The President of the United States, pursuant to a Joint Resolution of Congress, has issued a proclamation each year since 1933 declaring May 22nd to be National Maritime Day.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

The Battle of the Nile: Destruction of ' L ' Orient ', 1 August 1798, Mather Brown, 1825, National Maritime Museum

Battle of the Nile, Augt 1st 1798, Thomas Whitcombe, 1816, National Maritime Museum – the climax of the battle, as Orient explodes

As an undergraduate, Parkinson developed an interest in naval history, which he pursued when the Pellew family gave him access to family papers at the recently established National Maritime Museum.

Four distinctive African flags currently in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Britain were flown in action by Itsekiri ships under the control of Nana Olomu during conflict in the late 19th century.

Northern fur seal, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

With the establishment of a Maritime Administration and subsequently a National Sea Ports Authority the ferry operations may be privatized or operated as a commercially viable autonomous agency.

In the early 1990s, the confederation had three major components: the 45, 000-member Federation of Unions of National Workers of Honduras ( Federación Sindical de Trabajadores Nacionales de Honduras — Fesitranh ); the 22, 000 member Central Federation of Honduran Free Trade Unions ( Federación Central de Sindicatos Libres de Honduras ); and the 2, 200-member Federation of National Maritime Unions of Honduras ( Federación de Sindicales Marítimas Nacionales de Honduras ).

* 1938 – Paul Andreu, French architect, designed the Osaka Maritime Museum and the National Grand Theater of China

* China National Maritime Day ( China )

Museums: The main Museum of Karachi is National Museum of Pakistan others are Air Force Museum and Pakistan Maritime Museum.

General National Maritime Transport Company, which owns a large refinery in Switzerland, also halted oil shipments to Switzerland.

* History of Optics ( audio mp3 ) by Simon Schaffer, Professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science at the University of Oxford and Emily Winterburn, Curator of Astronomy at the National Maritime Museum ( recorded by the BBC ).

* 1936 – A strike occurs aboard the S. S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.

* National Maritime Day ( United States )

The Battle of Actium, by Lorenzo Castro, 1672, National Maritime Museum, London.

This event caused a local and national sensation as thousands took to the water ; several paintings in London's National Maritime Museum document the event, such as the one shown here.

Source: National Maritime Museum | National Maritime Museum of Greenwich, London

In the UK, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers put forward a slate of candidates in the 2009 European Parliament elections under the banner of No to EU – Yes to Democracy, a broad left-wing alter-globalisation coalition involving socialist groups such as the Socialist Party, aiming to offer an alternative to the " anti-foreigner " and pro-business policies of the UK Independence Party.

The President of the United States proclaimed the first Sunday in November as `` National Grandmothers' Day '' and urged America to say it with flowers.

* National Healthcare Decisions Day ( US )-April 16

* Liberation Day in Italy-April 25 is a National Holiday that celebrates the end of the Nazi Germany occupation in the Northern Italy.

* The Philippines celebrates National Heroes Day in commemoration of the First Cry of the Philippine Revolution on August 23, 1896.

* National Persian Gulf Day ( Iran )

* Earliest day on which National Heroes ' Day can fall, while August 28 is the latest ; celebrated on the fourth Monday in August.

* National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.

* National Peacekeepers ' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day ( Canada )

* National Women's Day ( South Africa )

* National Day, celebrates the independence of Benin from France in 1960.

* National Day, commemorates Switzerland becoming a single unit in 1291.

*** National Acadian Day ( Acadians )

* HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day ( Thailand )

* National Science Day ( Thailand )

* National Aviation Day ( United States )

* National Day or Den ' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.

* National Day of Mourning, to commemorate workers killed, injured, or suffering illness from occupational hazards and accidents.

* National Heroes Day ( Barbados )

* National Day ( Sardinia )

* National Language Day or Limba Noastră ( Moldova )

* Day of National Unity ( Georgia )

* National Sovereignty and Children's Day ( Turkey and Northern Cyprus )