The United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 with all UN statistics based on this range, the UN states education as a source for these statistics.

Youth Engagement for Global Action

12 August

The program is inaugurated by the completion of the “Journey of the Cross and Icon,” in which young pilgrims transport from Rome to the celebration site a wooden cross and an image of the Virgin Mary, both donated by John Paul II “to the youth of the world.” The celebration culminates in a Sunday mass led by the pope.

The day is celebrated with musical concerts around the country in order to celebrate the energy of youth. The day also sees various educational discussions being organized by school and college students around the country.

Youth Day commemorates the Soweto Uprising of 16 June 1976. This uprising began in Soweto and spread countrywide and profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in South Africa….

June 16 marks the commemoration of National Youth Day in South Africa. This is the day the country reflects on the massacre of school children during the Soweto Uprising of 1976.

Youth Day came to be observed as a public holiday following the Soweto uprising that occurred on 16 June 1976. Pupils from numerous Soweto schools are reported to have had a peaceful protest in the streets of the township in response to the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction at their schools.

Youth Day commemorates the Soweto youth uprising of 16 June 1976. In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools.

Definitions. While there are no universally accepted definitions of adolescence and youth, the United Nations understands adolescents to include persons aged 10-19 years and youth as those between 15- 24 years for statistical purposes without prejudice to other definitions by Member States.

16 June [Youth Day] In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools. Youth Day, previously known as Soweto Day, commemorates these events.

Youth Day commemorates the Soweto Uprising, which took place on 16 June 1976, where thousands of students were ambushed by the apartheid regime. On Youth Day, South Africans pay tribute to the lives of these students and recognises the role of the youth in the liberation of South Africa from the apartheid regime….

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National Deep Dish Pizza Day. National Flash Drive Day. National Raisin and Spice Bar Day. Peeps Day – April 5, 2021 (Monday after Easter)

Important Events 1818 In the Battle of Maipú, Chile’s independence movement – led by Bernardo O’Higgins and José de San Martín – win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. 1879 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.

If the answer is yes, that is exactly what you will find here. We have complied a list of public and bank holidays for the month of April 2021….List of Holidays in April 2021.

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‘On 5th April, at 9 pm, for 9 minutes, light up candles’: PM Modi calls for ‘bright’ show of solidarity to fight COVID-19. Modi also said that people displayed unprecedented discipline and sense of service during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown that started on March 24 for a period of 21 days….

April 5 Deaths

• Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) Rock Singer.
• Paul Ritter (1966-2021) Movie Actor.
• Georges Danton (1759-1794) World Leader.
• Sam Walton (1918-1992) Entrepreneur.
• Layne Staley (1967-2002) Rock Singer.
• Charlton Heston (1923-2008) Movie Actor.
• Kong Da Savage (2017-2019) Dog.
• Howard Hughes (1905-1976) Entrepreneur.

April 2020

• Tony Anderson, 78, Australian footballer.
• Dušan Bartovič, 76, Slovak footballer, 1968 Olympics, Czechoslovak national team.
• Anne Hendricks Bass, 78, American investor and philanthropist.
• Branislav Blažić, 63, Serbian surgeon and politician, Minister of Environmental Protection (1998–2000), COVID-19.

Kurt Cobain

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• Apr 5 Dale Messick [Dalia Messick], American comic strip artist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), dies at 98.
• Apr 5 Debralee Scott, American actress (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – “Cathy”; Angie), dies at 52.
• Apr 5 John Sichel, British film and television director (b. 1937)

April 6 Deaths

• Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) Movie Actor.
• Don Rickles (1926-2017) Comedian.
• Merle Haggard (1937-2016) Country Singer.
• Bella Muntean (2003-2018) Instagram Star.
• Tammy Wynette (1942-1998) Country Singer.
• Raphael (1483-1520) Painter.
• Mac P Dawg (1996-2020) Rapper.
• Mary Anderson (1918-2014) Movie Actress.

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On April 14, 1994, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that Cobain was “high on heroin when he pulled the trigger”. The paper reported that the toxicological tests determined that the level of morphine in Cobain’s bloodstream was 1.52 milligrams per liter and that there was evidence of valium in his blood.