National day of mourning
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This article is about the symbolic observance, national day of mourning. For specific observances with this name, see National Day of Mourning (disambiguation).
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A national day of mourning is a day marked by mourning and memorial activities across the majority of a country's populace; such days include those marking the death or funeral of a renowned individual or individuals from that country or elsewhere, or the anniversary of such a death or deaths. They are designated by that country's government.
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[edit] Selected list of figures recognized by national days of mourning
[edit] State officials
- Victims of the 2005 Assassination of Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (Lebanon)
- All Presidents of the United States, usually on the day of their funerals beginning with John F. Kennedy (these days are also considered Federal holidays). The most recent are:
- Ronald Reagan (2004)
- Gerald Ford (2006)
- When the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme was killed in 1986-Sweden, Cuba, Nicaragua and Vietnam.
- Leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong (who actually had a national mourning period lasting a week), and Deng Xiaoping - China
- Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel who was assassinated on November 4, 1995; a national day of mourning is commemorated in Israel and in various Jewish communities worldwide.
- Indonesia Former President Soeharto who died on 27 January 2008. Following that, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono declared 7 days of National Mourning and instructed all government officials, Embassy of Republic of Indonesia overseas and all Indonesian citizens to hoist the Indonesia Flag at half-staff from 27 January to 2 February 2008.
- Alexander Dubček's death at the time, when he was the chairman of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia
[edit] Religious figures
- Pope John Paul II (Mainly Roman Catholic countries)
- Venerable Master Yin Shun (Taiwan)
[edit] Sporting figures
- Ayrton Senna (Brazil)
- Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
[edit] Tragedies
- Victims of the Circassian Genocide are remembered in the Circassian Day of Mourning
- Victims of the Soviet deportations from Estonia (1941 ; 1949) are remembered every year on June 14 in Estonia.
- Victims of the United States invasion of Panama (1989) are remembered in December
- Victims of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing (United States)
- Victims of September 11, 2001 attacks (United States of America, State of Israel, Poland and Republic of Ireland)
- Victims of the 2003 Nasiriyah bombing (Italy, 2 May 2003)
- Victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia (All parts of the world)
- Victims of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 (Hong Kong)
- Victims of the 1999 Taiwan Earthquake (Taiwan)
- Victims of the Nanking Massacre (Taiwan and mainland China)
- Victims of the 2004 terrorist train bombing in Madrid, Spain (Spain, Romania and Portugal)
- Victims of the 2005 terrorist bombings in London (United Kingdom)
- Victims of Hurricane Katrina (United States) 29 August 2005
- Victims of the 2006 roof collapse in Katowice (Poland), 29 January 2006 - 1 February 2006
- Victims of the mining disaster at the Halemba mine in Ruda Śląska (Poland), 23 November 2006 - 25 November 2006
- Victims of the Ulyanovskaya Mine disaster, the crash of UT Air Flight 471 and a fire in a retirement home (Russia), 21 March 2007
- Victims of the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre (United States)
- Victims of the 2007 Slovenia floods (held 21 September 2007) (Slovenia)
- Toše Proeski's death in a car accident on 17 October 2007 (Macedonia)
- Victims of the Polish Army aircraft crash in Mirosławiec on 23 January 2008 (Poland)
- Victims of the 2008 Cameroonian anti-government protests called for on the 21 April 2008
- Victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
- Victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma
- Israel's Yom HaShoah in remembrance of the Holocaust
- Victims of the crash of Spanair Flight 5022 which crashed in Madrid on 20 August 2008
- Victims of the 2008 Kyrgyzstan earthquake
- Victims of the Black Saturday bushfires in Australia
- Victims of the Winnenden school shooting (12 March 2009, Germany)
- Victims of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (2009, Italy)
- Victims of the 2009 Fire in Kamień Pomorski (2009, Poland)
- Victims of the bus accident in Yambol (2009, Bulgaria)
