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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
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1992 July 17: Slovak National Council’s Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
1810 July 20: Colombian Declaration of Independence
1831 July 21: Belgian National Day
1940 July 23: Welles Declaration
July 25: National Day of Galicia
1847 July 26: Liberia Independence Day
1965 July 26: Maldives Independence Day
1821 July 28: Fiestas Patrias, Peru
2014 July 28: Yarkand Massacre, Xinjiang
1980 July 30: Vanuatu Independence Day
1960 August 1: Benin Independence Day
1291 August 1: Swiss National Day
1969 August 2: Act of Free Choice/Act of No Choice, West Papua
1944 August 2: Roma Genocide Remembrance Day
1960 August 3: Niger Independence Day
1960 August 5: Burkina Faso Independence Day
1825 August 6: Bolivia Independence Day
1962 August 6: Jamaica Independence Day
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