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🇿🇼 Defence Forces Day in Zimbabwe
Celebration of military forces
Date in Zimbabwe
August 13
Honors the Zimbabwe Defence Forces
Public life in Zimbabwe
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1960 The Central African Republic declares independence from France. · Central African Republic
- 1963 Abbé Fulbert Youlou faces the Trois Glorieuses uprising as striking workers and unemployed youth storm the Brazzaville prison and ignite mass protests... · Republic of the Congo
- 2004 One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. · Burundi