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馃嚙馃嚠 Ntaryamira Day in Burundi
Commemoration of President Cyprien Ntaryamira
Date in Burundi
April 6
Instituted1994
Marks the anniversary of President Ntaryamira's death in a plane crash in 1994
Public life in Burundi
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1897 The Sultan of Zanzibar formally abolishes the legal status of slavery. 路 Tanzania
- 1921 Simon Kimbangu performs his first miracle in Nkamba, founding the Kimbanguist Church in the Belgian Congo. 路 Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1959 The Pan-Africanist Congress is established in Soweto by Robert Sobukwe. 路 South Africa
- 1994 Assassination of Rwandan and Burundian presidents triggers the Rwandan Genocide. 路 Rwanda
- 1995 The first genocide trials begin in Kigali for suspects involved in mass killings. 路 Rwanda
- 2012 The MNLA declares the independent state of Azawad in northern Mali. 路 Mali