Day for family gatherings
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Family Day
Day for family gatherings
What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1897 The Sultan of Zanzibar formally abolishes the legal status of slavery. · Tanzania
- 1921 Simon Kimbangu performs his first miracle in Nkamba, founding the Kimbanguist Church in the Belgian Congo. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1994 Assassination of Rwandan and Burundian presidents triggers the Rwandan Genocide. · Rwanda
- 1995 The first genocide trials begin in Kigali for suspects involved in mass killings. · Rwanda
- 2012 The MNLA declares the independent state of Azawad in northern Mali. · Mali