- 1962 — GPRA Prime Minister Benyoussef Ben Khedda entered Algiers triumphantly on the first day of Algerian national independence.
- 1960 — Congolese soldiers rioted against Belgian military commanders in Leopoldville, sparking the initial phase of the Congo Crisis.
- 1964 — The Rhodesian Bush War began, establishing a protracted armed liberation struggle against the minority white settler regime.
- 1994 — Kigali, the Rwandan capital, was captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
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