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🇺🇬 New Year's Day in Uganda
First day of the calendar year
Date in Uganda
January 1
Instituted1962
Public life in Uganda
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1928 Milton Margai returns to Sierra Leone as the Protectorate's first indigenous medical doctor and enters the Colonial Medical Service. · Sierra Leone
- 1929 Abbé Fulbert Youlou enters the Petit Séminaire of Brazzaville, beginning formal Catholic religious training that shapes his later political identity. · Republic of the Congo
- 1948 Milton Margai publishes "Welfare Work in a Secret Society" in African Affairs, documenting collaboration with the Sande society to modernize maternal... · Sierra Leone
- 1950 Milton Margai retires from the Colonial Medical Service to dedicate himself fully to political organization and constitutional reform. · Sierra Leone
- 1956 Ahmed Sékou Touré elected as a deputy to the French National Assembly in Paris, using the platform to critique colonial policy. · France
- 1958 Milton Margai narrowly defeats Albert Margai in an internal SLPP leadership contest that exposes ideological divisions within the independence movemen... · Sierra Leone
In Uganda, around 1962
- 1962 Uganda achieves independence from Britain. · Uganda
- 1962 Yusufu Lule appointed chairman of the Public Service Commission after Uganda's independence, overseeing the transition to African administrators. · Uganda
- 1962 Godfrey Binaisa appointed Uganda's first indigenous Attorney General by Prime Minister Milton Obote following independence. · Uganda
Other countries celebrating New Year's Day
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Algeria
Jan 1
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Angola
Jan 1
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Benin
Jan 1
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Botswana
Jan 1
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Burkina Faso
Jan 1
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Burundi
Jan 1
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Cape Verde
Jan 1
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Cameroon
Jan 1
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Central African Republic
Jan 1
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Chad
Jan 1
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Comoros
Jan 1
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Congo
Jan 1
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DRCongo
Jan 1
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Côte d'Ivoire
Jan 1
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Djibouti
Jan 1
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Egypt
Jan 1
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Equatorial Guinea
Jan 1
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Eritrea
Jan 1
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Eswatini
Jan 1
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Gabon
Jan 1
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Gambia
Jan 1
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Ghana
Jan 1
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Guinea
Jan 1
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Guinea-Bissau
Jan 1
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Kenya
Jan 1
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Lesotho
Jan 1
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Liberia
Jan 1
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Libya
Jan 1
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Madagascar
Jan 1
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Malawi
Jan 1
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Mali
Jan 1
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Mauritania
Jan 1
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Mauritius
Jan 1
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Morocco
Jan 1
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Mozambique
Jan 1
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Namibia
Jan 1
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Niger
Jan 1
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Nigeria
Jan 1
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Rwanda
Jan 1
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Sao Tome and Principe
Jan 1
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Senegal
Jan 1
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Seychelles
Jan 1
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Sierra Leone
Jan 1
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Somalia
Jan 1
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South Africa
Jan 1
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South Sudan
Jan 1
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Tanzania
Jan 1
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Togo
Jan 1
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Tunisia
Jan 1
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Zambia
Jan 1
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Zimbabwe
Jan 1