List Of National Days Of Mourning (2000–2019)
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national days of mourning A national day of mourning is a day or days marked by mourning and memorial activities observed among the majority of a country's populace. They are designated by the national government. Such days include those marking the death or funeral of ...
between 2000 and 2019. It does not include annual remembrance events.


2000–2004


2005–2009


2010–2014

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2010 Haiti earthquake A disaster, catastrophic Moment magnitude scale, magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake struck Haiti at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. The epicenter was near the town of Léogâne, Ouest (department), Ouest department, a ...
, , - , , , - , , 2 , , - , , rowspan=3, 1 , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Remembrance of the Black Saturday bushfires , This was the second day of national mourning for this event. , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of former President José Joaquín Trejos Fernández , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Victims of the
2010 Madeira floods and mudslides The 2010 Madeira floods and mudslides were the result of an extreme weather event that affected Madeira Island in Portugal's autonomous Madeira archipelago on 20 February 2010. The flash flood killed 51 people, of whom 6 are still to be found, ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2010 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of
2010 Chile earthquake The 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami ( es, Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking la ...
, , - , , 1 , , - , , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of
Kyzyl-Agash Dam failure The Kyzyl-Agash Dam failure ( kk, Qyzylaǵash oqıǵasy), occurred in a dam located outside the village of Kyzyl-Agash, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. On 11 March 2010, the dam burst, flooding the village. At least 43 people were killed, 211 peo ...
, , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of former Prime Minister of Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan , Cultural and entertainment events canceled during the days of national mourning. , - , , 2010 , 2 , Victims of the Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010 , , - , , rowspan=25, 2010 , 9 , rowspan=25, Victims of the Smolensk air disaster in Russia , Polish President Lech Kaczyński and other senior officials were killed. Almost all stations stopped the regular broadcast of their program to cover the events related to the Smolensk catastrophe and radio stations for a week of mourning played calm and subdued music. Theaters, cinemas, entertainment venues and clubs have closed, concerts and matches and other sports competitions were cancelled. Shopping centers were closed on the day of the funeral of the presidential couple. , - , , 4 , The 4th Day of National Mourning is declared on day of funeral of President of Poland Lech Kaczyński , - , , 3 , , - , , rowspan=3, 2 , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=19, 1 , , - , , 1 minute break in the voting , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , The European Union had a day of mourning on 12 April, and a minute of silence was observed at NATO headquarters in Brussels , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2010 , 5 , Victims of
ROKS Cheonan sinking The ROKS ''Cheonan'' sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when , a of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen. The cause of the sinking ...
, , - , , rowspan=3, 2010 , 7 , rowspan=3, Death of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua , All cultural and entertainment events were canceled and the flags were lowered to the middle of the mast. May 6 was also announced a day off from work. In the Nigerian state of Katsina, where the deceased president was governor in 1999–2007, a 7-day bank holiday period was announced from May 6 to May 12, 2010. , - , , 3 , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2010 , 2 , Victims of
Air India Express Flight 812 Air India Express Flight 812 was a scheduled international flight from Dubai to Mangalore. On 22 May 2010, the Boeing 737-800 passenger jet operating the flight, crashed on landing at Mangalore. The captain had continued an unstabilised appro ...
near Mangalore , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of
2010 Dhaka fire The 2010 Dhaka fire was a fire in the city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 3 June 2010, that killed at least 124 people (117 on spot, others later in hospital). The fire occurred in the Nimtali area of Old Dhaka. Cause The fire was started when an elec ...
, , - , , 2010 , 2 , Death of José Saramago , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Victims of the
2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes The 2010 South Kyrgyzstan ethnic clashes ( ky, Ош коогалаңы; uz, Qirgʻiziston janubidagi tartibsizliklar, Қирғизистон жанубидаги тартибсизликлар; russian: link=no, Беспорядки на юг ...
, , - , , 2010 , 3 , Victims of the 2010 Yanga train derailment , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of former president and Prime Minister
Algirdas Brazauskas Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas (, 1932 – 2010) was the first President (fourth overall) of a newly re-independent post-Soviet Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006. He also served as head of the Communist Party of Li ...
, , - , , 2010 , 1 , Death of Shiite cleric
Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (also Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadl-Allāh; ar, محمد حسين فضل الله; 16 November 1935 – 4 July 2010) was a prominent twelver Shia cleric from a Lebanese family. Born in Najaf, Iraq, ...
, , - , , 2010 , 7 , Victims of 2010 Kampala bombing , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of
Airblue Flight 202 Airblue Flight 202 was a scheduled Pakistani domestic passenger flight from Karachi to the nation's capital of Islamabad. On 28 July 2010, the Airbus A321-231 jet airliner serving the flight crashed into Margalla Hills, north of Islamabad's Bena ...
, , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of the
2010 Gansu mudslide The 2010 Gansu mudslide was a deadly mudslide in Zhouqu County, Gansu Province, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China that occurred at midnight on 8 August 2010. The floods were triggered after decades of clear cut logging practices had ...
, Flags were flown at half staff, all public forms of entertainment were suspended, and the country's main websites removed all color from their front pages. , - , , rowspan=2, 2010 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of Manila hostage crisis , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of
2010 Bratislava shooting The 2010 Bratislava shooting, or the Devínska Nová Ves shooting, occurred on 30 August 2010, when eight people were killed and 17 others injured by a lone gunman who opened fire in Devínska Nová Ves district in a suburb of the Slovak capita ...
, , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of landslides , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of
Marhanets train accident The Marhanets train accident occurred on 12 October 2010, at Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine when a train collided with a passenger bus on a railroad crossing, railroad level crossing. 43 people were reported dead and nine injured. The b ...
, , - , , rowspan=7, 2010 , rowspan=6, 3 , rowspan=7, Death of former President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner , National mourning on October 27–29. All flags on government and public buildings were lowered to half mast. All Argentinian football league games were postponed until the following week. , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of Romeu Tuma , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of the Phnom Penh stampede , , - , , 2010 , 1 , Victims of Pike River Mine disaster , , - , , 2010 , 3 , Death of former President Salvador Jorge Blanco , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Those killed in the Tunisian Revolution , , - , , 2011 , 1 , Victims of the 2011 Haapsalu fire , , - , , 2011 , 2 , Death of Mario Garrido Montt , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Death of former Prime Minister of Nepal Krishna Prasad Bhattarai , , - , , rowspan=3, 2011 , 7 , rowspan=3, Victims of the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...
, , - , , 3 , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2011 , 7 , Death of former President José Alencar , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Victims of the
Rio de Janeiro school shooting On the morning of Thursday, 7 April 2011, a World Health Day, 12 children aged between 12 and 14 were killed and 22 others seriously wounded by Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, who entered the Tasso da Silveira Municipal School (''Escola Municipal ...
, , - , , 2011 , 1 , Victims of the
2011 Minsk Metro bombing The 2011 Minsk Metro bombing took place on 11 April 2011 when 15 people were killed and 204 were injured when a bomb exploded within the Minsk Metro, Belarus. The explosion happened at the central Kastryčnickaja (Minsk Metro), Kastryčnickaja s ...
, , - , , 2011 , 30 , Death of former President
Lidia Gueiler Lidia Gueiler Tejada (28 August 1921 – 9 May 2011) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 56th president of Bolivia on an interim basis from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first female Head of State, and the second female republican Hea ...
, , - , , 2011 , 3 , Victims of post-election violence , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Death of President Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh , National mourning from May 31 to June 2. The entertainment programs will be postponed. , - , , 2011 , 1 , Victims of a bus accident on the Trakia motorway , , - , , 2011 , 7 , Death of former President Frederick Chiluba , National mourning from June 20 to June 27. The flags were lowered half-mast. Radio and TV stations gave up entertainment programs during the national mourning. It has also been instructed that all entertainment activities be suspended or canceled. , - , , 2011 , 7 , Death of former President Itamar Franco , , - , , 2011 , 1 , Victims of the sinking of the ''Bulgaria'' cruise ship , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Victims of an explosion at a military base in the southern city of Zygi , , - , , 2011 , 3 , Victims of the
2011 Royal Moroccan Air Force C-130 crash On 26 July 2011, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft operated by the Royal Moroccan Air Force crashed near Guelmim, Morocco, killing all 80 people on board. The plane was carrying 71 passengers (initially reported as 72), mostly member ...
, , - , , 2011 , 1 , Victims of the
2011 Norway attacks The 2011 Norway attacks, referred to in Norway as 22 July ( no, 22. juli) or as 22/7, were two domestic terrorist attacks by neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik against the government, the civilian population, and a Workers' Youth League (AUF) ...
, August 21 was a day of national mourning. , - , , 2011 , 2 , Victims of the
2011 Nairobi pipeline fire The 2011 Nairobi pipeline fire was caused by an explosion secondary to a fuel spill in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on 12 September 2011. Approximately 100 people were killed in the fire and at least 116 others were hospitalized with varying degre ...
, , - , , rowspan=7, 2011 , rowspan=4, 3 , rowspan=7, Death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=3, 1 , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2011 , 10 , Death of former First Lady Begum Nusrat Bhutto , The government declared a public holiday and flags flew at half-mast as offices, shops and schools closed. , - , , 2011 , 1 , Death of Jeff Joseph , , - , , 2011 , 2 , Death of Cesária Évora , , - , rowspan=2, , , 2011 , 13 , rowspan=3, Death of Supreme Leader
Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
, Official mourning period. All entertainment and music activities suspended, theaters closed for the period of mourning. , - , , 2011–14 , 1,097 , Total mourning period , - , , 2011 , 3 , , - , , rowspan=2, 2011 , 3 , rowspan=2, Death of Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia , Concerts, exhibitions and theatrical performances were mostly canceled while casinos and gambling bars were closed. Businesses and citizens were asked to reconsider celebratory events. , - , , 1 , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Death of former President
Kiro Gligorov Kiro Gligorov ( mk, Киро Глигоров, ; 3 May 1917 – 1 January 2012) was a Macedonian politician who served as the first President of the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia) from 1991 to 1999. Early life He was born in Štip, ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2012 , 7 , rowspan=2, Death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá , , - , , 1 , , - , , rowspan=2, 2012 , 7 , rowspan=2, Death of former President Rauf Denktaş , , - , , 4 , , - , , 2012 , 3 , Victims of the Port Said Stadium riot , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of flooding in Biser , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of the 2012 Restelica natural disaster , , - , , 2012 , 2 , Victims of
2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station ( es, link=no, Estación Once de Septiembre; ) in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Th ...
, , - , , 2012 , 2 , Victims of the Szczekociny rail crash , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of the Sierre coach crash in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
, Most of the victims were from Belgium. , - , , 2012 , 3 , Death of Coptic Patriarch Pope Shenouda III , , - , , 2012 , 10 , Death of President Bingu wa Mutharika , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of Arkan Kengen attack , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of Qafa e Vishës bus accident , , - , , 2012 , 3 , Victims of the crash of Dana Air Flight 992 , , - , , 2012 , 3 , Victims of the 2012 Kenya Police helicopter crash , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of the
2012 Krasnodar Krai floods The 2012 Krasnodar Krai floods were floods in southwest Russia in early July 2012, mainly in Krasnodar Krai near the coast of the Black Sea. The equivalent of five months of rain fell overnight in some southern parts of the country according ...
and a Russian bus accident in Ukraine , , - , , 2012 , 3 , Death of Dom Eugênio Sales , , - , , 2012 , 7 , Death of President John Atta Mills , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Death of Parliament Speaker
Boris Šprem Boris Šprem (14 April 1956 – 30 September 2012) was a Croatian politician who was the speaker of the Croatian Parliament from 2011 to 2012. He was the first and to date only speaker to die in office since country's independence in 1991. Earl ...
, , - , , 2012 , 2 , Victims of
2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes The 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes – also known as the Ahar earthquakes – occurred on 11 August 2012, at 16:53 Iran Standard Time, near the cities of Ahar and Varzaqan in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province, approximately 60 kilometers (37 mile ...
, It was also decreed in East Azerbaijan , - , , 2012 , 7 , Victims of Marikana massacre , , - , , 2012 , 6 , Death of
Jesse Robredo Jesse Manalastas Robredo (born Jesus Manalastas Robredo; ; May 27, 1958 – August 18, 2012) was a Filipino politician who served as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III from 201 ...
in a plane crash , , - , , rowspan=2, 2012 , 13 , rowspan=2, Death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi , , - , , 3 , , - , , 2012 , 2 , Death of former Prime Minister Dom Mintoff , , - , , 2012 , 3 , Victims of the 2012 Disaster at the Paraguana Refinery Complex , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Death of Weweldeniye Medhalankara Thero , , - , , 2012 , 8 , Death of former Algerian President
Chadli Benjedid Chadli Bendjedid ( ar, الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ''ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd''; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 19 ...
, , - , , 2012 , 7 , Death of former King
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
, , - , , 2012 , 1 , Death of Patriarch Maxim , , - , , 2012 , 7 , Death of former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral , , - , , 2012 , 7 , Death of Oscar Niemeyer , , - , , 2012 , 1 , Victims of the
2012 Kazakhstan Antonov An-72 crash On 25 December 2012, an Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft operated by the Kazakh Armed Forces crashed about from the city of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, where the aircraft was preparing to land. All 27 people on board died in the crash. Hist ...
, , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of the
2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede The 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede occurred as crowds departed a New Year's Eve fireworks display in the early hours of 1 January 2013 near the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It resulted in 61 deaths and over 200 i ...
, , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of Santa Maria nightclub fire , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Victims of the SCAT Airlines Flight 760 , , - , , 2013 , 7 , Cremation of former King
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2013 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of 2013 Guinea Air Force plane crash , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2013 , 1 , 26 soldiers killed in Mali War , , - , , rowspan=20, 2013 , rowspan=3, 7 , rowspan=20, Death of Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...
, Entertainment venues, nightclubs were closed and concerts and sports were canceled. TV programs suspended the normal program to broadcast coverage of the death of the president and radio stations played calm music. Schools and offices were closed on the day of the funeral. , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=11, 3 , , - , , National mourning on 6 to 8 March. The flags were lowered half-mast. Television and radio stations canceled entertainment shows and commercials as a sign of respect. , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , National mourning from 6:00 am on March 6 to 12:00 on March 7 at night and on March 8. All public shows and entertainment are on hold during mourning. , - , , , - , , rowspan=6, 1 , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Death of protest leader Plamen Goranov , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Death of President
Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur Rahman (9 March 1929 – 20 March 2013) was the President of Bangladesh from 2009 to 2013. He was also a senior presidium member of the Awami League. He is the third president of Bangladesh, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Zi ...
, , - , , 2013 , 1 , Victims of the 2013 Mauritius floods , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of 2013 Central African Republic mine collapse , , - , , rowspan=2, 2013 , rowspan=2, 1 , rowspan=2, Victims of the
2013 Podgorica bus crash On June 23, 2013, 19 people, all Romanians, were killed and another 28 wounded in a bus crash near Podgorica in Montenegro. The bus, with registration plate number B 123 MMJ, skidded off the road, crashing into a ravine about 40 m below. A local ch ...
in Montenegro , All of the victims were Romanian citizens. , - , , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Murder of
Anibal Barrow Aníbal Barrow (September 15, 1948 in San Pedro Sula – June 24, 2013) was a Honduran journalist and news anchor who had a television show on Globo TV from 05:30–07:30 from Monday to Friday. He was also a trained agronomist who at the time of ...
, , - , , 2013 , 2 , Death of Bana (singer) , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of the Santiago de Compostela derailment , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Victims of the Oranovo mine collapse , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Victims of the 2013 twin attacks in Tripoli , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of 2013 Guatemala bus crash , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of the 2013 Nairobi attack , , - , , rowspan=2, 2013 , rowspan=2, 1 , rowspan=2, Victims of the 2013 Lampedusa naufragion , , - , , , - , , 2013 , 2 , Death of Vietnamese General Võ Nguyên Giáp , The national flag was flown at half-staff, and unrelated public events were cancelled. The country's cable television provider blocked access to international sports and entertainment channels from Friday until Sunday. , - , , 2013 , 3 , 6 police officers killed in a firefight with suspected jihadists , No official ceremony, government representatives barred from funerals. , - , , 2013 , 3 , 92 migrants dead in desert , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Death of former Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki , , - , , rowspan=3, 2013 , 3 , rowspan=3, Victims of Zolitūde shopping centre roof collapse , , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , 2013 , 1 , Victims of the
2013 Sardinia floods The 2013 Sardinia floods took place in and around the Sardinian town of Olbia between 17 and 19 November 2013. They also affected other parts of northeastern Sardinia and killed at least 18 people. Thousands of people were left homeless. The place ...
, , - , , 2013 , 3 , Death of Marcelo Déda Chagas , , - , , rowspan=53, 2013 , 10 , rowspan=53, Death of former President of South Africa
Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (; ; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist who served as the President of South Africa, first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1 ...
, The South African government declared Sunday 8 December 2013 to be observed as a national day of prayer and reflection. On the day of the funeral, December 15, all banks, offices, businesses and many shops were closed , - , , 8 , , - , , rowspan=5, 7 , , - , , Flags were flown from at least December 9 until funeral. , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=2, 6 , , - , , , - , , rowspan=2, 5 , , - , , , - , , rowspan=28, 3 , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=5, 2 , Flags were half-mast on December 6 and 15. , - , , , - , , { , - , , , - , , , - , , At least 1 , , - , , rowspan=8, 1 , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of 2013 Barsis suicide bombings , , - , , 2013 , 3 , Victims of December 2013 Cairo bombing , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of Eusébio , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Victims of the
2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force, carrying 74 passengers and 4 crew members, crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Algeria. Only one person survived. Preliminary repo ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2014 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of the Revolution of Dignity , 20,22 and 23 February was national days of mourning. , - , , 1 , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of Vice President Marshal Fahim , , - , , 2014 , 1 , Death of José Policarpo , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of former Prime Minister of Spain Adolfo Suárez , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez , , - , , 2014 , 1 , Victims of the
2014 Badakhshan mudslides On 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is uncertain, the number of deaths varying from 350 to 2,700. Around 300 houses were buried and over 14,000 were affected. Rescuers r ...
, , - , , rowspan=4, 2014 , 3 , rowspan=4, Victims of
2014 Soma mine disaster On 13 May 2014, blasting at Eynez coal mine in Soma, Manisa, Turkey, caused an underground mine fire, which burned until 15 May. In total, 301 people were killed in what was the worst mine disaster in Turkey's history. The mine, operated by co ...
, , - , , 2 , , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , rowspan=3, 2014 , 3 , rowspan=3, Victims of
2014 Southeast Europe floods Between 13 and 18 May 2014 a low-pressure cyclone designated ''Tamara'' and ''Yvette'' affected a large area of Southeastern and Central Europe, causing floods and landslides. Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered the greatest damage, as the ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , 2014 , 1 , Victims of the
2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists from Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhans ...
, , - , , 2014 , 1 , Victims of the
2014 Bulgarian floods On June 19, 2014, torrential rains caused severe flash flooding across northeastern Bulgaria leaving dozens of villages without electricity and submerging large parts of several cities in the region. At least 16 people were reported killed – 13 ...
, , - , , 2014 , 1 , Death of former president Eduard Shevardnadze , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Victims of the
2014 Chaambi Mountains attack On 16 July 2014, militants from the Uqba Ibn Nafi Battalion attacked two checkpoints in the Jebel ech Chambi, Chaambi Mountains killing fourteen Tunisian soldiers and injuring twenty-five. The 2014 Chaambi Mountains attack is the deadliest militan ...
, , - , , rowspan=3, 2014 , rowspan=3, 1 , rowspan=3, Victims of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Ukraine , 193 Dutch citizens were among those killed. First national day of mourning in the Netherlands since the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963. , - , , 43 Malaysian citizens were among those killed. , - , , 38 Australian citizens were among those killed. , - , , rowspan=4, 2014 , rowspan=3, 3 , rowspan=4, Palestinian victims of the
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ), was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territories, Pale ...
, , - , , , - , , , - , , 1 , , - , , 2014 , 7 , Victims of a stampede at a concert , , - , , rowspan=4, 2014 , 3 , rowspan=4, Victims of the crash of
Air Algérie Flight 5017 Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali, on 24 July 2014. The McDonnell Douglas MD-83 twinjet with 110 passengers and 6 crew on bo ...
in Mali , , - , , 2 , , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of
Eduardo Campos Eduardo Henrique Accioly Campos (10 August 1965 – 13 August 2014) was a Brazilian congressman and governor. Born and raised in Recife, in the Northeast Brazil, he graduated in Economics from the Recife's Federal University of Pernambuco. Camp ...
, , - , , 2014 , 1 , Victims of the
2014 Gorni Lom explosions The 2014 Gorni Lom explosions were a series of explosions that began on the afternoon of October 1, 2014, at 16:59 pm local time at the former Midzhur Ammo Plant in the village of Gorni Lom, in Bulgaria's northwestern Vidin Province. The series o ...
, , - , , 2014 , 1 , Death of Óscar de la Renta , , - , , 2014 , 3 , Death of former Vice President
Carlos Morales Troncoso Carlos Morales Troncoso (29 September 1940 – 25 October 2014) was Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 1986 to 1994 and its foreign minister from 2004 to 2014. Family background Carlos Morales Troncoso’s grandfather, Manuel de Jes ...
, , - , , 2014 , 1 , Victims of the October 2014 Zambia boat accident , , - , , 2014 , 14 , Death of President Michael Sata , National mourning from October 29 to November 11. All flags were lowered half-mast. Radio and TV stations interrupted their programs upon news of the president's death. Many events have been canceled or postponed. , - , , 2014 , 1 , Death of
Constantin Tănase Constantin Tănase (; 5 July 1880 – 29 August 1945) was a Romanian actor and writer for stage, a key figure in the revue style of theater in Romania. Life He was born into a working-class family living in a peasant house in Vaslui, Roman ...
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Queen Fabiola Queen or QUEEN may refer to: Monarchy * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom ** List of queens regnant * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mothe ...
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2014 Peshawar school massacre On 16 December 2014, six gunmen affiliated with the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) conducted a terrorist attack on the Army Public School in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. The militants, all of whom were foreign nationals, compri ...
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2015 kidnapping and beheading of Copts in Libya On 12 February 2015, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) released a report in their online magazine '' Dabiq'' showing photos of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian Copts ( cop, ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ; ar, الْقِ ...
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2015 Haiti carnival accident On February 17, 2015, starting at around 2:48 AM, a stampede occurred during the traditional Mardi Gras parade on Champ de Mars in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. Initial reports stated that at least 16 people had died in the accident. The n ...
, , - , , 2015 , 3 , Victims of 2015 Niger-Nigeria border village air strike , , - , , 2015 , 7 , Victims of the February 2015 Egyptian airstrikes in Libya , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Victims of the deadly baby rescue helicopter crash , , - , , rowspan=2, 2015 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 , , - , , 1 , , - , , rowspan=3, 2015 , 7 , rowspan=3, Death of founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew , The government declared a week long mourning period from 23 to 29 March 2015 for Lee Kuan Yew. Flags were lowered to half-mast as a mark of respect. Upon the announcement of his death, all free-to-air television channels and radio stations suspended their regular programming. Most events and activities were scaled down, postponed or cancelled completely throughout the mourning period. Entertainment outlets, such as cinemas, theatres, nightclubs and bars announced that they would be closed or operate under reduced hours during this period. , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , 2015 , 2 , Death of
Manoel de Oliveira Manoel Cândido Pinto de Oliveira (; 11 December 1908 – 2 April 2015) was a Portuguese film director and screenwriter born in Cedofeita, Porto. He first began making films in 1927, when he and some friends attempted to make a film about Wo ...
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2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash On 8 May 2015, a Mil Mi-17 transport helicopter of the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps crashed in Naltar, in the Gilgit District of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan, killing eight people. Among the victims were the ambassadors of N ...
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2015 Karachi bus shooting On 13 May 2015, eight gunmen attacked a bus travelling in Safoora Goth, Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. The shooting left at least 46 people dead. All of the victims were of the Ismaili Shia Muslim minority, suggesting the attack was a targeted ...
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2015 Sabah earthquake The 2015 Sabah earthquake ( ms, Gempa Bumi Sabah 2015) struck Ranau, Sabah, Malaysia with a moment magnitude of 6.0 on 5 June, which lasted for 30 seconds. The earthquake was the strongest to affect Malaysia since the 1976 Sabah earthquake. ...
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Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...
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2015 Kuwait mosque bombing A suicide bombing took place on 26 June 2015 at a Shia mosque in Kuwait. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack. Kuwait's Emir arrived at the location of the incident after a short period of time.
, , - , , rowspan=12, 2015 , rowspan=2, 40 , rowspan=12, Death of former Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , , - , , , - , , 7 , , - , , rowspan=9, 3 , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2015 , 7 , Death of Former President APJ Abdul Kalam , , - , , 2015 , 2 , Victims of Tropical Storm Erika , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Death of Mihai Volontir , , - , , 2015 , 3 , Victims of mudslide tore through homes in Santa Catarina Pinula , , - , , rowspan=8, 2015 , rowspan=6, 3 , rowspan=8, Victims of the
2015 Mina stampede On 24 September 2015, a crowd crush resulted in the death of more than 2,000 individuals, many of whom were suffocated or crushed, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, making it the deadliest Hajj disaster in history. ...
in Saudi Arabia , , - , , , - , , At least 464 Iranians were among those killed. , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=2, 1 , , - , , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Death of former President Eric Arturo Delvalle , , - , , rowspan=2, 2015 , rowspan=2, 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of
2015 Ankara bombings On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time (EEST) in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. With a death toll of 109 civilians, the attack surpassed the 2013 Reyhanlı bombings as the d ...
, , - , , , - , , 2015 , 7 , Death of former President Mathieu Kérékou , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Victims of a suicide bomber targets Shias in Pakistan , , - , , 2015 , 3 , Victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Victims of the bombing of Metrojet Flight 9268 , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Victims of Beirut blasts , , - , , rowspan="10" , 2015 , 3 , rowspan="10" , Victims of the
November 2015 Paris attacks The November 2015 Paris attacks () were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 9:15p.m., three suicide bombers ...
, National mourning on November 15-17. State flags were lowered to half mast on all government, local government and public buildings. All state schools and universities in Paris remained closed the next day, sports events in France for the weekend of 14–15 November were postponed or cancelled. Many concerts and events have been cancelled. Disneyland Paris, which had operated every day since opening in 1992, closed its parks as a mark of respect for those who died in the attacks. The Eiffel Tower, a Paris landmark visited by 20,000 people a day, was closed for two days. Other venues that were to remain closed included shops and cinemas. , - , , 2 , , - , , rowspan="8" , 1 , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , European Day of Mourning and a minute of silence. , - , , , - , , rowspan=4, 2015 , rowspan=4, 3 , rowspan=4, Victims of
2015 Bamako hotel attack On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages and killed 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. Includes video. Malian commandos along with a special mission unit operator from t ...
, , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , 2015 , 5 , Death of former President of South Korea Kim Young-sam , , - , , 2015 , 1 , Victims of a fire at an oil rig in Caspian Sea , , - , , 2015 , 8 , Death of
Hocine Aït Ahmed Hocine Aït Ahmed ( ar, حسين آيت أحمد‎; 20 August 1926 – 23 December 2015) was an Algerian politician. He was founder and leader until 2009 of the historical political opposition in Algeria. Life Aït Ahmed was born at Aï ...
, , - , , 2016 , 1 , Victims of January 2016 Pakistan attack , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of an Islamist militants attack , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of Peter Kenilorea , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of 2016 Ivory Coast attack , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of Galagama Sri Aththadassi Thera , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Victims of 2016 bus crush in Jordan , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of Joseph Mercieca , The Maltese flags were half mast at government buildings , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of Claudio Caamaño , , - , , rowspan=7, 2016 , 3 , rowspan=7, Victims of the
2016 Brussels bombings On 22 March 2016, two coordinated terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium were carried out by the Islamic State. Three coordinated suicide bombings occurred: two at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, and one at Maalbeek metro station on the Brussels m ...
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2016 Ecuador earthquake The 2016 Ecuador earthquake occurred on April 16 at with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). The very large thrust earthquake was centered approximately from the towns of Muisne and Pedernales in ...
, , - , , 2016 , 2 , Victims of an attack at a military barracks , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former president of Burundi Jean-Baptiste Bagaza , , - , , rowspan=3, 2016 , 40 , rowspan=3, Death of President Mohamed Abdelaziz , , - , , 8 , , - , , 2 , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former President Antonio Imbert Barrera , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Victims of 2016 Haragîș helicopter crash , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Victims of the
2016 Aktobe shootings The 2016 Aktobe shootings were a spate of shootings on civilian and military targets in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, in June 2016. On 5 June, two attacks occurred at gun stores, while a third attack was aimed at a military unit. Multiple shootouts between ...
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2016 Atatürk Airport attack The Atatürk Airport attack, consisting of shootings and suicide bombings, occurred on 28 June 2016 at Atatürk Airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Gunmen armed with automatic weapons and explosive belts staged a simultaneous attack at the international ...
, , - , , 2016 , 2 , Victims of Dhaka cafe attack , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of Baghdad suicide bombing , , - , , rowspan=2, 2016 , 7 , rowspan=2, Death of former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Patrick Manning Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning (17 August 1946 – 2 July 2016) was a Trinidadian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago; his terms ran from 17 December 1991 to 9 November 1995 and from 24 December 2001 to 26 M ...
, Flags was flown at half-mast until day of funeral,which was on July 9. , - , , 2 , , - , , rowspan=2, 2016 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of the
2016 Nice truck attack On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people and the injury of 458 others. The driv ...
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2016 Munich shooting On 22 July 2016, there was a mass shooting in the vicinity of the Olympia shopping mall in the Moosach district of Munich, Germany. An 18-year-old Iranian-German, David Sonboly, opened fire on fellow teenagers at a McDonald's restaurant before ...
, , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former President Émile Derlin Zinsou , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of Hélio Vieira Andrade , , - , , rowspan=2, 2016 , rowspan=2, 1 , rowspan=2, Death of former Queen-consort Anne of Romania , , - , , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of the
Beni massacre On 14 August 2016, multiple assailants raided the district of Rwangoma in the city of Beni which is located in North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The city is located in the popular Virunga National Park. At least 64 people were ...
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Rodolfo Illanes Rodolfo J. Illanes Alvarado (18 August 1958 – 25 August 2016) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs from 14 March 2016 to 25 August 2016, during the third cabinet of President Evo Morales. Biog ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2016 , 2 , rowspan=2, Victims of the August 2016 Central Italy earthquake , 30 August was the second day of national mourning , - , , 1 , 11 Romanians were among those killed. , - , , 2016 , 1 , Victims of a fire in Moscow and a road accident , 14 Kyrgyzs died in the fire and another 9 in the accident.August 29 was the national day of mourning. , - , , rowspan=2, 2016 , 3 , rowspan=2, Death of President Islam Karimov , TV programs suspended the normal program to broadcast coverage of the death of the president and radio stations played calm music. Entertainment venues closed and concerts canceled. , - , , 1 , September 5 was a day of national mourning , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of former President Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of Hurricane Matthew , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of the violences at 2016 Irreecha festival in Bishoftu , , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of former first President Michal Kováč , , - , , 2016–17 , 365 , rowspan=2, Death of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej , After announcing his death for 30 days, all TV channels suspended regular programs and simultaneously broadcast special programs that consisted of monochrome films and photos of Bhumibol, as well as reports of royal events. International channels have also been blocked and replaced with this program. The government declared a year-long mourning period for Bhumibol. Citizens were asked to refrain from participating in "joyful events" and entertainment for 30 days following his death; as a result, a number of events, including sports (such as the Thai League football season, which ended entirely), were cancelled or postponed. Entertainment outlets such as cinemas, nightclubs and theatres closed for 30 days. October 14 was declared a day off from work. , - , , 2016 , 1 , October 14 was declared a day of national mourning. The flags were lowered half-mast. Offices and schools were closed on that day. , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former Emir
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani ( ar, خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني; 17 September 1932 – 23 October 2016) was the Emir of Qatar from 27 February 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin ...
, , - , , 2016 , 1 , Death of former President Jorge Batlle , On October 25, the day of the ex-president's funeral was a day of national mourning. , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of Hurricane Otto , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Death of former President Sixto Durán Ballén , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of the
Caphiridzange explosion This is a list of tank truck explosions. Before 2010 Alcanar, Spain (1978) The Los Alfaques disaster was a Tanker truck, tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July 1978 in the municipality of Alcanar, Spai ...
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Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
, Place of entertainment and night clubs closed, public show and concerts were cancelled. Television broadcast patriotic and historical programs, and radio stations broadcast classical and mourning music. , - , , , - , , , - , , 8 , , - , , 7 , , - , , rowspan=5, 3 , , - , , Flags were flown at half-staff. , - , , , - , , , - , , , - , , rowspan=4, 1 , , - , , December 4 was a day of national mourning. On that day, all entertainment and cultural events were canceled. , - , , , - , , , - , , 2016 , 3 , Victims of the crash of
LaMia Flight 2933 LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of the 77 people on board. The aircraft was transporting the Brazilian Chapecoense football squad a ...
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Hitrino train derailment On 10 December 2016, a freight train derailed, exploded and caught fire in the village of Hitrino in Shumen Province, Bulgaria, killing at least seven people and injuring 29 others. Accident At 05:37 local time (03:37 UTC) on 10 December 2016, ...
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2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash On 25 December 2016, a Tupolev Tu-154 jetliner of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, Russia, while en route to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria. All 92 passengers and crew on ...
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Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Ratnasiri Wickremanayake ( si, රත්නසිරි වික්‍රමනායක, ta, ரத்னசிறி விக்கிரமநாயக்க; 5 May 1933 – 27 December 2016) was a Sri Lankan politician who was Prime Mi ...
, , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of former president and Prime Minister Mário Soares , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Death of former President
James Mancham Sir James Richard Marie Mancham KBE (11 August 1939 – 8 January 2017) was a Seychellois politician who founded the Seychelles Democratic Party and was the first President of Seychelles from 1976 to 1977. Political career James's father, ...
, , - , , 2017 , 3 , 5 diplomats killed in January 2017 Kampala bombings , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Victims of the crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 6491 , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of
Teori Zavascki Teori Albino Zavascki (15 August 1948 – 19 January 2017) was a Brazilian judge who served as a Minister of the Superior Court of Justice from 8 May 2003 until 29 November 2012, appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and as a Min ...
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Plasco Building The Plasco Building ( fa, ساختمان پلاسکو, Sâxtmâne Plâskô) is a 20-story high-rise (5 floors below and 15 floors above ground) landmark building in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. The former building at the time of its constru ...
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2017 Verona bus crash The 2017 Verona bus crash was a traffic collision that happened around midnight at night of 20–21 January 2017 on the Autostrada A4 (Italy), A4 motorway at San Martino Buon Albergo, near Verona, in Italy. A Coach (bus), coach that was transportin ...
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Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva ('' née'' Casa; 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes ...
, , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of former President Carlos Humberto Romero , , - , , 2017 , 6 , Death of former President René Préval , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of San Jose Pinula child centre fire , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of 2017 rubbish landslide , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of former President
Ketumile Masire 'Ketumile Quett Joni Masire'', GCMG (24 July 1926 – 22 June 2017) was the second and longest-serving President of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was honored with the Knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint Geor ...
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2017 Camp Shaheen attack On 21 April 2017, at least ten Taliban fighters attacked Camp Shaheen, headquarters of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army (ANA), near Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. The death toll was unclear—official Afghan government statement ...
, , - , , 2017 , 1 , Victims of 2017 Kyrgyzstan mudslides , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Death of former president and Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto , , - , , 2017 , 4 , Death of former Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis , , - , , 2017 , 10 , Death of President Baldwin Lonsdale , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of the
June 2017 Portugal wildfires A series of four initial deadly wildfires erupted across central Portugal in the afternoon of 17 June 2017 within minutes of each other, resulting in at least 66 deaths and 204 injured people. The majority of deaths took place in the Pedr ...
, , - , , 2017 , 7 , Victims of the 2017 Sierra Leone mudslides , , - , , rowspan=2, 2017 , rowspan=2, 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of the
2017 Barcelona attacks On the afternoon of 17 August 2017, 22-year-old Younes Abouyaaqoub drove a van into pedestrians on La Rambla in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain killing 13 people and injuring at least 130 others, one of whom died 10 days later on 27 August. Abouyaa ...
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Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, 3 days of mourning at regional level, 1 day of mourning at national level. , - , , 2017 , 1 , Death of former Prime Minister of Kosovo Bajram Rexhepi , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of the 2017 Chiapas earthquake , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of the
2017 Puebla earthquake The 2017 Puebla earthquake struck at 13:14  CDT (18:14 UTC) on 19 September 2017 with an estimated magnitude of and strong shaking for about 20 seconds. Its epicenter was about south of the city of Puebla, Mexico. The earthquake caused d ...
, , - , , rowspan=2, 2017 , 3 , rowspan=2, Death of former President Jalal Talabani , , - , , 7 , The Kurdistan Regional Government declared 7 days of mourning , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of Hurricane Nate , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of the
14 October 2017 Mogadishu bombings On 14 October 2017, two truck bombings took place in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, killing at least 587 people and injuring 316 others. Almost all of the casualties were caused by one of the trucks, which detonated when the driver, while a ...
, , - , , 2017 , 3 , Victims of the October 2017 Iberian wildfires , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of Angelika Kazetjindire Muharukua , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Victims of the
2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake On 12 November 2017 at 18:18  UTC (21:48 Iran Standard Time, 21:18 Arabia Standard Time), an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.3 occurred on the Iran–Iraq border, with the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, and the Kurdish dominated pl ...
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2017 West Attica floods During the morning hours of November 15, 2017, after heavy rainfall caused because of the barometric low ''Eurydice'' and the ''Cyclone Numa'', flooding occurred in Western Attica and mainly in Mandra, Nea Peramos, Magoula and Elefsina. The flood ...
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2017 Sinai mosque attack At 1:50 PM EET on 24 November 2017, the al-Rawda mosque was attacked by roughly 40 gunmen during Friday prayers. The mosque is located in the village of Al-Rawda east of the town of Bir al-Abed in Egypt's North Sinai Governorate. It is one o ...
, , - , , 1 , , - , , 2017 , 1 , Victims of fire at Leogrand Hotel in Batumi , , - , , 2017 , 3 , Death of former King Michael I , , - , , 2017 , 4 , Death of Isak Ashinkono Shoome , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of the
Sanchi oil tanker collision The ''Sanchi'' oil tanker collision occurred on 6 January 2018 when the Panamanian-flagged, Iranian-owned tanker , with a full natural-gas condensate cargo of 136,000 tonnes (960,000 barrels), sailing from Iran to South Korea, collided with the ...
, , - , , 2018 , 3 , Death of Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of 2018 Kabul bombings , , - , , 2018 , 3 , Death of former President Francisco Xavier do Amaral , , - , , 2018 , 3 , Death of José Antonio Abreu , , - , , rowspan=2, 2018 , rowspan=2, 1 , rowspan=2, Victims of the
2018 Kemerovo fire On 25 March 2018 at 16:00 local time (9:00 UTC), a fire engulfed the "Zimnyaya vishnya" shopping mall and entertainment complex in Kemerovo, Russia. It killed at least 60 people (more than half of which were children) according to official sta ...
, , - , , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of 2018 Israel-Gaza conflict , , - , , 2018 , 10 , Death of former First Lady of South Africa Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of an accident on Tkibuli Mindeli mine , , - , , rowspan=2, 2018 , 3 , rowspan=2, Victims of the
2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash On 11 April 2018, an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force crashed shortly after take-off from Boufarik Airport, Boufarik, Algeria, which is near Blida and south-west of the capital, Algiers. All 257 people on boar ...
, , - , , 7 , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of a bus accident on the Trakia motorway , , - , , 2018 , 3 , Victims of 2018 Israel-Gaza conflict , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of Tkibuli mine explosion , , - , , 2018 , 2 , Victims of Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 , Official period of mourning from 6 am on May 19 to 12 midnight on May 20. , - , , 2018 , 1 , Death of
António Arnaut Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...
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Joseíto Mateo José Iglesias Fernández (23 December 1926 – 12 July 2007), nicknamed Joseíto, was a Spanish football outside right and manager. He amassed La Liga totals of 134 games and 54 goals over the course of nine seasons, namely in representation ...
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Victoria Kalima Victoria Kalima Phiri (4 October 1972 – 11 June 2018)Victoria Kalima
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, , - , , 2018 , 1 , Victims of an accident on Mindeli Coal Mine Mining , , - , , 2018 , 3 , Victims of the 2018 Greece wildfires , , - , , 2018 , 3 , Victims of July 2018 Paraguay plane crash , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Death of Oliver Dragojevic , , - , , 2018 , 1 , Death of
M. Karunanidhi Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...
, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu , , - , , 2018 , 7 , Death of former Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...
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2019 Albania earthquake Northwestern Albania was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicentre 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Mamurras, at 03:54 CET (UTC+1) on 26 November 2019. The earthquake lasted at least 50 seconds and was felt in Alb ...
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, , - , , 2019–20 , 3 , Those killed in the U.S. airstrikes against Kata'ib Hezbollah , Mourning period began on New Year's Eve.


See also

* National day of mourning * European Day of Mourning, a similar concept at the EU level


Notes

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:National days of mourning (2000-2019) Death customs Mourning (2000-2019) Lists of disasters
national days of mourning A national day of mourning is a day or days marked by mourning and memorial activities observed among the majority of a country's populace. They are designated by the national government. Such days include those marking the death or funeral of ...