National Harvest Day
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National Harvest Day
On this day in African history
- 1953 Ahmed Sékou Touré elected to the territorial assembly as the representative for Beyla, securing his first formal legislative seat. · Guinea
- 1961 Cyrille Adoula presents his new cabinet of national unity to the Congolese Parliament, beginning his tenure as Prime Minister. · Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1968 Ahmed Sékou Touré launches the Socialist Cultural Revolution to decolonize education and eradicate Western cultural practices. · Guinea
- 1982 Chris Hani survives a car bomb assassination attempt in Maseru after the device explodes prematurely in the hands of the assailant. · Lesotho
- 1997 The First Liberian Civil War officially ends after eight years, with the election of rebel leader Charles Taylor as president.Â
- 1998 The Second Congo War, also known as the Great War of Africa, begins.