An icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, one of the national symbols of Poland.

Within days, Scott became a national icon.

In 1989, the status of the army as a national icon was shaken by a popular initiative aiming at its complete dissolution ( see: Group for a Switzerland without an Army ) receiving 35. 6 % support.

Considered one of the most popular Brazilian cultural expressions, samba has become an icon of Brazilian national identity.

The Malayan tiger is a national icon in Malaysia, appearing on its coat of arms and in logos of Malaysian institutions, such as Maybank.

The Wizard of New Zealand, QSM ( born Ian Brackenbury Channell ; 4 December 1932 ) is an English-born New Zealand educator, comedian, magician and politician, who has become something of a national icon of New Zealand.

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By the 16th century the Extremadura Guadalupe, a statue of the Virgin said to be carved by Saint Luke the Evangelist, was already a national icon.

When Clarke first unveiled the character of Fred Dagg in recordings and on New Zealand TV in 1975, he became a national star and icon.

Foaled in Tápiószentmárton, Hungary in 1874, she is a national icon, and is revered in other parts of the world, too.

Even after he became reclusive in his declining years his opinion was highly sought, and his status as a national icon was still recognised — more than 50 years after his retirement as a Test player, in 2001, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard called him the " greatest living Australian ".

Despite the criticism targeting his linguistic theories and despite the priority dispute with Bartholin, Rudbeck remained a national icon in Sweden for many years.

On 5 June 1774, William married Lady Georgiana Spencer ( 1757 – 1806 ), a colourful character who became something of a national female icon of the late 18th century for her prominent role in fashion, politics and society in a predominately male-dominated environment.

Sean Marsee ( 1965-February 25, 1984 ) was a Talihina high-school athlete who has become a national icon against the use of chewing tobacco.

< nowiki ></ nowiki > he Liberty Bell is the most venerated object in the park, a national icon.

For most of its 71 years, Swissair was one of the major international airlines and known as the " Flying Bank " due to the financial stability of the airline, causing it to be regarded as a Swiss national symbol and icon.

Loud became a gay icon by having his homosexuality revealed to a national audience during the course of the documentary.

Surpassing the cultural and language barriers, Fado would definitely become a national culture icon with Amália.

The horse is considered to be a national icon in both Australia and New Zealand.

The Swiss Federal Railways clock designed by Hans Hilfiker has become a national icon.

The Krembo has become a pop-cultural / national icon.

In recent years, the Malaysian government has promoted this Kelantanese music form as a national cultural icon.

The book also helped turn the former Speaker into a national icon, and O ' Neill starred in a number of commercials, including ones for Trump Shuttle, Commodore Computers, Quality International Budget Hotels, and one for Miller Lite, starring in one with Bob Uecker.

On 2 April 1717 he increased his Whig connections by marrying Lady Henrietta Godolphin the granddaughter of the Duke of Marlborough, a national hero following his victories in the recent European war and considered a Whig icon.

Lee reported that the work was simply a display of one's love for their country and an expression of joy at Singapore's success, and in a press statement, he asked that the piece be " treated as an artistic and complimentary interpretation of a national icon ".

In March, 1961, representatives of the national laboratories of Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., United States, and West Germany, met at the NBS to devise means for reaching international agreement on a temperature scale between 10 and 90 Af.

These provinces may take the form of national churches ( such as in Canada, Uganda, or Japan ) or a collection of nations ( such as the West Indies, Central Africa, or Southeast Asia ).

Other awards for excellence in architecture are given by national professional associations such as the American Institute of Architects ( AIA ), the Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ), the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada ( RAIC ) and the Institute of Architects Bangladesh ( IAB ).

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

He introduced the secret ballot ; advised the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada ; the establishment of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston in 1874 ; the creation of the Office of the Auditor General in 1878 ; and struggled to continue progress on the national railway.

It hit number 1 in the UK singles chart in April 1972, spending 24 weeks total on the charts, topped the RPM national singles chart in Canada for three weeks, and rose as high as number 11 in the U. S. It is also a controversial instrumental, as it combined pipes with a military band.

In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ( ELCA ) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ( ELCIC ), the largest Lutheran Church bodies in the United States and Canada respectively and roughly based on the Nordic Lutheran state churches ( similar to that of the Church of England ), bishops are elected by Synod Assemblies, consisting of both lay members and clergy, for a term of 6 years, which can be renewed, depending upon the local synod's " constitution " ( which is mirrored on either the ELCA or ELCIC's national constitution ).

The brown bear's principal range includes parts of Russia, the United States ( mostly in Alaska ), Canada, the Carpathian region ( especially Romania, but also Ukraine, Slovakia, Poland and so on ), the Balkans, Sweden and Finland, where it is the national animal.

* Buffalo National Park, former national park in eastern Alberta, Canada

Canada Day () is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 ( today called the Constitution Act, 1867, in Canada ), which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.

Into the late 1960s, nationally televised, multi-cultural concerts held in Ottawa were added, and the fête became known as Festival Canada ; after 1980 the Canadian government began to promote the celebrating of Dominion Day beyond the national capital, giving grants and aid to cities across the country to help fund local activities.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

The CRTC is sometimes blamed for the current state of the mobile phone industry in Canada, in which there are only three national mobile network operators – Bell Mobility, Telus Mobility, and Rogers Wireless – as well as a handful of MVNOs operating on these networks.

For some, Chiang was a national hero who led the victorious Northern Expedition against the Beiyang Warlords in 1927, achieving Chinese unification, and who subsequently led China to ultimate victory against Japan in 1945.

Towards the end of his life Carl Rogers was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with national intergroup conflict in South Africa and Northern Ireland.

The series, a moving portrayal of the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the rural South to the North after World War I and their struggle to adjust to Northern cities, was shown in New York, and brought him national recognition.

While the Office for National Statistics and others describe the United Kingdom as a " nation state ", others, including a then Prime Minister, describe it as a " multinational state ", and the term Home Nations is used to describe the four national teams that represent the four nations of the United Kingdom ( England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales ).

* 1920 – Qantas, Australia's national airline, is founded as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited.

This system is used in the Upper House in India, Australia ( Senate, Tasmanian and Australian Capital Territory Houses of Assembly and the Legislative Councils in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria ), Ireland, Northern Ireland ( assembly, local government and European elections, but not national ), Malta, local government elections in Scotland and selected ( optional ) local governments in New Zealand.

( The Constitution of Ireland in Article 3 explicitly stated that " ending the re-integration of the national territory " the authority of the Irish state did not extend to Northern Ireland.

Executive power in the United Kingdom is exercised by the Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, via Her Majesty's Government and the devolved national authorities-the Scottish Government, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Northern Ireland Executive.

The Cold War led to the expansion of national defense government programs housed in offices in Northern Virginia near Washington, D. C., and correlative population growth.

The council passed resolutions calling for Northern Rhodesia's secession from the federation and demanding full internal self-government under a new constitution and a new national assembly based on a broader, more democratic franchise.

The member organization in a particular country may name itself Friends of the Earth or an equivalent translated phrase in the national language, e. g., Friends of the Earth ( US ), Friends of the Earth ( EWNI ) ( England Wales and Northern Ireland ), Amigos de la Tierra ( Spain and Argentina ).

The buildings on St. George and St. Paul islands related to the hunting of the Northern Fur Seal make up the national historic district.

* The most concrete Southern gains were a stronger Fugitive Slave Act, the enforcement of which outraged Northern public opinion, and preservation of slavery in the national capital.

Mary River is a proposed national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia ).

To defeat these warlords, who had seized control of much of Northern China, the anti-monarchist and national unificationist Kuomintang party and its leader Sun Yat-sen, sought the help of foreign powers.

Mattei ’ s strategy was to use natural gas to support the development of a national industry in Northern Italy, sustaining the postwar boom known as the " Italian economic miracle.

It adjoins the Northern Wood ( Lasek Północny ) and is close to the city's boundary with Redzikowo, the planned site of the US national missile defense interceptors.

The club competes in a number of local and national leagues including the Young Athletics League, the Northern Athletics League ( with Kendal AAC ) and the local Mid Lancs League ( Cross-Country in Winter, and Track and Field in Summer ).

The first Democratic governor to be elected in the Northern United States following the American Civil War, and having defended the Democratic position in the Senate during the war, Hendricks quickly grew in popularity among the national party.

A replica of Helen's Tower was built on the Somme battlefield as Northern Ireland's national war memorial.

It is similar in function to the National Trust, which covers England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and to other national trusts worldwide.

Davenport Murchison is a national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia ), 1033 km southeast of Darwin.

Djukbinj is a national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia ), 59 km east-north-east of Darwin.

Dulcie Ranges is a national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia ), 1235 km southeast of Darwin.

Elsey is a national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia ), 378 km southeast of Darwin.