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🇸🇸 SPLA Day in South Sudan
Sudan People's Liberation Army Day
Date in South Sudan
May 16
Instituted1983
Commemorates the formation of the SPLA and honors those who fought for South Sudan's independence
Public life in South Sudan
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1976 South African pupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools. · South Africa
- 1983 Southern mutineers of Battalion 105 rebel in Bor under Kerubino Kuanyin Bol, triggering the establishment of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Ar... · Sudan
- 1997 1997 – The President of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko, is forced into exile by rebel forces led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1997 The President of Congo, Mobutu Sese Seko, is forced into exile by rebel forces led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2003 12 bombers blow themselves up in Casablanca, Morocco killing 33 people and injuring more than 100. · Morocco
- 2014 Two explosions kill 12 people in Gikomba market, Nairobi, Kenya. · Kenya