Is youth day celebrated under another name?

Youth Day is also known as Soweto Day in South Africa. It commemorates the 1976 Soweto uprising, in which thousands of black schoolchildren protested the poor quality of education and the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. The students' peaceful protest was met with violence by police, resulting in the deaths of many young people. Youth Day is now a public holiday in South Africa, and it is a day to remember and honor the sacrifices that were made by the students of 1976.