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This marks the date in 1965, when this event was first celebrated.
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668:Lists of public holidays
612:Northern Mariana Islands
653:Law of the Cook Islands
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405:Gospel Day Information
231:Palmerston Gospel Day
555:and other territories
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309:Rakahanga Gospel Day
283:Rarotonga Gospel Day
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296:Manihiki Gospel Day
122:First Friday in July
109:First Monday in June
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218:Penrhyn Gospel Day
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180:26 December
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85:Good Friday
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314:27 October
184:Boxing Day
151:Gospel Day
147:26 October
456:Australia
305:Rakahanga
301:15 August
279:Rarotonga
69:Anzac Day
30:Christian
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376:Archived
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288:8 August
210:13 March
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95:moveable
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65:25 April
48:Remarks
18:holidays
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236:15 June
159:of the
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223:25 May
26:Sunday
511:Tonga
501:Samoa
491:Palau
481:Nauru
205:Name
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544:Niue
466:Fiji
253:Atiu
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