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🇸🇿 King Father's Birthday in Eswatini
Also known as: Birthday of the late King Sobhuza
Birthday of King Sobhuza II
Date in Eswatini
July 22
Commemorates the birthday of Sobhuza II who was Ngwenyama from 1899 to 1982
Public life in Eswatini
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1833 The Slavery Abolition Act passes in the British House of Commons, initiating the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. · United Kingdom
- 1947 Sudan Airways begins operations. · Sudan
- 1977 Egyptian Air Force attacks the Libyan air base of El Adem near Tobruk. · Libya
- 1994 Yahya Jammeh leads a military coup d’état in The Gambia and installs himself as the country’s ruler. · The Gambia