Syria's Independence Day, officially known as Evacuation Day, commemorates the final withdrawal of French troops from Syrian soil on April 17, 1946, ending over 25 years of colonial rule under the French Mandate. It marks the moment when Syria achieved full sovereignty and is celebrated as the country’s national day.

Flag Day in American Samoa commemorates the day in 1900 when chiefs of Tutuila signed the Treaty of Cession, officially placing American Samoa under U.S. sovereignty. Four years later, the chiefs of Manu‘a also signed a cession agreement, completing the union of the islands with the United States.