Festival of Cultures
Cultural festival celebrating the different peoples of Gabon through singing and dancing
Regional
Fete des Cultures
Festival of Cultures
On this day in African history
- 1655 The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War. · Jamaica
- 1900 British troops relieve Mafeking during the Second Boer War. · South Africa
- 1950 Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce. · Egypt
- 1963 The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail. · United States
- 1968 The Nigerian federal government captures Port Harcourt during the Biafran war. · Nigeria
- 1977 The government of Kenya issues an immediate ban on big-game hunting to preserve the country's diminishing wildlife. · Kenya