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Botswana Day
Independence Day celebration
Celebration date
September 30
Geographic reach
1 country
National holiday celebrating Botswana's independence from Britain in 1966.
Celebrates Botswana's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on September 30, 1966
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On this day in African history
- 1927 South Africa’s Immorality Act goes into effect, prohibiting extramarital sex between white and black persons. · South Africa
- 1956 The Battle of Algiers begins when three women place bombs at three locations, including the offices of Air France, as the Algerian War of Independence...
- 1966 Botswana achieves independence from Britain.
- 1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal. · Senegal
- 2011 Kuaima Riruako leads a high-profile delegation of traditional leaders and state officials to Berlin to reclaim the skulls of genocide victims used in... · Germany