National Redemption Day in Liberia
National Redemption Day in Liberia is held on April 12. 1980. This event in the second decade of the month April is annual. 
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The 1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by an indigenous Liberian faction of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) under the command of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe. Following a period of transition, Doe ruled Liberia throughout the 1980s until his murder in 1990 during the First Liberian Civil War.
Liberia is the first country in Africa which had a female president. Known as Africa’s Iron Lady, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office as Liberia’s 24th president in 2006. She also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Prayer Day in Liberia on April 11 (celebrated on the second Friday in April);
National Unification Day in Liberia on May 14
Africa Day on May 25 (African Union);
Liberia Flag Day on August 24 (The adoption of Liberia's flag followed close on the heels of their declaration of independence on 16 July 1847);
William Tubman's Birthday in Liberia on November 29
Pioneer's Day in Liberia on January 7
Armed Forces Day in Liberia on February 11