Van Riebeeck Day, noun phrase

Origin:
Named for Jan van Riebeeck, founder of the first colonial settlement at the Cape.
historical
The 6th of April, from 1952 until 1973 observed as a public holiday commemorating the establishment of the first European settlement at the Cape. See also Founders’ Day.
1952 Act 5 in Stat. of Union 39First Schedule...Van Riebeeck Day (sixth day of April).
1964 M. Benson Afr. Patriots 173Formalities; then the proposal was put; mass protests on April 6, 1952, Van Riebeeck Day, when white South Africans would celebrate 300 years of white rule. Unless the government repealed six particular unjust laws, passive resistance would be launched to defy those laws.
1973 Govt Gaz. Vol.95 No.3892, 2The First Schedule to the Public Holidays Act, 1952, is hereby amended..by the deletion of the words ‘Van Riebeeck Day (sixth day of April)’.
The 6th of April, from 1952 until 1973 observed as a public holiday commemorating the establishment of the first European settlement at the Cape.
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