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Central African Republic Claims Sovereignty in Africa's Transformative Year
On August 13, 1960, the Central African Republic formally declared independence from France, joining a historic wave of African nations reclaiming sovereignty. Landlocked at the continent's heart, the nation emerged from...
Celebrated across Africa on this day
1Historical Events
5- 1906 The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.) United States
- 1906 The all-black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are dishonorably discharged following accusations of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence. United States
- 1960 The Central African Republic declares independence from France. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
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Abbé Fulbert Youlou faces the Trois Glorieuses uprising as striking workers and unemployed youth storm the Brazzaville prison and ignite mass protests. - 2004 One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. 🇧🇮 Burundi
Famous Births
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Oscar Kambona born in Kwambe, a village near Mbamba Bay on Lake Nyasa in the Mbinga District of southern Tanganyika, into an elite but financially constrained household headed by his father, Anglican priest David Kambona.