Independence

As it is almost the Fourth of July, our country's Independence Day when Thomas Jefferson was finally finished with the Declaration of Independence - which was no short, quick task, I thought that it might be fun to look and see what other significant dates in history symbolize days of freedom and independence:

Australia : January 1, 1901 from the United Kingdom

Azerbaijan : October 18, 1991 from Soviet Union (I jotted this one because I love saying its name, and it's the day after my birthday)

Bahamas : July 10, 1973 from the United Kingdom (man, looking through this list, TONS of places, specifically smaller islands, belonged to the UK ... who remembers their history?)

Belgium: October 4, 1830 from the Netherlands - Belgian Revolution

Brazil: September 7, 1822 from Portugal

Central America - numerous countries including Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala on September 15, 1821 from Spain and Mexico

Greece - March 5, 1821 from the Ottoman Empire

Lebanon - November 22, 1943 from France (interesting, in the middle of World War II)

Mexico - September 16, 1810 from Spain - not recognized, though, until September 27, 1821!

Trinidad and Tobago - August 31, 1962 from UK