declare a period of national mourning
1Mourning — Not to be confused with Morning. Margarita Teresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, in mourning, 1666; her brother, the young king Charles II of Spain appears behind her with his attendants wearing mourning dress …
2mourning — n. 1) to declare, proclaim (a period of) mourning 2) to go into mourning 3) deep mourning 4) national mourning 5) in mourning for * * * [ mɔːnɪŋ] proclaim (a period of) mourning deep mourning in mourning for national mourning to declare to go in …
31997 in the United Kingdom — Events from the year 1997 in the United Kingdom.Incumbents*Monarch HM Queen Elizabeth II *Prime Minister John Major, Conservative (until 2 May), Tony Blair, Labour PartyEvents* 4 January Tony Bullimore, a lone yachtsman, is feared drowned after… …
4JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …
5Fahd of Saudi Arabia — King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, (1921 August 1, 2005) was the King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Head of the House of Saud as well as Prime Minister. One of thirty six sons of Saudi founder Ibn Saud, and the …
6Islāmic world — Introduction prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …
7Macedonia — /mas i doh nee euh, dohn yeuh/, n. 1. Also, Macedon /mas i don /. an ancient kingdom in the Balkan Peninsula, in S Europe: now a region in N Greece, SW Bulgaria, and the Republic of Macedonia. 2. a republic in S Europe: formerly (1945 92) a… …
8Guatemala — Guatemalan, adj., n. /gwah teuh mah leuh/; Sp. /gwah te mah lah/, n. 1. a republic in N Central America. 11,558,407; 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km). 2. Also called Guatemala City. a city in and the capital of this republic. 917,322. * * *… …
9List of holidays by country — Contents 1 Afghanistan 2 Albania 3 Algeria 4 Andorra …
101997 rebellion in Albania — Evacuation of U.S. citizens during Operation Silver Wake Date March 1997 …
