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🇹🇬 Martyrs' Day in Togo
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Togo
June 21
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 Togo
Historical significance
Commemorates the 1963 assassination of Sylvanus Olympio.
Public life in Togo
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
What this holiday commemorates
- 1998 During Togo's election, a general seizes and stops the vote count as President Eyadéma falls behind. The military declares him the winner, resulting i... · Togo
- 1998 During Togo's election, the military seizes the vote count and declares President Eyadéma the winner as he falls behind, resulting in hundreds of fata... · Togo
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