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🇧🇼 Botswana Day in Botswana
Independence Day celebration
Date in Botswana
September 30
Duration2 days
Instituted1966
National holiday celebrating Botswana's independence from Britain in 1966.
Celebrates Botswana's Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on September 30, 1966
How Botswana Day is observed in Botswana
Historical significance
Marks Botswana's independence from Britain on September 30, 1966.
Public life in Botswana
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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