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Youth Day
Celebration of Cameroon's youth
Celebration date
June 1
Geographic reach
5 countries
A day to honor the role of youth in the country's development.
Commemorates the 1961 unification and honors young people with parades and celebrations
Celebrated in 5 countries
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Cape Verde
Jun 1
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Cameroon
Feb 11
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Morocco
Aug 21
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South Africa
Jun 16
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Zambia
Mar 12
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What this holiday commemorates
- 1913 South African Government pass the segregationist Native Land Act restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans. 路 South Africa
- 1913 South African Government passes the Native Land Act, restricting the purchase or lease of land by Native Africans. 路 South Africa
- 1976 Soweto uprising: South African police shoot protesting Soweto students opposing Afrikaans as an instruction language in Black schools. 路 South Africa
- 1999 Thabo Mbeki is elected the second President of a democratic South Africa. 路 South Africa
- 2004 Ahmed S茅kou Tour茅 posthumously awarded South Africa's Supreme Companion of the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo. 路 South Africa
On this day in African history
- 1857 The Revolution of the Ganhadores begins in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. 路 Brazil
- 1956 Charles Njonjo posted to Mombasa, where he works for five years as Deputy Official Receiver handling bankruptcies and later as Crown Counsel. 路 Kenya
- 1963 Kenya attains independence. 路 Kenya
- 1963 Tom Mboya assumes office as Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs when Kenya achieves internal self-government. 路 Kenya
- 1963 (c.) Joseph Murumbi appointed by Kenyatta as Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office upon Kenya's achievement of self-rule, overseeing defense, in... 路 Kenya
- 1964 The Kenya Air Force is established. 路 Kenya