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🇨🇻 Democracy Day in Cape Verde
Also known as: Dia da Liberdade e Democracia
Celebration of first democratic elections
Date in Cape Verde
January 13
Instituted1991
Commemorates the restoration of democracy in 1999.
Commemorates Cape Verde's first democratic elections in 1991
How Democracy Day is observed in Cape Verde
Historical significance
Marks the end of single-party rule and the start of democratic governance.
Public life in Cape Verde
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1963 A coup d'état in Togo results in the assassination of the country's first President, Sylvanus Olympio. · Togo
- 1972 Ignatius Kuktu Acheampong takes power in Ghana through a bloodless coup d’état. · Ghana
- 1972 Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong leads a bloodless coup against Prime Minister Busia, dissolving Parliament and establishing the National Redemption C... · Ghana
- 2011 Angola’s Luanda Railway resumes regular freight and passenger service after being closed for 18 years due to the Angolan Civil War. · Angola