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🇹🇳 Revolution and Youth Day in Tunisia
Anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution
Date in Tunisia
December 17
Instituted2010
Commemorates the start of the Tunisian Revolution in 2010.
Commemorates the beginning of the Tunisian Revolution in 2010
How Revolution and Youth Day is observed in Tunisia
Historical significance
Marks the day Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation sparked the Arab Spring.
Public life in Tunisia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1962 Senegal's Premier Mamadou Dia is arrested after troops loyal to President Leopold Senghor block his attempt to seize power.
- 2002 Second Congo War: Congolese parties in the Inter-Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord for transitional governance and elections within two years.
- 2008 2008 – Gregoire, a Congolese chimpanzee, the oldest recorded, dies.
- 2008 Gregoire, a Congolese chimpanzee, the oldest recorded, dies. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2010 Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire to protest President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's oppressive regime.