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🇬🇼 Readjustment Movement Day in Guinea-Bissau
Commemoration of 1980 coup
Date in Guinea-Bissau
November 14
Instituted1980
Commemorates the coup d'etat that occurred on November 14, 1980.
Marks the coup led by João Bernardo Vieira
How Readjustment Movement Day is observed in Guinea-Bissau
Historical significance
Marks the day when João Bernardo 'Nino' Vieira seized power from Luís Cabral.
Public life in Guinea-Bissau
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1962 The Ethiopian parliament and Eritrean Assembly voted unanimously for the abolition of Eritrea's federal status, making Eritrea a province of the Ethio...
- 1975 Moktar Ould Daddah signs the historic Madrid Agreements, partitioning Spanish Sahara between Mauritania and Morocco. · Mauritania
- 1980 A bloodless coup in Guinea-Bissau overthrows President Luis Cabral.
- 1989 Sam Nujoma wins the UN-supervised constituent assembly elections, securing a majority of seats for SWAPO. · Namibia