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Union Day
Unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
Celebration date
May 31
Geographic reach
2 countries
Union Day celebrates the unification of Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.
Celebrates the union of Tanganyika and the People's Republic of Zanzibar to form Tanzania in 1964
Celebrated in 2 countries
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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