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Republic Day in Brazil commemorates the end of the Empire and the proclamation of the federal republic in 1889. This year the 130th anniversary is celebrated by the people of Brazil.

The process towards the liberty started in 1822 when the Prince Regent of Portugal Dom Pedro declared independence from Portugal and establish the independent Empire of Brazil, proclaiming himself the Emperor.

Hundred years ago this day one of the most honourable traditions in the world was born. When the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four-year warfare during World War One it was the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918.

Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen,
Voices whisper in the trees, "Tonight is Halloween!" – Dexter Kozen.

The party starts on the last day of October and ends in November. The point is to stay out of trouble while it frightens the rest off. BRAMS Institute wishes everyone a happy escape from the spookiness of Halloween!

Today Saint Vincent and the Grenadines celebrate Independence Day.

The first biography on four-star General John Shalikashvili has been released by the University Press of Kentucky. Boy on the Bridge is a life story of a man who considered himself to be the son of two countries – the United States and Georgia – both proudly having embraced him while alive and respecting his memory in the afterlife.