From: benlizro@ihug.co.nz   
      
   24 February - Independence Day (Estonia)   
   	Estonian Declaration of Independence (Tallinn, 24/2/1918)   
   		cf. Lithuania 16 February   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Estonia)   
      
   27 February - Independence Day (Dominican Republic)   
   	José Núñez de Cáceres declared the independence of Santo Domingo   
   	(from the Spanish crown) as Spanish Haiti, on November 30, 1821.   
   	This is known as the "Ephemeral Independence".   
   	Two months later it was occupied and annexed by Haiti.   
   	On 27 February 1844, members of a secret society called La 	   
   	Trinitaria declared independence from Haiti.   
   	That's what's commemorated. But peace and happy-ending did not   
   	ensue. Read more here:   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic   
      
   1 March - Independence Movement Day (Korea)   
   	Commemorates the "March First Movement" (3·1 운동), in North 	   
   	Korea called "March First People's Rebellion" (삼일인민봉기) --   
   	a series of protests against Japanese rule that began on   
   	1/3/1919.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_First_Movement   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)