Comoros Independence Day
1253 July 6: Crowning of King Mindaugas – Day of Statehood in Lithuania
1964 July 6: Malawi Independence Day
1978 July 7: Solomon Islands Independence Day
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