By Claire Booth
America isn’t the only country
having a birthday this week. It turns out July has historically been a hot time
for independence. Here’s a sampling of nations celebrating their special days,
and this doesn’t even count at least ten other countries whose birthdays
fall later in the month.
Algeria, July 5, 1962, from
France
Argentina, July 9, 1866, from
Spain
Burundi, July 1, 1962, from
Belgium
Canada, July 1, 1867. Now a member
of the British Commonwealth
Cape Verde, July 5, 1975, from
Portugal
Comoros, July 6, 1975, from
France
Malawi, July 6, 1964. Now a
member of the British Commonwealth
Rwanda, July 1, 1962, from
Belgium
Solomon Islands, July 7, 1978.
Now a member of the British Commonwealth
Somalia, July 1, 1960, joining together
the Trust Territory of Somalia (formerly Italian Somaliland) and British
Somaliland
Venezuela, July 5, 1811, from
Spain
And for those blog readers here
in the U.S., there's a date in the course of human events that none of us forget:
United States of America, July 4, 1776, from Britian
Happy Fourth of July.
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