Union Day

Unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar

Celebrates the union of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964

What this holiday commemorates

• 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging is signed, ending the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. · South Africa
• 1902 The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. · South Africa
• 1910 1910 – The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
• 1910 The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
• 1910 The South Africa Act establishes the Union of South Africa. · South Africa
• 1961 South Africa becomes a republic. · South Africa
• 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania. · Tanzania

On this day in African history

• 1909 The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the NAACP, convenes for the first time. · United States
• 1909 The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time. · United States

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