thecapitalofthedayastheNationalDayofCuba,Cambodia,theCzechRepublicandSlovakia.Someofthecountry'sIndependenceDayastheNationalDayofthecountry.January1,1804,theHaitianpeopleannihilatedtheNapoleonicexpeditiontothe60,000troopsinPort-au-Princetodeclareindependence,andthusputtotheannualNationalDayonJanuary1.Mexico,Ghanaandothercountriesaswell.Somecountriestothearmedintifadaanniversaryasanationalholiday.Romania,theCommunistPartyledanarmeduprisingtooverthrowthereactionaryruleofAntonescu,totheanti-fascistwaronAugust23,1944asNationalDay.FrancetodestroysymbolsoftheauthoritarianperiodforitsNationalDay.SomecountrieshaveagreatdayastheNationalDayofthemeeting.July4,1776theUnitedStatesadoptedthe"DeclarationofIndependence"mainlanddatefortheNationalDay.CanadaisJuly1,1867theBritishParliamentpassedthe"BritishNorthAmericaAct"thatdayastheNationalDay.JapanisthebirthdayofEmperorHirohitoofJapanfortheNationalDay.Thereistheheadofstate'sbirthdayanationalholiday,Nepal,Thailand,Sweden,theNetherlands,Denmark,Belgiumandothercountries.