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Revolution Day is observed in Gambia every July 22 to mark the anniversary of the 1994 military takeover that ousted President Dawda Jawara after nearly three decades of rule. Led by Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh, the bloodless coup ended Gambia's First Republic and installed a new military government.
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Gambia
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Revolution Day is a Gambian public holiday held each July 22, commemorating the 1994 coup that ended Dawda Jawara's presidency and began Yahya Jammeh's rule.
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Gambia is the only country marking a public holiday today, observing Revolution Day as its national occasion for July 22. It is a quiet day on the global calendar, with just this single holiday recorded worldwide and no other countries sharing the date this year.
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Revolution Day isn't a partial or regional observance: it applies nationwide across every part of Gambia, with no individual region marking it as a separate, subdivision-only occasion.
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