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🇪🇷 Revolution Day in Eritrea
Also known as: Bahti Meskerem
Commemoration of the 1985 uprising
Date in Eritrea
September 1
Instituted1961
Marks the 1985 uprising that led to the fall of Jaafar Nimeiri.
Marks the overthrow of President Jaafar Nimeiry's regime in 1985
How Revolution Day is observed in Eritrea
Historical significance
Commemorates the armed struggle against Ethiopian rule.
Public life in Eritrea
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1873 Cetshwayo is installed as the King of the Zulu people, in Zululand, South Africa.
- 1944 Oliver Tambo co-founds the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to introduce militant tactics against white minority rule. · South Africa
- 1957 Abbé Fulbert Youlou secures a legislative majority after the defection of MSA deputy Georges Yambot, leading to his appointment as Vice-President of t... · Republic of the Congo
- 1958 (c.) New York attorney Arthur Borden incorporates the African American Students Foundation in New York to formalize student travel fundraising. · United States
- 1959 (c.) Amílcar Lopes Cabral directs a secret PAIGC conference in Bissau, shifting the independence struggle from urban protests to rural guerrilla warfare. · Guinea-Bissau
- 1960 Oscar Kambona appointed Minister for Education, initiating reforms to desegregate the colonial education system and expand access for indigenous stude... · Tanzania
Other countries celebrating Revolution Day
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Burkina Faso
Jan 3
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Egypt
Jun 30
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Egypt
Jul 23
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Gambia
Jul 22
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Morocco
Aug 20
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Sudan
Dec 19