What happened to flags on 23 March
2 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Pakistan 1956
Upon independence it became the flag of, first, the Dominion of Pakistan and then from 23 March 1956 that of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
From Flag of Pakistan on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-29
- North Korea 2026
On 23 March 2026, a new amendment was ratified that changed the flag's proportions from 1:2 to 1:1.65 (20:33 as an integral number).
From Flag of North Korea 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.