Observance in Namibia
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馃嚦馃嚘 Day of the African Child in Namibia
Commemoration of the 1976 Soweto uprising
Date in Namibia
June 16
Honors the participants of the Soweto uprising and promotes children's rights
Public life in Namibia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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