Birthday of Kenneth Kaunda
Celebrates the birthday of Zambia's first president
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Kenneth Kaunda Day
Birthday of Kenneth Kaunda
On this day in African history
- 1937 South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. · United States
- 1965 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictator... · Dominican Republic
- 1966 In a move directed against former Vice-Pres. Odinga and his followers, Kenya Parliament amends the constitution requiring any member who leaves the Ke... · Kenya
- 1967 Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license. · United States
- 1990 Chris Hani returns to South Africa permanently under a provisional amnesty order following the unbanning of liberation movements. · South Africa
- 2017 Tanzanian President John Magufuli fires 10,000 civil servants for having fake secondary certificates. · Tanzania