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Patrice Lumumba Day
Heroes' Day commemorating Patrice Lumumba
Celebration date
January 17
Geographic reach
1 country
A day to honor Patrice Lumumba, the first Prime Minister of independent Congo.
Commemorates the assassination of Patrice Lumumba
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On this day in African history
- 1927 Broadcasting in a South African indigenous language begins as the station of the Zulu Versatile Company goes on the air in Natal.
- 2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
- 2011 Hassan al-Turabi arrested alongside key party aides following his public warnings of a potential Tunisia-style popular uprising in Sudan. · Sudan