"I want to make this a day when we can renew our sense of hope and determination for the future, " the 58-year-old said in front of officials gathered in Tokyo.
It was Giggs' 100th Premier League goal and capped a performance of vision and verve which has been the trademark of an illustrious career - and this a day ahead of the his 36th birthday.
It would, though, be a mistake to imagine that this was a day shorn of political significance.
And we had a speech to the Australian parliament that you don't want to call on Sunday and say, hey, is there a way we can move this back a day?
This is a beautiful day in this glorious city, and it is such a pleasure and an honor to be here with all of you.
So I realized that Ghana's independence day, its importance was not only a matter of celebrating the day, its importance was that this day could be a day we could use to reflect on where Africa is.
But for those of us who came up in an era when a glossy hunk of paper and ink was a thing to behold, the tangible result of a hardworking group of professionals operating in a weekly cycle that felt as natural and inevitable as the tides, this is a day for memory and regret.
This comes a day after Mexico urged its citizens not to travel to Arizona.
This is a day to celebrate the achievement of the people in the peace talks.
This is a day for the U.S. military to keep a low profile in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Perhaps, but this is a day the online gaming industry has desperately tried to avoid and defer.
This is a day of great significance for families all over North America, when siblings unite around a turkey dinner.
This was a day before the company had to reach a decision on liquidation, as it was almost out of cash.
"I said to the players that this was a day we had to get our heads right, " he said after the 2-0 win in Perth.
The only thing I could say to her is thank you for your family's sacrifice this Memorial Day, a day that will forever have a different meaning for her.
This comes a day after the UK's universities admissions service reported a 54, 000 drop in students starting courses this autumn, in the first year of higher tuition fees in England.
Tottenham fans deserted Wembley in droves instantly - this was a day of joy for Grant and his players, who mixed desire, determination and occasionally desperation to record a landmark triumph.
So instead of shaking our collective heads in disgust, with acid-in-tongue comments like players are too dumb to understand it, or owners are too greedy to share it, we should simply recognize that although it would be better to sit at the kitchen table and hash it out like a honest principled family, this is just a day in the life of transactional law.
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In the Commons on Friday, former minister Denis MacShane demanded that the prime minister make a statement "rather than bury this news on a day when, frankly, there's an awful lot of other news taking place".
"There are a lot of things that we can do together, and I'm hopeful that we can find a way and that we can demonstrate that this is a new day, " Daschle said.
"This is really a day when we're reflecting on the human side of this announcement, " she said.
He had a little statue of Aubie on his desk. (Laughter.) He had his son, Ethan -- he and Ethan would roll the trees in front of the yard after a big win. (Laughter.) So this is a big day for him.
Raoul Pal put out a newsletter this week with a 2 day-to-2 week crash prediction.
This is a sad day for the justice system but it is refreshing to see the right person going to jail this time.
Partly as a result of this ominous distinction, the second son of Rushton Skakel remains, to this day, a leading suspect, if not the leading suspect, in the investigation of her murder.
"This day would resemble a normal school day: same bus routes and times, same school beginning and end times, regular instructional day with the same staff, and breakfast and lunch offerings, " the school's principal, Suzanne Kennedy, wrote.
"This is a profoundly emotional day for everyone in this room, " Malloy said.
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