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NRM Liberation Day
Celebrates the overthrow of the then sitting government
Celebration date
January 26
Geographic reach
1 country
Celebrates the end of a five-year Ugandan Bush War and the rise of the NRM government.
Celebrated with fireworks, military parades and sporting events to commemorate the National Resistance Movement's rise to power in 1986.
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On this day in African history
- 1887 Battle of Dogali takes place with the Ethiopian army defeating the invading Italians.
- 1905 The Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found, weighing 3,106.75 carats, is discovered in Cullinan, South Africa.
- 1986 The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
- 1991 1991 – Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi.
- 1991 Mohamed Siad Barre is removed from power in Somalia, ending centralized government, and is succeeded by Ali Mahdi. · Somalia
- 2001 President Alpha Oumar Konaré of Mali appoints former Minister of Basic Education Adama Samassékou to lead the newly established MACALAN. · Mali