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🇨🇻 Heroes Day in Cape Verde
Also known as: Dia da Nacionalidade e dos Heróis Nacionais
Day commemorating Amílcar Cabral
Date in Cape Verde
January 20
A day to remember the heroes who fought for the country's independence.
Commemorates the assassination of independence leader Amílcar Cabral in 1973
How Heroes Day is observed in Cape Verde
Historical significance
Established to commemorate the assassination of Amílcar Cabral on January 20, 1973.
Public life in Cape Verde
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1962 Cyrille Adoula orders the arrest of deputy prime minister Antoine Gizenga to eliminate the rival eastern counter-government. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1964 Oscar Kambona drives himself to the mutinous Colito Barracks to negotiate with soldiers of the Tanganyika Rifles, maintaining public order and coordin... · Tanzania
- 1971 Juvenalias Aooko meets MP Gideon Mutiso at Parliament Buildings and declares that a coup against the Kenyatta government carries divine approval. · Kenya
- 1986 Leabua Jonathan, Prime Minister of Lesotho, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by General Justin Lekhanya. · Lesotho
- 1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.