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🇧🇯 Armed Forces Day in Benin
Celebration of the military
Date in Benin
October 26
Honors the military forces of Sierra Leone.
Marks the swearing-in ceremony of new military recruits
How Armed Forces Day is observed in Benin
Historical significance
Established after Benin gained independence in 1960.
Public life in Benin
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1871 Liberian President Edward James Roye is deposed in a coup d'état. · Liberia
- 2000 A wave of protests forces Robert Guéï to step down as president after the Ivorian presidential election. · Côte d'Ivoire
- 2006 Kuaima Riruako's genocide and reparations motion unanimously adopted by the National Assembly of Namibia, shifting reparations from a localized ethnic... · Namibia
Other countries celebrating Armed Forces Day
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Egypt
Oct 6
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Liberia
Feb 11
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Mali
Jan 20
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Mozambique
Sep 25
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Sao Tome and Principe
Sep 6
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Sierra Leone
Feb 18