Commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising
Honors the participants of the Soweto uprising and promotes children's rights
Observance
Day of the African Child
Commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising
On this day in African history
- 1913 South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans. · South Africa
- 1913 South African Government passes the Native Land Act, restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans. · South Africa
- 1976 Soweto uprising: South African police shoot protesting Soweto students opposing Afrikaans as an instruction language in Black schools. · South Africa
- 1997 Fifty people are killed and women kidnapped in the Daïat Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria. · Algeria
- 1999 Thabo Mbeki is elected the second President of a democratic South Africa. · South Africa
- 2018 Two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state, Nigeria, killing at least 31 people. · Nigeria