Holidays on 27th October

Greece Flag Day

This day celebrates the flag of Greece. It is the day before Oxi Day, which is known as the “Day of No”. This commemorates when the Greeks fought the Axis Powers for Crete, and lost, but their bravery served as an example to the world. Oxi Day is a national reminder of what the Greek people are capable of, and the day before serves as an example of what the Greek flag stands for.

St Vincent and the Grenadines Independence Day

This day commemorates when the country gained independence in 1979 from the United Kingdom. Possession of the islands was disputed by the British, French and Spanish and nobly resisted by the Caribs who had lived on the islands since before the arrival of the colonists. Britain won the European rights to the islands under the Treaty of Versailles in 1783. It was a member of the Federation of the West Indies, but that was dissolved in 1962, and with it the movement of the larger Caribbean countries to gain independence began. The country was granted “associate statehood” by Britain on this day in 1969, which gave the country complete control over its own internal affairs. Exactly 10 years later, it was granted full independence, becoming the last of the Windward Islands to do so.

World Lemur Day

This is celebrated on the last Friday of October. A World Lemur Festival is held around it, celebrating Lemurs and Madagascar. It was first celebrated in 2014 in Madagascar’s capital city of Antananarivo. It raised awareness about the value of lemurs as Madagascar’s unique national heritage among scientists and the general public.

The website for the day is here.