Day of remembrance for the dead
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All Souls' Day
Day of remembrance for the dead
On this day in African history
- 1912 The lowest temperature ever recorded in Africa, -23.9 °C (-11°F), occurs at Ifrane, Morocco. · Morocco
- 1930 Tafari Makonnen is crowned emperor of Ethiopia, taking the name Haile Selassie I.Â
- 1987 A State of Emergency is declared in Sierra Leone after all public sector workers go on strike demanding payment of back salaries.
- 1992 Jonas Savimbi's peace negotiations collapse as government forces kill UNITA Vice President Jeremias Chitunda in Luanda during the Halloween Massacre. · Angola
- 2022 A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.