MOBILE VERSION Day of the Armed Struggle or Liberation Movement Day in Angola
Day of the Armed Struggle or Liberation Movement Day in Angola is held on February 4. To commemorate the day in 1961 when Angolan MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola) forces assaulted a prison house in Luanda and freed independence leaders who were incarcerated there. This event in the first decade of the month february is annual.
Similar events
Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression on January 4
Carnival in Angola on February 16 (The main day of Carnival season is a public holiday in Angola, falling on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday);
Saint Joseph's Day or Father's Day on March 19 (in Andorra, Angola, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, Honduras, and Bolivia);
Southern Africa Liberation Day on March 23
Victory Day in Angola on March 27
Peace Day in Angola on April 4 (The date commemorates the end of the nearly 30-year-long Angolan Civil War);
Youth Day in Angola on April 14