What happened to flags on 24 October
3 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Liberia 1915
On 24 October 1915, President Daniel Edward Howard signed into law an act which proclaimed 24 August as Flag Day, a national holiday.
From Flag of Liberia on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- Micronesia 1962
The trust territory first adopted a flag on 24 October 1962, which featured a design of six white stars around a shade of blue based on the flag of the United Nations.
From Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- Zambia 1964
The national flag of Zambia was adopted upon independence on 24 October 1964, by the first Republican president, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda.
From Flag of Zambia 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.