What happened to flags on 9 October
2 flags in the atlas carry this date. The sentence under each one is where that is written down, in its own article.
- Uganda 1962
The national flag of Uganda was adopted on 9 October 1962, the day the nation became independent from the United Kingdom.
From Flag of Uganda on Wikipedia, as it read on 2026-08-26
- Cambodia 1970
It was used until 9 October 1970, when a new flag was introduced for Lon Nol's Khmer Republic that lasted until the takeover of the Khmer Rouge in 1975.
From Flag of Cambodia 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.