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Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera (Natalicio de Don Luis Muñoz Rivera)
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Birthday of Don Luis Munoz Rivera is a Puerto Rico public holiday marking the birth, on July 17, 1859, of the poet, journalist, and political leader who spent his career pushing for greater self-government for Puerto Rico, first under Spanish rule and later under the United States.
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Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera (Natalicio de Don Luis Muñoz Rivera)
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Puerto Rico
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Birthday of Don Luis Munoz Rivera is a Puerto Rico public holiday honoring the poet, journalist, and statesman born July 17, 1859.
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Colombia
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Declaration of Independence Day, observed July 20, commemorates the 1810 uprising in Bogota that began Colombia's break from Spanish colonial rule.
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Japan
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Marine Day, or Umi no Hi, is a Japanese public holiday held on the third Monday of July to give thanks to the ocean.
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Botswana
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Presidents' Day is a public holiday in Botswana held each July to honor the country's presidents, from independence to today.
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Today's global calendar brings together four very different public holidays: Botswana's Presidents' Day, Colombia's Declaration of Independence, Japan's Marine Day, and Puerto Rico's Birthday of Don Luis Munoz Rivera. Each is a nationwide public holiday in its country, spanning four continents and showing how varied the reasons for a day off can be, from honoring national leaders and founding figures to celebrating a nation's relationship with the sea.
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Japan's Marine Day is known locally as 海の日 (Umi no Hi), while Colombia's holiday carries the official name Declaracion de la Independencia de Colombia, each country marking today in its own language.
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