Mandela Day
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Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each 18 July (on Mandela's birthday).
Key facts
- Official name
- Nelson Mandela International Day
- Date
- 18 July
- Frequency
- Annual
- First time
- 2010 ; 16 years ago ( 2010 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- world day
- Named after
- Nelson Mandela
- Main subject
- Nelson Mandela
- Official website
- www.un.org/en/events/mandeladay/index.shtml
- Image
- Fan Walk For Peace And Unity (4813214106).jpg
- Organizer
- United Nations
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- day in year for periodic occurrence
- July 18
- inception
- 2009-11-10
- Commons category
- Nelson Mandela International Day
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- commemorates
- Nelson Mandela
- start time
- 2010-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
MONUSCO staff cleaning a section of Goma General Hospital in the DRC on Mandela Day 2012 Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mandela Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.