Victory Day is a common name of many different public holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
Read more about Victory Day: January 7 in Cambodia, April 30 in Vietnam, May 7 in Vietnam, May 8 in Europe, May 9 in The Former Soviet Union, May 18 in Sri Lanka, June 23 in Estonia, August 5 in Croatia, August 30 in Turkey, September 7 in Mozambique, September 8 in Malta, September 8 in Pakistan, December 16 in Bangladesh, Victory Day in Other Countries, Other Observances
Famous quotes containing the words victory and/or day:
“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a sound currency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Only the most acute and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)