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Presidents' Day
Honors the Office of the President
Celebration date
July 15
Geographic reach
1 country
A one-day holiday held on the third Monday of July
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On this day in African history
- 1705 Al-Husayn I ibn Ali seizes control of Tunis, establishing the Husainid dynasty after a period of civil war and Algerian incursions. 路 Tunisia
- 1799 The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian rock, is discovered in the Egyptian village of Rosetta. 路 Egypt
- 1948 The Israeli Air Force bombs residential neighbourhoods in Cairo, Egypt, killing many civilians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. 路 Egypt
- 1964 Jonas Savimbi resigns from his position as Foreign Minister of the Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile (GRAE) during an OAU summit in Cairo, E... 路 Angola
- 2016 Tanzanian performance poet Zuhura Seng鈥檈nge launches her first collection of poetry, Warrior Unleashed, at Soma Book Caf茅, Dar es Salaam. 路 Tanzania