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General Elections
Public Holiday for 2024 General Elections
Celebration date
May 29
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On this day in African history
- 1733 The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City. 路 Canada
- 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. 路 United States
- 1900 N'Djamena City is founded as Fort Lamy. 路 Chad
- 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California. 路 United States
- 1999 Olusegun Obasanjo assumes office as the president of Nigeria, becoming the first elected civilian head of state after 16 years of military rule. 路 Nigeria
- 2002 Malian president Alpha Konar茅 pardons former president Moussa Traor茅 and his wife, who are serving life sentences for embezzling state funds. 路 Mali