What happened to flags on 27 April
3 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Togo 1960
The following year, he designed the flag of Togo, which was adopted upon the country's proclamation of independence on 27 April 1960.
From Flag of Togo on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- Sierra Leone 1961
It was first hoisted at midnight on 27 April 1961, the day Sierra Leone became an independent country.
From Flag of Sierra Leone on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- South Africa 1994
The present South African national flag was first flown on 27 April 1994, the day of the 1994 election.
From Flag of South Africa on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-29
How a day gets onto this site
A flag is here because a sentence in its own English Wikipedia article puts it on this date, and that sentence is printed above. Nothing was worked out from a year, and nothing was written for the occasion. Every sentence names the article it came from and the version of that article it was read in, so you can go and check it.
The calendar is still short rather than full. A third of the year has no page here, because a flag only gets a day when a sentence in its article puts something on one, and plenty of articles never do. Nothing is invented to fill the gap.