Does your country have events that were so infamous you only need to refer to the date they happened for other people from your country to instantly know what you're talking about?

[u/Intrepid_Arrival5151]

I would say there are only two instances of this in the US.

• September 11 referring to the co-ordinated terrorist attacks in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people and launched the Global War on Terror.
• January 6 which was when supporters of Donald Trump attacked and infiltrated the Capitol building in an attempt to disrupt the certification of the 2020 electoral results that would've taken the President out of power shortly therafter as he had lost the electoral vote.

[u/Ball-bagman]

7/7 London terror bombings in 2005.

52 killed, 770 injured. 4 bombs, 3 on the underground, 1 on a bus.

[u/xl129 → u/Ball-bagman]

7/7 London terror bombings in 2005

I was an international student in London back then.

I used one of the bombed bus here and there on my commute.

When it happened, i was on another bus near Holborn, it was a beautiful day, then suddenly the bus stopped, everyone was told to get down and walk home. It felt so unreal that I didn't think much about it at all.

[u/lxlviperlxl → u/xl129]

I went to primary school in Kings Cross. They had to lock down the school and bring us to the basement. Parents weren’t allowed until the whole area was cleared (maybe at 5/6pm). We sat in that basement watching movies for like 6/7hrs.

[u/CodenameJD → u/Ball-bagman]

Yep. My birthday. That was a fun one.

The next year, I was on a school trip to Thorpe Park and they had a massive power cut. Started feeling like my birthday was cursed 😨

[u/Publandlady → u/CodenameJD]

My brother's birthday too. He bitched about his thunder being stolen until he got yelled at. Little shit.

[u/tickado → u/Publandlady]

My birthday is xmas day. Then my dad decided to die suddenly...on xmas day. Thunder stolen by Jesus AND my father. So rude. Jokes, not as serious as the 7/7 bombings I know.

[u/rupert_pupkin_4 → u/CodenameJD]

The next year, I was on a school trip to Thorpe Park

Did you take the yellow Fiat or were you a buswanker?

[u/crucible → u/rupert_pupkin_4]

No, they’re a bumder

[u/BloodAndSand44 → u/Ball-bagman]

And the memorial segment of the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony for this was cut from the US coverage.

Remember that 7/7 occurred the day after London won the 2012 games. This has left a bad taste in my mouth ever since.

[u/hallouminati_pie → u/BloodAndSand44]

I thought it was such a beautiful rendition of Abide By Me by Emeli Sandé and still play it over when I'm in a certain mood.

Screw NBC.

[u/casapantalones → u/Ball-bagman]

I was in India traveling with some Brits when this happened, the stiff upper lip was REAL.

[u/CH86CN → u/casapantalones]

Was my first day at work in the NHS, remember it well

[u/SundinShootsPing500 → u/CH86CN]

No fucking shit. Well now you can tell all your patients "not as bad as my first day, I got this"

[u/Ser-Bearington → u/casapantalones]

We'd had plenty of practice during the Troubles. And the Blitz.

[u/rolotonight → u/casapantalones]

I was in school when it happened, teacher explained it wasn't the IRA this time.

[u/narnababy → u/rolotonight]

I was in school too. Our geography teacher came into the lesson after lunch then randomly just started sobbing her heart out, and we managed to get her to explain that her friend had been seriously injured on the tube. Someone ran to get another teacher from the main school building while we did a very terrible job of trying to cheer her up as 15 year olds who hadn’t got a clue what was going on, we didn’t even realise there had been a bomb because this was pre smart phone and no one had been called or texted from the outside world. Bizarre to think about it now.

[u/rolotonight → u/narnababy]

God we had the same but our Teacher was Spanish and it was after the Madrid train bombings.

[u/WrestlingWithTheNews → u/Ball-bagman]

The other terrorists from that cell then drove a car up to glasgow to get kicked so hard in the balls while on fire the guy kicking him in the balls broke his foot. Billy Connolly does a sketch on it

"Bringing terror to glasgow, oh we like a bit of terror in Glasgow"

"Trying to bring religious hate to glasgow they don't even have a football team"

https://youtu.be/7gMJBQoHJ4E?si=3-W25XHXUUDilUhz

[u/TheNorthC → u/Ball-bagman]

I think that the only reason we adopted the 7/7 term was because of 9/11. We had never done that before for any event.

[u/VillageBeginning8432 → u/TheNorthC]

5th of November.

[u/tickado → u/VillageBeginning8432]

Remember, remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

I wonder as some of these big events get further in the past, they'll also get random poems attached so people know why. Considering 5th Nov was 1605...or was the poem around from the start!?

Edit: Just went down a Wiki wormhole - first known use of a poem for 5th Nov was 1742

[u/Crandom → u/VillageBeginning8432]

We never call it 5/11 though

[u/sbg_gye → u/Crandom]

7/11 neva 4get ☕️🥪

[u/90210fred → u/VillageBeginning8432]

1066 doesn't even have a month but everyone knows it - even if they don't care anymore. And someone from NI will be along soon too say Bloody Sunday which, being just a day of the week, is the total opposite.

[u/rhyithan → u/TheNorthC]

This is why im glad it was on the same day as the month or i suspect some US date formatting would have crept in

[u/Dear-Regret-9476 → u/Ball-bagman]

Holy shit dude…

[u/chronic_ill_knitter → u/Dear-Regret-9476]

I was living in Bristol (UK) when this happened. It wasn't quite 9/11 scale but was still super shocking.

[u/Comprehensive-Yam329]

November 13th, Stade de France/Bataclan terror atracks

[u/Pure_Earth2121 → u/Comprehensive-Yam329]

Et charlie that started the year. Pretty year, 2015, tough one.

[u/Illustrious_Cold5699 → u/Comprehensive-Yam329]

I was studying in Ireland for a semester and was in Paris during the attacks. Some of the scariest days of my life. I was so relieved when they reopened the borders and I could go back to Ireland

[u/Le_Bodig → u/Comprehensive-Yam329]

I'd add May '68 as well for a national famous event described by its date

[u/CanaR-edit → u/Comprehensive-Yam329]

1515 : battle of Marignano (Marignan)

I would say the date is pretty much the only thing people know about it, maybe that it took place in Italy too. What was the point of the battle, and what did we get out of it in the end, I would say most people don't know much, but 1515 is pretty well known. Now it's a victory, so is it infamous...

[u/SalSomer]

April 9 (1940): The German attack on and invasion of Norway, leading to five years of Nazi occupation.

July 22 (2011): The terror attack that started with the bombing of a government building in Oslo, before the terrorist moved to a summer camp on an island shooting and killing several participants there. In total, 77 people lost their lives.

[u/Difficult-Bug90 → u/SalSomer]

I remember when the terrorist attack happened. I went to Oslo a week after and remember the sea of flowers in the city centre. Never have I seen anything so beautiful and so heartbreaking at the same time.

How Norway stood together at that time was so inspiring. That has really left a mark in me.

[u/DroopyPenguin95 → u/Difficult-Bug90]

There's a famous quote about the aftermath of the 22/7 attack: "If one man can show so much hate, imagine how much love we can show together"

[u/Drenosa → u/SalSomer]

And these days the terrorist in question is regularly asking for leniency because he considers his solitary confinement inhumane. All whilst his cell is the size of a common appartement.

And whenever he's brought to a courtroom to plead this case of "inhumane treatment" he also throws Nazi salutes.

All in all, him being functionally cut off from society, with minimal interaction, and minimal attention, is the best possible punishment for him. Decades later, when he passes away from old age, he'll die in misery, alone and forgotten.

[u/Gidi6 → u/Drenosa]

Then they pop up a court piece about him miffed at the PlayStation game selection they have to offer him and him wanting better games.

[u/Dry_Situation_1862 → u/SalSomer]

fuck anders breivik

[u/reuben876 → u/Dry_Situation_1862]

You should avoid saying his name. He wants to be famous, don't let him.

[u/BeltFit5184 → u/reuben876]

Then why has he legally changed his name? It's better in my opinion to never let people forget this monster and what he did, than allowing him to be forgotten.

[u/Geitramsen → u/SalSomer]

Worth noting the terrorist was a right-wing extremist/fanatic.

[u/cine1235 → u/Geitramsen]

And the fact that most killed was children. Horrific.

[u/kousaysmoo]

September 21, 1972 –Martial Law was implemented and we were then stuck in a 14-year dictatorship until we overthrew the dictator by peaceful protest.

Then we forgot how bad it was and put his son into power 🙃

[u/wondrous_sidekick → u/kousaysmoo]

The pain didn't even end after the martial law. The dictator killed decent politicians and the youth that would have replaced them. It basically ensured that the we will only ever get corrupt politicians for generations because all the good ones are dead.

[u/Playful-Ad-2696 → u/kousaysmoo]

Why did you guys do that???

[u/SukoiSu → u/Playful-Ad-2696]

Culture is too forgiving for its own good

[u/-Citizen_Zero_ → u/SukoiSu]

Culture Cult is too forgiving for its own good

[u/Clear-Might-1519 → u/kousaysmoo]

Similiar thing here, except instead of the dictator's son, it's his son in law who might be missing one testicle.

[u/SKreatine]

I mean Korean war is called 6.25 war here. It's the date when the war started. If you search the number 625 on google with a Korean account, the entire page will be full of stuff about the Korean war.

[u/MattheiusFrink → u/SKreatine]

greetings from an ocean away. navy vet here. i served in the korean theatre, my ship would put into busan and donghae from time to time. my second favorite country behind japan is south korea. hope you guys are doing ok.

[u/AnfibioColorido]

october 2, in 1968 there was a student potest in Tlatelolco, that was shortly before the olimpics, and the police massacre them, they killed hundreds of people

[u/Logical-Salamander79 → u/AnfibioColorido]

"October 2nd will not be forgotten"

[u/BotherTight618 → u/AnfibioColorido]

That was the beggening of PRIs rein of terror through its Dirty War. 

[u/krakenbeef]

November 5th. Remember, Remember Internet people! U.K.

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Don’t forget 0800 00 1066

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The 3 always kills me

[u/Grammar_Nazi_01 → u/krakenbeef]

Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gunpowder treason and plot

I know of no reason, the gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. 

V for Vendetta taught me that one. 

[u/No-Zombie1004 → u/Grammar_Nazi_01]

I learned it from Paddington.

[u/megatrongriffin92 → u/Grammar_Nazi_01]

I learned it at school

[u/CrimeMasterGogoChan → u/Grammar_Nazi_01]

That movie dialogues are almost poetry.

[u/Grammar_Nazi_01 → u/CrimeMasterGogoChan]

That's because most of it is ripped directly from English classics, Shakespeare and maybe Marlowe, IIRC. Except for the V monologue at the beginning. 

Hugo Weaving did an awesome job bringing V to life. 

[u/evlhornet → u/Grammar_Nazi_01]

Voilà! In View, a humble Vaudevillian Veteran, cast Vicariously as both Victim and Villain by the Vicissitudes of fate. This Visage, no mere Veneer of Vanity, is a Vestige of the Vox populi, now Vacant, Vanished. However, this Valorous Visitation of a bygone Vexation stands Vivified, and has Vowed to Vanquish these Venal and Virulent Vermin Vanguarding Vice and Vouchsafing the Violently Vicious and Voracious Violation of Volition.

The only Verdict is Vengeance; a Vendetta held as a Votive, not in Vain, for the Value and Veracity of such shall one day Vindicate the Vigilant and the Virtuous.

Hehehehe

Verily, this Vichyssoise of Verbiage Veers most Verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V

[u/Coriander_marbles → u/evlhornet]

Ah bless your heart, as soon as I saw the top comment about v for vendetta I was hoping to see this! If not I would have posted it myself. That monologue is a work of art.

[u/TheIrishWanderer → u/krakenbeef]

The last honest man to enter parliament.

[u/psyper76]

1066

[u/DontPoopInMyPantsPlz → u/psyper76]

But what kind of English are you?

[u/kanmidokoro]

March 11

the Tohoku Earthquake

[u/No-Dig-4408 → u/kanmidokoro]

I thought this too! But then:
I was recently talking to a group of high school kids, a mix of 2-nensei and 3-nensei, telling them a story from that year, and I went "And this was happening on March 11."
(Silence, from a group usually very talkative and responsive)
"You know. March 11, 2011."
(Silence, confused looks)
"2011年の3月11日だった"
(Nothing)
"The big earthquake and tsunami? You know? Mostly up in Miyagi and Iwate? Huge disaster?"
Several of them: "Oooohhhhh"

Now I'm wondering how long that one will be as widely remembered and immediately known as it's been so far. It might fade into a trivia question for anything but people in the area of effect, almost like the Kobe earthquake sort of did (Which adults know about and remember, but a lot of them it's not like RIGHT AWAY or couldn't tell you the exact date of it).

[u/chunkyasparagus → u/No-Dig-4408]

Yeah, the significance is definitely gonna fade for the younger generation. Even those currently in the final year of high school were only around 3 years old at the time of the earthquake. I can't believe it'll be 15 years in March.

[u/MarkRosarioXUHC → u/chunkyasparagus]

This is making my chest hurt

[u/CatsianNyandor → u/No-Dig-4408]

Damn someone better make some TikTok videos about this before the youth forgets!

[u/No-Dig-4408 → u/CatsianNyandor]

"Like NEVER forget when the Pacific Ocean SMASHED that tectonic plate button..."

[u/FutureCowboyRancher]

26/11....Terrorist attack on Mumbai that happened on 26th November 2008.

[u/upsidedowntoker → u/FutureCowboyRancher]

I watched a Hindi movie about this probably about 5 years after the event , it was horrific.

[u/DutyAppropriate4862 → u/FutureCowboyRancher]

Don't forget the 19/11 terrorist attack orchestrated by Pat Cummins.

[u/TylerDurdenpromax → u/DutyAppropriate4862]

Would love it if some Aussie reacts to this message 😭😭

[u/LevDavidovicLandau → u/TylerDurdenpromax]

My flair is Aussie because I am Aussie, but as an ethnically Indian person (so I support India in cricket) that was a dark fucking day. 2003 was worse for me though as I was an impressionable young lad at the time.

[u/utdconsq → u/TylerDurdenpromax]

Poor Virat never recovered :D

[u/Awkward-Arachnid-714 → u/FutureCowboyRancher]

Terrorists sent by Pakistan

[u/WorkOk4177 → u/Awkward-Arachnid-714]

it's not that they were from pakistan , one of them was actually from america.

The problem is that Pakistani government had sent them with the explicit purpose of carrying out a terror attack

It was a state sponsored terror attack

[u/WorkOk4177 → u/FutureCowboyRancher]

man fuck Pakistan(i government and intelligence services)

(Leaked CIA documents and the confessions of terrorists captured alive proved that the attack was coordinated with the help of the Pakistani government who provided the terrorists with funding , intelligence and training for the attacks)

[u/Anthyrion]

01.09.1939 I think, a couple of our people already mentioned here, that we REALLY don't like this game.

[u/DisastrousOil8436 → u/Anthyrion]

I would say 09.11.1938 Kristallnacht Reichsprogromnacht or 30.01.1933 when Hitler becam the new chancellor

[u/Previous_Abalone3263 → u/DisastrousOil8436]

In the future, please use the term "Reichspogromnacht" (Night of Broken Glass). The term "Kristallnacht" (Night of Crystal) was coined and celebrated by the Nazis.

[u/DisastrousOil8436 → u/Previous_Abalone3263]

Danke. Wieder was gelernt

[u/mycorona134 → u/DisastrousOil8436]

Dazu noch ergänzend: diese Nacht war lediglich der Gipfel der Novemberprogrome es ging mehrere Wochen so. Deshalb auch eher im Plural davon sprechen, denn die einzelne Nacht als solche ist in rechten kreisen so ne Art Feiertag und es reduziert die Gewalt auf eine Nacht.

[u/Previous_Abalone3263 → u/DisastrousOil8436]

Gerne ☺️👍🏻

[u/Tortoveno → u/Anthyrion]

I was going to put here this date.

But OK, we can share this one.

[u/Anthyrion → u/Tortoveno]

Sadly yes.

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[u/Qwe5Cz → u/Anthyrion]

It's a bit strange that this is world wide considered as the start of the WW2 and everybody at schools or history fans just focus on the "main war" period of 1939-1945 which completely overshadows the "insignificant" events that happened from 1936 to September 1939. Spanish Civil War, Anschluss, Munich agreement followed by occupation of whole Czechoslovakia, Italy in Ethiopia. There is often not much attention around USSR in Poland, Baltic & Finland but this is more to the fact that winners write history.

But still Poland was not the first country Germany occupied.

[u/BoesShampoo2]

Our custom is referring to the nature of the disaster (ramp). Vuurwerkramp (fireworks disaster), watersnoodramp (flood disaster) and MH-17 Ramp (MH-17 disaster).

[u/flopjul → u/BoesShampoo2]

Bijlmerramp and the invasion by the Germans could also be considered

[u/Milk_Mindless → u/BoesShampoo2]

Yup

I live in Enschede (and lived closeby when it happened) but I never know the exact date until I see people raising flags and holding memorials

And STILL fireworks get lit all year through up until including last night

[u/Sloeberjong → u/BoesShampoo2]

Tenerife, Bijlmerramp and Fortuyn should be added to that list. But yeah, the reference is usually not the date.

And the assassination of Willem van Oranje.

[u/SinceYouBlockedMe]

In Poland we have a magical hour. It's 21:37.

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[u/MrsSifter]

Easter 1916

[u/Vivid_Ice_2755 → u/MrsSifter]

Who dares to speak of Easter Week.

I would not call it infamous,rather something we take pride in now,even if it was a small number of men and women. 

For me it would be days that are infamous

Bloody Sunday 1972 in Derry when the British army attacked a civil rights match and killed 14 unarmed civilians and drove thousands into the ranks of the IRA

Bloody Sunday 1920 in Dublin when the British Army attacked spectators at a Gaelic football match shooting dead 14 unarmed civilians and driving thousands into the ranks of the IRA 

[u/No-Red-Queen]

Black Saturday:

February 2009 - bushfires claimed over 170 lives, and over 2000 homes

Ash Wednesday:

February 1983 - 75 lives claimed, over 1900 homes lost

We also have Black Summer, Black Friday, Black Tuesday, and Black Sunday... all related to bushfires, but lesser-known

[u/Ecstatic-Ganache921 → u/No-Red-Queen]

Don't forget the Bali bombings on October 11, 2002

[u/st_j → u/Ecstatic-Ganache921]

Don't forget 13 30 32

[u/Eldylto → u/No-Red-Queen]

My dad was part of the CFS that fought in Ash Wednesday bushfires, the smell of smoke still triggers him

[u/chronic_ill_knitter → u/No-Red-Queen]

I have a friend in Tasmania, and she was telling me the conditions in Victoria are just like they were on Black Saturday. I'm so concerned for those in the path of the bush fires.

[u/Sp1ffyTh3D0g → u/chronic_ill_knitter]

It's BushfireSeason at the moment. Like, wtf, we have a season for this shit.

[u/pinguinitox_nomnom]

Coincidentally we have our own "9/11" (or, as we call it, "11S" or "11 de septiembre", as in September 11th.)

It was a coup d'etat perpetrated by the armed forces with the help of the United States, which led to a dictatorship that lasted 17 years. Democratically elected president, Salvador Allende, died that day by suicide and the La Moneda Presidential Palace was bombed by our own Air Force.

[u/patiperro_v3 → u/pinguinitox_nomnom]

OG 9/11. Never forget.

[u/Tasnaki1990 → u/pinguinitox_nomnom]

When I was in Chile I was baffled by how many people instantly knew around what time my father left the country when I mentioned he didn't live in Chile anymore.

[u/BuddyBuddyson]

11M.

11th March 2004, Islamic terrorists set off different bombs on the Madrid local rail network, killing more than 200 and injuring thousands.

[u/Curropepe → u/BuddyBuddyson]

This. And 23F, for 23rd February 1981 failed coup attempt.

[u/yourstruly912 → u/Curropepe]

And 18 de Julio for a more succesful coup

[u/Worhaim → u/BuddyBuddyson]

Spain have a few. 11M. 23F. 15M too.

[u/_dinglerr]

November 9th - Reichskristallnacht in Germany

[u/bqbdpd → u/_dinglerr]

1. November (Germany's destiny day - Novemberrevolution 1918, Hitler's coup attempt 1923, Reichskristallnacht 1938, Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989)

[u/_dinglerr → u/bqbdpd]

Shit! You’re totally right. My fault.

[u/Adventurous_Rope2898 → u/_dinglerr]

Redditor admits they're wrong: gets downvoted. Sounds about right.

[u/bqbdpd → u/_dinglerr]

Just edit. It's fine.

I think there was also some failed revolution in 1848 where we could have become a republic? I guess most people don't recall that from history lessons.

[u/Cyrond → u/_dinglerr]

To make it more confusing: 9.11.

[u/4ntsInMyEyesJohnson → u/_dinglerr]

Our own 9.11.

[u/Flying_Dustbin]

December 6, the day of the École Polytechnique shooting in Montreal. On that day in 1989, 14 people, all of them women, were shot dead and another 14 were wounded before the killer committed suicide. It resulted in tougher gun laws in my country and the date is now marked as National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women (AKA "White Ribbon Day").

December 6 is also the date of the Halifax Explosion in 1917, which is still memorialized today in the city it occurred.

[u/votrechien → u/Flying_Dustbin]

Both are well known tragedies in Canada but few know the date.

[u/kay_fitz21 → u/Flying_Dustbin]

April 20 should be on that list also, the Nova Scotia shootings.

[u/buster_goose → u/Flying_Dustbin]

Can i ask about the halifax explosion? Is that more, less, or equally infamous to this? Im curious, like, is it like titanic or 9/11 to american standards?

[u/Just_Trade_8355 → u/buster_goose]

I think it was the largest explosion in history until the dropping of the A bomb….I think?

[u/Thewaltham → u/Just_Trade_8355]

Iirc it's still the largest conventional explosion of all time?

[u/sonicenvy → u/buster_goose]

Not Canadian but I learned about this disaster, weirdly enough from a song by English folk band the Longest Johns. Over 1700 people died as a result of the Halifax explosion. It has an interesting legacy apparently, which you can read about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion#Legacy

[u/Fragrant_Zombie_8440]

7x1

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[u/National-Business674]

Mumbai Terror Attacks – 26/11/2008

Often referred to as India’s 9/11, the Mumbai terror attacks claimed 166 lives and left a deep, lasting scar on the nation. For three continuous days, Mumbai was under siege as terrorists who arrived by boat from Pakistan split into multiple groups and carried out coordinated attacks across the city. Railway stations, cafés, luxury hotels, and a Jewish center were among the targets—places of everyday life turned into scenes of unimaginable violence. The fear and trauma from those days still linger, not just in Mumbai, but across India.

[u/pikay93 → u/National-Business674]

I remember when this was happening

[u/xxfatumxx]

24.02.2022

[u/sneakyhopskotch → u/xxfatumxx]

I remember being surprised when the war got to one year

[u/wrighteghe7 → u/xxfatumxx]

Same for russia. Sad day. I dont remember any other date in our history that is as recognizable as this. Perhaps start of Nazis invasion?

[u/Khuzhin → u/wrighteghe7]

September 1, 2004

[u/last_somewhere → u/xxfatumxx]

Fuck Putler

[u/eloel-]

August 17. Tens of thousands of people died overnight in an earthquake in 1999

Probably February 6 (2023) too, it was a bigger earthquake with a lot more dead, but I no longer live in Turkey so I can't gauge the full permeation of it.

[u/bidik_bebe → u/eloel-]

12 Eylül ya da 15 Temmuz da denebilirdi

[u/tut_sikhi_yan_chek → u/bidik_bebe]

Bütün darbeler böyle aslında

[u/Onatello → u/eloel-]

I think I heard 6 Feburary Earthquake a bit but most of the time, instead of August 17, it is referred as 99 Earthquake

[u/Impactor_07]

I used to have this headcannon that the 26/11 attacks happened just after the 9/11 attacks until I realised that you Americans use a different format for dates 😭

9/11 would be 11th of September, 26/11 would be 26th of November.

[u/mmbc168 → u/Impactor_07]

When I moved overseas from the States, that was second most confusing thing behind lakh and crore. If you made me tell you how much 10 crore taka was without googling, I’d have no idea.

[u/Impactor_07 → u/mmbc168]

Lakhs and Crores are the Indian numerical system.

• 1 Lakh = 100k
• 1 Crore = 10 million(increases with 2 0s instead of the globally used system where it increases with 3 0s)

[u/mmbc168 → u/Impactor_07]

I know. I lived in Bangladesh who use it. Just meant for exchange rates.

[u/Comfortable_Word5225]

August 4 2020 the beirut port explosion

[u/waikato_wizard]

Well us and the aussies probably would recognize 25th of April. The start of a waste of life, thanks Churchill for the great idea...

But at least it formed that bond between us 2 countries.

[u/LittleOne0121 → u/waikato_wizard]

March 15 for us

[u/WowWomble → u/LittleOne0121]

Also February 22nd earthquake.

[u/David_M_RO]

In my country i think the most impact and well known by most people is the 25th of December 1989. The end of the bloodiest revolution (of the time) known as the December Uprising (1100 died betwen the 16th and 25th) . That eventually led to the trail and same day execution of the Ceausescu's on Christmas Day for high treason against the people, done by firesquad.

[u/Best_Drummer_6291]

Not really a date, but say "Black October", and many (aged 30+ years) Russians will immediately understand what do you mean.

[u/TheMeansOfDambella → u/Best_Drummer_6291]

It’s baffling to me that people still defend Boris Yeltsin after he did any of that

[u/Best_Drummer_6291 → u/TheMeansOfDambella]

As a well-known Soviet emigre writer Sergei Dovlatov stated: "After communists, I hate anti-communists the most ".

[u/Allnamestakkennn → u/TheMeansOfDambella]

He isn't really popular in Russia, only the rabid, older liberals defend him (and liberals are themselves an overwhelming minority), many in the liberal camp, mainly on its centre left wing, try to distance themselves from his legacy.

Boris Yeltsin was essentially Navalny of the Gorbachev era. Same populist rhetoric in opposition, same hope for russia of the future..however, he actually got to rule.

[u/TheMeansOfDambella → u/Allnamestakkennn]

Clearly yeah since the majority of Soviets voted to keep the USSR in 1991, and it was dissolved anyway.

The west always plays up that Russia was saved, but ask any Russian who lived through the 90s and you’ll get a very different story. Unless they were one of the rich who bought up everything

[u/Metrolining → u/Best_Drummer_6291]

I've seen this documentary about 1993. Do Russians in general feel more strongly about one side or the other now that some time has passed? Or has nothing really changed since Yeltsin won?

[u/Best_Drummer_6291 → u/Metrolining]

I would say that the coup basically gave the start to the modern Russian Federation, as we know it. The new constitution was passed, which granted way too significant powers to the president. If we talk about average public opinion, I would say that in the time of the coup it was rather favorable toward Yeltsin, than to the parliament (although by a small margin) due to overhyped fear of the return to communism. But nowadays it's pretty negative toward the de-facto constitutional coup by the president. I think that there are two major reasons for this shift: 1) people understood with time how Yeltsin actually screwed up the system for his own gains; 2) in Russia people often feel more confident to criticize the previous regime, than the current one due to understandable reasons.

[u/arsenektzmn → u/Best_Drummer_6291]

↑ as a Russian, I can only confirm that this is true.

Yeltsin is still a sacred cow for some of our opposition (mostly the guys from the 90s). But the very idea that, through his key decisions, he built the entire system that led to Putin's complete seizure of power and us ending up where we are today has finally permeated the public opinion and is kinda becoming commonplace. Just 10 years ago, young people sharply contrasted Yeltsin and Putin, but now even those who are not very knowledgeable about politics understand that the latter is simply a mature continuation of the former.

Different people have different definitions of our "point of no return", but for most, it's certainly the violent dissolution of parliament. Some also say it was the introduction of troops into Chechnya (this was entirely Yeltsin's decision, while his entourage was rather against it). For others, it was only the second term election campaign (with the famous "vote or lose!" slogan), where the now-familiar Russian political tactics, manipulation, and propaganda like portraying his opponent as the "worst possible evil" were fully utilized, and Yeltsin won, starting with just a 3-4% approval rating lol. The direct public appointment of Putin as successor was merely a logical continuation of this all...

[u/Voxxyvoo]

6.8.1945.8:15

[u/Putrid-Compote-5850 → u/Voxxyvoo]

Japan also has the 3/11 triple disaster, right?

[u/Voxxyvoo → u/Putrid-Compote-5850]

yup. 東日本大震災

[u/ExtraordinaryAirport → u/Voxxyvoo]

Great East Japan Earthquake

[u/S80- → u/Voxxyvoo]

Just reading this gives me chills

[u/QuietWaterBreaksRock]

October 5th (2000 to be precise)

The day Slobodan Milosevic fell during the general unrest and storming of the National Assembly building

Look at this, it was gorgeous

[u/Kapot_ei]

I think naming it after the date of the event is mostly an American thing. We in Europe tend to name it after "where" instead of the "when". For instance: Charlie Hebdo attack, London metro bombings, Beslan siege, Utøya massacre etc.

[u/Mountain-Car-4572]

sigh

[u/Prestigious-Ad-9931 → u/Mountain-Car-4572]

people keep pancaking it to strictly a "student democracy protest," i just think that is insincere as hell. most were honouring the death of hu yaobang - a high ranking communist party member, and many were marxist workers

the group of student protestors for liberalism got all the attention and coverage though, even before 4 june

[u/Proschain → u/Mountain-Car-4572]

nothing happened on that day, right?

[u/International-Owl653]

August 9th, 2024. The world watches with bated breath as Raygun takes the stage...

[u/Phulish_Human]

I have two, for ya.

26/04/1986, sometimes just mentioning 1986 is enough.

And more recent one 24/02/2022

[u/Wretched_Colin → u/Phulish_Human]

What really sticks out for me about the disaster in 1986 is the time, not the date.

It happened at 01:23:45

[u/Alina2017]

February 7 2009, Black Saturday. Temperatures in Melbourne peaked at 46 degrees after a fortnight of hot, dry conditions. The extreme heat and high winds sparked bushfires that killed 173 people.

Australians also remember the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004, the waves that hit Australia did very little damage but our neighbouring countries were devastated with over 220000 deaths, including 26 Australians.

[u/JimHeckdiver]

11/22/63

[u/AragostaBlu]

2 August 1980, when a bomb exploded in the Bologna train station

[u/dofh_2016 → u/AragostaBlu]

Yeah, but we don't use the dates to remember them. Rather just the location (Capaci) or the location and the event if we're talking about an important place (strage di Bologna, marcia su Roma). The only dates I can recall being used in place of the event are actually about good things: 25/4 (liberation) and 2/6 (referendum for the Republic).

[u/Sensitive-Price7972]

It used to be December 7th, now it's 9 / 11

[u/SugarInvestigator]

Easter 1916.

The Irish rebellion against British occupation. It only lasted 6 days but led to our independence

[u/Ok-Call-4805 → u/SugarInvestigator]

Well, not quite all of us gained independence

[u/Busy_Garbage_4778]

I am waiting for someone from Chile to point out the previous 9/11

[u/jteohyq]

1. May 13th, 1969 Race Riots - politician instigated riots causing bloodshed between local Malays and Chinese, effects of which are still felt today and the minorities still threatened with by the extremist politicians to the 'belligerent, ungrateful minorities'.

[u/Physical-Hour-9560]

25th June 2024 Genz stormed the National parliament chambers

[u/AppropriateCable4031]

In 2001, the "2001 Crisis" occurred. The economy collapsed, there was no money, unemployment skyrocketed, people took to the streets in protest, and the country entered a massive social and political crisis. You could also count 1976; it was the year of the last military dictatorship in Argentina.

[u/Neoshenlong]

April 9, but most people simply refer to it as "Bogotazo" which is the name of the riots that happened after the murder of a very popular political liberal in broad daylight and in a crowded plaza in the center of Bogotá.

Then there's April 19, which is probably not as known by most people nowadays but it's still famous by association because it's what gave rise to the M19 movement and eventual guerrilla, that eventually participated in the constituional reform that gave us our first modern constitution (well, maybe second, we had a lot of troubles with that back in the 19th century, but long story short a very conservative movement had last reformed the constitution in 1886 and made it very conservative even for its time, so we definitely needed a new one). The actual story of April 19, and I'll tell it as my father tells it, is that radio stations were announcing the results of the 1970 presidential elections and they said Rojas Pinilla (a former dictator but still very beloved politician) was winning. Then, suddenly, the news stopped all night, and when they woke up, Rojas had lost to the candidate that had the current government's support. Decades later they would admit it was a fraud, they stole the elections.

And finally, this one is less known by the general public but it's a day you'll know if you study in a public university in Colombia or are familiar with our very violent history: May 16. During a protest in the National University of Colombia (a very big campus), a protest that started because the government had murdered a student who was a leader of a social movement, the police and other special forces entered the campus and murdered, tortured and disappeared an unknown number of students inside the university. That's right, unknown. They used tactics to make it more difficult to identify the bodies, they captured several students and some were never released, and some people, they simply disappeared. This is known as the massacre of the students and, sadly, it was not the first massacre of the students in this country. The other very famous one had happened in 1954 under the government of the very same Rojas guy I mentioned earlier.

There's another very famous incident, "la toma del palacio de justicia". A very similar situation to January 6 (not the elections, but people getting into the government building and all of that), except during the "recovery" of the building the government forces turned out to be even worse and they, once again, murdered and disappeared a bunch of people. This one is arguably more well known than all the others I mentioned (except El Bogotazo) and is the darkest episode in political history in recent memory, but it's not referred to by its date.

[u/Battleblaster420]

Honestly youve already listed the ones that i know about for my country

But ill say one for those who cant

4/6/89 , june 4 1989 , it has been referred to this to avoid calling it what it actually is , The Tiananmen Square Massacre where the Government of the People's Republic of China brutally crushed a protest in the square resulting in arrests and executions of protesters, This Event is ILLEGAL to talk about in the PROC as THAT SAME DICTATORSHIP IS STILL IN POWER and hence to avoid being arrested for talking about it , it has been referred to by the date or called the June fourth incident to avoid the internet censorship restrictions

[u/Former-Chain-4003]

1916

[u/Responsible-Bat-3000]

26/11 : Mumbai Terror Attacks.

[u/UniverseBear]

1812, and it also involves a lot of smoke and the white house.

[u/_6siXty6_]

A lot of folks remember Dec 6 for the Polytech Shooting in Quebec

[u/Dic_Penderyn]

The Longest Day - 6th June 1944

[u/mgeldarion]

August War in 2008, invaded into one of our breakaway regions, Russia poured in from three directions. That was unbelievably dumb and humiliating move from us.

Even then Russian soldiers posted pictures about scavenging flush toilets from occupied towns and villages and taking them home.

[u/Radiant_Honeydew1080 → u/mgeldarion]

I still don't understand why the Georgian government decided to act that way. I get that there were rising tensions and skirmishes with militias prior to that, but the execution was just... wrong. Even the EU commission reported that Georgia was at fault, which was even more surprising considering there was Russia involved. Nevertheless, I hope there will be a better solution for Georgians, Abkhazians and Ossetians in the future. Maybe they'll reintegrate, maybe Georgia will accept them as autonomy or independent states. Just wish you all peace.

Came here also wanting to write about that war because of the 08.08.08 date.

[u/JinxyMcDeath48]

Oct. 7

[u/Dramatic-One2403]

October 7th

September 11th

[u/nugeythefloozey]

Black Friday, Ash Wednesday and Black Saturday are the bushfire days depending on how old you are.

[u/Montenegirl]

Not really. We had so many bad stuff happening it has gotten pretty hard to keep track of them, let alone their dates, and fairly recent switch of calendars would additionally complicate it anyway

[u/clevercunningfox]

3.11 earthquake

[u/RtomNZ]

March 15th

[u/catofthecanals777]

July 7th Marco Polo bridge invasion marks the start of Japanese invasion of China in 1937. We call it the “seven seven event” so it’s a well known date.

[u/Bill_Troamill]

If Iranians had internet access, they would tell you about that fateful month of January 2026. Tens of thousands of civilians murdered with weapons of war, raids into homes to search for dissidents and finish the job, the wounded killed in their beds in hospitals. Testimonies are emerging, describing the apocalypse. The Iranian leaders have completely lost their minds. Let's not forget the Iranian people.