Restoration Czech Independence Day - Czech Republic

Restoration of the Czech Independence Day in the Czech Republic always falls on January 1st each year and celebrates when Czechoslovakia was split into two countries in 1993. The two countries that came out of the split were the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Celebration\ Observance

People will take the day to show patriotism and pride in their countries newly formed independence.

History

In 1989 the communist rule of Czechoslovakia ended with the Velvet Revolution. What followed was peaceful negotiations to separate the state into two separate countries which officially occurred on January 1st, 1993 creating Slovakia and the Czech Republic.