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Ndadaye Day
Commemoration of President Melchior Ndadaye
Celebration date
October 21
Geographic reach
1 country
Commemorates the assassination of Melchior Ndadaye, Burundi's first democratically elected president.
Marks the assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye in 1993 which sparked the Burundian Civil War
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What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1952 Leaders of the pro-independence Kenya African Union (KAU), also known as the Kapenguria Six(Jomo Kenyatta  Paul Ngei, Kungu Karumba, Bildad Kaggia, Fr... · Kenya
- 1952 British colonial authorities launch Operation Jock Scott and arrest Jomo Kenyatta, Bildad Kaggia, Fred Kubai, Paul Ngei, Achieng Oneko, and Kung'u Kar... · Kenya
- 1956 The key leader of Kenya’s anti-colonial Mau Mau Uprising, Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi, is captured by British colonial forces. · Kenya
- 1969 A bloodless coup led by Siad Barre happens in Somalia.