Talk:List of national days of mourning (before 2000)
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State officials
[edit]- The Father of the State of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel. The officers killed his whole family except his daughters Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana.
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk – First President of Czechoslovakia. National mourning since his death on 14–21 September 1937.
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk – founder of the Republic of Turkey. 10 November is the national mourning day in Turkey, commemorating Atatürk's death on 10 November 1938. Every year at 09:05 on November 10, sirens are heard across Turkey followed by a minute of tribute as well as cessation of most all activity for that duration.
- Charles de Gaulle – Former President of France died on 9 November 1970. Declared national mourning the state funeral on 12 November.
- After the assassination of the Swedish Social Democratic Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986–Sweden, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Vietnam.
- Iran's 1979 Revolution's leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Following his death on 3 June 1989, three days of mourning was declared by President Ali Khamenei.
- Leaders Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong (who was given a national mourning period lasting a week), and Deng Xiaoping–People's Republic of China
- Yitzhak Rabin, the Prime Minister of Israel who was assassinated on 4 November 1995; a national day of mourning is commemorated in Israel and in various Jewish communities worldwide.
- Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who died in January 1989; national mourning was declared for two days[1] and the day of his funeral.[2]
- Former President of France François Mitterrand died on 8 January 1996. National mourning declared of state funeral on 11 January.
- Fascist leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975 Francisco Franco. Twenty days of national mourning were declared following his demise on 20 November 1975.[3]
- Alexander Dubček's death in 1992, at the time he was the chairman of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia
Religious figures
[edit]- Mother Teresa of Calcutta, (mainly India, Albania, and some Roman Catholic countries)
- Serbian Patriarch Pavle[4]
Sporting figures
[edit]- Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
- Ayrton Senna (Brazil)
Cultural figures
[edit]- Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (Hawaii)[5]
- Amália Rodrigues (Portugal)[6]
Tragedies
[edit]- Victims of Hurricane Hazel (Haiti, 3 days)
- Victims of the Great Chilean earthquake of 1960.
- Victims of the 1990 20 January Black January Massacre by Soviet Union's Red army (Azerbaijan, Baku)
- Victims of the 1996 Kamianske tram accident (Ukraine, July 3, 1996)[7]
- Victims of the Columbine High School massacre
- Victims of the 1999 Jiji earthquake (Taiwan)
References
- ^ Sanger, David E. (January 10, 1989). "Mourning Fails to Slow Japan's Economy". The New York Times. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ^ "An Emperor's Farewell". New Straits Times. February 23, 1989. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
- ^ Payne, Stanley G.; Palacios, Jesús (2014). Franco: A Personal and Political Biography. University of Wisconsin Pres. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-299-30210-8.
- ^ "Serbia observes first day of mourning". B92. 2009-11-16. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08.
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News". archives.starbulletin.com.
- ^ "Bio". www.attambur.com. Archived from the original on 2001-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
- ^ Kolomayets, Marta. "Ukraine mourns tram accident victims". The Maharishi Institute. Kyiv Press Bureau. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017.