What happened to flags on 24 January
3 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Philippines 1955
The colors of the flag were first standardized by President Ramón Magsaysay, upon the recommendation of the Philippine Historical Committee (PHC) dated January 24, 1955.
From Flag of the Philippines on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-29
- Cook Islands 1974
The new flag was raised for the first time on 24 January 1974.
From Flag of the Cook Islands on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- Turkmenistan 2001
The modified version with a 2:3 ratio was adopted on 24 January 2001.
From Flag of Turkmenistan on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
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.