| 1/2/1956, Mon | New Year's Day: Actual Observance Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 1/3/1956, Tue | Public Holiday: Actual Observance Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 3/30/1956, Fri | Good Friday |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 3/31/1956, Sat | Holy Saturday |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 4/1/1956, Sun | Easter |
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- A Christian religious observance. Not a statutory public holiday.
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| 4/2/1956, Mon | Easter Monday |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 5/1/1956, Tue | Labour Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 5/10/1956, Thu | Ascension Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 7/1/1956, Sun | Sir Seretse Khama Day |
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- A statutory public holiday. Honours Sir Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (d. 1980).
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| 7/16/1956, Mon | President's Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 7/17/1956, Tue | Day after President's Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 9/30/1956, Sun | Botswana Day |
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- A statutory public holiday (Botswana Independence Day). Commemorates Botswana's independence from Britain on 30 September 1966.
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| 10/1/1956, Mon | Botswana Day: Additional Observance Day |
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- A statutory public holiday (Botswana Independence Day). Commemorates Botswana's independence from Britain on 30 September 1966.
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| 10/1/1956, Mon | Day after Botswana Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 10/2/1956, Tue | Day after Botswana Day: Additional Observance Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 12/25/1956, Tue | Christmas Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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| 12/26/1956, Wed | Boxing Day |
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- A statutory public holiday.
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