Observance
Day of the African Child
Commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising
Celebration date
June 16
Geographic reach
1 country
Honors the participants of the Soweto uprising and promotes children's rights
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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. 路 South Africa
- 1913 South African Government passes the Native Land Act, restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans. 路 South Africa
- 1976 Soweto uprising: South African police shoot protesting Soweto students opposing Afrikaans as an instruction language in Black schools. 路 South Africa
- 1997 Fifty people are killed and women kidnapped in the Da茂at Labguer (M'sila) massacre in Algeria. 路 Algeria
- 1999 Thabo Mbeki is elected the second President of a democratic South Africa. 路 South Africa
- 2018 Two suicide bombers attack Damboa in Borno state, Nigeria, killing at least 31 people. 路 Nigeria