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🇱🇾 Martyrs' Day in Libya
Also known as: يوم الشهيد
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Libya
September 16
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Libya
Historical significance
Commemorates the start of the Libyan Civil War.
Public life in Libya
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
- 1979 The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight. · United States
- 2015 Military coup by presidential guards in Burkina Faso ousts President Michel Kafando. · Burkina Faso
- 2015 Oil tanker explosion kills 170 in Maridi, South Sudan. · South Sudan
Other countries celebrating Martyrs' Day
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Burkina Faso
Oct 31
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DRCongo
Jan 4
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Eritrea
Jun 20
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Gabon
May 6
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Madagascar
Mar 29
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Malawi
Mar 3
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Mali
Mar 26
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Sao Tome and Principe
Feb 3
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Togo
Jun 21
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Tunisia
Apr 9
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Uganda
Jun 3