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🇺🇬 NRM Liberation Day in Uganda
Celebrates the overthrow of the then sitting government
Date in Uganda
January 26
Instituted1986
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.
How NRM Liberation Day is observed in Uganda
Historical significance
On this day in 1986, the National Resistance Movement took power in Uganda.
Public life in Uganda
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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