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The National Day of Romania or '''Union Day''' (''Ziua Unirii'') occurring on December 1 , is the National Holiday of Romania . This holiday was set after the 1989 Romanian Revolution and it marks the 1918 unification of the Romanian Kingdom with Transylvania , Bessarabia , Southern Dobruja and Bukovina . NATIONAL HOLIDAY HISTORY The first holiday of Romania was set to be on May 10 , which had a double meaning; it was the day on which the Romanian monarchy was instituted (in 1866), and it was the day on which the Declaration of Independence was signed (in 1877). In the Romanian People's Republic the date of the national holiday was set to August 23 to mark the 1944 overthrow of the Fascist government of Premier Ion Antonescu . The holiday is also known as Unification Day in the CIA world factbook. EXTERNAL LINKS
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