Robin Smith is a Research Fellow in the NCAS-Climate part of the University of Reading's Walker Institute. He mainly manages/develops/supports/works with the FAMOUS Earth system model-a low resolution version of the atmosphere-ocean GCM HadCM3, to which optional carbon cycle and ice-sheet components have been added.
Australia Day is Australia's national day celebrated on 26 January annually in all states and territories. 26 January was chosen because it is the day of the establishment of the first English settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip in 1788.
Colombia and Argentina were tied as the top countries with 18 holidays, more than double the number of holidays that Mexico gets and nearing double the ten days off the United States has.Other countries at the top of this list are Thailand and Malaysia with 16 each, and Slovakia and Cypress with 15 each.ut this new holiday also marks a record for Argentina, making it the country with the most national holidays in the world with a total of 19 days off.