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International Human Rights Day
Celebration of human rights
Celebration date
December 10
Geographic reach
1 country
A day to promote and acknowledge the importance of human rights globally.
Commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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What this holiday commemorates
- 1959 Clemens Kapuuo helps mobilize the Old Location Uprising in Windhoek alongside Sam Nujoma, witnessing municipal police fire on peaceful protesters resi... · Namibia
- 1959 Sam Nujoma coordinates the Old Location resistance protest against forced relocations, resulting in his arrest and subsequent deportation. · Namibia
On this day in African history
- 1902 The reservoir of the first Aswan Dam(Aswan Low Dam) is opened in Egypt.
- 1961 Albert Luthuli accepts the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, wearing the traditional attire of a Zulu chief. · Norway
- 1963 Zanzibar becomes an independent constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid Bin Abdullah.
- 1978 Menachem Begin, the Prime Minister of Israel and Anwar Sadat, the President of Egypt, are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to b...
- 1984 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with his Nobel Peace Prize.