🎉 Freedom Day in South Africa
Where: Union Buildings, Pretoria
📅 On This Day: April 27
April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa. Today is Freedom Day in South Africa. On this day in 1994, all citizens, whatever their skin color, voted together for the first time. People happily waited in line for hours, and the day became a symbol of a peaceful new start.
✨ More events on this day
- 1791 💡 Samuel Morse was born in Massachusetts; he started out as a painter and later co-invented Morse code, sending messages with dots and dashes.
- 1967 🎨 Expo 67 opened in Montreal, Canada, a world's fair with amazing pavilions, including a giant see-through geodesic dome shaped like a ball.
- 2005 💡 The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airplane with two full decks, took off on its first test flight in France.
🧠 Question of the day
What happened for the first time in South Africa in 1994?
- All citizens voted together
- It hosted its first Olympics
- Its first train ran
Show the answer
Answer: All citizens voted together
🐾 World day: World Tapir Day
Tapirs use their short trunk like a hand to grab leaves, and they spread seeds that help forests grow.
Questions
What happened on April 27?
April 27: Freedom Day in South Africa. It happened in Union Buildings, Pretoria.
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