Day of Madrid
Day of Madrid is observed in Spain (Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid). Regional observance.
- Category
- Public holiday
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2014
Russo-Ukrainian War: Forty-eight people were killed during a confrontation between pro-Russian protesters and pro-Ukrainian unity protesters in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa.- 2014Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing.
- 2012A pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sells for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction.
- 2011Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man, is killed by the United States Navy SEALs in Abbottabad, Pakistan.