Independence Day
Independence Day is observed in Dominican Republic (Día de la Independencia de la República Dominicana). Recognized nationally.
- Category
- Public holiday
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2015
Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.- 2019Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.
- 2015Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.
- 2013A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.