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🇸🇹 Armed Forces Day in Sao Tome and Principe
Celebration of the military
Date in Sao Tome and Principe
September 6
Honors the military forces of Sierra Leone.
Marks the swearing-in ceremony of new military recruits
How Armed Forces Day is observed in Sao Tome and Principe
Historical significance
Established after Sao Tome and Principe gained independence in 1975.
Public life in Sao Tome and Principe
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1968 Swaziland (Eswatini) attains independence from Britain. · Eswatini
- 2001 Kuaima Riruako files a landmark $2 billion civil class-action lawsuit in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia against the Federal Republic o... · United States
- 2002 Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo sign a peace agreement in Luanda, Angola. Uganda must withdraw its troops, and Congo must take action agai...
- 2013 Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans by poachers in Hwange National Park.
Other countries celebrating Armed Forces Day
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Benin
Oct 26
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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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Sierra Leone
Feb 18