National Heroes' Day (Ponte)
National Heroes' Day (Ponte) is observed in Angola (Dia do Fundador da Nação e do Herói Nacional (Ponte)). Recognized nationally.
- Category
- Public holiday
- Observed in
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2001
Five letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to various media outlets in the United States.- 2018Cannabis is legalized in South Africa, through a ruling of the Constitutional Court.
- 2017Toy retail chain Toys "R" Us files for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Canada.
- 2016The 2016 Uri attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India by terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed results in the deaths of nineteen Indian Army soldiers and all four attackers.