Palm Sunday
Sunday before Easter — commemorates Jesus's entry into Jerusalem. Traditionally celebrated by distributing palm fronds (or local substitutes — olive branches in Italy, willows in Russia, pussy willows in the UK).
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British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.- 2021The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal.
- 2017Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
- 2015Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.