General Knowledge

In 1940, the administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein first designated August 15 as a national holiday. This holiday originated during a time of conflict, making it unique.

When Korea became a Japanese colony in the first half of the twentieth century, it was one of the most disastrous periods in Korean history. Under Japanese rule, people were compelled to have Japanese names, and large numbers of Koreans were conscripted into the Japanese military at the close of World War II.

Asuncion is Paraguay's capital and largest metropolis in South America. The city is situated on the east branch of the Paraguay River, close to where the river meets the Pilcomayo.

Panama City was founded by Pedrarias Davila on August 15, 1519. It was the first European settlement established permanently on the Pacific Ocean. Due to its location and swift development, the Crown of Spain elevated it to the status of a city.

The Nile is one of the smallest rivers in the globe, as measured by its annual water flow. It passes through eleven African nations: Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, the Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt.

In the third and early fourth centuries A.D., apocryphal (widely accepted but unofficial) writings pondered the Dormition/Assumption of Mary, but none of them reached the level of dogmatic belief.