Today is Independence and Unity Day in Slovenia. In Slovenian, it is known as ‘Dan samostojnosti in enotnosti’. This holiday commemorates the official proclamation of results of the Slovenian independence referendum (known as the ‘independence plebiscite’) on December 26th 1990. An overwhelming 94.8% of voters (88% turnout) favored the establishment of an independent and sovereign nation.
Slovenia was one of the six republics that formed Yugoslavia from 1944 until 1990. Until 2005, the holiday was simply called Independence Day (dan samostojnosti). ‘Unity’ was added in 2005 to emphasize the national consensus at the time of the 1990 referendum – DEMOS, a coalition of several parties won the first free multi-party elections in Slovenia in 1990, hastening the act of independence.
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There were a lot of birthdays yesterday – Christmas Day, Shane MacGowan from the Pogues, who died earlier this month, Jimmy Buffett who also passed away this year, Barbara Mandrell, Henry Vestine of Canned Heat and Annie Lennox in 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeMFqkcPYcg
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