Before 2000
2000–2019
2020–present
The following are lists for national days of mourning across the world:
A National Day of Mourning is typically declared for , usually on the day of their funerals. Beginning with John F. Kennedy, these days are also considered federal holidays. There was no official day of mourning for Herbert Hoover.[4]
presidents of the United States
In the , an official mourning period was reserved for the deaths of leaders or former leaders, with Alexei Rykov, Nikita Khrushchev and Georgy Malenkov being notable exceptions after Rykov was executed during the Great Purge and the other two were relegated to obscurity. Khrushchev's death was announced only hours before he was buried without full state honors,[5] while Malenkov's death was publicly announced more than 2 weeks after he died.[6] This custom changed in 1968 when a national day of mourning was declared for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to journey into outer space.[7][8] In the final years of the Soviet Union, official mourning was declared for 2 disasters: the 1988 Armenian earthquake and the Ufa train disaster.[9]
Soviet Union
usually on the day of their funerals. These days are usually considered municipal and religious holidays in Mexico City and federal holidays in the rest of the republic. Miguel de la Madrid in 2012 was the most recent.
Presidents of Mexico
held 15 August. In 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by a group of army personnel, along with his family.
National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
held May 21, commemorating the Circassian genocide and the Circassian defeat in the Russian-Circassian War
Circassian Day of Mourning
annual protest of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians held on Australia Day, 26 January
Day of Mourning (Australia)
an American Indian protest held on the fourth Thursday of November
National Day of Mourning (United States protest)
held 28 April, a commemoration of workers killed or injured on the job
National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance)
annual commemoration of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight on 15 May by Palestinians worldwide.
Nakba Day
While not the same as a national day of mourning, some remembrance events and protests are called a "day of mourning".