King Father's Birthday

Birthday of King Sobhuza II

Commemorates the birthday of Sobhuza II who was Ngwenyama from 1899 to 1982

On this day in African history

• 1947 Sudan Airways begins operations.
• 1977 Egyptian Air Force attacks the Libyan air base of El Adem near Tobruk.
• 1994 Yahya Jammeh leads a military coup d’état in The Gambia and installs himself as the country’s ruler. · The Gambia

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