Public Holiday for 2024 General Elections
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Public Holiday for 2024 General Elections
On this day in African history
- 1733 The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City. · Canada
- 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. · United States
- 1900 N'Djamena City is founded as Fort Lamy. · Chad
- 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California. · 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. · Nigeria
- 2002 Malian president Alpha Konaré pardons former president Moussa Traoré and his wife, who are serving life sentences for embezzling state funds. · Mali